Silicon Valley StartupDigest – May 23, 2011

by StartupDigest on May 23, 2011

Below is an archived version of the Silicon Valley StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Silicon Valley. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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What’s Going On in the Silicon Valley Startup Community

Startup Lessons Learned 2011 (20% Off)
When: Monday, May 23
Where: Hotel Nikko, SF

The lean startup conference of the year organized by Eric Ries and Charles Hudson.

UnBrainstorming Session (Free)
When: Monday, May 23 @ 6:30pm
Where: Lunar, Palo Alto

An “unbrainstorming session” hosted by 2 Stanford students.

Hackerati: The Evolution of Apps (Private)
When: Tuesday May 24 @ 5:30pm
Where: Mozilla, Mountain View

A small private event around engineering centric topics, hosted by Mike Hanson (Mozilla) and Ben Zotto (Cocoa Box Design). Request an invite by emailing ravi@influencerseries.com

10 Things Not To Do In Your Social Sharing Dialogs (Free)
When: Tuesday, May 24 @ 6:30pm
Where: Hacker Dojo, Mountian View

The name of the event says it all. The speaker will be Jonathan Trevor, creator of Yahoo! Pipes and Polyvore.

Commonwealth Club with Jack Dorsey ($25)
When: Wednesday, May 25 @ 6pm
Where: Blue Room, The Commonwealth Club

A discussion with Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Square.

Co-Founder Meetup (Free)
When: Wednesday, May 25 @ 5:30pm
Where: Greenberg Traurig, SF

A co-founder meetup session including speakers Nathan Blecharczyk (Airbnb), Charlie Graham (Shop it to me) and Nathan Stoll (Aardvark).

When: Wednesday, May 25 @ 6pm
Where: Mission Bay Conference Center, SF
An mobile app demo event with 10 apps scheduled to demo.
When: Thursday, May 26 @ 6pm
Where: IMVU, Palo Alto
With the co-founders of Wealthfront, Votizen, IMVU, & Industrial Logic. Apply here to attend.

Soapbox with Matt Mullenweg (Free)
When: Friday, May 27th at 12 noon
Where: Zurb, Campbell

A conversation with Matt Mullenweg who started WordPress at the age of 19.

One Meetup – Hangover 2! ($12.50)
When: Friday, May 27 @ 7:40pm
Where: Century Centre 9, SF

Come with Hangover 2 with a bunch of other founders/investors. Organized by Cory Levy.

 

Top Upcoming Silicon Valley Startup Events

June 15 – Founder Showcase

June 16 – GAME Meetup

 

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