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SITAKS Breakfast (Kansas City)
Where: Arsalon Technologies, 10605 W 84th Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66214
When: December 14, 8:30 am

SPN Holiday Meetup (Omaha)
Where: Saigon Surface, 324 S 14th St, Omaha, NE 68102
When: December 14

KC Roundtable (Kansas City)
Where: First Watch, 1022 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, MO
When: December 15, 7:30 am

bizperc Open House (Kansas City)
Where: 1800 Baltimore, 6th Floor, Kansas City, MO 64108
When: December 15, 4:30 pm

TechBrew (Iowa City)
Where: The Vine, Coralville, IA
When: December 16, 5:00 pm

Dwolla Anniversary Party (Des Moines)
Where: Vaudeville Mews, 212 4th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309
When: December 15, 5:30 pm

DeMo (Des Moines)
Where: Startup City Des Moines, 317 6th Ave., 5th Floor, Des Moines, IA
When: December 20

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Welcome back to the StartupDigest Reading List, the members-only guide to the best articles on startup life. This week’s theme is joining a startup, plus one great post on key learnings from raising venture capital.- Chris

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Chris McCann – Co-Founder, StartupDigest

 

 

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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 by Nov. 8, 2011.

 

 

What You Need to Read This Week

Every day more people at large companies tell us that they want to join a startup. Here’s what that change is like.

 

 

Not every startup you join will lead to an exit, but every one should build lasting relationships. Don’t be that guy who jumps from place to place just trying to grab a piece of the next big thing.

 

 

If you’re thinking of joining a startup, how do you know if it’s the right one? Here is the perspective of Keith Rabois, who’s worked at PayPal, Slide, LinkedIn, and Square.

 

Here’s a view from the other side of the table when hiring goes wrong at a startup.

 

A big portion of joining a startup is getting out there and putting yourself in uncomfortable places. Here are some thoughts on meeting people, especially in a group setting.

 

This post doesn’t fit this week’s theme at all, but it was so good that I had to include it.

 

Find all of the best resources on starting, joining, and leading a startup here.

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Seattle StartupDigest is curated by:
Jaremy Rich – Co-Founder/CEO of Rich & Murray Creative and Web & Marketing Analytics at Clear

 

 

Seattle StartupDigest is supported exclusively by:
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.

 

 

What’s Going on in the Seattle Startup Community

EFactor Presents: Angel Investing: The Inside Scoop – Seattle
When: Tuesday, October 25, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1201 Third Avenue, #2200, Seattle, WA
Fee: $15

Do you have a promising startup? Do you need funding? Join EFactor for a fast-paced and information packed event to learn, directly from angel investors, what you need to do to receive funding for your startup. We invited a group of successful Angel Investors and VC’s in Seattle, who are dedicated to the formation and growth of startup companies. They will answer any questions you have about funding, growing your business, and anything else you have in mind.

 

Join Social Media Club Seattle (SMC Seattle) at the Seattle Art Museum on Tuesday, October 25 for a presentation featuring Vanessa Fox, author of the critically acclaimed “Marketing in the Age of Google: Your Online Strategy IS Your Business.” She’ll discuss the intersection of search and social and how to harness the power of holistic marketing (search AND social) for increased brand awareness.

 

Game plan:
5:30pm – Check-in, drinks, snacks, “tech tunes” trivia contest.
6:30pm – GeekWire Presents Rich Barton: The Goods, from A to Zillow

 

A simple concept: startup culture in cities around the world gathers around a bar to have a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other.

 

ProductCamp Seattle is an “unconference” event, hosted by the Product Management Consortium (PMC), developed by and for product managers, to increase skills and knowledge, to build professional relationships, and to provide greater recognition of product management as a critical profession for product and company success. During the event a series of concurrent facilitated discussions will be sourced from and selected by the participants, ensuring focus on relevant topics and raising the profile of the discussion leaders.

 

 

 

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Good Morning, Indianapolis! There are three great startup events this week. Be sure you check the listings below to learn more about the Indy Hackers Bar Meet, The Entrepreneurship Celebration Breakfast, and the OWASP Chapter Meeting.Have an awesome week.

Person You Should Meet
There are a ton of remarkable people in the Indy startup scene. Here’s someone worth getting to know:

Brandon Dewitt
Brandon is the CTO and Co-Founder of MyJibe, an easy-to-use personal finance software that helps you prepare for your future. Follow Brandon here.

For newcomers: StartupDigest is an events list, created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, that is focused on the needs of startups in Indianapolis. Please send ideas and feedback to me at mhunckler@thestartupdigest.com.

Indianapolis StartupDigest is curated by:
Matt Hunckler – Founder of Repurify

 

 

Indianapolis StartupDigest is supported exclusively by:
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.

 

 

What’s Going on in the Indianapolis Startup Community

Indy Hackers Bar Meet
Where: Broad Ripple Brew Pub, 840 E 65th St
When: Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 PM

A casual meeting of hackers and the like in Indianapolis, and the surrounding area. Beer and geek-speak. Feel free to bring friends.

 

Join EAC as they celebreate the accomplishments of several of these companies at their first Entrepreneurship Celebration!

Here’s what you can expect:
-Recognize the achievements of innovative business owners in three categories:
-Emerging Business
-Established Business
-Mature Business
-Announce the winner of the 2nd Annual EAC Community Business Plan Competition
-Recognize an outstanding high school entrepreneurship educator John Wechsler, Partner at DeveloperTown, will be the featured speaker.

 

OWASP is The Open Web Security Project. OWASP’s mission is to make application security visible, so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about true application security risks.

This month’s meeting is about the ghosts of XSS Past with Jim Manico, Overview of the OWASP WTE, and a recap of AppSec USA.

 

 

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Good Morning all,

-Janova– New Albany Company Recognized as One of 50 Most Promising Startups from Around the World
-Congrats! – Columbus Region Recognized as Smart21 Intelligent Community of 2012 by the Intelligent Community Forum.
-This Friday Oct. 28 – WakeUp StartUp — How many times have you been sitting on the killer concept but lacked the advice, council, mentorship and the INVESTMENT to make it happen?
-Get inspired – Buy your tickets for TedXColumbus on 11.11.11.

This Wednesday, check out Ohio’s largest statewide gathering of startups at the TechLife Startup Showcase on Oct. 26. 50+ startups from Cinci, Cleveland, Columbus, and Athens.

As always, thank you for subscribing and we would like to hear your feedback to continually improve the digest.  Please let us know if you have an event you would like us to feature or any feedback by emailing ben@startupdigest.com.

Have a great week!

Ben
@bblanquera
Columbus StartupDigest is curated by:
Ben Blanquera – TechLife Columbus

 

 

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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.

 

 

What’s Going on in the Columbus Startup Community

Startup Founders Mixer
When: Friday Oct 28 6pm
Where: TechColumbus 1275 Kinnear Road Columbus

Meet other Startups Founders and use this opportunity to:
1. Rave about your startup (Please email andi@eevent.com if you are interested to present about your startup asap)
2. Get instant and honest feedback
3. Find and provide help to others

 

Please join us for a Dublin International Business Assistance Center panel event where we’ll discuss preparedness for global business –- looking at strategy considerations, importance of proper due diligence, market entry/exit considerations, and other matters for general global awareness. We will also discuss the critical aspect of governance and compliance, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption (e.g., U.K. Bribery Act) compliance measures for being a good global citizen. The panel includes a diversity of global experience from Fortune 200 global legal, compliance and governance; entrepreneurial and private equity ventures; chief financial expertise from a privately held coffee and spice company operating in Southeast Asia and Central America; EU legal expertise in global capital markets; executive and legislative lobbying considerations to further a domestic-to-global agenda. For anyone doing business globally, or considering global markets, we will have a vibrant and open forum to share your interests.

 

 

Top Upcoming Columbus Startup Events

11/11 – TEDx Columbus
11/18 – M3 – Mobile Development Conference

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Welcome back to the StartupDigest Reading List, the members-only guide to the best articles on startup life.This week is dedicated to the founders and teams building real businesses from startups. It’s sexy to talk about startups launching and startups getting acquired, but here’s to the teams in the long middle section that are building lasting companies.- Chris

StartupDigest Reading List is curated by:
Chris McCann – Co-Founder, StartupDigest

 

 

StartupDigest Reading List is supported exclusively by:
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 by Nov. 8, 2011.

 

 

What You Need to Read This Week

People love to talk about the beginning and end of startups but there is huge middle struggle to build a real business. Here is a glimpse into what that middle part feels like.

 

 

It really helps to have a sense of purpose when you’re building something big. To quote the cheshire cat, if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.

 

Building a real business takes time. It’s easy to start a startup, but you can’t build a business in a weekend.

 

If you’re advising or even just giving your feedback on someone else’s startup, it pays to be truthful. And founders, it’s hugely valuable to have someone on your side who will tell it like it is.

 

Find all of the best resources on starting, joining, and leading a startup here.

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Welcome to the first edition of StartupDigest Marketing, the members-only weekly guide for making marketing meaningful to your company’s goals.Startups, by nature, usually don’t have big budgets to take out TV commercials (unless you’ve got Groupon-level cash) but still need to stand out. Whether you’re in a crowded market or defining a new space, coming up with a solid marketing strategy and executing it while adapting to ever-changing circumstances (with limited resources) will help you drive user adoption and engagement.By subscribing to these emails, you’ll receive hand-picked materials with insights on marketing topics ranging from customer development to measuring success to virality, and everything in between. Yes, I realize that doesn’t cover the entire alphabet but I tried. :)

Hopefully, you’ll get exposed to educational marketing content you wouldn’t have otherwise. Even if you have seen some of the material before, the accompanying analysis is for highlighting learnings that are worth further consideration.

StartupDigest Marketing is here to help you so feel free to send me your comments, questions and suggestions for what you’d like to see moving forward!

Cheers,
Tony

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Resource of the Week

Connect Emotionally to Boost Sales
From neurosciencemarketing.com

I value reducing friction and elegant design as much as anyone, and maybe I’m “old school,” but I think that it is vital to nurture the emotional engagement between your product and users. Especially when it takes relatively little resources or time for competitors to copy what they see you doing on the surface, the feelings that you evoke among your audience represent some of the best tools you have for building a defensible position. Understanding how you make your customers feel not only helps you drive acquisition and sales, it will also allow you to improve incentives for encouraging social media sharing and word-of-mouth referrals. While this article uses major retailers as examples, startups will benefit from reading as well.