Join Reboot co-founder Khalid Halim and a16z's Matt Levy for an Ask Me Anything event about co-founder conflict, managing investors, avoiding burnout, and more. Price: $12 Link: http://www.rocketspace.com/events/keeping-your-sanity-as-a-startup-founder

Status: approved Member: Mike Bowles Type: Meetup Estimated size: 25 Contact: , 650-888-7869 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This group reads and discusses recent papers on deep learning. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5859572224884736-deep-learning-study-group

Takeways: Understand the Silicon Valley environment and the funding process Develop a strong strategy to reach out to investors Understand the equity dilution Price: $5 Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-build-a-financial-plan-that-investors-will-love-tickets-25980299776

Status: approved Member: Shannon Thomson Type: Meetup Estimated size: 20 Rooms: Classroom Details: Attorney Seffi Kaminitz will will discuss various elements of founding and financing a startup that are unique to the technology industry and will answer legal questions related to starting your business. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5782114905620480-kaminitz-law-startup-legal-workshop

Deborah Gage from The Wall Street Journal, Jeannie Hornung from FlipTurn Communications, and Founder / CEO Pramod Sharma of Osmo will discuss the most effective strategies for generating press coverage for startups. Price: $15 Link: http://www.joinffl.com/events/2016/6/28/ffl-startup-talk-how-to-get-press-coverage

Status: approved Member: Jun Wong Type: Meetup Estimated size: 50 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: (Private Sponsored) Silicon Valley Solidworks User Group Meeting -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5808935097335808--private-sponsored-silicon-valley-solidworks-user-group-meeting

You are invited to pitch to Nitin Chopra, VC at Shasta Ventures, and angel investor Darnell Kemp. Nitin is passionate about enterprise software and mobile. He is looking at investing opportunities in application, platform and infrastructure software. Darnell is an angel investor, and has worked with investors and companies across industries including SaaS, IOT, big data, machine learning, and e-commerce. He's also an active speaker, panelist, and startup mentor. Also in the investor panel will be Dea Wilson, Venture Partner at Founders Floor Accelerator and CEO at Lifograph. Only 10 Early Bird Pitch tickets available. RSVP early. Food and drinks are provided. Startups pitching at Lifograph events have an opportunity to win a FREE Lifograph sponsorship package ($750 value) and a private meeting with the investors. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Startups looking for funding are invited to pitch. You may also attend as a spectator and take advantage of a great learning and networking opportunity. FORMAT: 90-second verbal elevator pitch (no deck) followed by feedback from the investor panel. At the end of the event, the investor panel will choose a winner who will receive a free Lifograph sponsorship package ($750 value) and a private meeting with the investors. INVESTOR PANEL NITIN CHOPRA Nitin Chopra is a VC at Shasta Ventures. Shasta Ventures invests in early-stage enterprise and consumer technology start-ups, including including cloud computing, SaaS, enterprise software, consumer services, marketplaces, commerce, mobile and networked devices. Shasta Ventures portfolio includes companies like: Lithium, Mint, Nest, Nextdoor, Turn, Zuora, Canva, Crittercism, Doctor on Demand, Dollar Shave Club, Liquid Space, Path, Swipely, Task Rabbit, Threadflip, Whisper, etc. Nitin has lived and worked in Canada, Germany, USA and India. He worked at BlackBerry's enterprise software team where he engineered relationships with leading software vendors and drove products from concept to launch. Prior to that he worked in product marketing for PMC-Sierra. Nitin earned an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University.   DARNELL KEMP Darnell is a successful independent angel investor and is the cofounder of DreamFunded.com, an online venture capital firm. Darnell has developed and launched over $1B of software, hardware, e-commerce, biotech, and medical device products for companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 50 corporations. He has worked with 1000s of investors and companies across industries including SaaS, IOT, big data, machine learning, e-commerce, etc. Darnell is an active speaker, panelist, and startup mentor. He has worked with VC Taskforce, SXSW, Startup Showcase, US MAC, US Angels, Haas School of Business, Global Venture Forum, and several others groups that support the startup ecosystem. Darnell has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley) with a focus on Venture Capital. DEA WILSON Dea is the founder of Lifograph - The Encyclopedia of People. She is a serial entrepreneur, Venture Partner at Founders Floor Accelerator and founder of Silicon Valley Incubator. Her investment interest is in consumer, mobile and B2C startups. Dubbed "Mrs. Silicon Valley", Dea is what people call a "super-connector", her expansive network including the "Who's Who" in startups, venture capital, technology, entertainment, etc. As an Executive Director at The VC Network and LifographTV, Dea interviews many prominent VCs, angels, executives and founders in Silicon Valley and tech. She has a Masters Degree from University of Washington and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business (University of Pennsylvania). AGENDA: 6:00pm - 6:30pm – registration and networking 6:30pm - 8:30pm – pitches 8:30pm - meet the investors, networking 9:00pm - event ends REFUND POLICY We are happy to refund your ticket if refund is requested 24 hours before the event. Unfortunately, any refunds requested less than 24h in advance cannot be honored. However, you can sell or transfer your ticket to someone else before the event starts. Thank you for your understanding. :-)

Meet a panel of leading investors including Ariel Poler (super-angel with 60+ investments); John Frankel (MP of ffVCs.com), Sundeep Peechu (MD at Felicis Ventures) and others to learn what’s new in startup fundraising, how it’s all shaking out, and what you can do to raise money as efficiently as possible. Price: $45 Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-funding-20-raising-capital-in-2016-and-beyond-tickets-9987842907

Status: approved Member: Rochelle Kopp Type: Meetup Estimated size: 60 Info URL: www.businessdojo-sv.com Fee: 21 Contact: Rochelle Kopp, 6503310638 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Another in our series of events for the Japanese business community in Silicon Valley, this event will feature Kiyomi Hutchins, a consultant who wrote a book about human resource management practices at Google. The event itself will be in Japanese but everyone is welcome to attend the networking sessions before and after the speaker and meet Japanese businesspeople active in Silicon Valley. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5775690708287488-business-dojo-with-kiyomi-hutchins

If you are a startup female founder or co-founder and would like to apply to pitch to our investor panel and audience , please fill out this application Price: $15 Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/female-founders-pitch-female-funders-tickets-25448951499

Nir Eyal explains the psychology behind the world's most habit-forming technologies and provides practical advice for increasing user engagement Price: FREE Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hooked-how-to-build-habit-forming-products-fireside-chat-and-qa-with-nir-eyal-tickets-26079968889

 In this one day training workshop you will learn about key pricing principles, conduct group exercises on pricing Price: $249 Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solving-pricing-subscriptions-and-payments-for-startups-tickets-26488050472

Join industry experts, innovative mobile tech startups, app publishers and developers to explore strategies to turn your app into a profitable business Price: $20 / Save 100% with "StartupDigest" Link: http://appstrategyworkshops.org/san-francisco-2016/

Status: approved Member: Russell Zhang Type: Meetup Estimated size: 50 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This is a panel discussion following the Flash Memory Summit about: - Non-volatile memory trends - Persistent Memory applications - Future of Big Data and analytics Agenda: 6:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. Food, drinks and networking with panelists 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. - Panel Session 8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. QA -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5784324599185408-flash-memory-summit-discussion

You are invited to a RARE EVENT with Randy Adams, cofounder of Yahoo, FunnyOrDie (with Will Ferrel) and WhatTheFunny (with Marlon Wayans), as part of Founders Floor Speaker Series. Randy Adams is a serial entrepreneur who has founded eight venture-backed technology companies in Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Randy has raised more than $250 million in venture capital and returned more than $2 billion to investors. He has served as Co-founder and Board Director at Yahoo, Co-founder and Board Director at FunnyOrDie.com (with Will Ferrell), Co-founder and CEO at WTF Studios (with Marlon Wayans), President of the Home Shopping Network (Internet Division), Director of Engineering at Adobe Systems and Lead Designer at Steve Job’s NeXT. Some of his notable accomplishments include: - the invention of the first desktop publishing application for the PC - the invention of PDF and Acrobat while the Director of Software Engineering at Adobe Systems - development of the Objective C toolbox at NeXT as one of the original NeXT software team member - the creation of the world’s first e-commerce website and the development of it into the first acquisition by Barry Diller in what was to become IAC - cofounding and serving on the Board of Directors for Yahoo - cofounding and serving on the Board of Directors of FunnyOrDie.com (with comedian Will Ferrell) - cofounding and serving as CEO of Marlon Wayans’ WhatTheFunny.com Randy has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Sit down with Tina to talk about how user feedback affects Slack’s design, how to build platforms, what their design team does to foster collaboration, and where they see design heading Price: FREE Link: http://zurb.com/soapbox/rsvp

Status: approved Member: Suresh B Velagapudi Type: Meetup Estimated size: 16 Fee: 10 Rooms: Classroom Details: Eigen values and Decomposition of matrices -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/6400999224770560-mountain-view-algorithm-design-meetup-on-math-for-machine-learning

Status: approved Member: Bruce C Type: Meetup Estimated size: 60 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Bricks by the Bay Volunteers will stuff the Attendee bags for next weeks Lego Convention -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5886066082971648-bricks-by-the-bay-bag-stuffing

Status: approved Member: Bruce C Type: Meetup Estimated size: 60 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Bricks by the Bay Volunteers will stuff the Attendee bags for next weeks Lego Convention -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5886066082971648-bricks-by-the-bay-bag-stuffing

Status: approved Member: Bruce C Type: Meetup Estimated size: 60 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Bricks by the Bay Volunteers will stuff the Attendee bags for next weeks Lego Convention -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5773183386910720-bricks-by-the-bay-bag-stuffing

Status: approved Member: Bruce C Type: Meetup Estimated size: 60 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Bricks by the Bay Volunteers will stuff the Attendee bags for next weeks Lego Convention -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5773183386910720-bricks-by-the-bay-bag-stuffing

Startup Grind San Francisco Monday, August 15 at 6:00 PM THIS IS A PAID EVENT PURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE Bryan Johnson (OS Fund, Braintree) Bryan is the founder of the OS Fund. He invests in and advises e... http://www.meetup.com/Startup-Grind-SF/events/230011687/

Status: approved Member: Mark Lenhart Type: Meetup Estimated size: 15 Info URL: http://www.meetup.com/Discussion-of-Patents/events/231958589/ Rooms: Classroom Details: The Examiner's Answer Monday, August 15, 2016 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Hacker Dojo 3350 Thomas Rd, Santa Clara, CA (map) An attorney who is a former patent examiner will give the group a view into that job. This will be a chance to ask questions and learn about how the system works internally and what applicants can do to make examination smoother. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5780992576978944-discussion-of-patents-meetup-an-examiner-s-perspective

Bryan invests in and advises entrepreneurs who are developing quantum-leap discoveries that promise to rewrite` the operating systems of life Price: $15 Link: https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-san-francisco-presents-bryan-johnson-os-fund-braintree#/

Status: approved Member: Mike Bowles Type: Meetup Estimated size: 25 Contact: , 650-888-7869 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This group reads and discusses recent papers on deep learning. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5321583547645952-deep-learning-study-group

Bryan invests in and advises entrepreneurs who are developing quantum-leap discoveries that promise to rewrite` the operating systems of life Price: $15 Link: https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-san-francisco-presents-bryan-johnson-os-fund-braintree#/

David Saxby of SaxbyIoT, will offer a short briefing on "8 things you should think about (a lot) before you start a company: lessons learned from founding six startups." Price: $5 Link: http://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-SV/events/231528534/

This is a joint event organized by Lifograph and Founders Floor Accelerator. The event starts with a Networking Reception with food, beer and wine. 80+ attendees expected (founders, investors, executives, software developers, designers, marketing professionals, product managers, corporate professionals, lawyers, accountants, content writers, crowdfunding experts, growth hackers, etc.) STARTUP MATCHUP FORMAT: During the event: 1. Each of you gives a 45-second pitch about your company in front of the audience (founders, investors, service providers). You will talk about: - your name, title and company - what your company does - what you are looking for (ex: team, intros, leads, beta users, etc). - what can you offer to the attendees (ex: skills, advice, referrals, etc.) EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU COULD ASK THE COMMUNITY: - I am looking for a cofounder with noSQL database skills. Do you know anyone? - We just released our app and need more beta signups. Could you try it out and give us feedback? - We just launched our product. Could you sign up for our freemium version and let us know what you think? - We are getting ready for an investor pitch. Can you give us your opinion on it? - I am thinking about leaving my job and build a startup. Could anyone help me build my MVP (minimum viable product)? - We are looking for more PR for our startup. Can you recommend a PR firm? - Our team is ready to raise our seed round. Do you know any investor in the cloud computing space? - We are building a crowdfunding campaign. Do you know a marketing consultant with prior experience in the field? And so on… 2. After all attendees have publicly introduced themselves we break out into a general networking session where you can follow up with each other and exchange resources and contact information. More pictures from previous events on Lifograph community. Join Lifograph's FREE investor and startup community AGENDA 6:00pm - 6:45pm – Networking Reception with food, beer and wine 6:45pm - 7:00pm – introductions, sponsors and demo tables mentions 7:00pm - 8:30pm – Startup Matchup program 8:30pm - 9:00pm – general networking We look forward to helping each other succeed.

Status: approved Member: Franz Boehm Type: Meetup Estimated size: 40 Info URL: https://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Innovation-Lab-Meetup-Group/ Contact: Sumanth Sathyanarayana, 2153508896 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This is a group for SDN/NFV, Containers and IoT Enthusiasts. We would also go through various other technologies such as 'Virtual Reality', 'Earthquake Early Warning', etc which we are exploring in our Research Lab with academia as well as Industry colleagues. The meetup is jointly sponsored by Intel and Deutsche Telekom Inc. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5780737831731200-intel-proposition-on-containers

Join P2Health for a panel discussion that will explore how applying a public health lens to digital health can spark new approaches and connections between non-traditional stakeholders and leverage product design to advance public health innovation outside of care delivery Price: $15 Link: https://morethanhealthcare.splashthat.com/

Status: approved Member: Anand Karasi Type: Workshop Estimated size: 50 Fee: 20 Contact: Anand Karasi, 4088388903 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Recruiting great talent is a challenge because great candidates are not looking for a job. For startups and large companies alike finding great talent is not enough. You have you engage them and sell them on the promise of a better future. In this workshop you will learn - How to leverage artificial intelligence to narrow your search to a small group of high quality candidates that are likely to leave their current jobs - How to create the appropriate online presence to attract great candidates - How to leverage multiple communications channels - email, phone, social media and other creative means to get great candidates to engage with you. Notes: The entry fee is to cover for food and drinks. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5892847752445952-workshop-using-artificial-intelligence-amp-social-media-for-recruiting

Here are 16 ways to engage and motivate product teams - to ensure that together that you delight customers. Price: $5 Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/product-owners-how-to-get-your-team-to-love-you-tickets-26182756329?aff=startupdigest

A panel of four entrepreneurs will address the practical considerations for evaluating and joining a startup as a co-founder or early employee Price: FREE Link: http://www.skmurphy.com

This is an essential talk for anyone about to launch or thinking of launching a startup/company, as well as great traffic acquisition tactics for anyone currently running a company Price: FREE Link: https://www.universe.com/howtohacksuccess

Our speakers come from innovative companies such as Facebook, Google, and Salesforce, who are known for their extraordinary cultures and productive teams. Price: $399 Link: http://www.culturesummit.co/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=startupdigest

Bring together HR leaders, startups and students in an intimate environment to tackle some of HR's top challenges - No coding required! Price: $100 / Save 50% with "RallyteamVIP" Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/hr-innovation-hackathon-tickets-25985691904

Status: approved Member: Aeris C Type: Meetup Estimated size: 90 Info URL: http://www.meetup.com/IoTSiliconValley/ Contact: Yixiang Chen, 4085571986 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: IoT Silicon Valley Meetup event. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5778908444098560-iot-silicon-valley-meetup

Network with 500+ of San Francisco's most talented entrepreneurs, investors, developers, designers, and professionals Price: $15 Link: https://events.bizzabo.com/summermixer2016

This session of Designers + Geeks will look at the evolution of careers, working environments, and living situations. With speakers from some of the companies leading this evolution, we'll look at what the future holds for modern living. Price: $20 Link: https://designersandgeeks.com/events/life-x-design?utm_source=sd_lifexdesign&utm_medium=partners&utm_campaign=sd

Attendees will enjoy an exciting day finding innovative solutions to HR problems with live demos and hands-on opportunities to explore systems Price: $29 Link: http://www.nchra.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=789074

You'll learn how to tap into who you really are as a female leader and bring your voice to any situation Price: FREE Link: https://www.universe.com/womensleadershipworkshop

World Technology Forum Friday, August 19 at 6:00 PM Visit our main group -> Startups Showcase click this (X) link! This event is for anyone who's age is 21+! An RSVP, here gives us a count, and we th... http://www.meetup.com/womentech/events/232927891/

Status: canceled Member: Raj Lal Type: Workshop Estimated size: 98 Info URL: http://meetup.com/Igniter Fee: 99 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This is a whole day, 4 workshops two on leadership and two on team building. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5274305705279488-igniters-meetup-leadership-and-team-workshop

Status: approved Member: Raj Lal Type: Workshop Estimated size: 98 Info URL: http://meetup.com/Igniter Fee: 99 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This is a whole day, 4 workshops two on leadership and two on team building. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5274305705279488-igniters-meetup-leadership-and-team-workshop

Status: approved Member: Suresh B Velagapudi Type: Meetup Estimated size: 22 Fee: 12 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Advanced Python -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5275542773301248-baypriggies-meetup

Status: approved Member: Rand Montes Type: Meetup Estimated size: 25 Info URL: meetup.com/hosting Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Study Group Toastmasters @ HackerDojo The place to work on your communication skills. Need to work on your start-up pitch? Feeling nervous when giving a presentation? Just want to work on being more social? All are great reasons to check out Toastmasters, we all strive to be more effective communicators. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5339821052526592-study-group-toastmasters

Status: approved Member: Raj Lal Type: Workshop Estimated size: 98 Info URL: http://meetup.com/Igniter Fee: 99 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This is a whole day, 4 workshops two on leadership and two on team building. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5274305705279488-igniters-meetup-leadership-and-team-workshop

Hackers and Founders Monday, August 22 at 5:00 PM Hey Ladies, Hackers/Founders is moving to our new offices in San Jose on April 1. After the dust settles, we'll resume our meetups. In the meantime, m... http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/events/229955519/

Hackers and Founders Monday, August 22 at 5:00 PM Attendees who identify as female only, please *Please note: Change of Venue -'The Tech Museum's Design Challenge Learning Institute' 145 West San Carl... http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/events/bmbnjlyvlbdc/

Status: approved Member: Mike Bowles Type: Meetup Estimated size: 25 Contact: , 650-888-7869 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This group reads and discusses recent papers on deep learning. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5822391431200768-deep-learning-study-group

Hackers and Founders Monday, August 22 at 6:30 PM Attendees who identify as female only, please Welcome to the smallest women's meetup evar (introvert alert!) Please join our small but merry group o... http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/events/229955519/

Three startups pitching for 5 min, followed by 5 min of Q&A by our amazing panel of investors Price: $10 / Save 20% with "DIGEST" Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startuphouse-battlefield-foundry-program-pitch-day-tickets-26910485988

Status: approved Member: Shannon Thomson Type: Workshop Estimated size: 20 Info URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kaminitz-law-startup-legal-workshop-tickets-23296388124 Rooms: Classroom Details: Attorney Seffi Kaminitz will will discuss various elements of founding and financing a startup that are unique to the technology industry and will answer legal questions related to starting your business. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5817768905539584-kaminitz-law-startup-legal-workshop

Status: approved Member: Jun Wong Type: Meetup Estimated size: 50 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: (Private Sponsored) Silicon Valley Solidworks User Group Meeting -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5808935097335808--private-sponsored-silicon-valley-solidworks-user-group-meeting

This is an opportunity to learn key factors such as valuation methodologies, buyer perspective and business model attributes Price: FREE Link: https://www.universe.com/theartoftheexit

Status: canceled Member: Jun Wong Type: Meetup Estimated size: 50 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: (Private Sponsored) Silicon Valley Solidworks User Group Meeting -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5808935097335808--private-sponsored-silicon-valley-solidworks-user-group-meeting

Join startup sales leaders from Optimizely, SalesLoft, and others for a night of music, fun, and sales insights on how to setup a scale a sales development team Price: FREE Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salesbasics-the-fundamentals-of-b2b-prospecting-and-sales-development-tickets-26811588182

In an age of ever-increasing distractions, quickly creating customer habits is an important characteristic of successful products Price: FREE Link: https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Silicon-Valley/events/232912168/

Status: approved Member: Vishwas Manral Type: Meetup Estimated size: 100 Info URL: http://www.meetup.com//sventrepreneurs/events/231028851/?showDescription=true Contact: Adie Kelkar, 6502782353 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: SVE Entrepreneur - Pitch & Demo night. 5 Investors from 5 different venture funds. 10 startups pitching. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5815757921320960-pitch-amp-demo-night

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups Thursday, August 25 at 6:00 PM Join the SVE entrepreneur community for our monthly Pitch and Demo night! Network with founders, investors, and Silicon Valley professionals in our co... http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/232421154/

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups Thursday, August 25 at 6:00 PM Join the SVE entrepreneur community for our monthly Demo night! Network with founders, investors, and Silicon Valley professionals in our community. I... http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/232421154/

You are invited to pitch to Curtis Feeny - VC at Voyager Capital ($420M+ fund) and Ed Fernandez - VC at Naiss Ventures, contributor to CNBC and angel investor. Curtis Feeny is a Partner at Voyager Capital and has served as the Managing Director at Voyager Capital for the last 16 years. Ed Fernandez cofounded Naiss.io, a venture capital firm focusing on tech startups and early stage companies, preparing them for IPO in alternative markets. Also in the investor panel will be Dea Wilson, Venture Partner at Founders Floor Accelerator and CEO at Lifograph - the Encyclopedia of People. Only 10 Early Bird Pitch tickets available. RSVP early. Food and drinks are provided. Startups pitching at Lifograph events have an opportunity to win a FREE Lifograph sponsorship package ($750 value) and a private meeting with the investors.

Hackers and Founders Friday, August 26 at 12:30 PM Hey! This one's on you! We've got a mini-conference coming up and you get to pick the topic and the speakers. Anonymously* (Yes, I could do it mysel... http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/events/232609059/

Hackers and Founders Friday, August 26 at 12:30 PM Hey everybody! Thanks for making so many great recommendations about mini-conference topics. Geez, we have our work cut out for us ;) WATCH THIS SPACE... http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/events/232609059/

500 hackers will compete in the 24-hour hackathon held in San Francisco Price: FREE Link: https://www.hackerearth.com/slash-hack/

Developer teams will be asked to leverage U.S. Bank and MasterCard APIs to create innovative solutions that improve productivity, financial stability and customer experience for all small businesses Price: $10 Link: http://thinkbighacksmall.com/

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups Saturday, August 27 at 8:30 AM Dear friends, SVE is looking for great entrepreneur community event organizers / volunteers to join the volunteer team! As the founder of this meet... http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/229905559/

Status: approved Member: Jun Wong Type: Meetup Estimated size: 60 Contact: Jonathan Ritchey, Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Practice and learn new skills for interviews at top companies. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5899107130408960-coding-interview-practice

Status: approved Member: Rand Montes Type: Meetup Estimated size: 20 Info URL: meetup.com/hosting Rooms: Classroom Details: Study Group Toastmasters @ HackerDojo The place to work on your communication skills. Need to work on your start-up pitch? Feeling nervous when giving a presentation? Just want to work on being more social? All are great reasons to check out Toastmasters, we all strive to be more effective communicators. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/6465720959369216-study-group-toastmasters

Status: approved Member: Raj Lal Type: Meetup Estimated size: 98 Info URL: meetup.com/igniter Fee: 10 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Igniters Meetup is a strong entrepreneur community in the heart of the Silicon Valley. It invites popular speakers who can help startups in their Journey. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/6438486974398464-igniters-meetup

Status: approved Member: Raj Lal Type: Meetup Estimated size: 98 Info URL: meetup.com/igniter Fee: 10 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Igniters Meetup is a strong entrepreneur community in the heart of the Silicon Valley. It invites popular speakers who can help startups in their Journey. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/6438486974398464-igniters-meetup

Status: approved Member: Tony Pujals Type: Meetup Estimated size: 80 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: We are in our 3rd year of hosting Node Night on the 1st Tuesday of the month at Hacker Dojo. This has been a very successful and popular meetup with the local Node.js developer community, with high quality talks and pizza and refreshments. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5818107805302784-baynode-node-night-at-hacker-dojo

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups Tuesday, September 6 at 5:00 PM Entrepreneurs, Founders, Investors, Dreamers Are you looking for co-founders, partners, core team members, advisors for your start-up? Together we ... http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/229034150/

Our portfolio companies will take center stage to present what they've learned, built, and worked towards Price: $99 / Save 50% with "StartupDigest50" Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/portfoliostartup-camp-expo-registration-26469261273

Join Deborah Gage from The Wall Street Journal, Jeannie Hornung from FlipTurn Communications, and Pramod Sharma from Osmo to discuss the most effective strategies for generating press coverage for startups Price: $15 Link: http://www.joinffl.com/events/2016/6/28/ffl-startup-talk-how-to-get-press-coverage

Status: approved Member: Larry Maloney Type: Meetup Estimated size: 20 Info URL: http://www.meetup.com/BAFUG-Bay-Area-FreeBSD-User-Group/ Contact: Larry Maloney, 408-893-0294 Rooms: Classroom Details: BAFUG ( Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group ) is a group for Open Source Unix like operating systems, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. BSD is the preferred base operating system for companies like Apple , Netflix, Sony, Juniper for their products. BSD is one of the most robust and popular operating systems in the world. Companies, developers, engineers, system administrators get together once a month for lightening talks, job and project announcements, early releases of new ports and software patches. Our primary emphasis is on FreeBSD but enthusiasts of other Open Source OS's such as NextBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, NanoBSD, DragonBSD, etc. are welcome. It's a great group to meet BSD contributors. Come, and learn more! -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5271545165381632-bay-area-freebsd-bafug-

Status: approved Member: Larry Maloney Type: Meetup Estimated size: 20 Info URL: http://www.meetup.com/BAFUG-Bay-Area-FreeBSD-User-Group/ Contact: Larry Maloney, 408-893-0294 Rooms: Classroom Details: BAFUG ( Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group ) is a group for Open Source Unix like operating systems, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. BSD is the preferred base operating system for companies like Apple , Netflix, Sony, Juniper for their products. BSD is one of the most robust and popular operating systems in the world. Companies, developers, engineers, system administrators get together once a month for lightening talks, job and project announcements, early releases of new ports and software patches. Our primary emphasis is on FreeBSD but enthusiasts of other Open Source OS's such as NextBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, NanoBSD, DragonBSD, etc. are welcome. It's a great group to meet BSD contributors. Come, and learn more! -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5271545165381632-bay-area-freebsd-bafug-

Status: approved Member: Suresh B Velagapudi Type: Meetup Estimated size: 22 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Build a Python REST service -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5275099317927936-tech-workshop-by-women-for-women

ntegrate 2016 is the world’s largest technology conference, expo, and social network that is 100% focused on integrating technologies together Price: $25 Link: http://integratecon.com/

Investors and corporates meet policy makers and the best scaleups (growth stage companies - the next unicorns) and leading entrepreneurs from the EU Price: $79 Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/european-innovation-day-sec2sv-tickets-25913587237

During this free event, hosted by IO, key decision makers will inform and encourage a thoughtful discussion around the data center of the future Price: FREE Link: http://go.io.com/IOConversation

Status: approved Member: Raj Lal Type: Meetup Estimated size: 98 Info URL: meetup.com/igniter Fee: 10 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Igniters Meetup is a strong entrepreneur community in the heart of the Silicon Valley. It invites popular speakers who can help startups in their Journey. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/6438486974398464-igniters-meetup

Brazil I the 21st century is a 1-day conference to talk about science, technology, entrepreneurship & Brazil’s role in the global economy. Price: $189 Link: http://www.baybrazilconference.org/#about

Status: approved Member: Rochelle Kopp Type: Conference Estimated size: 50 Contact: Rochelle Kopp, 650-331-0638 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: This will be a meeting for a study group from Nihon-Sozo-Kyoiku-Kenkyusho of Japan that will be visiting Silicon Valley. This meeting will feature several speakers about doing business in Silicon Valley. To be conducted in Japanese. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5840419623534592-nihon-sozo-kyoiku-kenkyusho-meeting

Over a weekend, you will form teams to build programs, services or new businesses to address a common civic challenge Price: $75 / Save 20% with "DIGEST20" Link: http://www.up.co/communities/usa/san-francisco/startup-weekend/9716

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups Saturday, September 24 at 8:30 AM Dear friends, SVE is looking for great entrepreneur community event organizers / volunteers to join the volunteer team! As the founder of this meet... http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/229905563/

Status: canceled Member: Raj Lal Type: Meetup Estimated size: 98 Info URL: meetup.com/igniter Fee: 10 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Igniters Meetup is a strong entrepreneur community in the heart of the Silicon Valley. It invites popular speakers who can help startups in their Journey. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5221740674285568-igniters-meetup

Status: approved Member: Raj Lal Type: Meetup Estimated size: 98 Info URL: meetup.com/igniter Fee: 10 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Igniters Meetup is a strong entrepreneur community in the heart of the Silicon Valley. It invites popular speakers who can help startups in their Journey. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5221740674285568-igniters-meetup

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups Tuesday, October 4 at 5:00 PM Entrepreneurs, Founders, Investors, Dreamers Are you looking for co-founders, partners, core team members, advisors for your start-up? Together we ... http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/229905567/

Status: approved Member: Tony Pujals Type: Meetup Estimated size: 80 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: We are in our 3rd year of hosting Node Night on the 1st Tuesday of the month at Hacker Dojo. This has been a very successful and popular meetup with the local Node.js developer community, with high quality talks and pizza and refreshments. -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5884774556106752-baynode-node-night-at-hacker-dojo

 Drew Gorham demonstrates how you can tap into a global pool of top-notch developers as a non-technical founder. Price: $5 Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-outsource-development-work-tickets-26337428959?aff=startupdigest

Status: approved Member: Larry Maloney Type: Meetup Estimated size: 20 Info URL: http://www.meetup.com/BAFUG-Bay-Area-FreeBSD-User-Group/ Contact: Larry Maloney, 408-893-0294 Rooms: Classroom Details: BAFUG ( Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group ) is a group for Open Source Unix like operating systems, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. BSD is the preferred base operating system for companies like Apple , Netflix, Sony, Juniper for their products. BSD is one of the most robust and popular operating systems in the world. Companies, developers, engineers, system administrators get together once a month for lightening talks, job and project announcements, early releases of new ports and software patches. Our primary emphasis is on FreeBSD but enthusiasts of other Open Source OS's such as NextBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, NanoBSD, DragonBSD, etc. are welcome. It's a great group to meet BSD contributors. Come, and learn more! -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5907440843358208-bay-area-freebsd-bafug-

 At the event, you’ll hear how software will drive the future of IoT through keynotes, workshops, networking and hands-on workshops, learn what makes a user experience a pleasure to use and a pleasure to build and maintain, and see how to maximize development efforts and target embedded, desktop, and mobile devices Price: $517+ Link: http://www.qtworldsummit.com/

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups Saturday, October 22 at 8:30 AM Dear friends, SVE is looking for great entrepreneur community event organizers / volunteers to join the volunteer team! As the founder of this meet... http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/229905568/

Status: approved Member: Irene Smith Type: Workshop Estimated size: 26 Rooms: Large Event Room Details: women who code, Silicon Valley chapter, leader meeting -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5793921770717184-women-who-code-siliconvalley-leadership

Status: approved Member: Irene Smith Type: Meetup Estimated size: 25 Info URL: https://www.womenwhocode.com/sv Rooms: Large Event Room Details: Women Who Code - Silicon Valley leadership & working -- http://events.hackerdojo.com/event/5871180581961728-women-who-code-silicon-valley-leadership-amp-working

Hackers and Founders Monday, October 24 at 6:30 PM Attendees who identify as female only, please Welcome to the smallest women's meetup evar (introvert alert!) Please join our small but merry group o... http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/events/231358776/