Greenhorn Connect Weekly Countdown August 26- September 2

They get left on your nightstand, in the shower, and on the Red line.  Dreams, the surplus of any good entrepreneur, are cast aside daily for the sake of a busy schedule. Its time for that to change.  Boston has 15 startup networking events and office hours to help you take back a few dreams and make them anything but. 

/ / / Monday, Aug 27

Boston Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Jay Batson, Co-founder of Acquia

Description: This talk will focus on recognizing when it's time to decide whether to hold or fold. Jay has founded four tech companies, and encountered hold/fold moments in all of them. This situation arises in all kinds of ways - hold/fold a customer sales opportunity, hold/fold your role in the company, or hold/fold the company itself. Jay doesn't claim to have gotten them all right - but he's learned from all of the hold/fold moments. Come learn what he's learned from those moments. Jay is currently the Co-founder of Acquia. 
Time: Monday, Aug 27, 6:30pm - 6:30pm
Place: Bocoup Loft 355 Congress St Boston, MA 02210
Cost: FREE

/ / / Tuesday, Aug 28

Minute to Pitch It Be ahead of the game

Description: Be ahead of the game. Be wow'd by 1-minute pitches from the teams working to change the world at MassChallenge.
Time: Tuesday, Aug 28, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Place: MassChallenge 14th Floor 1 Marina Park Drive Boston, MA
Cost: Free

/ / / Wednesday, Aug 29

Intelligent.ly: LinkedIn Marketing for B2B Marketers

Description: LinkedIn isn’t just a tool for individuals: many companies use it to drive qualified leads and business. LinkedIn can be an important part of your B2B marketing implementation.  Learn strategies for optimizing your company’s use of LinkedIn and how to integrate LinkedIn into your company’s marketing strategy. 
Time: Wednesday, Aug 29, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Place: Intelligent.ly Campus 500 Harrison Ave Boston, MA 02118
Cost: $30

Scaling Crashlytics: Designing Web Backends for 100 Million Events per Day

Description: We’ll explore fast-message-queueing, a web architecture pattern we’ve employed at Crashlytics since day 1 to process millions of data-points a day. Learn how to design the backends used by some of the most successful Silicon Valley (and Boston!) startups as we walk through code examples and a live demo.  The talk will be given by Jeff Seibert, the Co-Founder and CEO of Crashlytics, the leading provider of real-time crash detection and analysis for mobile applications. 
Time: Wednesday, Aug 29, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Place: Microsoft NERD Center 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

/ / / Thursday, Aug 30

Web Start Women - Project Night

Description: Bring your laptop, current project(s), and prepare to make some progress! Folks have walked away grinning from our last two project nights after solving problems that had been frustrating them for a while.

Place: Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Cost: $5

Event of the Week Sponsored by Microsoft NERD

Boston Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Jay Batson, Co-founder of Acquia

Why? Learn how to grow and scale a successful tech company from one of Boston's best entrepreneurs.

Student Event of the Week

Minute to Pitch It Be ahead of the gam

Why? This is the perfect opportunity to meet and greet with the people at Mass Challenge. They play a vital part in our ecosystem and host high energy and worthwhile events!