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Instead of shopping for Christmas presents (Isn’t that what Christmas eve is for?), we have 4 events for you this week. Mid-Cities Tech Coffee for all you mid-city folks, a tax tip class for tech startups, Dallas PHP year wrap up, and football watching parties at CoHab.Now, get out there, make a difference.

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Mid-Cities Tech Startup Coffee
When: Mon Dec 12 7pm-9pm
Where: Buon Giorno Coffee 2350 Hall Johnson Road #100 Grapevine, TX

Opportunity for startup folks living in the Mid-Cities area to get together and just hang out. Our goal is to build a strong local community of startup-minded people through this regular meetup. This is a very laid back and informal event. Topics of discussion can include technology, business models, funding, marketing and anything else related to startup life!

 

It’s not sexy, but you know what, your tax strategies dramatically impact your business. What good is your profit if you allocate it incorrectly, or are taxed higher than necessary? At this luncheon, participants will hear about some key strategies for small technology-based businesses to use to put themselves in the best position possible.

 

Alook back at the year in PHP and BYOT (bring your own topic) — what has happened with the language and the entire ecosystem surrounding it. If there’s a burning question you’ve been wanting to know about PHP or even just a general web-related kind of question, bring it along and we’ll have some time to talk.

 

Come hang out at CoHabitat for some football watching action! They’ll have games on two big TV’s (TV in living room, and the huge projector screen in the blue room) starting at noon until they are all over with. Startups and Football.

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Lots of events this week, so buckle up. The biggest is the TechWildCatters Pitch day where four companies exiting TechWildCatters pitch to investors and the community. If you’re an accredited investor, the limited seats are still available.We also have the MITEF and “Kegs & Code” parties followed by meetups on Drupal, Ruby, Azure Cloud computing, Android, Python. After those, make sure not to forget about Startup Nights and Refresh Dallas. (Whew!)Looks like you’ll be busy this week. Get out there, make a difference.

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How do new businesses get ahead in the “Money Game”? Navigating the growing startup financing landscape is the focus of the latest animated video from the Kauffman Foundation’s sketchbook series. Watch “Money Game,” where Kauffman Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky breaks down the methods entrepreneurs use to raise capital, and the benefits—and hazards—of each.

 

 

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Intro to Drupal Workshop
When: Mon Dec 5, 7pm
Where: Level 10 Interactive, 4228 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX

Drupal’s flexibility and corresponding rise in popularity is due to some pretty clever pioneering features. In this session we will look at those and will cover cutting edge concepts including building content types, CCK, views and advanced image handling.

 

Come check out Dallas’ hottest new startups — the four companies that went through Tech WildCatters pitch their business Hear startup secrets from Brad Hunstable, co-founder and president of Ustream.

 

Come check our ruby at the brigade. This month they’ll look at file operations and the best and worst code of 2011 (you have to bring your own).

 

This is a 2-day deep dive program to prepare you to deliver solutions on the Windows Azure Platform. We have worked to bring the region’s best Azure experts together to teach you how to work in the cloud. Each day will be filled with training, discussion, reviewing real scenarios, and hands on labs. Lunch will be served both days of this session.

 

StartupNights is an open house, coworking, startup meetup, jam session, community gathering all rolled into one evening a week!

 

Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of new media endeavors in the Dallas area. Join them for a “Year in Review” panel discussion on the hottest topics that have impacted the web design and development industry.

 

December Social get together.

 

Whether you’re an elite developer that wants to participate in the coding challenge for the $750 cash prize, or your just a tech entrepreneur who wants to network, this event is for you!

 

Come celebrate the holidays with MITEF.

 

Get your python on during the coding sprint.

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The big event this week is TEDxSMU. This event’s focus is on disruption. You can view the talks on site at SMU (for a fee), or you can save some cash (equity?) and use it for drinks and watch at one of the free viewing parties, and don’t miss the after, afterparty at Tech Church. Their parties are always a good time.In addition to TEDxSMU, you have Dallas iPhone, Startup Nights, and Dallas Startup Happy Hour. Seems like your networking bucket should be filled after this week.Get out there, make a difference.

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Dallas iPhone – Mobile User Experience Design, In Practice
When: ·Mon Nov 28 – 7pm
Where: Rockfish Interactive, 3010 Gaylord Parkway, Suite 100, Frisco, TX

For the November meetup, Jason Bell, Director of UX for Rockfish, will show how User Experience design is formally integrated into iOS development, why it’s important and considerations to development, the tools of the trade, and examples of applications of mobile/iOS user experience design.

 

StartupNights is an open house, coworking, startup meetup, jam session, community gathering all rolled into one evening a week!

 

A large crowd, and good conversation. This month’s special guest will be Brad Hunstable, Founder & CEO of Ustream.tv.

 

Cost to view at SMU is $125, free viewing parties are available below. TEDxSMU brings together ideas and interesting people from around the world and around the corner. Should be a big, fun event.

 

Sign-up for the FREE viewing parties for TEDxSMU! Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, Tech Wildcatters in Uptown, and the AT&T Foundry in Plano are hosting viewing parties for the simulcast of TEDxSMU on December 3 from 9AM-6PM (doors at 9; show at 10). All you have to do is register and show up. Food and drinks will be available for sale at both locations. Other than that, did we mention it is free?

 

Tech Church is the place to be for TEDxSMU December 3rd! Join the fun crew for some amazing talks on Disruption. They’ll have food trucks, local artists exhibiting, and of course the best bar in town! (Note the artists and food trucks may be there mostly during the day.).

 

 

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A short list of events this week, with Turkey day and all. We’ll be back next week with more events for your startup fix.czbond

 

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Best of Drupal Camp Recap
When: ·Mon Nov 21 – 7pm
Where: Level 10 Interactive, 4228 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX

If you missed sessions at Drupal camp in Austin, or didn’t go, here’s a quick way to get the skinny. They’ll be looking back over all the best sessions and Drupal info presented in Austin while it’s still
fresh on our minds. Come share your thoughts and see what you missed.

 

Startup Nights
When: ·Wed Nov 23 – 6pm – Thurs 2am
Where: Cohabitat, 2517 Thomas St., Dallas, TX

StartupNights is an open house, coworking, startup meetup, jam session, community gathering all rolled into one evening a week!

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A lot of conferences/events converge on us this week. Big Design Conference was a blast last time – and great for all the UI/UX focused folks. The ever favorite Startup Weekend hits the Gravity Centre, and Mongo Dallas is having 1 day conference on….MongoDB. Sprinkle in Startup Nights and a Lean Startup meetup and you’ve got the makings of a great week of learning.Get out there, Make a difference.

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Nikhil Nalakantan, the Founder and CEO of Memory Reel will discuss his experience in founding and building companies and what he has learned in terms of applying lean principles to entrepreneurship.

 

MongoDallas is an annual one-day conference dedicated to the open source, non-relational database MongoDB. You can enter in “MUG” for 25% off.

 

54 hours to bring an idea from concept to launch. You’ll have 60 seconds to pitch an idea, then form a team to build a demo-able product by the end of the weekend. Great speakers lined up. Meet with like-minded entrepreneurial individuals, share stories, build something important.

If you’re looking for a discount and wanting to help out at the same time, If you’ll commit to working on the LaunchDFW team to crank out v2 of their site, use this link to register for a 50% discount.

 

 

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It’s an all coders week. For you mobile developers, there is DalMob Conclave and Android meetup. For those non-mobilers (is that even a word?), get yourself to Dallas PHP or DFW Pythoneers to learn how to code.Get out there, make a difference!Chris Bond

 

 

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Dallas PHP
When: ·Tues, Nov 8, 7pm
Where: Softlayer, 4849 Alpha Rd, Dallas, TX

Building Rock solid applications in the real world. If you’ve been a developer of anything that required some , or large scale – you understand that the tools, techniques are different than your average website. If scale is new to you, here’s a oft neglected topic that you can pull some great ideas from.

 

Come see the Dalmob. We’ll be having an open discussion around Mobile Web. See how to create a mobile app for 5 platforms in 30 minutes! And it’s not a magic trick.

 

Ask the panel your questions on mobile UX….simple enough.

 

Come sling python (an under appreciated language here in Dallas) at the coding sprints.

 

 

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A lot of good events this week. From a mobile hackathon, Ruby Brigade, TeXchange, and Startup Nights to SparkEd and Alex Muse’s birthday. Also, remember that if you’re applying to the TechStars Cloud program (which has heavy mentorship by our local SoftLayer) — applications are due by November 7.

Get out there, make a difference!

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Ruby Brigade – Event driven programming with event machine

When: Tuesday, Nov 1, 7-9pm

Where: Improving Enterprises, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Ste 110, Dallas, TX 75001

This month they’ll look at creating database connections from Plain Ol’ Ruby and then event-driven programming with EventMachine. What is event-driven programming, and how do you write event driven apps?

TeXchange

When: Wednesday, Nov 2, 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Where: UT Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080

DFW Member showcase. Discover the innovation that is going on in your local community, and explore what it means to be a part of Dallas’ premier technology networking association by attending the first-ever TeXchange Member Showcase. Open to everyone — Free registation includes appetizers and a drink ticket.

Startup Nights

When: Wednesday, Nov 2, 6pm – Thu, November 3, 2am

Where: Cohabitat,2517 Thomas St., Dallas, TX

StartupNights is an open house, coworking, startup meetup, jam session, and community gathering all rolled into one evening a week!

SparkEd

When: Thursday, Nov 3, 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Where: Museum of Nature & Science (Fair Park), S. 2nd Ave. & Grand Ave.,Dallas, TX 75210

Bring a focus to educational innovation in Dallas. How often do you get to brainstorm with a group of smart, random individuals? If you can’t remember the last time you did, bring your ideas and an open mind to the brainstorming event of the season.

Representatives of educational organizations, both for-profit and non-profit, will bring their challenges to a group of un-like-minded individuals who are filled with good ideas and a desire to help. After short presentations by three organizations, interested participants will join members of the SMU Innovation Gym to ideate solutions to the challenge of their choice in one of Dallas’ most unique settings. This is a pitch-free stage so you won’t have to worry about being solicited for a donation or finding a monetary solution to a problem.

Startup Happy Hour 2.0 / Alex’s Birthday

When: Friday, Nov 4, 7pm

Where: Whirlyball, 3115 West Parker Road, Dallas, TX

Alex Muse is turning 40 and to celebrate he is hosting a party. Come enjoy a few games of WhirlyBall and LaserTag to commemorate my 40th year here on the planet earth.

AT&T Mobile App Hackathon

When: ·Saturday, Nov 5, 10am – 9pm

Where: AT&T Foundry, 2900 West Plano Pkwy, Plano TX 75075

Dev-ing. Mobile. Cloud. APIs. Good food. Awesome prizes. Interested in building your own app? This hackathon will introduce you the the latest cutting edge tools to deploy your own app with a website backend, fully hosted in the cloud. Alternatively, you can come pitch your idea and scout for developer talent, who can help you build your app. Short lightning talks in the morning so you can learn something new and dev support from Apigee, AT&T, Sencha and Alcatel Lucent all day.

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A great mixture of events this week, from programming meetups, to mobile and gamification lectures, to cloud.On a site note, I want to understand more about the style of startups you’re in. Mobile? Consumer web? B2B? Cloud? Security? Drop me a line if we’re missing the events that cover your focus.Get out there, make a difference!

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Startup Weekend founders share tips and insights in their first book, How to Take a Company from Concept to Creation in 54 Hours. Funded by the Kauffman Foundation, the book outlines key beliefs that have yielded powerful results. Order your copy Nov. 8, 2011.

 

 

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Dallas iPhone Developers/Entrepreneurs
When: ·Monday, Oct 24, 5:30pm
Where: [x]cube labs, h2211 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX

Mobile app design is more than skin deep. Hear how smart design for smart phones means getting to the heart of the problem and working outward from there.

 

Besides a great sounding cookout, they’ll have 3 speakers: 1 on the SBIR process (think government contracts, grants, etc), 1 local VC, and Tech entrepreneur.

 

Come learn from the only DFW certified Google Analytics about the innards of using Google Analytics on your site.

 

Gamification has entered the Gartner’s Hype Cycle for 2011, where it’s entering its peak for expectations – expectations for what Gamification can be, and what it can do. It’s in good company, placed around group buying and activity streams. It’s time to start looking into gamification if you haven’t already.

 

Digital Dallas #12
When: ·Wed, Oct 26, 6pm
Where: AT&T Foundry, 2900 West Plano PKWY, Plano, TX

As of this writing, 101 people have already signed up – only a few spots left.

 

I know a few of you out there are starting cloud enterprise companies — this would be a rare chance for you to get access to senior level executives who have transitioned to the cloud. Great time to understand more about the B2B environment.

 

Come meet other Python programmers over dinner and talk into the late hours. Come late if you need to, they’ll still be there!

 

An all-day showcase on WordPress — help get the site up for your startup done quickly with the tricks they’ll cover.

 

 

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A huge list of events this week. Dallas Give Camp is a notable non-profit effort this week that can always use an extra hand.I wanted to personally thank Jennifer Conley of Gravity Centre for pointing to many of this weeks events. Thank you. And if we’re missing your event, please let me know.Get out there, make a difference!

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One day left for U.S. college graduates with innovative business ideas to apply to the Kauffman Foundation’s Global Scholars Program, newly expanded to include U.S. scholars. You’ll learn and network with an international group of aspiring entrepreneurs from January through June 2012. Apply here by Oct. 17, 2011.

 

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DFW Scrum
When: ·Tues, Oct 18, 6:30pm
Where: 16633 Dallas Parkway, Addison, TX

Developing software is a complex process. TDD can really help in making it simpler, DRY is another principle to explore. Using them properly, of course, takes lot of skills and practice. This session
will address these issues and hopefully make it easier to practice in real life. It will be illustrated via live coding with the help of few free tools available.

 

It is your chance to make a difference and help out some great non-profit companies.

 

Are you an interactive designer seeking a developer who won’t wince when you want to push the boundaries of what’s possible? Or are you an innovative developer, searching for a creative to give your concepts finesse? Come meet your counterpart.

 

Tom Nelson will be teaching us about responsive themes and demonstrating how to create responsive themes that display sites differently for websites, iPhones, iPads etc. This invaluable lesson will open your eyes to an entirely new way of designing websites for devices.

 

Join the node.js revolution.

 

The Startup Career Fair is a great resource for students and professionals to talk to startup technology companies that are looking to hire employees. The positions range from internships to full time, and cover all experience levels from students to seasoned professionals. A sample of the companies that will be attending is below. This is not the final list, but all the companies below have confirmed their attendance.

 

In the past, I.T. departments controlled enterprise hardware choices and network connectivity. The game has changed. The iPhone and iPad immediately disrupted the consumer market. Rogue IT product adoption soon disrupted how I.T. departments controlled enterprise hardware choices and network connectivity. Increasingly tablet technologies are redefining data security, remote work force management, application choices, with portability and mobility rapidly changing the way businesses operate. Hear about today’s offering and take a peek into the future as executives from Cisco, RIM and Samsung share their views and strategy on competing for the lion’s share of the enterprise tablet market. Cost $35+.

 

GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. This custom software could be a new website for the nonprofit organization or a small data-collection application to keep track of members.

 

 

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So many events this week, you’ll want to scan the list. Network, learn how new patent law affects startups, learn how negotiate loan terms and more. An informative, great week.Get out there, make a difference!

Chris Bond

 
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Tech Nest Working Lunch – Banking for Startups

When: ·Tue, Oct 11, 11:30am-1pm

Where: TECH Fort Worth 1120 South Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76104

Learn about negotiating loan terms.

Dallas PHP – Deploying PHP Apps

When: ·Tue, Oct 11, 7-9pm

Where: SoftLayer Offices – 4849 Alpha Rd – Dallas, TX 75244

Most PHP developers can write PHP code. But writing code is one thing. Getting it to production can be something completely different. Join us as we look at some open source and commercial offerings to help you move your code from your development environment to your production environments.

Yammer on Tour

When: ·Tue, Oct 11, 2:30pm

Where: Hotel ZaZa, 2332 Leonard Street, Dallas, TX

Yammer on tour. (Not exactly like Disney on Ice).

Startup Nights

When: ·Wed, Oct 11, 6pm – Thurs 2am

Where: CoHabitat, 2517 Thomas St., Dallas, TX 75201

StartupNights is an open house, coworking, startup meetup, jam session, community gathering all rolled into one evening a week. Great for startups needing a spot after hours.

Dallas Android Developers

When: ·Thurs, Oct 13, 7:30pm

Where: Valtech Technologies,19111 Dallas Pkwy # 300, Dallas, TX

Learn about using fragments, which support more dynamic and flexible UI designs on large screens, such as tablets.

MIT Enterprise Forum – New Rules for Patents

When: ·Thurs, Oct 13, 6:30pm – 8pm

Where: The Quarter Bar, 3301 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX, 75204

On September 16th, a bill was signed into law that fundamentally changed the US patent system. Forbes Magazine calls this law “trouble for tech entrepreneurs”. The most important change this law caused was moving the US from a “first to invent” to a “first to file” system. Small and start-up companies will now have to compete with the financial and legal strength of large and established multi-national companies when trying to protect their innovative and revolutionary designs. Learn how to grow in this landscape.

PodCamp

When: ·Sat, Oct 15, 9am-5pm

Where: Gravity Centre Dallas,2900 W Plano Parkway,Plano, TX 75075

Trying to grow traffic to your company’s blog? The best way to do so is now with video. PodCamp Dallas 2011 focuses on podcasting, videoblogging, youtubers and all new media. There will be multiple sessions and new media workshop to help newbies get started.