Robin Ahn
Fine Purveyor of Weapons Grade Sarcasm

  Looking Ahead to DEMO Spring 2012! The DEMO Palo Alto Meet-up kicks off the DEMO Innovation tour where Matt and the DEMO team will travel around the country to connect with the DEMO community in search of  the best innovation to showcase at DEMO Spring, April 17-19, 2012.  We will host a party with with Kleiner Perkins and sponsored by AARP...

Après CelebrateCamp 2008, Yultide 2009 et la geule de bois après la 1ère édition de TechNoël 2010... TECHNOËL 2011, la version 2.0 Un party des Fêtes pour l'univers des startups technologiques de Montréal et des artisans du Web québécois. L'idée derrière TechNoël est de permettre aux petites entreprises du Web d'avoir...

This is our final Startup Drinks this year so let's make it a good one, people!    Where:  Brutopia, 1219 Rue Crescent When: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011 Time:  5:30pm - until whenever   This is a free event for the startup community to share ideas, get together and network and maybe even have fun.    Your co-hosts,    Robin Ahn and...

Get ready for DevCamp in your city!!! In a crazy idea of mixing BarCamp, conferences, TED style and communities mixer, we are excited to invite you to our inaugural DevCamp series presented by Make Web Not War that will take place in 3 cities: Toronto (October 25th), Vancouver (November 15th),  and Montréal (November 29th )   What the evening...

Ufix (Usability Fix) is an event where: a) “Presenters” come to get usability feedback on their product b) “Testers” come to play around and give feedback on different products’ usability Presenters are located in different stations and testers go around the stations, testing the different products. Each tester spends about 10-15 minutes...

FounderFuel is a Montreal based accelerator program featuring a cohort of 9 teams.

Having arrived in Montreal on August 15th 2011, the FounderFuel teams are supported and intensely mentored by an ecosystem of 120 startup veterans.

Building their web/mobile businesses as quickly and effectively as they can, the program culminates with investment...

October's Startup Drinks Montreal will be back at the tried and true venue of Brutopia! If you haven't read this wonderful blog post by Paul Graham of Y Combinator on Why Startup Hubs Work, please do. It informs why we do what we do with Startup Drinks. For those of you who are all, "TL;DR", the short version is: "it's...

Last year, we made Canadian social media history by hosting the very first social media conference for women, by women, in Canada. It was a sold out event! This year, we’re driving that history forward. On October 13

Come join Women 2.0 this October for our latest Founder Friday!
RSVP: http://founderfridaysf.eventbrite.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151389634950195

Founder Friday is open to all levels of female entrepreneurs, both aspiring and established and is free to those who attend.

Sposored by France based Telecom company, Orange...

September's Startup Drinks Montreal will be hosted by Founder Fuel  at Notman House!     They're providing drinks and snacks for a small contribution of $5 at the door. Space is limited so sign up now!    Where:   Notman House, (Metro Sherbrooke/St. Laurent) When: 5:30pm - until whenever Cost:  $5 at the door   Come and meet the...

It's back to school and back to work as noses go back down to the grindstone. Part of the grind of working in the startup ecosystem is watching startups come and go. For every funding announcement and launch party are many who struggle and sometimes end being shuttered in spite of everyone's best efforts. One of those lately that has...

Startup Drinks Montreal is a monthly get together for founders, hackers and bystanders to meet and share their war stories.

All are welcome.

Demo Day will feature presentations from the 500 Startups Summer accelerator batch. The event is primarily for accredited investors and is already sold out, however we will be webcasting / livestreaming at http://www.livestream.com/500startups
(more details below)

Our 2nd Demo Day session is today, Wednesday, August 17th, from 6-9pm. Check our...

Schedule:
6:45 - 7:05 Register
7:05 - 7:45 Panel #1:
7:50 - 8:15 Panel #2
8:15 - 9:15 Mixer
9:15 - 10:30 AfterParty

Panel #1: What They Don't Teach You at B-School About Facebook Marketing

Moderator: Eric Eldon, Co-Editor of Inside Facebook, (invited)
Sarah Smith, Director Facebook (invited)
Victoria Ransom, CEO/Founder, Wildfire (invited)...

http://www.sfkrishna.org/
Every year San Francisco hosts the Festival of the Chariots, aka "THE SRI RATHA YATRA FESTIVAL"
Parade begins at 11 a.m. on JFK Dr. and Transverse Dr. and proceeds east to Sharon Meadows for the Festival Of India at 1 p.m.

The NewME Accelerator is for minority led start-ups during the summer of 2011 in Silicon Valley.

Must be on the RSVP list to attend. Count Me in on Plancast doesn't count. Email contact at newmeaccelerator.com if interested.

Sex 'n Tech Where do technology and sex intersect? 

EVENT CANCELED UNTIL A LATER DATE! Sorry :(
(If you registered and paid for a ticket you will receive a refund.)

It's hot as blazes....just like early stage valuations! Come out frolic while the going is good al fresco (that's it Italian for "open air").  We've got lots of space so feel free to bring a friend. Assisting me at the door will be Philippe Gagné of B-cloud Virtual, a new co-working space near Atwater market. And there...

The International Startup Festival is a two-day conference on the business of startups. It brings together industry veterans and fresh faces, thought leaders and technology giants from around the world, for a series of lean, fast-paced events. It includes startup launches, inspiring keynotes, and deep-dives into mobility, gaming, and web...

The Montréal Quantified Self Meetup is inspired by the Bay Area Quantified Self meetup and the Quantified Self blog. It's a regular show and tell for people who are tracking data about their body and conducting their own personal investigations and research into their bodies, minds, and selves. Anything is game -- from personal genetics to...

Order tickets via Eventbrite:
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On the cusp of summer and all things startup are still hot hot hot!

We're meeting again for a cool refreshing drink this Wednesday at Brutopia to catch up with our tribe. if you have friends you think belong in the startup fold, this is the time to...

End of the word! Judgement Day!

7000 years ago, Noah had a legendary 7 day party on a boat. Now it's time to kick things up a notch, Rapture-style: 5 long months of death and destruction, starting this Saturday!

The Good will go to heaven; the Bad will be “desecrated and shamed." And don't worry, there will be plenty of...

When everyone is gone and god's not looking, we need to pick up some sweet stereo equipment and maybe some new furniture for the mansion we're going to squat in.

People always assume that youth don't vote. They use it as a reason to label us as lazy. Well we've got a surprise for you. We aren't. I WILL VOTE in the federal election on May 2, 2011

Take that.

- We will post discussion questions on the event wall in order to keep all your opinions organized. Make yourself heard by commenting on...