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Learn How to Get Your Startup Funded
05 Jun - 06:00 PM
Los Angeles, United States
Learn Where and How to Get Money for Your Startup! Attend this exclusive event and connect with investors.  This exclusive Women's Voices in Tech event is designed to help empower women entrepreneurs.  You will learn from and have the opportunity to talk to Angel Investors, VCs and successful women entrepreneurs.  You will get advice on how to take steps toward seeking business startup and growth capital.  Discussion Topics Include:  How to find the money you need to get your venture going The criteria VCs use to make investment decisions Where to find smart and strategic investments from VCs How to identify the right investors How to craft your pitch  Different options for funding including convertible debt, crowdfunding, pre-sales and other non-traditional methods How to negotiate a fair deal How to avoid business and legal pitfalls and more Meet Angel Investors & Sucessful Entrepreneurs   Event Schedule           6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. - Networking - (Appetizers & Refreshments will be served)          7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Panel talk          8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. - Audience Q&A Don't miss this chance to learn from some of the top women in tech in Los Angeles! All Are Welcome! About the Participants Katherine Gaffney - Founding Partner at Xcelerate Financial & Angel Investor Katherine is a senior financial executive with consistent track record of exceeding growth and profitability goals; proven success in facilitating organizational change within high-growth technology companies through strategic planning, financial management, operational improvements, and business development. Deborah Sellers - Business Development, Corporate Strategist, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Deborah Sellers is a demonstrated  C-level executive, award winning entrepreneur and corporate strategist. with the ability to quickly surmise any business situation in any environment and create strategies to capture large opportunities. She has been awarded "Most Innovative Entrepreneur"​ SF Business Alliance & City of San Francisco and awarded "Entrepreneur of the year" City of San Francisco. Priscilla Vento - Founder/CEO at 30 Miles North 30 Miles North (30MN) is a Public Relations agency in Santa Monica, California specializing in fashion, entertainment and technology PR. Priscilla has an innovative marketing talent and has the ability to think outside the box to find unique and relative ways to market a product.  Nicole Klein - CEO of Betagig Betagig is a new tech company, two female founders deep. Betagig, was born March 2016 from a 1st place win at Launch Hackathon 2016 in SF. Betagig allows you to "beta test" your next career before deciding on a major and pursuing an educational path.  Aurora Meneghello - Event Moderator & Co-HostMarketing Director and Strategy Consultant Interconnected Strategy creates brands and strategic plans from scratch, marketing systems for companies at specific growth stages, and optimize your current marketing strategy.  This event is sponsored by Paru Tea - a new woman-owned company that focuses on energizing and healthy tea. Come to network with fellow entrepreneurs and investors, and sample Paru Tea!
    self.TaughtCoder: Prep/Train for $35,000 Tech Hackathon
    16 May - 10:00 AM
    Los Angeles, United States
    are you a novice coder? Prep/train for upcoming hackathon: http://shape.att.com/hackathon
      IAC Eitanim Spring Hackathon
      13 May - 08:30 PM
      Irvine, United States
      Join IAC Eitanim groups from Los Angeles and San Diego for an overnight mini-Hackathon event! We'll start with a bonefire (Lag-Ba'Omer style), and continue to a night of innovation, entrepreneurship, and fun activities! As always, IAC Eitanim will bring you the Startup Nation attitude by tackling real-world problem with expert mentors. In collaboration with Tarbuton and Beth Jacob. 
        AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Los Angeles
        13 May - 09:00 AM
        Los Angeles, United States
        Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in Southern California! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Los Angeles. Compete on your own, or collaborate as a member of a team to come up with an idea and turn it into a functioning prototype. You're not limited! You could build an app that delivers positive value to your community, a web site satisfying an unmet financial need, a virtual reality game, or whatever your imagination can conceive.
        2nd Annual Women Leading The Way - Pop-Up Live Museum & Exhibition
        07 May - 12:00 PM
        San Bernardino, United States
        2nd Annual Women Leading The Way A Women's History Exclusive! Historical Contributions of Women A LIVE S.T.E.M. Museum    You and your family are cordially invited to enrich your Sunday! May 7, 2017 Walkthrough Hours 12 Noon - 4pm FEATURING..... Conversation Reception With Local S.T.E.M. ExpertsLive S.T.E. M.  MuseumExhibition & PerformancesVideo GallerySpecial Presentations A Monologue Tribute from the play Ashbury Tree written over five years ago by the late Richard O. Jones will be presented by Martha Brantley Jackson, Director and Monica McMurtry, Actress. The play is a story about Henrietta Lacks.   Special Guest List Continues to Grow! You and your family will enjoy this unique event while learning about women who have made significant contributions to Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and other non traditional fields. Children will delight in seeing fellow students dressed as characters.  Get ideas for making the classroom more interactive and engaging using technology Scroll Up and Register Now! OUR PROUD PARTNERS AND SPONSORS Progressive OBGYN LJR Intellect Academy of the Arts   Proceeds from this event support SCHOLARSHIPS to Technology Programs for youth like our upcoming Drone Workshop. Other programs include: HACK THE WEB and CODE MY FUTURE.  Email Cynthia for details about these and other S.T.E.A.M. programs.  Let her know that you would like to be a sponsor. Read about our November 2014 Hackathon HERE  FAQs Is my registration/ticket transferrable? Yes. Since the registration is in your name, the person using the ticket only needs to mention that you gave her/him your ticket. Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? You are welcome to bring your printed ticket, however, it is not necessary.  Enjoy These Photos From The 1st Annual Event!
          ZipRecruiter Hackathon 2017
          06 May - 09:00 AM
          Santa Monica, United States
          Programmers, designers, project managers, and more in Southern California! You're invited to participate in the first-ever ZipRecruiter Hackathon. Come and showcase your creativity and techie skills -- build a great app that will help someone find their dream, future, or next job, or help recruiters identify perfect-match candidates or whatever awesome idea you have!
          Disrupt Hackathon: Operation Save the Earth
          22 Apr - 09:30 AM
          Long Beach, United States
          Kids aged 10-17 in the Long Beach area! Do you want to overcome the diversity gap for women and minorities in the high tech sector? Operation Disrupt invites you to sign-up to participate in the Disrupt Hackathon: Operation Save the Earth. You'll be challenged to pitch your idea for a tech solution that will better our planet. You'll be part of a team and you'll be expected to take your idea -- a website or mobile app -- from concept, to design, and all the way to testing. Be one of the three winning teams and win an awesome prize!
          Creative Day 2017 - IoT Hackathon
          26 Mar - 08:00 AM
          Costa Mesa, United States
          Are you a maker? did you always wanted to showcase the million dollar idea you always had? Are you ready to build something innovative? Are you ready to take your idea to next level and showcase to the world? Now is the time, and here is your chance SoCal Microsoft Azure user group is hosting "Creative Days 2017" on March 26th at the Urbanworkshop, Its one of its kind IoT Hackathon Event with support from Microsoft How can I participate: There are many ways, If you are looking to participate as competitor here is what you have to do, Participate as Competitor team a)  Register via EventBrite. Make sure to choose “Participating Team” as your ticket type, This is a paid ticket, but don’t worry we will refund the fee on the day of event as far as you physically show up to participate., space is limited, do not delay!! b)  Once you register : Fill up this form and submit your project c)  Form your team. : If you need help finding your team members feel free to let us know and we can always look for like minded folks from our user group  d)  Start Working: You don’t have to wait for the event day to start, you can start coding part of your project or assembly as soon as your project idea is approved Participate as Volunteer We appreciate your support for the community and the event, We need your help. On the event day, pre event and post event. If you want to volunteer your time, please register via EventBrite. Make sure to choose “Volunteer” as your ticket type, and will get in touch with you. Participate as Viewer Well there is nothing more fun to just hang around, network with your other Industry pros, makers and really just to see all the excitement building live at the event, Make sure you register via EventBrite. Make sure to choose “RSVP” as your ticket type and be ready to be part of this exciting event. What hardware/ software to use: Well this is upto you, we will provide each participating team with following 1)  Microsoft Azure IoT Starter Kit w/ Adafruit Feather HUZZAH by Adafruit:  https://www.adafruit.com/products/3032 Although the kit comes quite loaded, but as you can imagine we cannot get all the hardware your project may require so we request you to bring more hardware as your project demands. You are free to use any hardware you like and not restrict yourself to the kit we will provide. What software: Again this is purely your choice, we do not force you to use one software or other but to qualify for participation and your project for winning, we require you to use Azure IoT Hub as mandatory technology and any other two Microsoft Technologies, for example Visual Studio, Azure, Cortana or anything else you feel appropriate for your project. What will we not be able to provide: Although the urbanworkshop facility is very nice and the lab setup is more than ideal setup for incubation style projects like yours, we have ample power points provided, and environment for you to succeed. we will not be able to provide you with any electronic hardware like soldering iron, electric wires, etc that your project work may need, so we request you to bring your own. When will you announce winner: We have a panel of 3 judges, and we expect to announce winner same day, the judging will be based on strict criteria and one of them is of course use of Azure IoT Hub and atleast two other Microsoft Technologies, What is the prize: Though for your million dollar idea a monetary prize will never do justice, so we could come up with something you may like even more. Winning team will get a 15 min air time to showcase their project on world famous channel9 in an interview format with Your local MVP Vishal Saxena and Evangelist Bret Stateham, this as you can imagine is a game changer, having this advantage will give you and your project instant visibility to entire world, will more than few million visits a month if you are serious about your project Channel9 is the place to be. We also have another special prize, we will showcase winning project on Hackster.io as winning project for SoCal Creative Day event, both prizes are support and backed by Microsoft so this is something you will cherish and brag about for long :) How will I submit my code and design: Your code belongs to you, and so does your project design and we seek you to figure a license that you want to use to make it open source to be shared with rest of the community and world, if this sounds all Greek to you, we can help, reach out to Vishal(Vishalishere@msn.com) What if?: Q) I do want to participate but do not have a team yet. A) No idea is small, it’s worth trying, if you believe in your idea, we can help you form a team with some of the very bright students to work with you, and can even connect you with other professionals from our connected groups, with many technology experts available. Q) I do not show up at event. A) It will be sad. In case you were participating team, and no one shows up from your team to participate, we will not be able to refund your participation fee. Q) I have more questions A) Reach out to your SoCal Microsoft Azure Organizing Team or Vishal (Vishalishere@msn.com) Sincerely, Your SoCal Microsoft Azure Organizing Team
            Hackathon for Teen Health
            18 Mar - 09:00 AM
            Santa Monica, United States
            High school student hackers in and around Santa Monica! The Crossroads School for Art & Science and The Archer School for Girls invite you to participate in a Hackathon for Teen Health. You'll be challenged to collaborate with experts and students from all disciplines and skill levels to identify problems that affect teens and then work together to develop prototypes to solve those problems.
            Inventathon 2017
            04 Mar - 09:00 AM
            Los Angeles, United States
            Hackers, coders in and around Los Angeles! Are you interested in using technology to address medical needs? The UCLA Business of Science Center invites you to sign up to participate in Inventathon 2017. This event will challenge you to create new and innovative solutions to a given medical need. It will be your choice as to the form your project takes -- an app, a device, a website, or whatever demonstrates your concept.