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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!

Chris Bond

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What’s Going on in the Dallas Startup Community

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 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!

Chris Bond

 

 

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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.

 

What’s Going on in the Dallas Startup Community

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.

 

 

Below is an archived version of the Dallas StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Dallas.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

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Last week’s events were about socializing, and this week’s are all about learning. 

On Tuesday, learn how to use Ruby as a competitive advantage in developer contests (eg. Startup Weekend), then head over to the source for mobile groups – DalMob. Lastly, on Thursday a guest speaker from “the valley” will give insights on the seven steps necessary for a successful startup.

Get out there, have fun, make a difference.

-Chris Bond

 

 

 

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Winners of Global Entrepreneurship Week’s Startup Open competition, sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, could win a trip to Liverpool to hang out with global entrepreneur experts or a year’s worth of mentoring from the founders of Redbox. Learn more about all of the prizes here and submit your startup here.

 

What’s Going on in the Dallas Startup Community

Dallas Ruby Brigade
When: Tues, Aug 2, 7-9pm
Where: Improving Enterprises, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Ste 110, Dallas, TX 75001

Step inside the world of using Ruby and Rails in the hotness that is Developer Contests. They’ll explore contest logistics, lessons learned, and what to do afterward.

DalMob Conclave
When: Tues, Aug 2, 6:30-8pm
Where: TechWildcatters Offices 2700 Fairmount St. Dallas TX 75201

They’ll be hosting their first Open Discussion night. You will have the opportunity to ask the group or individuals anything and open the door for further discussion. This conclave will be informal and relaxed.

7 Steps to a successful startup with Naeem Zafar
When: Thurs, Aug 4, 6pm
Where: Hotel ZaZa, 2332 Leonard Street Dallas, Texas 75201

Author, serial entrepreneur, and Haas School of Business at Berkeley professor Naeem Zafar visits from the Bay Area to present 7 Steps to a Successful Startup. Naeem shares the basic building blocks of startup life from how to be sure you’re an entrepreneur to concept validation, team building, fundraising, and understanding the life of a founder/CEO. Whether you have a great idea, are starting a small business, or are an entrepreneur yourself, you are sure to receive invaluable tips from Naeem’s insights and experience.