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May 6th @pariSoma

Startup Weekend is a 54h crash course about Entrepreneurship! We are back in SF, for another great Weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to build communities, companies and projects.

Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, bay area, DC and more.

The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours. Sound intense? It is!

Thursday

April 21st, 6.30PM – 9.30PM

PariSoma Innovation Loft

Come join the PapayaMobile and Super Rewards experts at our San Francisco Offices on THURSDAY, April 21st where we will be teaching you how to build profitable social games on Android. You can also showcase your games to our experts and get free consultation on how to create more engaging experiences that reach the full profit potential of your games.

The Meetup will feature:

• Free advice on building better games and generating bigger profits
• Meet PapayaMobile and Super Rewards experts
• Discuss and brainstorm with like minded developers
• Free drinks, booze and snacks
• *BONUS*The first 100 Android developers who publish the PapayaMobile Offer SDK will receive a comprehensive marketing fund to drive maximum installations of their games.

We are just about 10 days away from the first ever Startup Ping Pong Tournament set to take place here at pariSoma Innovation Loft in San Francisco next Saturday, April 30th!

Don’t be shy, sign up and kick butt! Even if you suck and expect to lose, it’s all the more reason for you to sign up.

Why? Because you will get used to failure, and that is definitely going to help you in your Startup ventures!

Get tickets here.

Meanwhile, the trash talk is in full flow at pariSoma. Here is one of our favorites

You know…ever since I was released from prison from multiple-GRAND-TABLE-TENNIS Homicides in the 1st and 2nd degree, matches, I’ve lived a quiet, unassuming life. I wanted nothing with the sport. I swore I would never touch rubber and paddle again with such violence. I became…as the French would say…an Entrepreneur!

However, I can NOT stand quietly and watch good people be threatened by a new form of darkness. I must rise with the call and I will re-apply my forehand smash on inside-spin to those that dare to destroy my people.

…And you will know my name is T-Money, when I stand, at the table, before thee!

Bring it!
T-Money

–A pariSoma member identified only as “T-Money”

If that doesn’t get you all fired up, I don’t know what will!

Finally, a BIG thanks to our startup ping pong tournament sponsors – Microsoft’s BizSpark Startup initiative!

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The 7th Founders Showcase Event is set to take place this June 15th (2011) in San Francisco. And here’s your chance to be one of the “Featured Five” startups at this popular startup event. The price for being a “Featured Five” is just $2,500.

And what does that get you? A whole lot, according to Diana Sankovic. You get exposure at the Founders Showcase event, as well as on TheFunded.com website!

“Featured Five” Special Startup Sponsorship:

At The Founder Showcase (June 15th, 2011) Conference you will get

1. Access to private meeting room for presentations.
2. Branding onscreen in Auditorium.
3. Branding and leaflet in Program (logo, short description).
4. Branding on Event Page (logo, link).
5. A table at the event
6. The ability to invite guests.
7. The ability to offer a prize to finalist(s).
8. The ability to include item in gift bags.

The discounted price for this”Featured Five” is $2,500. Please contact Diana Sankovic via phone or email (see below)

In addition to the private access and event-wide exposure that you get, you will also get the following from TheFunded.com

1. Inclusion in two event-related blog posts on TheFunded.com (includes syndication through email, RSS, and social media).
2. Two months of text advertising on TheFunded.com ($2500 per month value).
3. Opportunity to offer discounted or special service to the audience (either publicly, or in a private
   section for members only).
4. Inclusion in TheFunded.com mailings (to 16,000+ opt-in CEO subscribers).

For more information and to signup (by this Friday 22nd, 2011) , contact Diana Sankovic via phone or email (see below)

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Tuesday, May 10th: 6:30-8:30pm

Join pariSoma and TechCentralSF as we host “60 second spots” mixer. Listen to elevator pitches, network with the startup community, and have some drinks. We’re currently looking for startups to pitch at the event – so contact us asap to secure your chance to pitch!

The pariSoma Innovation Loft is extremely excited to be putting together the Startup Ping Pong Tournament on Saturday, April 30th!

Many of our coworkers work on one of our 8 ping pong tables, but on this Saturday we are using them for their designed purpose. We will bring together 64 of the finest Ping Pong players from the most exciting startups in the bay area.

There will be 6 rounds, just like March Madness. The first 3 rounds are single-elimination win-or-go-home.

Get tickets here.

Thanks to our sponsors!

[photo credit : yeah-oops ]

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Creative Commons is pleased to present with Hewlett-Packard (HP) Labs the next CC Salon: Open Services Innovation, at the HP campus in Palo Alto on Monday, April 25, from 6-8pm.

This CC Salon will feature two speakers from HP Labs as well as author of Open Innovation and Berkeley professor Henry Chesbrough to discuss the topic of open services innovation as it relates to collaboration between businesses, universities, and in research in ways that spur creativity and maximize impact.

Following a networking and refreshment hour, our speakers will each give a brief presentation sharing their personal work and experience. We will close with a period of questions and discussion from the audience. The event is free and open to the public, but due to security we are requiring that all attendees register in advance for this event.

Monday, March 21, 830-10am

Entrepreneur Commons is a network of entrepreneurs that provides peer-support. Entrepreneurs meet on a regular basis (roughly once a month) to share issues and successes on their current projects with other entrepreneurs. These meetings are an opportunity for all to exchange information, knowledge and contacts in a trusted environment.

San Francisco chapter member Brandon P. says: “Through EC, I’ve met a solid, knowledgeable group of entrepreneurs who challenge my thinking and gladly offer assistance.“

Members of Entrepreneur Commons also have access to the global network of entrepreneurs who have already joined local chapters in other places, or who have joined the online community through the Entrepreneur Commons Academy. Currently there are chapters in eight cities: San Francisco, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Oakland CA, Miami, Chicago, New York and Paris France.

We hope to get a good core group of people and would love to see you there!

March 9th, 2010

6:30pm – 9:00pm

169 11th Street

Having previously hosted Pandora’s Tim Westergren and SomaFM’s Rusty Hodge, musi2k now welcomes SoundCloud’s Henrik Lenberg and ArtistData’s Brenden Mulligan for a talk on how their websites have become foundations in the “new music economy” — an idea that first emerged in 2007, now being actualized and scaled thanks to services like SoundCloud and ArtistData.

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February 24th
8:30am-10:30am
L’Atelier, Dogpatch District

Join us for the Founders Space San Francisco Roundtable, where founders gather around a table to share knowledge and work together to solve problems. To join a Roundtable, you must be a founder or C-level executive at a growth-oriented startup or emerging company. To register, click here.

The topic this time around is: How to Manage Your Board of Directors

Presenters: Tom Kellerman & Scott Karchmer of Morgan Lewis, Marc Galletti of Longitude Capital, and Co-founder & CEO Jad Dunning of DriverSide Inc.

Note: This is not a typical panel discussion–you are welcome and encouraged to participate and ask questions.

Join your peers and subject matter experts to discuss the burning issues facing your business today. Feel free to bring up issues beyond this topic-we’re here to share and help!

psst…the first 10 people to sign up through pariSoma will receive free tickets. Just email Peter Seidel at peter.seidel@waveplayllc.com with your name, company name, email address and mention this post on pariSoma!