Joel Yarmon
half seed vc, half skier, half canadian

It's national Larry Chiang day. Yay!

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Dear attendees (and everyone else),

On november 11, 2011 at 11:11 the date will be 11/11/11 11:11. Since 11:11 is the best time for wishing, this day will be pretty epic.

yes we know, it is not for a while, but we're excited so we made this early.

also, this is just an event fan page, not a party, a gathering, a convention, or anything...

Esteemed Friends, Colleagues, Family Members, and Steve Marcu,

It’s been nearly a year. Yes, nearly a year since approximately 87.5% of the inhabitants of 628 Steiner Street blacked* out; since said inhabitants and their guests consumed 45 handles of booze and approximately 700 beers; since our elderly neighbor with a receding hair line and...

The TwitchTV team is hosting a special mixer for fans in startups and tech to celebrate SC2 Pro-Gamer White-Ra's visit to San Francisco. Come to the new TwitchTV offices to meet White-Ra: professional Protoss Starcraft player, master of Special Tactics and IPL Season 2 Champion. White-Ra will be at the office from 6-8pm for photos and to play...

Tacos inspired by flavors from around the world, curry, BBQ, hot dogs, ice cream, noodles, and a whole lot more of the Bay Area's awesome curbside eats. The Eat Real Festival celebrates all things tasty, fresh, and handmade with a focus on street food, local wines, handcrafted beers, and traditional food craft – all featuring sustainable,...

What better way to wrap up the first ever Twilio Conference than with an afterparty featuring live DJ, great food and drinks, and demo tables from Twilio Customers?   Need more info? Read more about the afterparty here   NO CONFERENCE BADGE REQUIRED Can't make the conference?  We're inviting you to come celebrate the conclusion of...

Join the developers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are creating a more social web. Hosted by Facebook, this is its official developer's conference.

HCSF YOUNG ALUMS: SUMMERTIME ALL IVY MIXER When: Thursday, August 11th 7:00-10:00pm Location:Horizon498 Broadway StreetSan Francisco, CA 94133 Directions  Street Parking YOU WILL RECEIVE 2 DRINK TICKETS IF YOU PAY AHEAD Price: $10 Pay via Eventbrite, but we will accept CASH only at the door. Spoondate Raffle: Thanks to our...

Join us for a great mix of startup demos, networking, giveaways, drinks and fun on the best deck on all of Sand Hill Road.

http://tcrn.ch/pAK5x0

6PM START TIME THIS WEEK!!
http://districtsf.com/

Hey Girl,

I know I promised you a date on Wednesday night, and you know your boy AlphaBar always comes through. But this Wednesday, it's not just a date at your typical marina bar. I'm not going to crush you at beer pong and flip cup, and I won't laugh and yell "I remember...

Saturday, June 25th
9pm-4am

Opulent Temple presents 'Rites of Massive'

We decided to go big, massive, actually, to put together the party of the summer (year?) Step into a full immersion playa-tastic gathering of the communities' best, as Opulent Temple hosts a mega spectacle to support a number of camps, artists, art cars, and...

Structure is GigaOM’s flagship conference on Cloud Computing and Internet Infrastructure, bringing together the most influential thinkers in the space for two days. Be sure to join us.

Pirates of Silicon Valley Cruise Party 2011 Limited Chance!
Buy Your Tickets at : http://pirates2011.eventbrite.com/

Ahoy Mateys!

PEANUT LABS & ADPARLOR came together with INHALE DIGITAL and SILICON VALLEY BANK and we want you to join us on the San Francisco Spirit for an evening of swashbuckling adventure and maritime fun.

There will...

TEDxSF seeks to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, bringing together innovators and inspirational speakers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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...

Maker Faire is the World’s Largest DIY Festival - a two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology. aker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. As the World's Largest DIY Festival,...

Come celebrate the 100th edition of Bay to Breakers and be a part of history! Registration will be limited to 50,000 people so sign up early.

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...

Finovate returns to San Francisco for FinovateSpring 2011, a two-day showcase of the best new financial and banking technology innovations from leading established companies and the hottest young startups.
We give each company just 7 minutes on stage to demo (no slides allowed) their latest and greatest innovations, giving you a concise,...

Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more.

It's that time of year when we celebrate multiple April birthdays (Gene, Laura, Nate, and Steph from NY!). Except we're doing it in May this time. Bananas.

Please RSVP and donate early here: http://aprilmistak.es
Download some jams here: http://www.newyearsunbear.com/

Guys,

3 years since my Plug and Play Tech Center days...I just accepted an exciting position at Jetsetter to help launch their UK operations and will be moving to London in couple of weeks.

Sad to be leaving (for a short while only I promise!) all of you who have made my stay in SF so special, please give me the honor of joining me this Friday...

Venture Wednesdays is back in the City!

Gunderson Dettmer is once again graciously hosting us for drinks and networking at Tres Agaves (130 Townsend Street) in San Francisco from 6pm until 9pm next Wednesday, May 4th. As always, great times are sure to be had by all!

I look forward to seeing you all there!

May the 4th (be with you)

This is the second annual National Star Wars Day event. Last time we made it to 4.5K
This time I am shooting for 10K!!!!
A lot of people have been asking me questions such as "where is the event?" and other things. This is not some event where you meet other Star Wars fans and do special activities. Just...