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From the event website: “Food+Tech Connect, in partnership with the GRACE Communications Foundation and Applegate, is bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creatives, policy experts, non-profit leaders and industry executives to develop technologies and tools that help create a better future for meat. Over the course of the weekend, teams will work with design-thinking facilitators and industry … Continue reading “Hack//Meat: Reimagine the Future of Meat”

“With close to 2,000 entrepreneurs, the Startup Conference is one of the largest conferences in Silicon Valley for starting your startup, learning how to pitch VCs, find co-founders, launch your product to the press and more.” Information and registration here.

From the event registration site: Join us for Stanford’s largest entrepreneurship event of the year, as our finalists compete for their share of 150K! The Grand Finale of three BASES competitions: E-Challenge, Social E-Challenge, and Product Showcase. For the first time in our history, we will have the finalists of E-Challenge and Social E-Challenge pitching to … Continue reading “BASES Finale 2013”

The PARC Forum presents a talk by Hester Hilbrecht, Innovation Manager and Design Thinking Evangelist at the SAP Labs in Palo Alto. From the event description: “Innovating and developing new and successful products is something every company wants to achieve, whether it’s software or a service. But what goes into an innovative product? How do we … Continue reading “Design Thinking: The User in Mind”

Details from the event page: What is it like to be a female engineer or manager in a male dominated industry? How has the dynamic between female and male engineers evolved at Yammer? What does the future engineering workplace look like and how can you can influence progress at your office? These questions are among … Continue reading “Women of Engineering Mixer Hosted by Yammer”

From the event site: “Hortonworks and Yahoo! are pleased to host the 6th Annual Hadoop Summit, the leading conference for the Apache Hadoop community. This two-day event will feature many of the Apache Hadoop thought leaders who will showcase successful Hadoop use cases, share development and administration tips and tricks, and educate organizations about how … Continue reading “Hadoop Summit North America”

A PARC Forum presentation from author and startup mentor Milton Chang, From the event description: “Entrepreneurs want to succeed, and investors want to make investment. Yet raising money is tough especially for starting hardware companies. This is in part due to the low rate of success using the conventional approach; the outcome of raising significant … Continue reading “Every Startup Can Succeed”

A PARC Forum presentation from Xconomy’s own San Francisco editor, Wade Roush. From the event description: “We all use our smartphones to send text messages, check e-mail, surf the Web, get driving directions, and make the occasional phone call. But we tend to forget that our mobile gadgets are also powerful machines for storytelling—in fact, … Continue reading “Stories about Storytelling: A Personal Journey in Technology”

Intuit and LinkedIn co-sponsor an event on smart hiring practices for small businesses. From the event organizers: “Given the importance of small business employment in today’s current economy, Intuit and LinkedIn are holding their first-ever ‘Hire Smart Small Business Event’ which will focus on helping small businesses make the right decisions when hiring workers. The event will happen … Continue reading “Hire Smart Small Business Event”

From the event site: “The MIT Technology Review Mobile Summit examines the benefits, risks and opportunities we are seeing in mobile, and introduces attendees to the disruptive business and technology leaders in the field. MIT Technology Review’s mission is to identify important new technologies—deciphering their practical impact and revealing how they will change our lives. Our … Continue reading “MIT Technology Review Mobile Summit”

Brought to you by Health 2.0, Health:Refactored is “a 2-day conference taking place in Silicon Valley, May 13 – 14, 2013 for developers and designers to learn and share the latest hacks, hone their skills, and make the necessary connections to thrive in the health industry…With the industry rapidly evolving, the potential to improve lives … Continue reading “Health: Refactored”

From the event signup page: “As part of the 1M/1M initiative, Sramana Mitra is offering this FREE online 1M/1M strategy roundtable to entrepreneurs interested in discussing positioning, financing, and other aspects of a start-up venture. Using Webex Events, up to five entrepreneurs will be able to pitch their businesses and all other attendees can join … Continue reading “Sramana Mitra’s 171st 1M/1M Roundtable For Entrepreneurs”

From the event organizers: The Stanford Advanced Project Management (SAPM) program is excited to announce The Strategic Execution Conference, a premier two-day event for senior and rising organizational leaders and project, program and portfolio managers, from the world’s most innovative companies. Participants will learn how their peers are overcoming barriers to strategic execution today – … Continue reading “The Strategic Execution Conference”

From the event organizers: “Glimpse is a day-long conference focused on the next phase of social interaction: social discovery. Companies and products in the social discovery space aim to connect people with new places, people and products that they will enjoy based on their social interactions and existing interests. Glimpse brings together leading experts in … Continue reading “Glimpse: The Social Discovery Conference”

From event organizers, Latham & Watkins: “The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, has changed the IPO process in the United States for a new category of issuer, called an emerging growth company or EGC. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies benefit from a streamlined IPO process and phased transition … Continue reading “The JOBS Act: One Year Later”