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Below are six articles and one amazing video by Sergey Brin on the early days of starting Google. By the way if you have any amazing startup videos we should check out respond to this email and let me know about them.

- Chris

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Chris Burnor – Lead Engineer, StartupDigest

 

 

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Check out these sketchbook videos on “finding the magic sauce of entrepreneurship” and “three things entrepreneurs do” and more from the Kauffman Foundation.

 

 

What You Need to Read This Week

An epic letter by James Currier, 2x exited founder and now founder of Jiff, to his alma mater on how to do something exciting instead of wasting your life at a cube job.

 

An inside look into how Loudcloud used business development to save the company after the dot-com crash by breaking itself up into two companies. Opsware the software company eventually sold to HP for $1.6 billion.

 

Ruby and JQuery developer Yehuda Katz argues on the subtle but key differences between JavaScript’s first class functions and Ruby’s block syntax.

 

Why learning the basics of software development is important, even for the business people.

 

There’s only a couple sites people will use on a daily basis but if done right you can retain people to your app through either notifications or using your service as a start point for something.

 

Need to edit a bunch of files all at once? Too complex of a refactoring for sed? Try combining ack and Vim macros.

 

Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, talks about how simple ideas built for one person are so powerful and why just trying things is so important.

 

See all of the previous resources and articles we’ve featured here.

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Today we are trying out something new – on our Silicon Valley city page are all of the events featured below in an open Google calendar format. Feel free to use, repurpose, or share the calendar in any way you would like. All we ask is that if you use the information, link back to StartupDigest. Thanks :)- Chris

Silicon Valley StartupDigest is curated by:
Chris McCann – Co-Founder, StartupDigest
Santiago Zavala – Partner, Mexican.vc

 

 

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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.

 

 

What’s Going On in the Silicon Valley Startup Community

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Good morning, Salt Lake startups! Please send your questions and comments on the featured events to jbradshaw@thestartupdigest.com.Enjoy!
- Jon

Salt Lake City StartupDigest is curated by:
Jon Bradshaw – Co-Founder of BoomStartup & works with UtahAngels
Scott Lemon – Owner of HumanXtensions & Founder of KarmaKey

 

 

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Check out these sketchbook videos on “finding the magic sauce of entrepreneurship” and “three things entrepreneurs do” and more from the Kauffman Foundation.

 

 

What’s Going on in the Salt Lake City Startup Community

BoomStartup
When: Monday, December 12 , 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Where: 556 East Technology Avenue, Building C, Suite #2100, Orem, UT

This will be a lunch meeting. Bring Your Own Lunch. We’ll start the discussion promptly at Noon and should go until 1:30 or so. This meeting is open to the public and will be scheduled monthly. If you are interested in Internet and Mobile startups then this is the place to be.

 

This meeting the group will be going over examples of how you have put some of this knowledge to use and how you are currently using the ideas you learned. Come for a great discussion and review of all the topics. If ever you wanted one presentation that touched on a little of everything this will be it.

 

Come share and learn about Google Technologies! Make sure to RSVP here.

 

Park City area entrepreneurs can collaborate on business ideas, give instructive feedback on business presentations, listen to and discuss business topics, and make important networking contacts to help them grow their business.

 

Park City area entrepreneurs can collaborate on business ideas, give instructive feedback on business presentations, listen to and discuss business topics, and make important networking contacts to help them grow their business.

 

The Provo Linux Users Group welcomes everyone with an interest in Linux and Free/Open Source Software. Most of our members live in, or near, Utah valley.

 

Come learn and share about Java. Please RSVP so we can order the right amount of food.

 

Social Media Club of Salt Lake City (SMC of SLC) supports the central focus of the worldwide organization, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

 

We gather monthly for presentations, to listen to speakers, workshops, or to simply visit. We also strive to support other local user groups and organizations. Please feel free to submit ideas and to contribute to the calendar.

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

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Bogotá StartupDigest is curated by:
Leonardo Suarez - Partner and COO, TorrenegraLabs
Camilo Uribe – Technical co-founder, Bitelove.com

 

 

Lo que pasará en la escena Startup de Bogotá esta semana

Posiciona tu sitio en Google

Cuando: Martes, 13 de Diciembre 2011. 6:30pm

Donde: HubBOG, Calle 98 N° 18 – 71 Piso 2

Estar bien posicionado en los diferentes buscadores es un indicador clave para el éxito de tu negocio en Internet. Si todavía tienes dudas de como hacerlo efectivamente, este curso es clave para aprender que debes y que no debes a hacer y mejorar tus resultados. Presentado por Luis Betancourt.

 

Formación de Ángeles Inversionistas

Cuando: Jueves, 15 de Diciembre 2011. 6:30pm

Donde: HubBOG, Calle 98 N° 18 – 71 Piso 2

En un ecosistema de emprendimiento el rol de los angeles inversionistas es clave y facilita entre otras funciones el proceso de evolución de las empresas en busca de capital. Si quieres conocer en detalle cómo invertir exitosamente en empresas en Internet y no morir en el intento, no te pierdas este evento. Presentado por Esteban Mancuso docente y emprendedor e inversionista en proyectos de Internet.

 

Almuerzo de Networking

Cuando: Viernes, 16 de Diciembre 2011. 12:30pm

Donde: HubBOG, Calle 98 N° 18 – 71 Piso 2

Desde buscar al co-fundador de tu startup hasta perfeccionar tu “pitch” para encontrar inversionistas, en esta reunión con podrás compartir con otros emprendedores y empresarios en Internet tus proyectos e ideas. Aquí podrás desarrollar sinergías y seguir avanzando en tu emprendimiento.

 

4º BarCamp Bogota

Cuando: Sábado, 17 de Diciembre 2011 de 9:00a.m a 5:00p.m

Donde: HackBo Calle 17 No 2-51

Antes de finalizar el 2011 Bogotá tendrá de nuevo su Barcamp. Si no te gustan los eventos formales aquí los expertos comparten si conocimiento de manera espontánea e interactiva. El primer Barcamp se hizo en Agosto del 2005 en Palo Alto, California, marcado por el deseo de compartir y aprender en un ambiente abierto e interactivo. Vívelo de nuevo este fin de semana aquí enBogotá.

 

 

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Bogotá StartupDigest is curated by:
Leonardo Suarez - Partner and COO, TorrenegraLabs
Camilo Uribe - Technical co-founder, Bitelove.com

 

 

What’s Going on in the Bogotá Startup Community

 

Posiciona tu sitio en Google

When: Tuesday, December 13th 2011. 6:30pm

Where: HubBOG, Calle 98 N° 18 – 71 Piso 2

Being well ranked on search engines is a key successful factor for your startup. If you still hesitant how to do it effectively, on this training you will learn about the DO’s and Don’t DO’s to rank your website and improve your results. Presented by Luis Betancourt.

 

Formación de Ángeles Inversionistas

When: Thusday, December 15th 2011. 6:30pm

Where: HubBOG, Calle 98 N° 18 – 71 Piso 2

Angel investors are part of the stair way to heaven for entrepreneurs looking for funding on a entrepreneurship ecosystem. If you want to learn how to invest succesfully on Internet startups and don’t die trying, don’t miss this conference. Presented by Esteban Mancuso professor, entrepreneur and angel investor on Internet startups.

 

Networking Lunch

When: Friday, December 16th 2011 12:30pm

Where: HubBOG, Calle 98 N° 18 – 71 Piso 2

From looking for co-founder for your startup to practicing your pitch for investors, on this gathering you can share your projects and ideas with fellow Internet entrepreneurs. Here you will have the chance to develop high impact synergies and skyrocket your startup.

 

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

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For newcomers: The Israel StartupDigest is a weekly events list of interest to Israeli entrepreneurs, curated by local entrepreneurs. We don’t cover every event — we handpick only the best ones. Are there events I missed, events I included that aren’t of interest, or upcoming events you’d like me to include? Drop me a line at yaniv@thestartupdigest.comfor any feedback, questions, or ideas.Yaniv

Israel StartupDigest is curated by:
Yaniv Feldman – Editor-in-Chief, Newsgeek Israel

 

 

What’s Going on in Israel’s Startup Community

3rd AishTLV Breakfast Hosting ex VP of Apple
When: Sun Dec 4, 9:00am
Where: Kikar Atarim – Hayarkon 165 TLV

The third meeting of the new breakfast club , meeting with top business people to hear a bit about their success stories, life experience and why Israel? This breakfast will feature former Apple Vice President Dr. Eric Sirkin. Before immigrating to Israel in 2010 he co-founded a Solar Energy Photovoltaic startup in Silicon Valley. He now resides in Jerusalem where he is studying Hebrew and collaborating on his next start-up, while working with several Israeli non-profits.

 

In partnership with EmployAbility, Google’s R&D Center in Israel is hosting an event for students with disabilities who are studying Computer Science (or related subjects). During this event, participants will learn from Google engineers working on cutting edge computer science problems, learn about Google’s products and have the opportunity to apply for a unique mentoring program.

 

Raphael Ouzan, founder & CTO of BillGuard, the first-ever antivirus for bills will present and lead a discussion on hiring and building the “killer” team.

 

The annual convention about Cellular 4G Technology in Israel will discuss the Operator’s role in the evolution to 4G technologies, Services and applications, how application demand will dictate network capabilities, carriers options for managing traffic, 4G Mobile ventures and Next-Generation 4G Devices.

 

Ron Gura will cover some of the pressing issues every entrepreneur has, especially in the early stages. Some of the topics will be: Things you might want to try\read\consider when getting started Fundraising, revenue, growth and anything in between Key metrics, self-analysis and the ability to start anew Customer discovery Vs. Sales.

 

The GarageGeeks and SpaceIL invite you to an out of this world garage event, to meet: Amir Give’on, As an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Amir develops and implements algorithms primarily for NASA’s Terrestrial Planet Finder project. This project is designing space-based telescopes to search for Earth-like planets.

 

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Hello everyone! A new Hackcelerator based in Shenzhen and the Bay Area — From the folks who brought you Chinaccelerator comes a new type of adventure. They are taking applications now for this next class, which will last 111 days and will focus on accelerating hardware-based startups. One of my co-founders in www.dragonmoss.comis a mentor as well as many of the ones from Chinaccelerator.Regards,
Frank and David

@frankyu @davidatsg on Twitter
@frankyu01 @davidatsg on Weibo
The Beijing StartupDigest archives can be found here.

Some Interesting Articles
-Google’s sad demise in China
-Kaifu and the China fantasy
-Internet Rumors are like drugs
-Alibaba testing out its own G+
-How Sina Weibo cracked Social Gaming

Beijing StartupDigest is curated by:
Frank Yu – Founder of Kwestr
David Ding – Founder of Bridge for Angels & Startup Entrepreneurs (BASE)

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Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Through pure serendipity, this week is shaping up to be “Lean Startup” week. Thursday sports Agile development expert Dave Churchville and a mixer celebrating local startups, several of which practice lean startup principles. Friday, I’ll be talking about the same subject, while Saturday you have an opportunity to put the practices in action.

San Diego StartupDigest is curated by:
Brant Cooper – Author of the Customer Development Book

 

 

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Check out these sketchbook videos on “finding the magic sauce of entrepreneurship” and “three things entrepreneurs do” narrated by Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation.

 

 

What’s Going on in the San Diego Startup Community

Agile San Diego
When: Thu, Dec 1, 6:30pm
Where: The Linkery, 3794 30th St., San Diego

Dave Churchville will talk about Agile Planning. If you are into or interested in Agile, you should come hear Dave, who knows his stuff. Plus, the Linkery is a nice restaurant/pub!

 

San Diego startup Sweetlabs is hosting this recruiting slash mixer event to celebrate local startup success stories. Google Venture’s Joe Kraus and “big win” local entrepreneur Michael Robertson will be on hand to talk about the local startup scene. Hard to pass on this one.

 

By now you have probably heard of Lean Startups and Customer Development and their requisite buzzwords like pivot, MVP and product-market fit. But what do these terms really mean and how can you put them to work in your endeavors? Yours truly will be spreading the lean startup gospel. :)

 

If you are at all inspired by Friday’s talk, spend Saturday putting Customer Development into practice! Alline Watkins will do a deep-dive on customer development and attendees will actually apply the principles during the event.

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

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Melbourne StartupDigest is curated by:
Humphrey Laubscher - Co-Founder of a stealth startup focused on improving businesses through customer feedback and loyalty engagement
Geoff Burns – Designing software products and solutions for 15 years

 

 

What’s Going on in the Melbourne Startup Community

Melbourne Knowledge Management Leadership Forum (Free – RSVP)
When: Monday 28 Nov 11 at 6:00:00 PM
Where: RMIT Graduate School of Business and Law, Corner of Russell & Victoria Streets, Melbourne

The KMLF is a face-to-face education and networking forum, run by KM practitioners for KM practitioners. Meetings are held every month or so in the central business district in Melbourne, Australia. Membership is free, and attendance at meetings usually requires a small donation to cover drinks and nibbles.

Speaker: Nancy White. Nancy is well known internationally for her facilitation of collaborative communities and as the co-author of Digital Habitats.

 

Monthly meeting of the Google Technology User Group. This event is for people who are interested in Google’s developer technology. Discussions are diverse and can include Android, App Engine, GWT, Charts, Maps, Earth and Wave to name a few. Current meetings are focused on technical presentations and extended Q&A on Google technologies.

 

Topic: Customer-centricity and Single View of Customer.

In order to serve the customer well, being able to know the customer well and tailor the customer experience and products/services to satisfy the customers’ needs are really critical. In this session, an overview of customer-centricity will be provided as well as an in-depth discussion on how an important customer-centric capability – Single View of Customer – can be achieved.

Speaker: Richard Ng – Partner at Deloitte Consulting specialising in Enterprise Information Management.

 

Churchill Club runs panel based events around practical entreprenurship, innovation thinking and emerging technology opportuntiies , Our Topic tonight Global Entrepreneurship with John Stokes Partner at Real Ventures in North America & founder Piermont Ventures in Hong Kong.

 

CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer’s Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X. Everyone is welcome to come along, bring your Mac, and get to work on your projects and share/learn from the group delving into iPhone, Cocoa, for the evening!

 

Ignite Melbourne 5 (Free – RSVP)
When: Wednesday 30 Nov 11 at 5:30:00 PM
Where: The Apartment, 401 Little Bourke St, MelbourneIgnite’s catch phase is “enlighten us, but make it quick.” One of the previous speakers described it as “speed dating for ideas.” More specifically we’re keeping the talks focused on entrepreneurship and technology. This is the heart of what Ignite is about.

 

TiE Melbourne is a non-profit, community based organization run by individuals in their own time, share the vision for Australian entrepreneurship.

Topic: Concept to Reality.

Speakers: Iain Ralph (Enterprise Development Manager – VCAMM Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing) , Andrew Thomas (CEO Thomas Duryea Consulting) and Andrew Darbyshire (Entreprenuer).

 

We will be meeting monthly to hear talks on R-related topics, sharing knowledge and experience, provide R beginners with an opportunity to meet more experienced users and discover the power of R as a serious, general and industrial strength data mining, analysis, visualisation and reporting tool, for use in commerce, government and other fields.

Topic: End-of-Year ExtRavaganza – Reflections, Anecdotes, and Tips on R.

Speaker: Lyndon Walker.

 

The YOW! 2011 Australia Developer Conference and Workshops provide you with an outstanding opportunity to learn more about the latest practices, technologies and methods from international software authors and experts. It’s a great way to network with other talented developers in the Australian development community. YOW! offers fast-paced, technically-oriented presentations and workshops. Designed by developers for developers, each speaker has been hand picked by an independent international program committee.

 

Churchill Club runs panel based events around practical entreprenurship, innovation thinking and emerging technology opportuntiies , Our Topic tonight Location, Location, Location with Adrian Perillo (Yellow Pages Extended Network of Whereis, Citysearch, GoStay) and Bernhard Tschirren (Rome2Rio).

 

Melbourne Jelly is a fortnightly co-working event where folks from all disciplines get together at a pre-determined location and share a working environment.
 Top Upcoming Melbourne Startup Events

5 December - Melbourne Python Users Group (Free – RSVP)
9 December - PL4YLUNCH (Free – RSVP)
14 December - WordPress Melbourne(Free – RSVP)

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Hello all, Enjoy the weekly line-up.Cheers,
PRL & Vijay

India StartupDigest is curatedby:
Parul Raj Lodha “PRL”
Vijay Anand - Founder, The Startup Centre and Proto.in

 

 

What’s Going on in India’s Startup Community

VCCircle India Angel Summit (Mumbai)
When: Dec 1
Where: Holiday Inn, Mumbai

To capture the trends and identify India’s most attractive business ideas, India Angel Summit brings together 250-plus entrepreneurs, startups, angel investors and early-stage VCs to create an exclusive platform to identify investment opportunities and build India’s most attractive companies

 

iWeekend (Pune)
When: Dec 2-4
Where: Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (Under-Graduate), Survey # 231, Near Lunkad Gold Coast, Viman Nagar, Pune

iWeekend is an intensive and innovative experience that brings together talented entrepreneurs and professionals of different profiles to select ideas and bring these ideas to reality by collaboratively developing a business plan and a prototype, all in one weekend.

 

Sessions at the conference discuss topics like JavaEE 7 & the Cloud, Java EE 6 PaaS, Scala, Scalability, Concurrent Java, Gradle, JavaFX, REST Web Services, Google Protocol Buffers, Solr Search, JavaFX, Akka & more.

 

 

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

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Cape Town StartupDigest is curated by:
Eric Edelstein - Co-Founder & CEO, evly.com

 

 

What’s Going on in the Cape Town Startup Community This Week

The launch of South Africa’s first gathering of SEO like-minded people, digital agencies and businesses.

 

A weekly event held by Silicon Cape to get Capetonians meeting one another and speaking about tech.

 

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, then apply to get the chance to have a 1 on 1 session to ask questions with a Cape Town Venture Capital firm.