Upcoming Summer Startup Events

Posted by cass

June 20, 2010

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EVENT DISCOUNTS:

50% off – Partners for Growth & Innovation Tuscany 2010 Conference
June 27 – 30
Viareggio, Italy
A unique opportunity for international Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Techs and VCs to meet, share and build successful bridges. A high profile global conference, including a start-up school, a cloud camp, panels on hot topics like Social Gaming with US Digg Brian Wong and French Kobojo Vincent Vergonjeanne, vibrant keynotes by VC Mounia Rkha or Social Media favorite Adventure Girl and many more (http://www.pgi.vc/speakers/)!
Join us in this inspiring environment where generating in-depth business rhymes with enjoying local life.
Enter GEEKS while registering to get a 40% discount! http://pgi.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn

$350 off – iPad Summit
June 28th, All Day
South San Francisco Conference Center
Perfect your Apple mobile device strategy. The iPad Summit is the only event of it’s type, providing you the detailed insight you need to create not just your iPad strategy but your entire Apple mobile device strategy (iPad, iPhone and iTouch). You’ll get market insight from Flurry Analytics, M2 Research, Interpret LLC, Chitika, AdMob and Aurora Feint and others. You can’t get this much market research and data anywhere else- – so don’t miss out. The summit takes place June 28, 2010, and conveniently located at the South San Francisco Conference. Register now for just $350 using the “fail-vip” discount code. Details are available here: http://www.ipadsummit.com

15% off – Social Developer Summit
June 29th, 8:30a – 6:00p
The Palace Hotel
Whether it’s social games, social news, social discovery, social search, or other forms of social solutions, developers today are facing new hurdles in building instantly scalable products. As new technologies emerge to address the challenges faced by social application developers, it’s increasingly important to come together for knowledge sharing purposes. The first Social Developer Summit will bring together social application developers to discuss the challenges, solutions, and best practices for building applications in the rapidly expanding social web economy. At the Social Developer Summit, industry experts will share tips and case studies for building high performance social web products. More info and 15% off at: http://www.mediabistro.com/socialdevelopersummit/?c=sdsbate with the code SDSBATE

20% off – PR Summit BootCamp
July 22, All Day
LGBT Community Center
The PR Summit Boot Camp is a one day conference focused on providing up-to-date tools for professionals working in media. Conference attendee’s will have the opportunity to listen, connect and follow the insights and conversation of media experts in a wide variety of vertical markets and industries. The PR Summit Boot Camp Conference addresses the changing media & public relations landscape. Industry professionals in a variety of vertical markets and industries will provide attendees with latest case-studies, insights, fresh ideas, tools, and best success practices that can be applied can be applied to a person’s skills set. Information and a 20% discount at http://prconferencebootcamp-sf.eventbrite.com/ (PS: I’m speaking so check it out!)

20% – BlogHer ’10
August 6-7
The Hilton, New York City
Building on the momentum of five consecutive sold-out annual conferences, BlogHer ’10 will bring bloggers from every corner of the blogosphere together for hands-on learning, rich discussions, opportunities to meet with the brands that support them and plentiful networking opportunities. BlogHer ’10 will be at the The Hilton New York from August 6 – 7, 2010. We will kick off on Thursday August 5 with our fourth annual BlogHer Business Conference, a “crash course” on best practices for reaching the most influential and powerful consumers — women online — in the quickly evolving social media world. And Girls in Tech attendees can receive 20% off BlogHer Business registration by using the discount code GIT.

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SAN FRANCISCO EVENTS:

Lunch 2.0 at Xobni
June 22nd, 12:00n – 2:00p
Xobni (539 Bryant St)
Xobni is hosting us for the first summer Lunch 2.0 of 2010 next Tuesday! Come on out and mingle with the tech community in their cool loft space and learn about their developer platform (http://www.xobni.com/developer/). SPACE IS LIMITED, PLEASE RSVP ON UPCOMING http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/6553674/CA/San-Francisco/Lunch-20-xobni/Xobni/

Social Drinks & Pitches
June 22nd, 6:00 – 9:00p
Citizen Space
A lot of the great entrepreneurs are new to the area (or you are not new, but want to meet even more great people) and you are looking to expand your network in order to: Find potential business partners and advisors to start cool companies; Find potential investors for your awesome ideas; Find potential employers and employees to make amazing stuff happen. This will be an event for you to pitch. We will bring together super talented entrepreneurs, developers, investors with different backgrounds and skill sets. You will have 45 seconds. Tell us: Who are you? What’s your venture? And what you are looking for? Information at their Facebook event.

b2b Search Marketing Summit
June 23rd, 8:00a – 7:00p
InterContinental
Struggling to get your B2B Search Marketing campaigns to turn a profit? Do you need a better strategy to fill your pipeline with more qualified leads using Search Marketing and Social Media? The B2B Search Strategy Summit is designed by B2B Search Engine Marketers for B2B Search Engine Marketers to provide strategic and tactical b2b Marketing knowledge and bring together the best minds in b2b search engine marketing to share leading-edge information and experience. Information at http://www.b2bsearchstrategy.com/

Tech Night Double Feature
June 23rd, 6:00p – 9:00p
Commonwealth Club
Kick back for the insider’s scoop on Facebook, then find out what the Internet is doing to our brains, for better or worse. Start the evening with David Kirkpatrick, Author of The Facebook Effect being interviewed by Michael Arrington, and round it off with Nicholas Carr author of The Shallows talking with Peter Norvig, the director of research at Google. This definitely an incredible night of talks not to be missed by anyone involved in the web and social media. Information at tickets at the Commonwealth Club site.

Structure 2010
June 23rd – 24th
Mission Bay Conference Center
Cloud computing has caught the technology world’s imagination. At Structure 2010, we celebrate cloud computing and recognize that it is just one part of the fabric that makes up the global compute infrastructure we rely on daily. From broadband to hardware and software, we look at the whole picture and predict the directions the industry will take. Whether you’re in a corporation looking to learn about infrastructure best practices or an entrepreneur looking for your next venture, Structure 2010 is a must-attend event that can provide you with the best ideas, contacts and thinkers. More details are available on the Structure 2010 website – www.StructureConf.com

Mogotix Launch Party
June 24th, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Roe Lounge
Come celebrate the MogoTix launch with Plancast, UserVoice, Recurly, and imhello at ROE Lounge in San Francisco! The party starts at 6:00 pm. Free food, awesome people. If you like free drinks, you know which ticket to buy. If you don’t—hey, you’re still welcome, but you might get thirsty. Info and registration at http://mogotixlaunchparty.mogotix.com/

Rev3 Fifth Anniversary Party
June 25th, 8:00pm – 2:00am
Mezzanine
Revision3 is celebrating its 5 Year Anniversary and we want YOU to join us in San Francisco with the best party we could put together. We’ve got Brian Brushwood of Scam School and Alex Koll of ROFL performing LIVE as well as the first LIVE Diggnation in San Francisco in over 2 years! Doors open at Mezzanine in SF at 8 PM, but you’ll want to get in line early as this one is going to be packed! The party is 21 and over (don’t blame us – this is due to San Francisco City age restrictions at venues). More information up at their Facebook Event!

Social Media ROI
June 29th, 6:30 – 9:30p
Sandbox Suites
Our June speaker is a true evil genius when it comes to converting visitors to customers using social media. His latest startup, Flowtown, has gained more than 10,000 customers and grew its Facebook page from 0 to almost 3,000 fans in a matter of months. Discover which of your customers are using social media. Demystify the world of social media in 3 simple steps. Learn Tips & Tricks around Blogging, Facebook and Twitter. Convert visits into customers from your social profiles. Information at http://flowtown-efbevent.eventbrite.com/

Opinno Open Office
July 1st, 12:00n
Opinno, Pier 38
Join Opinno this summer to work in downtown San Francisco, right in the heart of the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem. From July through September, we will be hosting entrepreneurs from all over the world, including from the United States, in our incubator on Pier 38, home to more than 100 entrepreneurs and investors. Each week, you will be able to attend networking events, tour startups, meet investors, and experience life in San Francisco, a city renowned for its entrepreneurship, culture and natural beauty. Information at http://www.opinno.com/openoffice/ and Eventbrite.

Social Media Marketing 2010
July 8th, 8:00a – 6:00p
Hotel Nikko
Social Media Marketing 2010 San Fransisco will bring together leading brands and marketing experts to explore the viral power of social networks. During this one-day event, a team of renowned marketing experts will provide guidance on how to effectively engage with customers via social media, give tips on how to maximize the impact of your campaigns and offer insights into new services to try and trends to watch out for. This is the ultimate event for anyone involved in social media or digital marketing. Info at http://socialmediamarketing.co.uk/sanfrancisco

SF Beta 4.3
July 13th, 5:30 – 9:30p
111 Minna Gallery
SF Beta is San Francisco’s largest and longest-running startup mixer. Hundreds of founders, developers, investors, and geeks are joining us. Will you? Our loosely structured event attracts over 350 people from across Silicon Valley. We provide tasty gourmet appetizers and a full cash bar, along with live demos from startups throughout the night. Registration: http://sfbeta4p03.eventbrite.com/

Startup Job Demo
July 17th, 10:00a – 2:00p
Citizen Space
Instead of lurking around and begging for attention, be inspired by the cool projects startups are working on and find the right fit. 30 hiring companies will present Ignite style for 5 minutes each on what they are working on & the culture of their company. If you like what they are about, you can interview with them in real-time during a 10 minute interview slot directly after their talk. For more information check out http://startup-job-demo-1-fb.eventbrite.com/

Geo-Loco Conference
July 21, All Day
Mission Bay at UCSF
Geo-Loco is the next big thing in advertising, social media and discovery. On Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, in San Francisco, investors, brands and technology providers will gather to explore what the new breed of Geo-Location-enabled services and applications is doing for brands, for businesses and for consumers. Information at http://geoloco.tv/

Startup Weekend SF
July 23rd – 25th
KickLabs, San Francisco
That’s it we are back for a very special Startup Weekend! This Startup Weekend is going to be focus on Mobile (any mobile you can go crazy!!) For the ones who don’t know Startup Weeekend, this is a chance for you to go from idea to business in a weekend! For the ones who has been to a Startup Weekend , this is a good way to experiment new things to be a better entrepreneur (Learning by Doing!) Information posted regularly at http://bayarea.startupweekend.org/

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BAY AREA EVENTS:

CloudForce 2010
June 22nd, 8:30a – 6:00p
San Jose Convention Center
The next wave of cloud computing is here, and it’s changing everything! Find out how—at this landmark industry event with the cloud leaders whose mobile, collaborative, and social innovations are driving the Cloud 2 revolution. Join salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff, industry luminaries from CA, VMware, and BMC, and thousands of your peers to see how the next generation of cloud computing can transform your entire business. Choose from 18 targeted breakout sessions for sales, customer service, developers, IT executives, ISVs, and entrepreneurs. And test drive 50+ live demos of cutting-edge apps. Lunch is included. And you can cap off your day by networking1:1 networking industry’s top cloud computing experts, salesforce.com customers, and partners in our Cloud Expo. Space is limited and there’s only a week to go, so register now for this free event.

Silicon Valley Tweet-up & Young Professionals Meetup
June 22nd, 6:00 – 8:30p
SV Capital Club
Please join us for the summer kick-off event for Silicon Valley Tweet-Up, which we’re hosting in conjunction with Silicon Valley Young Professionals. We’re also moving to a new great location for this event — the Silicon Valley Capital Club in downtown San Jose. With this event we will raise money for Hope Services, a nonprofit agency that provides programs that assist children, adults and seniors with developmental disabilities to become valued and participating members of their communities. The cost to attend the tweet-up is $10 at the door, and all proceeds go to Hope Services. Attendees get food and drink tickets. Information on Plancast.

TEDsalon
June 23rd, 6:30 – 8:30p
Samovar Conference Hall, Mountain View
TED (short for Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a U.S. private non-profit foundation[1] that is best known for its conferences, now held in Europe and Asia as well as the U.S., devoted to what it calls “ideas worth spreading”. A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. What happens when TED meets Salon? Find out! On June 23 inspirational group of authors, technologists, artists will meet at the informal gathering in Mountain View. Information at http://tedsalonjune2010.eventbrite.com/

Startup Waffles
June 24, 8:00a – 11:00a
776 University Ave, Palo Alto
Startup Waffles provides founders and hackers with free waffles (and coffee and OJ) and a place to mingle, network, and get your day started right. Check out their Meetup page for more information.

EventTech
June 25th, 8:30a – 6:00p
Microsoft, Mountain View
Shai Goldman & Dave Nielsen are working together to create an event industry conference to highlight new technologies, formats & business models used to create todays most popular events. We’ve invited the upstart innovators & Rock Stars of the event industry to share their stories and lessons so that our events may benefit from their experience. Info and tickets at http://eventtech2010.eventbrite.com/

JobNob Happy Hour
June 29th, 4:30 – 7:30p
Illusions Supper Club, Palo Alto
Come “Jobnob” with cool new startups and talented job seekers at this information networking happy hour where you can find startup jobs. Be flexible on commitment and compensation – bootstrapped startups may be offering *alternative compensation: reduced rates, equity, internships, part-time, etc. Get in on the ground floor with these great startups and meet cool tech companies! Funded and larger tech companies should be offering traditional compensation. Registration required: http://www.jobnob.com/happy-hour/PaloAlto-jun-29-2010

SV NewTech Meetup
July 6, 7:00 – 10:00p
DLA Piper, Palo Alto
Learn about hot new web technologies and mingle with 200 fellow entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts. This meetup fills up quick, so be sure to RSVP 2 weeks early each month. Check out their Meetup page for more information!

Consumer Internet: Pillsbury and PricewaterhouseCoopers
July 13th, 8:00 – 10:00am
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto
For many years, VCs shied away from consumer deals…too hard to predict consumer whims…big marketing budgets usually required…hard to build a brand. With the wild success of some consumer plays (e.g. Amazon, eBay, Google), now many VCs do consumer plays and some even focus on them. Now there are thousands of consumer plays, angling for a bigger share of eyeballs, wallets, and advertising revenues. Are there still big consumer plays or is the field already saturated? Who will be the winners and losers? Come hear our panelists answer these questions and more as they discuss the consumer landscape and how they expect their companies and others to navigate it. Information at http://www.sdforum.org/venturebreakfast

Cleantech Entrepreneurship: Can it get the nation back to work?
July 22, 8:30a – 5:00p
DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose
Amidst the recovery from the recent recession, seeds of a brighter future are being developed by entrepreneurs with “game changing” clean technologies. This innovation is not unprecedented, but what is different this time? We are competing on a global scale against corporations and governments that have a multi-year head start, while struggling to finance our major infrastructure projects with venture capital investment or capital markets. Faced with these challenges, we bring the brightest and most engaging minds together to discuss how we can ensure that cleantech leads the economic recovery, and that our most innovative entrepreneurs receive the support they need. Info and registration at http://cleantechopen.org

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/

SDforum
Weekly Not to add another list of events to my list, but SDforum also has something every other day. Essentially “SDForum is the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit organization providing an unbiased source of information and insight to the technology community. SDForum provides a venue for engineers, executives, researchers, technology leaders, and venture capitalists to exchange information on emerging technologies and best practices.” Info on their events at www.sdforum.com.

Founders Space
Founders Space brings together founders, angels, VCs, attorneys, CFOs and other experts to answer the questions all founders have. We’re focused on developing new ways to connect founders, advisors and investors around the world. Our vision is to build a global platform, where startups and advisors work as virtual teams to enter and grow new markets, and where investors can efficiently discover the best matches for their investment goals. So join us in this grand adventure, and let’s build something truly great!

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