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Systers Dinner
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7pm
Mountain View, CA
Systers, a program of the Anita Borg Institute, is the world’s largest email community of technical women in computing. Founded by Anita Borg in 1987, this year we celebrate Systers’ 25th anniversary! To kick off our celebration, members of Systers are organizing global meetups around the world. We invite all technical women and women in the computing field to join in this special celebration. You do not need to be a member of Systers to attend. The Bay Area Systers are having dinner on Jan 26 (Thursday) at 7pm in downtown Mountain View. For more info and to register, click here.
PyLadies Intro to Django Workshop
Saturday, January 28, 2012, 10am – 6pm
Santa Monica, CA
Python Ladies & Gentlemen, Learn Django…in Santa Monica. Join your fellow Python developers for an all day event hosted at EdgeCast in Santa Monica. We’ll be going through the Introduction to Django workshop, so come and learn the popular web framework written in python. Beginners welcome and encouraged to attend! For more info and to register, click here.
SVForum: E-Commerce Blast (Day in the Life of a Coupon: Virtual Currency & Loyalty Tool)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 6:30pm – 9pm
Palo Alto, CA
Consumers want savings and online sellers are eager to compete for their business. Brands have found that while consumers are happy to spread word of mouth and re-tweet messages, when it comes to converting users to buyers, even the loyal customers want deals as a trigger to make a purchase. Companies are putting together new applications and offerings utilizing both open loop and closed loop technologies, software APIs, and innovations creating coupon offerings as an evolving virtual currency and customer loyalty tool. The panel will discuss and explain the innovations, technologies and opportunities of this increasingly ubiquitous tool. For more info and to register, click here.
SVForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 8am – 10am
Palo Alto, CA
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! Save 30% on tickets with discount code “DATA12″. For more info and to register, click here.
SVForum Monthly: What’s Hot & What’s Not for 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 6pm – 8:30pm
Palo Alto, CA
Why are we in this hand basket, and where the heck are we going!? 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. Save 30% on tickets with discount code “DATA12″. For more info and to register, click here.
The 10th SF MusicTech Summit
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9am – 6pm
San Francisco, CA
On February 13 at San Francisco’s Hotel Kabuki, the SF MusicTech Summit will bring together 1000+ visionaries in the music/technology space, the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. This one-day conference, which has been called “the best music and technology conference” by Mashable’s CEO and founder, Pete Cashmore, features 75+ prominent speakers, new technology demonstrations, great networking opportunities, and packed cocktail parties. Women 2.0 members can save 10% with the discount code “promoWomen2″. For more info and to register, click here.
Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 8am – 7pm
Mountain View, CA
Over 800 will unite the entire technology ecosystem to nurture and support the fastest-growing demographic in the startup space – women – as creators and consumers. The agenda is packed with top speakers, case studies and dynamic panel discussions on the future of women-led technology solutions from companies like Flickr, Facebook, Zipcar, Chomp, TaskRabbit, LARK and more. The February 14 conference aims to offer “nuts and bolts” solutions to women, and provide plenty of networking time with fellow Women 2.0 conference attendees! This is the biggest event of the year For more info and to register, click here.
SVForum: Health Tech Breakfast, Investor Landscape
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8am – 10am
South San Francisco, CA
What are the opportunities and challenges in 2012? How is the landscape different from previous years, or is it? What/where are the biggest or most immediate opportunities and pitfalls for mobile, gaming and social in health? Where are the most attractive opportunities for SV-based startups: market targeting patients, physicians, or payers? What are you looking for in companies who present to you in the next 3 – 12 months? The coming year will be turbulent. The question addressed at this breakfast event is what that means for entrepreneurs wanting to raise money to build thriving companies in 2012. Save 30% on tickets with discount code “DATA12″. For more info and to register, click here.
Women Entrepreneurship Retreat
March 9-11, 2012b
Monterey, CA
This is an opportunity for business women to get away for the weekend, incubate ideas, rally resources, access peer mentoring, and network with other entrepreneurs. There will be keynote speakers as well as skills workshops covering marketing/differentiation, scaling for growth, mentoring, and negotiations/inter-personal leadership skills. There will also be a bonfire on the beach and s’mores. Invest in your future and well being connect while connecting with other inspirational women. For more info and to register, click here.
Jumpstart Your Startup with Women 2.0!
A unique workshop for women with the next big startup idea, Jumpstart Your Startup is available for aspiring women entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley.
Quotable Quotes
”A recession is the best time to start a company.
The opportunity cost is low, hiring good people
is relatively easy, rent and equipment are cheap
(sometimes free) and established competitors are
focused on reducing costs and staying in
business, not on innovation. The key is being in
a good position when the economy picks up.”
– Rebecca Lynn
Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
”Some of the best products and services come
out of some of the worst times. In the early 90s,
tens of millions of dollars had gone down the
drain in a futile effort to develop ‘pen computing’
(early phase of mobile computing) and a
recession was shriveling the economic outlook.”
– Chris Shipley
Chairman, Guidewire Group
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