Forget hackathons. Some startup teams just wanna have fun. This pong tournament should provide some entertainment:
This AngelHack hackathon will reward the top team with $50,000 in angel funding. The event is June 23 and 24, but signups are open now.
Lesson of the day? Know thy audience. Depending on whom you’re talking to, you need to emphasize different aspects of your idea. This event focuses on how to pitch to seed investors.
1. Executive chairman of Twitter Jack Dorsey rides the MUNI?! In some parts of the country, the rich and famous travel exclusively in fancy cars and private jets. But in Silicon Valley, even tech royalty can be found on public transportation. You’re lucky if you run into them–you might get their attention until you arrive at their destination.
@Jack rides public transit
Have an idea? Want to build it into a startup, but don’t know where to begin? Serial entrepreneur Philip Rosedale will talk about how and why to create a startup, how to manage a team, how to raise money, etc.
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Google is moving to present paid ‘listings’ where it used to offer pure search results? “Let’s just admit that Google is evil now,” writes Business Insider editor Owen Thomas in his delicious rant:
“It may be healthy for Google to get over the whole “don’t be evil” thing. It’s not like anyone was buying it.
Even Googlers. Especially Googlers. (more…)
Learn all you need to know about sales for startups, including prospecting and deal management:
AT&T is hosting a hackathon this weekend to build your own mobile apps. Free food (duh) and cool speakers, including Stanford Prof Banny Banerjee.
Although Silicon Valley is not known for its public transportation, about 40,000 people on the Peninsula ride the Caltrain to work. You’d think there’d be all types of people on the train, but really it’s just a bunch of predictable commuters.
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Who are these blokes?
1. There’s the guy with the chrome messenger bag. Late in life he decided he’d be cool.
2. And the impossibly well-put-together Stanford grad who isn’t an engineer but likes startups and working with the guys, and was hired for her grooming and ability to speak in full sentences to the outside world. Who says a “useless” major isn’t worth something?
3. Then there’s the European newcomer. Better dressed than most, he’s knee-deep in CSS on a Macbook Air and jamming out to the latest Euro trance. (more…)
Interested in hearing about Israeli entrepreneurship? Or are you an Israeli entrepreneur seeking more options? There’s a Silicon Valley accelerator for Israeli entrepreneurs!
Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, and founder of KISSmetrics Hiten Shah will discuss how to be a lean startup in SF this Wednesday:
