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Want to learn more? Read the E-Commerce event agenda.
Featuring the top ecommerce leaders from Massachusetts and beyond, including:Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder, WayfairElaine Boltz, SVP eCommerce, TJX CompaniesBrian Tilzer, SVP Global eCommerce, StaplesBrian Kalma, Chief Experience Officer,...
The
purpose of the conference is to promote dialogue about the impact of
digital learning on the future of K-20 education in the United
States. The conference will examine the potential of technology to
tangibly improve learning and educational access, as well as explore
market and...
Real World Games and Gamification: How to Make Your Products More Fun
Games
are the new way to engage your audience. Your clients have been asking,
but aside a few vague ideas about badges and points, you’re really not
sure what gamification means.
Don’t
panic—we can help! This...
We're kicking off our new speaker series, Fresh Talk, with none other than the Winklevoss Twins!
Join us as we sit down with the twins for an informal Q&A. We'll ask questions about the early days of starting Facebook back in Harvard, and dedicate the rest of the discussion to their...
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The
purpose of the conference is to promote dialogue about the impact of
digital learning on the future of K-20 education in the United
States. The conference will examine the potential of technology to
tangibly improve learning and educational access, as well as explore
market and...
TAKEAWAYS
Client-side Web Apps
When to use client-side architectureAdvantages and drawbacks of client-side appsRESTful APIs and SOARequest / response model and managing state in the browser
Backbone.js
ModelsCollectionsViewsRoutersSync
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Developing mobile apps can involve a lot of new and unexpected challenges. Beyond needing to learn a whole new programming language (Objective C for iPhone, or Java for Android), one common complaint among new app developers is that the development environments for those languages are...
"Meetups are neighbors getting together to learn something, do something, share something..."For many years the programming Meetup groups, such as Python and PhP groups, have lead the way in this respect. The PhP group, which just celebrated 10 years on Meetup, has started another round of...
On February 4th, join
us for a discussion by Boston's leading companies serving the mobile
enterprise, Mobiquity, Apperian, and Verivo. In the past year, the
mobile enterprise has moved from the side stage into the main arena of
mobile. Many venture investors are shifting...
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Join us at the Museum of Fine Arts for the 2013 Book of List Gala!Don't
miss one of the biggest networking events in Boston! Join Boston
Business Journal, our sponsors and over 1,000 top executives from the
companies featured in our Book of Lists as we recognize hundreds of key
players...
The Topic: Advance Your Marketing Effectiveness With Video
Did you know...?
Every day, over 100 million Americans watch online video (Brainshark)
Video is seven times more persuasive than text (Google)
Video in email triples click-thru rates (Forrester Research)
52% of people who see video take...
Future Trends in Digital Media with Erik Qualman
February 5, 2013 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST
Erik Qualman, best selling author of Socialnomics and Digital Leader, will be in Cambridge speaking on Future Trends in Digital Media and
how they will affect your work. Erik has recently...
Join us at the MassChallenge Headquarters for:
The MassChallenge Sampler: An Accelerator Mini-Series
Episode II: Mentorship
Finding Your Yoda
MassChallenge's own Karl Büttner, Chief Mentorship Officer, will
demonstrate best practices for seeking, securing, and maximizing
success with...
Come work on Python projects, get programming help, help others, and hang out.
Bring your own project or work on one of the suggested projects
below. Everyone is welcome, all skill levels are encouraged. Tell
your friends:
http://meetup.bostonpython.com/events/77939352/
Staff from...
The purpose of this in person Meetup is to help you find a co-founder for your business or help you find a business to join as a co-founder. In the mean time, you should get started networking with potential co-founders by creating a free profile on CoFoundersLab.com.Please note that we are...
After much deliberation, we're finally ready to announce Boston's first Hardware Startup Meetup!
It's all about the teams, so each month we'll have 3-4
hardware startups present. They'll have time to pitch, ask questions,
advertise, recruit, troubleshoot and/or hopefully demo....
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 -- in Waltham MA, 7:00 pm to 10 pm It's
easy to hire just the people you know -- and sometimes they're the best
choice. But most of the time, to build a world class team you need a
world class search.
How can you do that as a small business on a small budget? These...
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Join RF|Binder and MITX on Wednesday, February 6th for a lively panel discussion and breakfast at MassChallenge in the Innovation District.
As communicators, you strive to achieve a balance between adopting
promising communications innovations and discarding practices that no...
George Santayana famously said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In this program, a panel of successful serial entrepreneurs will share some of their past mistakes and what they wish they had done differently.Panelists:Jean Hammond - Serial Entrepreneur...
We want to kick off the Boston Growth Hackers group with a mixer to get to know each other better. Bring a business card and we will trade a beer for it. We will pool the business cards together and draw names to form 15 minute discussion groups. We will do this 3 times to allow you to meet lots of...
Join Michael Bourque for a look into his new Meetup Group called "The Reverse Startup."
Do you have an invention for a new product or service?
This
new Meetup Group will explore how startups are born, make them happen,
and show the world how it's done the open source way...
I meet all sorts of...
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You
only get one shot to make a good impression, especially with the
media. When the camera starts rolling, will this be your moment of
triumph or your missed opportunity?
Media Bootcamp 2013 is designed to help you standout in the media by sharpening your Brand,...
(Disclaimer: Because of SEC regulations, we can only allow expert investors to be in the meeting. Entrepreneurs
are not allowed to solicit investments of any kind. Also, just to set
the expectation right, we rarely see any VC. You can drop by anytime,
and leave anytime without offending us...
For the last 20 years Joe Caruso has
served has been an “Advocate for entrepreneurs” as a mentor, coach, and
personal advisor to CEO’s and entrepreneurs. In recent years, he has
served an investor, advisor and active director with dozens of
companies, public and private. He also maintains an...
Come mix and mingle with fellow
entrepreneurs! Find serendipitous connections, meet VCs for office hours
and attend E&I-focused events. www.vencaf.com
Venture Cafe alpha is an invitational prototype, with invitations
extended to the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative
communities...
As any savvy entrepreneur knows, the process of securing venture
capital is dependent on many variables, including many external to the
startup seeking funding. Knowledge of the climate for venture funding
and the nature of the venture funds themselves can make the difference
between...
Learn
how you can protect your start-up enterprise with patents and
trademarks protection from intellectual property Partner Brian J.
Malkin, Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP. Mr. Malkin has specialized expertise with FDA-regulated products, in particular pharmaceutical/biotechnology...
The exit depends on the many things, often including being at the
right place at the right time. A bit of luck never hurts! But to manage
the risks and truly optimize the exit, team work is an absolute
requirement. The value exchange between advisor and owners is at it apex
when an exit has...
TiE-Boston's Annual VC Outlook Dinner has become a tradition. Each year,
a panel of distinguished Venture Capitalists discuss the outlook on
venture investments for the year ahead. Entrepreneurs receive insights
on not only which segments are vibrant, but also how to shape their
business models...
Everyone Sells: Sales Training for Non-Sales People
Instructor: Clive Whittaker
Whether
or not you know it, you are always selling. Even if you're not in a
sales role at your company, you're continually selling yourself, your
organization, and yes, occassionally your products or...
Technology Track: Mobile Sharing and Proximity with Brett Martin, CEO & Co-founder of Sonar
Social
sharing has exploded in recent years and is now rapidly shifting to
mobile devices and, in many instances, becoming increasingly implicit.
Location is tagged to much of what we share and more...
Please join us on Thursday, February 7th, for a night of honest conversation with David Cancel, Paris Wallace, and Carmichael Roberts.
David, Paris, and Carmichael are serial entrepreneurs with experience
in inbound marketing, health IT, and venture capital respectively.Paris
Wallace is...
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Startup Weekend: Sensored! brings together entrepreneurs to go from idea to prototype in just 54 hours! Beginning Friday evening, individuals pitch ideas and teams form around those ideas; since this event is all about sensors, we'll focus on concepts that use the sensors in mobile devices like...
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Startup Weekend: Sensored! brings together entrepreneurs to go from
idea to prototype in just 54 hours! Beginning Friday evening,
individuals pitch ideas and teams form around those ideas; since this
event is all about sensors, we'll focus on concepts that use the sensors
in mobile devices like...
Scaling Development Ventures
Conference on Saturday, February 9, 2013
It is free to attend, but RSVPs are required. We have already reached capacity; sign up here to be on our waitlist.
Anyone
who runs a venture in a low- or middle-income country knows about...
Our goal is to implement a few apps, using publicly available APIs.
You can propose apps, code them, or just be an observer. PHP, Java,
Python, Ruby, C++, FORTRAN, or COBOL (just kidding!) are all welcome!
If you want to code, please go through the APIs below.
Agenda:
Step 1: Get to know ...
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Startup
Weekend: Sensored! brings together entrepreneurs to go from idea to
prototype in just 54 hours! Beginning Friday evening, individuals pitch
ideas and teams form around those ideas; since this event is all about
sensors, we'll focus on concepts that use the sensors in mobile devices...
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On Monday, Feb. 11th, we will hold an Angel Education Series workshop at the KPMG LLP at One Broadway, Cambridge, MA (Kendall Square), providing attendees the opportunity to see the environment that hosts some of the area’s most promising startups. The workshop will have two educational sessions...
Are
you interested in building an educational mobile app but don't know
where to start? Come learn about best practices for creating a game that
not only engages users, but also helps them learn something new.
Learn
about basic principals of game design, what's happening in the
industry...
Mobile
continues to be one of the fastest growing segments in the technology
industry. The major telecom carriers are under huge pressures to have
the next best innovation to stay on top. One way to do ensure they stay
innovative is through their innovation and collaboration centers. These...
This panel discussion will focus on some recent social applications
of NFC – including smart posters and social networking tags - as well as
emerging future opportunities.
Discussion topics include:
How could NFC-capable mobile devices shape the ways we connect, interact, share...
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Are you a physician, innovator, or entrepreneur with a
commercial idea that might be a startup? Join us for this half-day event
to discuss today’s unique challenges for life science, medical, and
health entrepreneurs starting companies and raising capital. Learn
from some of the leading...
Please join us for our
February Robotics Roundtable at the new UMass Lowell NERVE. We will be
discussing the 2013 calendar and initiatives. The meeting will include a
briefing on the new MassTLC Robotics Report, which will officially be
launching that day.
After the meeting stay for the...
Join us for Labs Open House: February 12, 2013, 4-6pm
Looking for the newest techniques to optimize your front-end design and code for conversions and registrations? Is your product’s mobile experience driving your users up the wall? Want a peek at the latest web and mobile APIs that will transform...
The Pitch Contest consists of two rounds of selection. In the first
round, applications are evaluated anonymously by a group of area
business leaders. Ten finalists will be selected from among the
applicants and invited to compete at the Venture Forum’s final meeting
of the season,...
Agenda
Richard Mallah, Cambridge Semantics: Leveraging Semantics for Text Mining and Text Analytics
Semantic web technologies provide the operational meaning and
flexibility to both aid the process of text analytics and unlock the
potential of that analysis. Linked Data, OWL, and...
Go Botany – Using eCommerce
Techniques to “Sell” Science”
Abstract
We
didn’t set out to “sell” science, we were trying to create a great way
for people, including kids, to connect with the science of botany. We
did the usual steps – interviewing users, creating personas, making
sketches....
Please RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Facebook-Developers/events/98954312/The Facebook Open Graph API enables apps to publish user interactions (e.g. "took a photo", "listened to a song") to the user's News Feed, Ticker, and Timeline. Integrating with the Open Graph unlocks vibrant...
$20 admission fee includes complimentary food and drinksCelebrate Mardi Gras in a special way. We know as entrepreneurs you often entertain and host events with current, potential and future clients. Join us for an exclusive tasting from top mixologists on perfecting that special cocktail. Learn...
Developing
mobile apps can involve a lot of new and unexpected challenges. Beyond
needing to learn a whole new programming language (Objective C for
iPhone, or Java for Android), one common complaint among new app
developers is that the development environments for those languages are...
Java and Documents: PDF Parsing to Make Reflection Your Compliant Minion
by Steve Hawley
Abstract
The Adobe Portable Document Format is a deceptively simple
format that lends itself to obvious Java parsing solutions, which
guarantee either hard to read code or fragile code or both....
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Speaker: Roni Mansur, Chief Operating Officer, Massachusetts Health Connector
"Connecting the Dots for Small Businesses"
Confused about how your small business will navigate the waters of
the new national health reform law? Wondering how you are going to
connect the dots from health care law to...
Live Webcast: Bigger Data on a Budget - Get a better understanding of
what Big Data is, what all is involved for companies that are quickly
accumulating exceedingly large amounts of complex data, what the options
are to handle this information and most importantly, what this...
Open Office Hours 3PM-5PM: Have
questions about your company’s social media marketing strategy? The
Social Craft’s open office hours, held regularly on the first Wednesday
of the month 3PM-5PM, are an opportunity for businesses to get technical or
strategic advice on social media topics ranging...
Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners, Moderates
Panel of Co-Founders, CEOs and CIOs with Practical Advice for
Entrepreneurs
Success. The Big Dance. Whether it’s a liquidity event such as an
IPO, or a lucrative company sale, successfully of launching a new...
Shipping Product Daily - Is Continuous Delivery Right for You?
Every development
team is being asked to increase its development speed and scalability
either to push themselves to get code out quicker and reduce risk of
large deployments or because the market is demanding new capabilities...
DrinksOnTap is a social meetup for Boston area mobile developers
(iPhone, Android and more). We are always looking for amazing demos from
companies in the Boston mobile community.
Come meet for a drink and catch up on all the new mobile developments at our next DrinksOnTap event -Wednesday,...
It's another special Mass Innovation Nights Foodie
Edition. This month we're showcasing new local food and food-related
innovation! Scheduled for Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 6:00 pm, we've
got a terrific group of yummy new products to help promote -- and lots
of great networking too!...
Navigating Organizational Conflict to Build Stronger Teams
Instructor: Claudette Rowley MSW, CPPC
Are
you in a company where employees' interpersonal conflicts often go
unresolved? Do you have disputes or disagreements with a co-founder that
you don't know how to resolve? Would you ...
Do you have a strategy for getting the most out of LinkedIn?
Can you point to real business wins you’ve earned because of that
strategy?
Most professionals use LinkedIn passively, only increasing
their usage while looking to hire or be hired. Many successes people
cite from LinkedIn are...
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(Disclaimer: Because of SEC regulations, we can only allow expert investors to be in the meeting. Entrepreneurs
are not allowed to solicit investments of any kind. Also, just to set
the expectation right, we rarely see any VC. You can drop by anytime,
and leave anytime without offending us...
Last year HackKendall at Venture Café produced a panoply of ideas about the future of Kendall Square. This is your opportunity to make sure that the proposals the Cambridge City Council's Neighborhood
and Long Term Planning Committee is currently considering reflect those
ideas and...
Come mix and mingle with fellow
entrepreneurs! Find serendipitous connections, meet VCs for office hours
and attend E&I-focused events. www.vencaf.com
Venture Cafe alpha is an invitational prototype, with invitations
extended to the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative
communities...
Presented by Jennifer Fabrizi and Sarah Bloomer
at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge, MA
Are
you new to managing a team of user experience professionals? Are you
trying to improve the acceptance and effectiveness of your user
experience team? Or maybe you’ve got a mature UX...
Managing
technical teams can be difficult, especially when some resources are
not local. Management of software development for web-apps, back-end
systems, and mobile are common use cases, but these techniques can often
be applied in other areas. Join us for a discussion of best practices
and...
Description
This course picks up where our CSS
Basics class left off - we'll explain positioning and layouts, probably
the most challenging part of CSS. Practice is key to understanding
layouts, so we'll work through exercises and examples that demonstrate
each of the different techniques....
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Event Information
Is Massachusetts on the rise or leveling off as an economic center?The
Massachusetts Business Climate Summit, brought to you by the Boston
Business Journal and the State House News Service, will explore steps to
make Massachusetts a more competitive place to do business....
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 7:30-10:00 AM
Enterprise Center at Salem State
University, 121 Loring Ave., Salem, MA...
Data
driven discovery and advanced analytics are fundamental to life science
organizations. The challenges ahead in managing, sharing, accessing,
and analyzing data are exacerbated not just by the ever-increasing
volumes of data that are generated but even more so by the need to...
This
program will provide attendees with a greater understanding of how to
maximize their Linkedin profile, network and how to best use LinkedIn
for outreach and business. (Intermediate level) REGISTER
Key take-aways students will leave with
- How to read a LinkedIn profile- Who to...
Come join Women 2.0 this February for our Boston Founder Friday !
This event takes place on Friday, February 15th from 6-9pm hosted at Collaboratory 4.0 Founder Friday is open
to aspiring and current entrepreneurs, technologists and investors and
is free to those who...
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Do you have projects you've been dying to work on, but you're not sure how to get started?
Are you looking for a way to get away from the distractions of home life so you can focus on development?
Do you work better in a collaborative environment where you can bounce ideas off...
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Innovators, ID Yourselves!
Boston's
innovation economy has become an amazing, pay-it-forward environment.
As a founder of a company in the Innovation District—or the I.D. as it
is affectionately known—I have seen first-hand so many opportunities
open to revitalize Boston's job growth...
Affiliate Marketing 101
Instructor: Dan Marques
Start-up
marketers have a tough task; building a brand from scratch, getting
huge exposure for their company, and generating an avalanche of
qualified sales leads, all while working with a small marketing budget.
For those laser-focused...
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NEVCA's
popular "Beers with" series is back! This month, we feature an edtech
pioneer who will give you a window into how he scaled three game
changing companies: The Princeton Review, 2U, and Noodle.
At Noodle, John is building a recommendation engine to help anyone find
educational...
Join us at the MassChallenge Headquarters for:
The MassChallenge Sampler: An Accelerator Mini-Series
Episode III: Marketing
The importance of being branded
In Partnership with MITX
MassChallenge and MITX bring you the essentials of marketing and branding as you establish your startup....
How to Tell Your Brand's Story Effectively
Instructor: Mike Troiano
While
selling a startup takes some talent, the truth is there's more science
under the surface of the art than most entrepreneurs realize.
What You'll Learn:
The structure and secrets of effective startup positioning. How...
Almost Awesome, Inc. hosts an NSCoder event based out of Workbar on the third Tuesdays of each month with the next meeting on February 19th at 6pm.
Think
of it as individual work in a group environment. Bring your pet rock
iPhone, iPad or Mac development projects and spend 3 hours...
Investors
don't want to hear about slow and steady growth. To grow quickly enough
to attract funding, you need to get "talent scouted" by a VIP with
power. Those power-VIPs are customers, distribution partners,
journalists, or a superstar to join your team. Don't sell your company
short by...
Whether you're looking to make your web app run faster or scale
better, one great way to achieve both is to simply do less work. How?
By using caches, the data hidey-holes which generations of engineers
have thoughtfully left at key junctures in computing infrastructure from
your...
Backbone is a powerful library for building client-side web applications, but its flexibility comes with a cost. Most real world applications are far more complex than the typical “To Do List” examples and tutorials, but Backbone provides little guidance on how to manage the structure and complexity...
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You
have a great product, team, and even customers, and are starting to
explore raising a round of funding to help your company grow. Come learn
tips and tricks from two local ed tech entrepreneurs who have
successfully navigated their way through the fundraising circus.
*Service providers are...
We look
forward to meeting you and answering any questions. We've got some great
things in store for 2013 and can't wait to share them! Please come with
comments, questions, suggestions, and more. Welcome to anyone
interested in being a participant, sponsor, mentor, or judge.
WHAT?NEXPO is a celebration of the entrepreneurial groups, students, and organizations in the Northeastern and Boston communities. NEXPO is also a unique opportunity to meet and network with fellow entrepreneurs while startup ventures working with IDEA will be showcasing their businesses.IDEA...
Free event! February meeting of the Boston New Technology Meetup - 26th edition!
Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products
and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community! Each presenter
gets 5 minutes for product demonstration and 5 minutes for Q&...
First Speaker for the year Andrew Berg will be speaking
tips, strategies, and solutions for taking your WebGL project into
production. Real world solutions to working with WebGL.
Andrew Berg has worked in interactive marketing
and advertising for the past 13 years. Working...
"In today's computer industry, we still typically install and maintain computers the way the automotive industry built cars in the early 1900s. An individual craftsman manually manipulates a machine into being, and manually maintains it afterwards. The automotive industry discovered first...
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In 2010 Mark Zuckerberg said, “If I had to guess, social commerce is next to blow up.”He was right.According to Mashable.com: "Social media has changed the way we shop online, and the statistics confirm it. About 81% of consumers receive advice from friends and family...
(Disclaimer: Because of SEC regulations, we can only allow expert investors to be in the meeting. Entrepreneurs
are not allowed to solicit investments of any kind. Also, just to set
the expectation right, we rarely see any VC. You can drop by anytime,
and leave anytime without offending us...
Come mix and mingle with fellow
entrepreneurs! Find serendipitous connections, meet VCs for office hours
and attend E&I-focused events. www.vencaf.com
Venture Cafe alpha is an invitational prototype, with invitations
extended to the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative
communities...
Stop by and chat with Jennifer Jordan, Vice President of MassVentures..
You can reserve a 15 minute segment by signing up at her table in the
Café.
MassVentures is an early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to
investing in Massachusetts high growth technology companies.
MassVentures is...
The Boston Hadoop User Group invites you to an evening meet-up and
cocktail hour in Cambridge. Join Patrick Toole, SE Manager at Hadapt,
and Rob Rosen, Director of Technical Services at MapR, as they discuss
how businesses are accelerating Hadoop into production via interactive
applications...
Leveraging Social Media in Product Innovation DATE: Thursday, February 21, 20136:15 PMConstant Contact, 1610 Trapelo Rd, Wathlam, MAPresenter: Rachel HappeSocial
media isn't a buzzword or a fad, it's a critical tool that turns the
traditional corporate model on its head. ...
About This Presentation
We've all made fun of SEO
at some point in time. While it is often mocked due to the years of
shady gimmicks, it shouldn't be ignored completely. Long term SEO
success is based on three things: great user experience, front...
Goodwin Procter, along with The Yale Entrepreneurial Society (YES), is hosting YES Boston 2013: Startup Accelerators, an evening panel discussion and networking reception on Thursday, February 21.
Moderated by Goodwin Procter’s Bill Schnoor, the panel includes:
Katie Rae, Techstars...
Google Apps Script is a cloud based JavaScript environment
which allows you to write powerful applications and workflows around
Google Apps such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Sheets and more. The development
is entirely within a browser and its free and easy to get started. Come
learn all...
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Couchbase Boston Developer Day 2013The
goal of Couchbase Developer Days is to give everyone a basic
understanding of Couchbase Server 2.0 and how to use it. We will get you
setup to work with Couchbase in your preferred language, make
connections and do basic operations. We will get you...
Beyond Gamification: Applied Behavioral Science for Startups with Ben Foster, VP of Product Management at Opower
Gamification
is the hot buzzword these days for any company interested in building
consumer engagement. However, gamification is often misunderstood and
even more often...
Join us this month as we discuss "cloud war stories" - how to start
and maintain a cloud-based company. The panel of local cloud experts
will tell us about their trials and tribulations of starting a company
with cloud technologies. Conversation will vary from cloud storage to
cloud...
Making Presentations That Change Minds
Instructor: Adam Sigel
Everyone
knows what boring PowerPoint slides look like, since 99% of all slides
are boring. But like many things, creating amazing presentations is a
skill that can be taught. Whether you're completely new to
presentation design...
WebInno is an informal gathering of people interested in internet and mobile innovation - open to all in the community.
We'll begin with the doors officially opening at 6:30pm in the Cambridge Royal Sonesta Hotel.
7PM: Main Dish Presentations
Ditto - Joshua Wachman & David...
In preparation for their presentations at PyCon US, Jessica and Nate will rehearse with us! Thanks to Smarterer for sponsoring the night.
Jessica McKellar: Keynote [All Levels]
Jessica is a director of the Python Software Foundation, and will be speaking inspirationally about Python.
Nate...
Join
the CustomMade team at our AfterInno party, held in our new space at
105 First St (just a short walk from WebInno at the Royal Sonesta). Hang
out with the CM team and other industry enthusiasts whilst guzzling
Guinness and consuming custom cocktails. There might even be puppies,
and who...
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Behind every successful professional are a variety of little stories.
The humble beginnings. The wins and losses. That breakthrough moment!
And all the funny, crazy, inspiring, sad, shocking, and interesting
things that happened in between. That's where we come in...
BIMA is proud to present...
With Internet censorship on the rise around the world, organizations and researchers have developed and distributed a variety
of tools to assist Internet users to both monitor and circumvent such
censorship. This talk will examine more closely some of the
international law and politics of such...
Attendees :
We
are looking for Entrepreneurs and specifically pre-Series A company
founders. We'd like only one attendee per company please so we can have
as many as possible benefiting. We're
expecting 100-120 Entrepreneurs from companies including TechStars, the
visiting...
FOUNDER DIALOGUES X
Sponsored by: Microsoft R&D Center & Founder Collective
In Support of BUILD Boston
Featuring: Steve Papa
Founder & CEO: Endeca
Moderator: Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective
Date: February 26th, 2013
Location: Microsoft New England R...
The Untweetable Playbook for Raising Capital
Instructor: Dave Balter
In
2006, Harvard Business School wrote a case about the process of
BzzAgent's $15M Venture Capital Raise. Before and since, BzzAgent CEO,
Dave Balter, has completed nearly a dozen financings numerous companies,
and has...
Did you know that LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional
network on the Internet with more than 187 million members in over 200
countries and territories? What does your profile, skills and posts say
about you?
Join Women in Technology International Boston’s social media expert...
Join us at the MassChallenge Headquarters for:
The MassChallenge Sampler: An Accelerator Mini-Series
Episode IV: Fundraising
You might not be ready for money...Yet.
All startups need money- but what kind? When are you ready to pitch?
Learn when you are ready and ...
Networking NightCome
mingle with your peers who are interested in education technology at
this informal networking event. Our events attract entrepreneurs,
eduators, investors, students, and others interested in the industry.Several up and coming Boston-area ed tech startups will have demo...
We’ve seen an explosion of devices to help the delivery of content –
HD and 3D TV, tablets and smartphones, in car content delivery, even
kitchen appliances. And we’re learning of new content applications
including 3D, interactive, the “Internet of Things”, and human-machine...
Let's meet together for an informal, pay-your-own way dinner. No
purchase is required, if you want to hang out and chat and have some
water that's fine, if you want to just have drinks, that's fine and if
you want to have dinner, it's all good too.
John Harvard's is in Harvard...
For this meetup we'll be joining with the folks from the sipXecs User Group, a community of people dedicated to the development of the open source voice over IP telephony server.
Topic
We'll explore an implementation of a credentialing system on top of MongoDB. Douglas Hubler, chief architect...
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You
read and hear about it again and again: Early
stage investment is nearly impossible to get. But we know that to be
untrue. It IS possible for an early stage life science or technology company to
attract investment, but it requires the right questions, the right opportunity
and the right...
Speakers:Kevin Murray, Director of Recruiting, WayfairEd Nathanson, Director Talent Acquisition, Rapid7To
remain competitive in today's recruiting game you have to tap into all
of your resources, from the summer intern to the CEO, all need to be
thinking about finding the next hire. Join us for...
Collaborations between industry, academia and investors have great
potential, but it can be tough to make them successful. Are you
contemplating a partnership or trying to make one work better? Then
please join us at the February meeting of the Life Sciences Community
Circle.Register
Our...
MITX Up is a marketing mentorship program that matches pre-screened
startups to marketing and communications mentors to help entrepreneurs
be successful in telling their story, marketing their business and
generally, “shouting louder and prouder.”
What is MITX Up?MITX works with local...
Come and join us at 6PM at Brick and Mortar. The yelp review and drink/food menu can be found here:
http://www.brickandmo...
http://www.yelp.com/b...
Easily accessible by the T via redline right next to the Central Sq.
stop In terms of parking the meters shut off at 6pm. Also there is...
In preparation for their presentations at PyCon US, Ned, David, and James will rehearse with us! Thanks to Arista Networks and ZEFR for sponsoring the evening.
Ned Batchelder: Loop like a native [Novice]
Python provides powerful primitives for
iterating over your data in ways that let you...
We're going to change things up this month - in lieu of our typical
presentation format, we're bringing in a panel of experts in the
industry responsible for hiring or placing front end developers.
This is your chance to learn what it takes to either land that
first job or snag...
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Startups and entrepreneurs don’t always have the funding to retain a
public relations firm, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need effective
PR programs to get their companies off the ground. If PR is a
do-it-yourself project for your organization, make sure you have the
tools to get the job...
Today's
Chief Information Officers are innovation architects—setting a
company's business strategy, determining mission-critical data, and
harnessing technology for success. Join NETSEA for an executive
breakfast with leading CIOs who will share their ...
(Disclaimer: Because of SEC regulations, we can only allow expert investors to be in the meeting. Entrepreneurs
are not allowed to solicit investments of any kind. Also, just to set
the expectation right, we rarely see any VC. You can drop by anytime,
and leave anytime without offending us...
In
today’s economy and corporate culture, every department is expected to
do more with less, especially marketing. To our CEOs, “I don’t have
enough budget” is an excuse that just doesn’t hold water. We are
expected to use all our creative powers and marketing savvy to deliver
strong results...
Come mix and mingle with fellow
entrepreneurs! Find serendipitous connections, meet VCs for office hours
and attend E&I-focused events. www.vencaf.com
Venture Cafe alpha is an invitational prototype, with invitations
extended to the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative
communities...
This monthly gathering, brought to you
by The Capital Network, Venture Café and Silicon Valley Bank, brings
together seasoned entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. You’ll have
opportunities to ask questions about starting a company and meet other
like-minded entrepreneurs.Read more about this...
George is an active consultant, mentor
and angel investor in the Harvard, MIT, and Boston entrepreneurial
communities. With degrees in computer science and business, George
co-founded a biotech market research company that was acquired by a
global biopharmaceutical service provider in 2008. If...
If you are a technology entrepreneur, work at a technology or life
sciences company or are an investor in tech or biotech companies, you
are welcome join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres to celebrate the
launch of Foley Hoag’s Technology & Entrepreneurship Collaborative
(TEC@FoleyHoag...
The Valet Key Pattern and 7 other things most developers don’t know about Windows Azure Blob Storage
In this talk, we will dive into Windows Azure Blob Storage. First, we
will figure out what it is (hint: it resembles a cloud file system, but
there’s a lot more to it – thus the...
The
game industry has grown in leaps-and-bounds since the early days. We’ve
seen huge advancements in graphics, back-end technology, game mechanics
and storytelling. We’ve grown to be a highly profitable industry with
billions to our name each year. Despite our success, however, we still
face...
Are you attending SXSW 2013
as a multi-year veteran who knows the scene inside and out? Or are you
attending for the first time? If you said yes to either, Join SVB and the
Venture Café from 6-7pm on February 28th. Come meet fellow entrepreneurs
and companies from Boston who will be...
Customer Acquisition with Andy Payne, Co-Founder of OpenMarket
You
might have the greatest product or service in the world, but if you
can't get customers, it doesn't matter. How can you be as good at
customer acquisition as you are at product? This workshop will focus on
on-line...
Windows 8 offers a new and unique opportunity for front-end web developers, allowing them to use languages they already know (HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript) to create apps. This class is a general introduction to the Windows 8 platform, and will touch on:the process, start to finish, of...
We're super excited to welcome back Brant Cooper & Patrick Vlaskovits, co-authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development, to provide us with a preview of their new book, The Lean Entrepreneur.Come learn how to be a Lean Entrepreneur &enter your mailing address in the...
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