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2010 Women in Leadership Conference
Saturday, March 13th, 2010, 9am - 5pm
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
The 2010 Haas School of Business Women in Leadership Conference is dedicated to trailblazers. We seek to celebrate women who have created their own paths, become pioneers in their fields, and achieved both professional and personal successes. With three inspiring keynote speakers, panel discussions, and interactive workshops, the conference aims to educate and inspire attendees to invoke courage and creativity when pursuing their goals. For more info and to register, click here.
Acumen Fund presents "Wine Tasting"
Thursday, March 25th, 2010, 6:30pm
SNOB Wine Bar, San Francisco, CA
Cost: $15 pre-order, $20 at door
Learn about the promising businesses Acumen invests in throughout the developing world! And taste wine at the same time! Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. It seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Its investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services – like health, water, housing and energy – through innovative, market-oriented approaches. The San Francisco chapter of young professionals for Acumen Fund is hosting a special tasting with a flight of three types of wine at SNOB wine bar in Nob Hill. Misbah Naqvi, who is on Acumen's business development team and started with the fund in Pakistan managing portfolio investments, will speak about Acumen's funded companies in the region including drip irrigation, housing and hydroelectric development projects. Tarim Wasim, a Hellman and Friedman director who founded the Association for the Development of Pakistan, will also talk about his approach in finding, partnering and funding sustainable non-profits in Pakistan. ADP is a non-profit taking a venture philanthropy approach to supporting social enterprises in Pakistan that build schools and hospitals or supply medical equipment and vaccinations. The wine tasting costs $15 if you pre-order, ($5 of which goes to Acumen Fund as a tax-deductible donation). At the door, it will be $20. To pre-order tickets, click here.
Freemium Summit
Friday, March 26th, 2010
UCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 save $50 with discount code "WOMEN2"
The first Freemium Summit is a one day event focused on exploring what it takes to succeed under the freemium business model. Across all segments of the media landscape, entrepreneurs and executives are pioneering models that combine a free offering with a premium, paid offering. This hybrid business model is one of the most exciting areas of business model innovation impacting the world of media and the Freemium Summit will explore the most important topics on the minds of leading practitioners. We have a super lineup of presenting companies including Evernote, Xobni, Pandora, Dropbox, Recurly, Tapulous, Yammer, Smule, and many others. For more info and to register, click here. Women 2.0 members save $50 on General Admission with discount code "WOMEN2".
Women Entrepreneurs Inspire Conference
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010, 8am - 5pm
Cox Convention Center, Oaklahoma City, OK
The Riata Center for Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University is pleased to present the first annual Women Entrepreneurs Inspire Conference in Oklahoma City at the Cox Convention Center. Get inspired by successful women entrepreneurs from across the country, and learn tools to help you start and grow a business. Network with other women entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. For more info and to register, click here.
O’Reilly Where 2.0
Tuesday, March 30th - April 1st, 2010
San Jose, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 members save 15% with coupon code “whr10wto”
O'Reilly Where 2.0 wants you to become location enabled at Where 2.0 — Where 2.0 is your window into the geospatial industry and beyond, six years running, bringing together the people, projects, and issues building the new technological foundations and creating value in the location industry. For more info and to register, click here.
FWE&E presents "Wine, Women & Wisdom"
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
Westin SF Airport, Millbrae, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 members save with discount code "sc331"
Please join us for an evening of fabulous wine, gourmet light fare and women's wisdom. This event is great opportunity to connect with some of the Bay Area’s most accomplished women leaders. Together, we’ll eat, drink and empower each other professionally and personally by sharing our collective wisdom. For more information and to register, click here.
Silicon Valley Web Builder presents "The Chronicles of Web Standard III - The Voyage of the HTML5"
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
Google Tunis Tech Talk, Mountain View, CA
Join Kevin Nilson (Principal Software Architect at Large Financial) as he moderates a discussion with presenters: Brad Neuberg (Developer at Google), Ben Galbraith (Co-founder at Ajaxian.com), and Michael Carter (Founder at Orbited Project & Official Contributor for W3C HTML5). For more info and to register, click here.
TEDxBerkeley
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
UC Berkeley campus, Berkeley, CA
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. On April 3rd, 2010, people will descend on the UC Berkeley campus for a full-day immersion of TEDtalks and live talks by some of the Bay Area’s most accomplished people. For more info and to apply for your spot, click here.
360|iDev
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 through Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
eBay Conference Center, San Jose, CA
360|iDev, the Premier iPhone Developer conference, is happening April 11 to 14, 2010 in San Jose CA. Bringing together the best and brightest of the iPhone development community! Speakers include many independent game developers as well as those from the bigger iPhone game publishers. Come learn what it takes to make a great game like those featured on iPhone Roundup. Tickets are only $599. For more info and to register, click here.
O'Reilly MySQL Confere
Monday, April 12th - April 15th, 2010
Santa Clara, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 members save 15% with coupon code “mys10wto”
Over 2,000 open source and database enthusiasts join together to harness the power of MySQL and celebrate the huge MySQL ecosystem. In just four days, the O’Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo will take your skills and know-how to the next level through expert-led sessions and in-depth tutorials from of some of the most influential companies and projects in the MySQL community. For more info and to register, click here.
Under the Radar: Commercializing the Cloud
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Mountain View, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 members save $200 when you register here.
In less than a year, cloud computing has gone from being "over-hyped," to a trusted, scalable alternative to the traditional datacenter. At Under the Radar: Cloud, you'll meet Bank of America, AT&T, Virgin America, MTV Networks and 350 other tech leaders to hear about who's adopting the cloud, who's innovating and why it matters to you. See 30 emerging cloud startups hit the stage; uncovering the next wave of test-driven innovators tackling infrastructure, noSQL, virtualization, storage platforms, data, and SAAS - providing a 1-day deep dive into the cloud ecosystem and who's behind the innovation AND the adoption.
The Invent Your Future Conference for Women
Monday, April 19th and Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 members save $100 with discount code "02"
National-recognized speakers, best-selling authors, thought leaders and business experts will offer informative seminars, keynotes, in-depth clinics and roundtable discussions. Topics of interest to entrepreneurs include: Managing Growing Pains for your Business; New Media and its Impact on Extending Market Reach, The Well Connected Leader; Stories of Adaptation and Resilience: Profiles of Successful Entrepreneurs. Keynote Speakers include Anoushe Ansari, Entrepreneur and Civillian Astronaut and Kristen von Ogtrop, Editor, Real Simple Magazine. Conference attendees include entrpereneurs, corporate and technical women. Women 2.0 members may register at a reduced rate for the two-day conference; ($295 per person, normally $395 per person) by registering with discount code "02" here. For more information, click here.
Inside Social Apps
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010, 9am - 6pm
San Francisco, CA
Inside Social Apps 2010 brings together today's leading developers of social apps and games for a one-day intensive summit on the future of app and game monetization on social platforms. Talks and panels will tackle key issues and explore new opportunities facing social apps and games monetizing through virtual goods on the Facebook Platform and beyond. For more info and to register, click here.
Future of Money and Technology Summit
Monday, April 26th, 2010, 9am - 6pm
Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco, CA
The Future of Money & Technology Summit will bring together the best and brightest thinkers around money, including visionaries, entrepreneurial business people, developers, press, investors, authors, solution providers, service providers, and organizations who work with them at the convergence of cash and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving money ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment. For more info and to register, click here.
Jumpstart Your Startup with Women 2.0!
A unique workshop for women with the next big startup idea, Jumpstart Your Startup is available for aspiring women entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley.
"Jumpstart Your Startup exposed us all to incredible advice, well seasoned speakers and a nurturing environment to help evolve and strengthen our ideas." - Zuzy Martin Lynch, Jumpstart Your Startup participant
"This class was the perfect format to clarify our business idea and perfect our pitch." - Lynnee Jimenez, Jumpstart Your Startup participant
Get Ready for Pitch 2009!
Pitch 2009 is a unique startup competition open to early-stage ventures globally. Eligible startups are in alpha or beta stage, and must have at least one female founder. Deadline to apply: April 10th, 2009.
"A recession is the best time to start a company. The opportunity cost is low, hiring good people is relatively easy, rent and equipment are cheap (sometimes free) and established competitors are focused on reducing costs & staying in business, not on innovation. The key is being in a good position when the economy picks back up."
- Rebecca Lynn
Principal, Morgenthaler Ventures
"Some of the best products and services come out of some of the worst times. In the early 1990s, tens of millions of dollars had gone down the drain in a futile effort to develop 'pen computing' (early phase of mobile computing) and a recession was shriveling the economic outlook."
- Chris Shipley
Executive Producer, Demo; Co-Founder/Chairman, Guidewire Group