Jason Crawford
Co-Founder & CTO at Kima Labs. You may also know me from Pelago, Amazon, D. E. Shaw, or CMU.

Celebrate Randsday!

"To celebrate Randsday, you do something not done on any other holiday: you give yourself a present. Randsday is for getting that longed-for luxury you ordinarily would not buy for yourself. Or for doing that long-postponed, self-pampering activity you cannot seem to fit into your chore-packed schedule."
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Hey folks, its gonna be bright and sunny this Saturday afternoon, and that calls for a picnic. Bring your picnic gear -- drinks, chips, blanket, frisbee, soccer ball, DJ gear?, trampolines :) -- and lets party!!

Feel free to invite friends and if you have trouble finding us give one of us a ring
Ayush - 650.223.5711
Wook - 650.796.9460
Sophia -...

Happy Hour with BetterWorks, Trinet and Fenwick. Celebrating CEO's, HR and other leaders at SMB's.

Summer is here, and that means Eating Contests! If you missed the last one, here's your last chance to catch one for Summer 2011! Come and compete if you're in town for Labor Day Weekend!

This year the eating contest party will be enhanced with feats of strength (men and women's divisions), and MC'd by the spectacular and...

The annual summer Objectivist conference, OCON, is Jul 2–9, and some GGO members are going. At this meeting, those who went will summarize the lectures and courses they attended, and we'll all discuss.

The general sessions are:

* Yaron Brook on "The Objectivist Movement: 50 Years Later"
* John David Lewis on "Individual...

Sailing experience is not required. I'm a past commodore and former big boat owner with many years of sailing experience and certified for bareboat cruising.

What we can do is charter a boat for the day, and the size of the boat can vary with how many people are interested. The more people, the bigger the boat we'll get. I had to set a...

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Ayn Rand’s first novel, we will screen a DVD version of the movie made in Italy, starring Alida Valli and Rossano Brazzi. Brief opening remarks by Michael S. Berliner, co-chairman of the ARI board of directors. Registration information for this event is available on our registration page:...

Join other attendees and hotel guests for a BBQ on the ocean terrace. No registration is required for this event; nominal BBQ cost is payable at entrance to the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa.

Yaron Brook will present an update on the projects of the Institute and describe some of its recent successes—as well as its future goals, including the unveiling of a new strategic plan. No registration is required for this event.

Ayn Rand knew that she was challenging philosophical ideas entrenched for 2,000 years. She understood that victory would take a long-term intellectual battle. The Founding Fathers, she wrote in 1960, were America’s first and so far only intellectuals. Victory would require a new crop of intellectuals, willing to rethink the subject of philosophy...

We are excited to announce a landmark event that is scheduled to take place at Objectivist Summer Conference 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "Dystopia Now? Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged'" a new documentary film, will be screened at our conference, several weeks ahead of its world premiere—and you're invited!

This...

Meet other attendees at the opening reception and celebrate the beginning of the summer conference at the opening dinner! This event is dressy; coats and ties for gentlemen, evening wear for ladies, please. Registration information for this event is available on our registration page: www.objectivistconferences.com

This year's conference will be held from July 2–8 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Last year’s conference in Las Vegas was our most well-attended conference to date, and we carry that momentum forward with an exciting lineup of lectures and events for 2011.

Two years ago, John Allison delivered a lecture titled “Principled Leadership”;...

Marriott Harbor Beach Resort

Hi folks,

The days are getting longer, the weather is getting better (if you are outside of SF, that is!), your favorite startup is bringing something really cool to market (http://www.griffintechnology.com/beacon), and Other Exciting Stuff is happening... what a great bunch of reasons to get in touch with our pagan roots and throw a blow out...

I still haven't seen X-Men; would like to catch it before it leaves the theaters. Who's up for hitting the Metreon tonight? I'm thinking about the 10pm showing but there is also an 8:30 if that works better for people. Open to involving dinner/drinks too. Feel free to invite friends.

This will be loosely organized (e.g., get your...

Join us as we host Naval Ravikant for a fireside chat. Naval needs little introduction as the founder at Epinions, Vast, Venturehacks and the red hot AngelList. Feeling inadequate yet? He's also an investor in FourSquare, Twitter, Jambool (Google), Plancast, Uber, DISQUS, and more.

Come mingle with other entrepreneurs or aspiring...

For more information on the Startup Lessons Learned conference, please visit http://www.sllconf.com

Startup Lessons Learned 2011 is the sequel to last year's inaugural event, which brought together nearly 400 entrepreneurs and executives interested in building and supporting lean startups. The goal for this event is to give practitioners and...

It's like your phone-wallet-baby got into the liquor cabinet!

The Venmo team is coming out to San Fran and we are hosting a happy hour to meet our users!

We want to thank you for using Venmo, hear your feedback, and just have a good time.

$2 drinks available through Venmo.

Like us on Facebook for a chance to win a Venmo t-shirt.

Please...

Join your fellow alumni for this happy hour at Press Club - an urban wine lounge. Press Club is conveniently located near BART/MUNI stops in downtown San Francisco.

Cost: Free to attend. Food and drinks on your own.
Questions: Please contact Anmol Misra at anmol.misra@gmail.com

The last Wednesday of every month, 6-9pm, we have a gathering at Nova Bar in San Francisco, and you're invited.
6pm to 7pm we'll have a Happy Hour -- half priced drinks!
7pm to 9pm we'll be in mixer mode -- come meet someone new, and enjoy a drink or two.
Haiku: This meetup is free / to attend. Buy your own drinks, / and drinks for a...

A dream come true! Atlas Shrugged is finally coming to a movie screen near you!

Here are the locations!

San Francisco
Century Theater
San Francisco Centre
865 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

San Jose
CineArts @ Santana Row
3088 Olsen Drive, San Jose, CA 95128-2048

San Rafael
Century Regency
280 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903-1927
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Come see Atlas Shrugged opening weekend:

Buy tickets: http://bit.ly/hRiXZ3
Google Map: http://bit.ly/eqZnlg

Demand Atlas to your town: http://bit.ly/fWNfch

On March 26th you can join those who want to throw humanity back into the dark ages and turn off your lights. Or you can join us in celebrating human innovation and defending the individual freedom necessary to continue advancing and creating the solutions of the future. During Human Achievement Hour at 8:30pm, wherever you are, keep your lights on...