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September Bay Area Startup Events
-=Cass Phillipps=- Receive Event Updates by Following @webwallflower Or Subscribe to Our Calendar —————————————————- TOP UPCOMING BAY AREA TECH EVENTS —————————————————- Women 2.0 Labs (Fall 2010) True Ventures, San Francisco, CA Application Deadline: September 4, 2010 Women 2.0 Labs is a 5-week pre-incubator for engineers, designers, business and marketing mavens to begin to develop high-growth technology [...]
August Startup Events pt 2
As I mentioned last week, FailCon has been developing incredibly well! Ticket sales are double where they were last year, and the speaker line-up looks wonderful. Ticket prices increase tonight, so be sure to pick up a pass now, while prices are still low. The 4th FailChat is also tonight, and I hope for another [...]
Social Media Makes Us Lazy
This summer has seen an increase in startup, business, and social media related conferences, yet a downturn in attendance and increase in last minute cancellations. I think there are a variety of reasons for why this is, including choice of location, topic, and team. But I’d like to focus on one that I feel like [...]
Top August Startup Events
Have you heard about the Zivity Striptease party for Charity this Friday? This sounds like one of the most fun fundraisers I’ve been invited to in ages! Most of the tickets are gone but if hurry you can still get tickets HERE. It’s a benefit for Kiva, American Cancer Society, Youth Speaks and Steven’s Hope, so [...]
Why Failure?
One of the reasons I continue to produce FailCon and it’s offspring FailChats is that the theme always makes people passionate. I NEVER had people write me for any of my other shows with either such excitement or such anger, and that tells me I am doing something right. For every 4 emails I get [...]
Top July Startup Events pt 2
Don’t forget, tonight is our 3rd FailChat, featuring Hiten Shah of KISSmetrics, June Dershewitz of Semphonic, Mark Schulze of Quantcast, and David Rogers of ConvertClick. Cathy Brooks will be moderating a discussion on what metrics are important to startups, how to measure and interpret them, and how to apply them to a growing company. Many [...]
Top July Startup Events
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Upcoming Summer Startup Events
Were you able to make it to E3 or see the coverage? It’s definitely generating a lot of buzz in the gaming industry. If you’ve got a game, app, or site that could be could be monetized with virtual goods and brand partnerships, but you have no clue how to get the advertiser’s attention, be [...]
The Failure of Online Event Community Sites
Why you do NOT need an event community site at your next show.
June Bay Area Tech Events
The best upcoming startup and tech related events in the Bay Area.