Montreal StartupDigest – November 21, 2011

21/11/2011

Below is an archived version of the Montreal StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Montreal.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

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From everything I hear, Montreal Ouvert had a great turnout for their open data hackathon. Fantastic work everyone! I hope to see the fruits of this weekend’s labour in circulation soon.This week is Montreal Python (not last week, sorry) for your coding fix and UX fix for your feedback fix. Check the upcoming events, there’s some great stuff coming down the pipeline as we head into the holiday season!Montreal StartupDigest is curated by:
Robin Ahn – Organizer, StartupDrinks Canada
Tara Hunt – CEO, Buyosphere

 

 

What’s Going on in the Montreal Startup Community

Montreal Python
Where: UQAM, in room SH-R810, 200 Sherbrooke W
When: 6pm, Monday, November 21, 2011

This month’s Python meeting explores the unexpected and unconventional uses of the programming language across many domains.

 

UX FIX
Where: Bolidea, 4115 St. Laurent, Suite 200
When: 6pm, Thursday, November 23, 2011

What happens when you put a bunch of products to usability test? Sparks fly as products gather feedback from willing volunteers. You must attend this event if you have an application that you’re about to release to the wild. This event is currently sold out but keep in touch with the organizers as tester seats sometimes become available.
Top Upcoming Montreal Startup Events

Startup Drinks Montreal
Sign up now for the final Startup Drinks of 2011!

Montreal Girl Geeks
Passionate project management is the subject of this month’s talk by Elizabeth Bucci.

Devcamp by Make Web Not War
Part mixer, part barcamp.

Random Hacks of Kindness
Apply your hacking skills to some of the humanity’s biggest problems and join this global event.

 

 

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Silicon Prairie StartupDigest – September 26, 2011

26/09/2011

Below is an archived version of the Silicon Prairie StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Silicon Prairie.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

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This week is another great one. We have some awesome events going on around the region, from Pipeline to Startup Weekend. See you guys out there.
 
Silicon Prairie StartupDigest is curated by:
Willis Jackson – Founder of ShownHome 

 

Silicon Prairie StartupDigest is supported exclusively by:
U.S. college graduates with innovative new business ideas can apply to the Kauffman Foundation’s Global Scholars Program, newly expanded to include U.S. scholars. Participants learn and network with an international group of fellow aspiring entrepreneurs from January through June 2012. Apply here by Oct. 17, 2011.

 

 

What’s Going on in the Silicon Prairie Startup Community

Startup Drinks (Des Moines)
Where: Tally’s
When: September 27

 

Drinks. Startups. Yep.

The Process of Raising Capital Workshop (Kansas City)
Where: ECJC facilities
When: September 29

If you are unfamiliar with the process of raising capital, come learn from the VP of Business Development for ECJC, Rich Vaughn. They will be covering all of the documents involved and teaching you what angel investors look for.

Pitch & Grow V (Des Moines)
Where: Des Moines Social Club (400 Walnut Street – Des Moines)
When: September 29
PIPELINE Regional Fellowship Networking Reception (Kansas City)
Where: Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo
When: September 30, 4 pm

The Pipeline crowd is a great place to learn from people that have done it before. Space is limited so I suggest you RSVP immediately. If you aren’t sure whether or not you should attend, know that I RSVP’d immediately when I saw it.

Startup Weekend Columbia (Columbia MO)
Where: 3500 Buttonwood Dr. Columbia MO 65201
When: September 30 – October 2

Top Upcoming Events

October 7 - Entrepreneurs Corner (Kansas City)
October 20-21 - Thinc Iowa (Des Moines)

 

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Toronto StartupDigest – August 22, 2011

23/08/2011

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

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Good morning, Toronto Startups and Entrepreneurs! 

This week we’ve got the once a month(ish) Toronto Ruby Brigade meetup with a lineup of speakers, as well as The Future of Mobile Dev organized by The Working Group and finally a Hacks/Hackers Meetup.

As always, please let us know if we’re missing any key events and we’ll be glad to include them in future digests through our submission form.

– Josh

Toronto StartupDigest is curated by:
Will Lam – Founder of Date Ideas and keeps a blog on Entrepreneurship
Josh Sookman – CEO, Guardly

 

 

What’s Going on in the Toronto Startup Community

#LeanCoffeeTO – Episode 48
When: Tuesday, August 23. 8 AM and Thursday, August 25. 8 AM
Where: The Working Group, 639 Queen St. W, Toronto, ON and TBD

Lean Coffee Toronto (#LeanCoffeeTO) is a peer group for startup founders. We identify, discuss and action more efficient ways of conducting business while reducing waste

Toronto Ruby: Padirno, Music of Software and Backbone/PJAX/Mustache/CS/Pipeline
When: Tuesday, August 23. 6:30 PM
Where: Liberty Noodle, 171 East Liberty Street #100, Toronto, ON

Our next tech talks night is taking place August 23rd, 2011 at Liberty Noodle in Liberty Village. We are continuing our format from last time and we will have 3 talks lined up.

Hacks/Hackers Toronto Meetup
When: Tuesday, August 23. 7 PM
Where: Workplace One, 51 Wolesley St, Toronto, ON

Before we gear up to our fantastic Fall season, we’re hosting a casual demo-style session this time around. Joining us on Tuesday will be: Chul Lee, Founder of Thoora, Jill Renwick of CoverItLive, and Steve Hulford of Filemobile.

#NerdLearn – The Future of Mobile Dev
When: Thursday, August 25. 6:30 PM
Where: The Working Group, 639 Queen St. W, Toronto, ON

We all know that mobile is the future, but what is the future of mobile? That’s exactly the question our panelists will answer (or argue over), while you sit back, drink your beer, and ask them as many questions as you please. Panelists include: Jeremy Bower (Bower Labs), Pearl Chen (CFC Media Lab) and Jeff Zakrzewski (Zynga Toronto).

 

Top Upcoming Toronto Startup Events
August 31 – Startup Drinks
Sept 5 – Ruby Hack Night
Sept 15 – Toronto Tech Meetup

 

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Toronto StartupDigest – July 25, 2011

26/07/2011

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

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Good Morning, Toronto Startups and Entrepreneurs! 

Not much going on this week other than the monthly startup institution, Startups Drinks and the very first meetup of the Toronto HTML 5 User (not to be confused with the other one). However, there’s more awesome events coming down the pipeline in August!

See you at Startup Drinks this Wednesday if you’re headed there!

- Will

Toronto StartupDigest is curated by:
Will Lam – Founder of Date Ideas and keeps a blog on Entrepreneurship
Josh Sookman – CEO, Guardly

 

 

What’s Going on in the Toronto Startup Community

Startup Drinks
When: Wednesday, July 27, 2011. 6 PM
Where: Grace O’Malley’s, 14 Duncan St, Toronto

Come join us for Startup Drinks Toronto 21. We’re continuing to keep the spirit of the startup community alive, one pint at a time

Toronto HTML5 User Group
When: Wednesday, July 27, 2011. 6 PM
Where: ObjectSharp, 11 King St West, Suite 1400, Toronto

Join us for our very first Meetup session where we’ll be discussing the latest HTML5 tools and resources, as well as Digiflare’s latest projects built on the HTML5 platform.

 

Top Upcoming Toronto Startup Events

 

 

 

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