January Startup Events pt 2

Posted by cass

January 16, 2012

Last week, I spoke with the people behind the incredible new organization for application developers, the App Alliance. The Alliance helps provide lower-cost access to platform, advocates policy-level issues, and amplifies the views of developers and their needs. The App Alliance is uniting a collective voice for app devs of all platforms and sizes. Membership is free for any individual developer who signs up by the end of the month at http://appdevelopersalliance.org/alliance-network/join

I’m truly hopeful this can take off and improve costs and environments for developers!

-=Cass Phillipps=-
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UPCOMING BAY AREA STARTUP EVENTS
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EVENT SPECIALS:

20% off – SF Beta: Metrics and Analytics
January 18th, 5:00 – 9:00pm
111 Minna Gallery
Now in its sixth year, SF Beta is a get-together for the vanguard of the internet: founders, hackers, students, investors, rockstars, creative geniuses, and more. Join more than 500 people for a stimulating evening of conversation, cocktails, and interactive demos, focused around the Bay Area’s early-stage startup and technology community. Our theme this month is Metrics & Analytics: meet up to a dozen startups turning big data into big insight, and discover the breathtaking innovation taking place at the vangaurd of the data movement. More information at http://sfbeta.com and use code “Webwallflower” for 20% off.

50% off Cocktails & Conversations: How to Create Buzz Around Your Startup
January 18, 6:30-9:30pm
Founders Den – 665 3rd Street, San Francisco
In the current climate of constant innovation and emergence of new startups, it’s essential to generate buzz around your company to attract new investors, customers, and talent. Join SecondMarket for an evening of Cocktails & Conversations and a candid discussion on “How to Create Buzz Around Your Startup.” Hear from a panel of experts to find out how to use communication and media tactics to engage with your audience and get people excited about your company and products. For more info, check out www.cocktailsandconversationscreatebuzzsf.eventbrite.com and use discount code “WallFlowerVIP” for 50% off!

20% off – Health Innovation Summit
January 18-20th
Fort Mason San Francisco
The Health Innovation Summit is a 3 day event focused on bringing great digital health solutions to market: Learn from experts about needs, opportunities, and stakeholders in the healthcare system, open technical challenges, digital health business models, technology platforms, and how to design great user experiences. Connect with developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and strategic partners including some of the biggest consumer and healthcare brands interested in digital health. Launch your own startup or watch others as they demo new products and services that will change healthcare as we know it today. More information at http://healthinnovationsummit.com and get 20% off tickets with code “CassPhillipps”

40% off – Startup Exits
January 19th, 5:00 – 9:00pm
RocketSpace, SF
Startup Exits is back and ready to kick some a**. For this round, we’re bringing in M&A pros from Dropbox, eBay, Evernote and Groupon. Jack Abraham (founded and sold Milo.com) will lead our keynote. As a bonus, Aydin Senkut of Felicis VC (20+ exits) will be featured in a fireside chat titled “Thoughts On The Exit From A VC’s Perspective.” As always, we’ll have cocktails, appetizers and the best startup CEO networking around. Come join in the fun! And how about a discount code while we’re at it: WebWallflower40 for 40% off! More information at http://startupexits.com

15% off – Node Summit 2012
January 24-25 8:00am-5:00pm
San Francisco, CA
Join business leaders and technology experts from companies like Microsoft, Joyent, VMWare and eBay as they discuss how Node.js is enabling the creation of real-time, high performance, scalable, networked applications. Speakers will deliver case studies that unveil how they’re using Node.js today to architect large-scale applications. In a series of interactive debates, panels, and keynote sessions, participants will also discuss how Node.js will impact businesses and consumers – coming up with visionary ideas for future implementations. Startups using node.js will be featured at on Day 2 with Node Jam emcee Naval Ravikant CEO of Angel List. More information at www.nodesummit.com and use the code “webwallflower” for 15% off.

25% off Mike Maples Meetup
January 26th, 6:00 – 9:00pm
RocketSpace, SF
Super angel investor Mike Maples will be sharing his insights and experiences with picking the best startups and accelerating their success. As a one man super angel investor, Mike invested in companies like Digg, Twitter, Chegg in the early days, and recently in ModCloth, Smule, and Gowala. Mike was recently named as one of “8 Rising VC Stars” by Fortune Magazine. Mike is also a guest-lecturer on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, Stanford University, Princeton University, and the University of Texas. Learn more at https://rss4mikemaples.mogotix.com/ and use code rocket25 for 25% off.

10% off StartupWeekend San Jose
January 27th-29th
TiE Conference Cente, Santa Clara
No Talk. All Action. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them. For more information, check out http://sanjose.startupweekend.org with 10% discount code: WALLFLOWER

$30 off – ClickMinded – 2 Day of SEO Enlightenment
Jan 28 & 29, 10:00-4:00pm
pariSoma @ 169 11th St, SF
Join us for a two-day SEO training seminar on Saturday and Sunday, January 28th and 29th. This seminar will be limited to 5 people total. We will cover as much content as humanly possible over the course of the two days including: Click-through rates, Keyword research, On & Off-page optimization, Link building, Social media, Reputation Management, Comprehensive Meta Data Analysis and lots more! Tommy Griffith is currently the SEO Manager for Emerging Markets at PayPal. More information and $30 off at http://clickmindedparisoma.eventbrite.com/?discount=WebWallflower

100% off Law and Economics of Aftermarkets
January 31, 12:00-1:30pm
Palo Alto, CA (Venue TBD)
This presentation will introduce participants to the basic concepts of aftermarkets (including platforms and apps). We will survey both the state of the law and some open legal questions surrounding survival as an aftermarket player in the modern economy. The presentation will be of special interest to app and add-on developers, manufacturers of devices with embedded software, and investors, analysts, and attorneys who work in these markets. Presented by Dr.Bruce Abramson of Rimon, P.C. This presentation is approved for 1 hour of California CLE Credit. First 20 people to register using promo code “WebWallFlower” get 100% off the price of a Regular ticket. More information at http://rimon.eventbrite.com

30% off Quarterly Venture Breakfast
February 7th, 8:00 – 10:00am
Pillsbury Winthrop, Palo Alto
2011 was a confusing year, full of good and bad news. VCs invested roughly $26B, up from $23B in 2010, but VC fundraising was only roughly $14B, so the VCs invested $12B more than they raised in 2011 and $10B more than they raised in 2010, an unsustainable model. Three of the top 4 sectors in 2011 – cleantech, biotech, and medical devices – all face major obstacles and spark much skepticism from many investors. Roughly 50 VC backed companies went public in the US in 2011, down from 75 in 2010, a modest year from a historical perspective. The VC market is in disequilibrium…it cannot stay like this. Will 2012 be better, worse, or the same as 2011? Why are most companies using Pillsbury and PwC? Only our experts know! Come hear the answers! For more information, check out www.svforum.org/venture-breakfast-series and use code DATA12 for 30% off.

30% off What’s Hot & What’s Not for 2012
February 8th, 6:00 – 8:30pm
Cooley Godward LLP, Palo Alto
Yes, it’s the season to take a look at trends in technology, startups and investing across the complete spectrum- Next Generation, Internet, Clean Tech, Life Sciences, Technology & Media- and peer as far as we can into the future to forecast what might be coming down the pike towards us. Our illustrious panel of seers and sages will be polishing their crystal balls to give their best interpretations of what they see for 2012. For more information http://svforum.org/main-event-series and get 30% off using code DATA12

10% off – Content Marketing by Altimeter Group
February 8, 10:00a – 11:00a
Online
Join us in an informal webinar chat and Q&A with Rebecca Lieb, Altimeter Group analyst and author of the recently published book, Content Marketing, and a research report on how enterprises are adapting to the challenges of becoming publishers – not just advertisers. Each registrant receives a special discount code saving 30% on Rebecca’s Content Marketing book or ebook. More information at http://digitalcommercerebeccalieb.eventbrite.com Receive 10% off at eventbrite registration using promo code: webwallflower

10% off – The 10th SF MusicTech Summit
February 13, 9:00a – 5:30p
Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco
Join us in celebrating the 10th SF MusicTech Summit on Monday, February 13th, 2012! The Summit brings together over 1000 visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment. For more information, check out http://sfmusictech.com and get your discount with the code “promowebwallflower“.

10% off – Women 2.0 PITCH Event
February 14th, 9:00a – 5:00p
Mountain View, CA
Women 2.0 PITCH is a full day of product innovation leaders from Flickr, Facebook, Zipcar, TaskRabbit, LARK and more. Both men and women working in technology (from early-stage startup to corporate) are invited to learn from our speakers sharing best practices, growth strategies and stories of disruptive product development at their ventures. Hear about launching products from concept to cash – and customers! Watch the Women 2.0 Startup Competition finalists pitch live to a panel of investors for feedback and prizes. Network with 800+ members of the Women 2.0 community at our biggest event of the year! To register, visit http://women2.org/conference2012and save 10% with discount code “CASSIE”.

15% off for Employers – Ruby on Rails Employer-Developer Speed Dating
Feb 16, 7-9:30 pm
pariSoma @ 169 11th St, SF
Since our last RoR Employer-Developer Speed Dating event was such a success, we couldn’t help hosting another! We had hot startups like Square, Groupon, & AirBnB there recruiting! This event will give you 15 face-to-face meetings (duration: 5 minutes each) with either top RoR developers or employers. We’ll start and wrap up the event with a free-form social hour where you will be able meet up to 35 more developers and up to 25 employers.

SAN FRANCISCO EVENTS:

50% off Cocktails & Conversations: How to Create Buzz Around Your Startup
January 18, 6:30-9:30PM
Founders Den – 665 3rd Street, San Francisco
In the current climate of constant innovation and emergence of new startups, it’s essential to generate buzz around your company to attract new investors, customers, and talent. Join SecondMarket for an evening of Cocktails & Conversations and a candid discussion on “How to Create Buzz Around Your Startup.” Hear from a panel of experts to find out how to use communication and media tactics to engage with your audience and get people excited about your company and products. For more info, check out www.cocktailsandconversationscreatebuzzsf.eventbrite.com and use discount code “WallFlowerVIP” for 50% off!

15% off - Founders Showcase
January 19th, 3:30 – 10:00pm
Microsoft, Mountain View
The Founder Showcase is a quarterly open start-up pitch and networking event that highlights seed- stage businesses, helping founders gain traction among the Silicon Valley elite. The event is hosted by TheFunded.com, a community of over 15,000 registered CEOs to rate sources of venture capital and discuss all things small business. This month’s event also features some of their best guests yet: Mark Suster, Mike Maples, Dave McClure, and Michael Arrington! It is a great opportunity for Founders and CEOs seeking funding to learn from the CEO presentations and pitches, as well as meet investors and service providers. For more information, check out http://foundershowcase.com and use code “web_wallflower” for 15% off!

Tax-Tips for the Self Employed
January 24th, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Sandbox Suites (657 Sutter St.)
Dreading tax season and have questions about taxes for self-employed? Come get tax tips and tricks from San Francisco superstar CPA Jason Stallcup of Stallcup & Voie!
Jason is really good about answering everyone’s questions and giving detailed insider tips, so this is not-to-be-missed! More information at http://taxsandbox.eventbrite.com/

Startup World Launch Party
January 24th, 7:00 – 9:00pm
The Summit SF
Startup World is a global competition to find the next Jobs or Zuckerberg. The competition will be held in 36 cities world-wide, the regional winners will fly to Silicon Valley for a grand showdown to battle it out in front of a panel of expert judges to be crowned the world’s best startup. Whilst there’s certainly advantages to building startups in Silicon Valley due to the sheer amount of entrepreneurs, venture capital and access to talent, startups and entrepreneurship is a global story. Come and celebrate the launch and hear a global perspective on startup ecosystem’s from around the world. Learn more at http://plancast.com/p/9fpp/startup-world-launch-party

Startup Mixer and 60-second Spots
January 25th, 6:00 – 8:00pm
PeopleBrowsr
Join TechCentralSF and PeopleBrowsr as we present 8-10 of the hottest new startups on the planet during 60-second spots (pitches) and we’ll have open mic time for others to present as well!! Startups TBD. More information at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2754357357

The Most Influential People On The Web
January 25th, 7:00 – 10:00pm
Eventbrite HQ, SF
Cascade FS is hosting a web discussion panel about the future of the web, CSS & front end development, work productivity, and more. Join panelists Tantek Çelik, Beau Smith, Jacob Thornton, and Andy Smith for this incredible evening talk. Sign up at http://cascade-panel.eventbrite.com/

YetiZen Year of the Dragon Party
January 31st, 6:00 – 9:00pm
601 Townsend Street
Come join us on Tuesday, January 31st at 6PM as we eat, drink, mingle, and party with the smoothest Jedis in the industry – including influential and talented game developers, producers, and gamers alike! We’ll be rocking at the Adobe’s SF Office (address on the top right). As always, we will be providing FREE DRINKS, thumpy music, and invaluable networking time! Best of all, FREE ADMISSION! Space is limited! Hurry and reserve your ticket FAST! More info at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2775703203

Vator Splash SF
February 2nd, 4:00 – 11:00pm
Cafe Du Nord
The Splash event, hosted by Vator, is a single-track evening event and startup competition. Splash gathers leading entrepreneurs, innovators and financiers across technology to inspire and energize the audience about entrepreneurship and innovation. Splash brings together high-caliber speakers who talk about how to build and scale great successful companies, how their industries are changing and the opportunities those changes are creating. More information at http://vatorsplash.eventbrite.com/

30% off - Quarterly Venture Breakfast
February 7th, 8:00 – 10:00am
Pillsbury Winthrop, Palo Alto
2011 was a confusing year, full of good and bad news. VCs invested roughly $26B, up from $23B in 2010, but VC fundraising was only roughly $14B, so the VCs invested $12B more than they raised in 2011 and $10B more than they raised in 2010, an unsustainable model. Three of the top 4 sectors in 2011 – cleantech, biotech, and medical devices – all face major obstacles and spark much skepticism from many investors. Roughly 50 VC backed companies went public in the US in 2011, down from 75 in 2010, a modest year from a historical perspective. The VC market is in disequilibrium…it cannot stay like this. Will 2012 be better, worse, or the same as 2011? Why are most companies using Pillsbury and PwC? Only our experts know! Come hear the answers! For more information, check out www.svforum.org/venture-breakfast-series and use code DATA12 for 30% off.

Inside Social Apps
February 8th – 9th
The Concourse
What do industry leaders view as today’s most formidable challenges affecting and mobile apps and games in 2012 Inside Social Apps 2012 is our third conference on the future of monetization on social and mobile platforms. Leaders from the industry will share insights on the key opportunities facing social apps Inside Social Apps conferences sell out in advance, so take advantage of early registration pricing and register now.

10% off – The 10th SF MusicTech Summit
February 13, 9:00a – 5:30p
Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco
Join us in celebrating the 10th SF MusicTech Summit on Monday, February 13th, 2012! The Summit brings together over 1000 visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment. For more information, check out http://sfmusictech.com and get your discount with the code “promowebwallflower“.

15% off for Employers – Ruby on Rails Employer-Developer Speed Dating (Developer Page Here)
Feb 16, 7-9:30 pm
pariSoma @ 169 11th St, SF
Since our last RoR Employer-Developer Speed Dating event was such a success, we couldn’t help hosting another! We had hot startups like Square, Groupon, & AirBnB there recruiting! This event will give you 15 face-to-face meetings (duration: 5 minutes each) with either top RoR developers or employers. We’ll start and wrap up the event with a free-form social hour where you will be able meet up to 35 more developers and up to 25 employers.

BAY AREA EVENTS:

15% off - Founders Showcase
January 19th, 3:30 – 10:00pm
Microsoft, Mountain View
The Founder Showcase is a quarterly open start-up pitch and networking event that highlights seed- stage businesses, helping founders gain traction among the Silicon Valley elite. The event is hosted by TheFunded.com, a community of over 15,000 registered CEOs to rate sources of venture capital and discuss all things small business. This month’s event also features some of their best guests yet: Mark Suster, Mike Maples, Dave McClure, and Michael Arrington! It is a great opportunity for Founders and CEOs seeking funding to learn from the CEO presentations and pitches, as well as meet investors and service providers. For more information, check out http://http://foundershowcase.com and use code “web_wallflower” for 15% off!

ERT: New Games, New Plans, & HTML5
January 19th, 6:00 – 9:30p
Pillsbury Law Firm, Palo Alto
Sounds like a lot going on? Oh, yeah. You bet! We’ve got a great keynote speaker Dan Fidan and line-up of game and HMTL5 starups to fire up the 2012 Dragon for you! Learn more and reserve your spot at http://ertnewgamehtml5.eventbrite.com/

Corona SDK Meetup
January 19th, 6:30 – 9:30pm
Ansca Mobile World Headquarters, Palo Alto
Looking to get into game design and development? Be sure to check out this meetup! For Corona SDK developers to get together and discuss mobile development and technology, Corona tips and tricks, and the Lua programming language. Experienced Corona developers and newcomers are equally welcome! Learn more at http://www.meetup.com/Corona-SDK-Group/events/44614432/

Startup Weekend Mobile
January 20th – 22nd
AT&T Foundry, Palo Alto
The AT&T Foundry will be hosting our next event as Startup Weekend goes mobile. The phone has come along way since it’s early days as a mobile device. From tracking our health, to paying bills we have come to rely on our mobile devices in many ways. The rapid growth of smartphones and applications available has created an extremely large market that is still emerging. If you’re interested in building the next big thing for that little devise in your pocket come join us. Developers designers, and mobile enthusiasts sign up, rest up, and get ready for our next 54-hour event. Learn more at http://bayarea.startupweekend.org/

Startup Grind Hosts Kevin Rose
January 26th, 7:00 – 9:30pm
AOL (395 Page Mill Rd.), Palo Alto
Kevin Rose in an entrepreneur, angel investor, and one of technology’s most well-known faces. He’s founded many companies including Digg, Revision3, WeFollow, and now Oink. He has invested in companies including About.me, Path, Square, Foursquare, ngmoco, Twitter, Zynga, Formspring, Fab, Dailybooth, Foodzie, and many more. Startup Grind is a monthly meetup for members of Commonred. Come mingle with other entrepreneurs combined with a great speaker and food. It’s the best meetup and community in Silicon Valley. Learn more at http://startupgrindjan12.eventbrite.com

10% off StartupWeekend San Jose
January 27th – 29th
TiE Conference Cente, Santa Clara
No Talk. All Action. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them. For more information, check out http://sanjose.startupweekend.org with 10% discount code: WALLFLOWER

She’s Geeky 10
January 27 – 29th
Computer History Museum, Mountain View
Join us for an UNConference of amazing people, amazing discussions, great presentations. Women attending She’s Geeky events find inspiration and gain self confidence to pursue or continue on STEM career paths because they are given the opportunity to present their work, often for the first time, discuss critical issues and build peer networks for support. Instead of a pre-planned agenda, the agenda is created live the day of the event by all the geek women who attend. Join us at http://shesgeeky10-eorg.eventbrite.com/

100% off Law and Economics of Aftermarkets
January 31, 12:00-1:30pm
Palo Alto, CA (Venue TBD)
This presentation will introduce participants to the basic concepts of aftermarkets (including platforms and apps). We will survey both the state of the law and some open legal questions surrounding survival as an aftermarket player in the modern economy. The presentation will be of special interest to app and add-on developers, manufacturers of devices with embedded software, and investors, analysts, and attorneys who work in these markets. Presented by Dr.Bruce Abramson of Rimon, P.C. This presentation is approved for 1 hour of California CLE Credit. First 20 people to register using promo code “WebWallFlower” get 100% off the price of a Regular ticket. More information at http://rimon.eventbrite.com

Leveraging Social Media Partners
Feb. 7th, Mar 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th at 6:30-9:30p
UCSC (2505 Augustine Drive), Santa Clara
Social media networks have become one of the fastest ways to attract valuable partners. This course covers the use of the social landscape – opportunities, platforms, tools metrics and best practices – to find partners and delve into the 3 Ms of partner experience – Manage, Maximize and Measure. Students learn how to use word of mouth advertising, collect vital business and product opportunity insight and harvest Facebook. We ask our students to develop a partner social plan. Components are promotions, lead generation, branding and partner campaigns. Industry guests include @IreneKoehler @kennyair. More information at http://www.facebook.com/partnersocial

10% off – Women 2.0 PITCH Event
February 14th, 9:00a – 5:00p
Mountain View, CA
Both men and women are invited to attend the 5th Annual Women 2.0 PITCH Conference. Meet and network with over 800 investors, entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, product managers, marketers, biz dev, etc. at our biggest event of the year! The agenda is packed with top speakers, case studies and dynamic panel discussions on women-led technology solutions from companies like Facebook, Zipcar, Chomp, TaskRabbit, LARK and more. Save 10% with discount code “CASSIE” when you register at http://www.women2.org/conference2012

PlugandPlay TechCenter Events
Daily!
So PlugandPlay TechCenter has a ton of awesome events, and it would take an entire newsletter just to share them all. Skim their calendar regularly to see what they have to offer.http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/calendar/

SVASE Series
Weekly
SVASE, the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping early stage tech entrepreneurs. They hold events regularly in the peninsula, and occasionally the city itself. There are too many to name in my brief email, but be sure to check them out for advice on investment, team development, financing, corporate leadership, and much more: http://www.svase.org/

Founders Space
Founders Space brings together founders, angels, VCs, advisers, and innovators to help start-ups rock the world. You can ask questions, join a Founders Round Table, tell your story, or become an Adviser. Visit http://FoundersSpace.com

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