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What You Need to Read This Week

I’m sure a lot of people have “learning to code” on their new year’s resolution list, but don’t fall into the learn code in 4 hours trap. Learning to code is awesome but takes a lot of hard work.

Charles Hudson, who is both a founder of Bionic Panda Games and investing partner at SoftTech VC, details out the minimum four things you should update your investors on.

Don’t worry, have focus, and be nimble. In the post are 5 examples of startups who won the war against the Goliath.

Meet people in real life, have a mission people want to join, treat people well, and don’t be stingy with equity or compensation.

We asked some of our alumni VIP’s about the difference in compensation between their big corporate job and their new startup. The differences were much smaller than we anticipated.

[Video] Peter Thiel on building companies with purpose

A quick talk (Q&A section is long) by Peter Thiel on how he evaluates companies as an investor & entrepreneur.

[Video] Bonus Steve Jobs on the early days of NeXT

An awesome old school PBS documentary on Steve Jobs after he was fired from Apple in the middle of starting NeXT. Shows real scenes of Steve conducing meetings, product brainstorming, and motivating the team.

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

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With 2012 around the corner, why wait until January to start your New Year’s resolutions? This week’s featured NYC startup is Accompl.sh, and it enables you to develop, track, and achieve your goals. Set your own goals, explore what your friends are setting out to do, or collaborate with them on challenges. Best part is, it’s totally free with the option to upgrade for more awesome goal setting.

If you would like to have your startup featured in the NYC StartupDigest, fill out this form.

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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been working with the startup community for almost 30 years.  The SVB NYC office has been running for 10 years and we work with many NYC startups.  If you want to learn more about how we can help your startup, get in touch with Shai Goldman at sgoldman@svb.com.

 

What’s Going On in the NYC Startup Community: Monday, December 5

Managing Excellence at Your Startup

6pm at General Assembly, 902 Broadway, 4th Floor

Justin Kan, founder of Justin.tv, will teach you management techniques to increase employee efficiency and satisfaction at your startup.

 

NYVC: Steve Schlafman from Lerer Ventures

7pm at Dogpatch Labs, 36 E 12th St, 2nd Floor

Steve will discuss his experience at a big corporation, family business, successful startup, failed startup, and as a VC.

 

CSS3: Effects and Animations

7pm at AOL HQ, 770 Broadway

Come get up to speed with CSS3.

 

NYC Music Technology Meetup

7pm at Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn

Check out some awesome music tech demos.

 

IP 101 for Startups

8pm at General Assembly, 902 Broadway, 4th Floor

Learn how to file a patent and protect your startup’s IP.

 

Tuesday, December 6

Rocking Out for Breakfast | Midtown Edition

8:30am at Wichcraft, 555 5th Ave

Meet fellow entrepreneurs and investors over breakfast.

 

How to Build a Vibrant Developer Community

3pm

Learn how to create a thriving ecosystem of third-party developers for your platform.

 

Code Meet Print NY Meetup

7pm at General Assembly, 902 Broadway, 4th Floor

Check out some awesome texts + tech demos.

 

NoSQL – What You Need to Know

8pm at General Assembly, 902 Broadway, 4th Floor

Learn what NoSQL is and how it can help you.

 

Wednesday, December 7

Startup Weekend presents: SWNext

6pm at Entrepreneur’s Roundtable Accelerator, 1500 Broadway, Suite 802

A new program for Startup Weekend alumni who are serious about launching a startup now.

 

How to Launch Your Startup Idea for Less Than $5000

6:30pm at Skillshare HQ, 407 Broome St, 5A

Learn tips and insights from Skillshare Co-Founder & CEO Michael Karnjanaprakorn.

 

Holiday Startupalooza featuring Peter Shankman (code: holidayvip)

6:30pm at Empire State Building, 60th Floor

Peter Shankman is an angel investor and Founder of Help a Reporter Out.

 

Biz Dev 101 – How Deals Get Done

7pm at Grind, 419 Park Ave South, 2nd Floor

Learn the basics from Scott Pollack, who has led partnerships for American Express with Costco, DirecTV and more.

 

Hack and Tell Meetup

7pm at Spotify USA, 76 9th Ave, Suite 1110

Show off your hack and get some actionable feedback.

 

Thursday, December 8

Build an International Startup from Your Dorm

5:30pm at Polytechnic Institute of New York Uuniversity, Pfizer Auditorium, Brooklyn

Joshua Kushner, Managing Partner of Thrive Capital and Co-Founder of Vostu, will share his experience founding Vostu at Harvard.

 

Can I Watch You Use My App?

6:30pm at WeWorkLounge, 154 Grand St

Check out PeopleHunt, a new social gaming app, in the first of a series of user testing events for NY startups.

 

Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown

6:30pm at NYU Stern Business School, 44 W 4th St

Check out some new NYC startups and learn from the live feedback they get from a panel of investors.

 

Anatomy of the Startup Deck

7pm at Skillshare HQ, 407 Broome St, 5A

Chris Paik from Thrive Capital will walk you through the elements of a good pitch deck.

 

Basic HTML & CSS

7pm at Grind, 419 Park Ave South, 2nd Floor

Learn how HTML and CSS go hand in hand in creating the internet from Reece Runnells, developer at Buddy Media.

 

Friday, December 9

Lean Startup Machine

6pm

Learn to identify the key risks in your business model through hands-on mentorship.

 

Saturday, December 10

Windows Phone Hackathon
10am at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor

Join other NYC developers for a day of hacking Windows Phone apps.

 

 

What’s Going On Next Week:

Monday, December 12

7pm – Learn How to Get Your First Million Users

7pm – NYC Gaming Meetup

 

Tuesday, December 13

6:30pm – Founders@Fail: Amol Sarva

7pm – Startup Metrics for Founders

 

Wednesday, December 14

6pm – Intelligent Agents for Online Analytics

8pm – How to Leave Your Job on a High Note

 

Thursday, December 15

5pm – How to Scale Beyond Initial Seed Capital

6:30pm – Holiday Hack Fest with 10gen and Boxee

8pm – Startup Jobs: Find Your Path

 

Friday, December 16

7pm – Only in the Alley: A Gift from Silicon Alley to Silicon Valley

 

Saturday, December 17

1pm – Fundraising Pitch Coaching Workshop

 

Top Upcoming NYC Startup Events

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What’s Going on in Malaysia’s Startup Community

If you are an entrepreneur or a freelance, sometimes you get freaking bored working alone in your little small home office. Sometimes you feel freaking unsafe working in a famous coffee chain with nobody gonna watch your stuff when nature calls.

Come join us for a co-working session where you can meet fellow freelancers and entrepreneurs.

Hackweekend 2: Finally Getting It Done: Hackweekend is a series of quarterly hackathons that gathers top talent in programming, UX and design for high-energy 24-hour hack sessions. Hackweekend 2, titled “Finally Getting It Done”, is focused on hacking your New Year’s resolutions.

Application: http://hack.weekend.my/

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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 LA Startup Community

LA CEO’s – Eliminate 10 Obstacles to Explosive Revenue Growth
When: Thursday, December 1 at 8:30am
Where: Bryan Cave LLP, 120 Broadway, Suite 300, Santa Monica

Get the knowledge and tools you need to grow your revenue in 2012.

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Welcome to the Italy StartupDigest!

Hi everyone! Hope you’ve all had a great summer! We’re happy to start a new year full of awesome startup events!

For newcomers: Italy StartupDigest emails entrepreneurs the best startup events and resources regularly to help you fulfill your mission. Started in Silicon Valley, StartupDigest expanded to Italy due to popular demand from the exponentially growing startup community here. StartupDigest is endorsed by some of the most influential and high-profile entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the tech world.

We’d love to hear any feedback, suggestions, or comments you may have about this edition of StartupDigest. You can email us directly at tugce@thestartupdigest.com and mattstifanelli@thestartupdigest.com. We will get back to you asap. Thanks!

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What’s Going on in Italy’s Startup Community

Social Media Week Milan
When: 19/09/2011 – 23/09/2011
Where: Various locations

Social Media Week is a global conference taking place in 12 main cities around the world. The purpose is to talk about social aspects in technology and innovation. Among all the events, we think you should not miss the ones that are part of the startup festival.

“Working Capital” continues travelling the country with their “Tour dei Mille” and they are now hitting Trieste. The mission is to find innovative projects and researchers to finance. Four study grants will be assigned (up to 30.000€ each).

Mind the Bridge foundation is organizing a public forum with a focus on business creation and financing that will take place in Milan on Sept 22. After the event, the activities will continue exclusively for the selected startups during the business plan competition. The participants will be in Turin on Sept 23 & 24. There, they will be helped by experts and successful entrepreneurs to clarify, create and communicate their business vision, proprietary science and technology into a viable business plan, worthy of financial support.

Cocktails, djs, entrepreneurs and startups will mix up together for a very cool event in Milan. A short pitching session is on the schedule and demo desks will be around. It’s an informal occasion to meet the startup scene and have some fun!

A get together for startuppers and innovators in Sicily, organized by The Hub Siracusa. Attendants will join discussion groups to talk about different topics related to innovation.

The Kublai platform is a place to share your business ideas, ask for help from experts and get fundings. On the final event, all the members of this community will meet and the best project will be awarded.