Greenhorn Weekly Countdown Jan 23rd - Jan 29th

 The Patriots won a nail-biter, and just like that, Boston has something new to celebrate! Keep celebrating the win all week long with the 30 networking events and office hours lined up in Boston. Need some help deciding where to go? No problem, just look below! Read on to find out the can't-miss events of the week! 

/// Monday

Founder Dialogues VII: Russ Wilcox of E Ink

Description: We're thrilled to kick off the new year with our announcement of Russ Wilcox founder of E Ink Corporation as our guest for Founder Dialogues VII on January 23, 2012 at the Microsoft New England R&D Center from 6pm - 8pm.
Time: Monday, Jan 23, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: Microsoft New England R&D Center One Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142

/// Tuesday

MegaTweetUp 3 

Description:  It doesn't matter if you’re a business owner, a college student, an executive at a Fortune 500 company, or in transition. People do business with people theyKNOW, LIKE, and TRUST and this TweetUp is the perfect way to enhance your life and your career by developing new relationships and strengthening those you already have. It’s also a great opportunity to connect with New England’s best and brightest minds in a relaxed fun environment. People will be traveling from MA, NH, ME, RI, CT, NY, VT and Canada. So be sure to come out and celebrate a great year for TweetUps, Social Media, and networking events.
Time: Tuesday, Jan 24, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Place: Microsoft NERD One Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142
Cost: $10 At the Door (no drink ticket) less than $10 on eventbrite w/Drink ticket

/// Wednesday

Building the Talent Pipeline: A Building a Better Commonwealth Forum

Description: The value of investing in STEM education Can Massachusetts create a better and brighter workforce by educating our younger generation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)? The impact of STEM can be seen across every industry, in almost every company, and the competitive advantages of a STEM-trained workforce cannot be ignored. Add your expertise to this lively interactive forum discussing the effects of STEM on the talent pipeline. It’s time to lend your
Time: Wednesday, Jan 25, 8:15am - 9:30am
Place: Microsoft N.E.R.D. Center - 1 Memorial Drive #1 - Cambridge, MA 0 2139

The Capital Network - Evening Roundtable: Negotiation and Valuation

Description: Entrepreneurial Founders, CEOs, CFOs and private investors are welcome at this once-a-year TCN Roundtable wherevaluation methodologies, metrics, tactics and tips are discussed by successful entrepreneurs, angels, venture capitalists and industry experts. 

Speakers: Steve Papa - Founder and CEO, Endeca, Bard Salmon - Chairman of the Board, Perillon Software, Ryan Moore - Founder & General Partner, Grand Banks Capital
Time: Wednesday, Jan 25, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: Bingham McCutchen One Federal Street 13th Floor Boston, MA
Cost: $65 (Save $15 with code Affiliate2012)

January EdTechup: bringing together education technology entrepreneurs and educators

Description: We just had our inaugural conference to bring together educators and entrepreneurs to discuss the future of education technology! 

The 10th monthly education technology meet-up brings together education technology entrepreneurs, educators, and those who are interested in learning more. It is an informal networking event.
Time: Wednesday, Jan 25, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: Space with a Soul 281 Summer Street (near South Station) Boston, MA

BostonPHP: Agile SCRUM Workshop

Description: Carrying over from our previous meetup " An Agile/SCRUM Workshop" and "Practical Agile", this event would dig deeper, and get hands-on for a more in-depth view as to how to apply Agile and SCRUM to your projects.

• How to design and deliver a product vision
• How to writing user stories
• Planning your iterations
• How to measure and plan velocity
• Running a Story Presentation meeting
• More 

This event is a hands-on workshop where people sit at round tables. Exercises and workshops for teams and a lot of group participation.
Time: Wednesday, Jan 25, 6:30pm - 6:30pm
Place: Microsoft N.E.R.D. Center One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

/// Thursday

Lean Startup Circle Boston January Meetup

Description: This month's presentation: Using AARRR metrics and analytics to guide product decisions by Matt Kaplan, VP Products, KnowledgeVision

Matt was a founding member of the management team at PermissionTV, an online video platform company that pioneered the use of video with interactivity. In his first startup, Matt co-founded AdValue Media Technologies, the first online exchange for television and radio advertising buyers and sellers. Matt earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics with computer science from MIT.
Time: Thursday, Jan 26, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Place: Microsoft New England Research & Development Center (NERD) - One Memorial Drive, Suite 100 - Cambridge, MA 02142

/// Friday

What’s Next – E-Commerce Summit: Building Customer Love in the Digital Age

Description:  What’s Next – E-Commerce Summit is bringing together expert practitioners and thought leaders to examine how to develop and keep the love of your customers. We’ll look ahead to the future of E-Commerce and how technology innovation, business model evolution and creative marketing strategy are building loyal customers who convert the first time, buy more and keep coming back.

We’ll be covering:

• M-Commerce
• Content, Editorial & Personalization
• User feedback & Social ratings
• Data, Analytics & Privacy

Confirmed Keynotes & Speakers:

• Brian Tilzer, VP e-commerce, Staples.com
• Niraj Shah, CEO, Wayfair
• Mike Dreese, CEO Newbury Comics/Punk.com
• Matt Lauzon, Founder & CEO, Gemvara
• James Keller, CMO, Shoebuy.com
• Sucharita Mulpuru, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester
• Dusan Koljensic, XD Director, SapientNitro
• Prat Vemana, Director, Mobile Strategy, Staples
• Gary Lombardo, Multichannel & Mobile Product Marketing, Demandware
• More Speakers to  be announced from e-Dialog, HubSpot, Akamai and more

Time: Friday, Jan 27, 12:00am - 12:00am
Place: Microsoft New England R&D Center One Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142
Cost: $75/$130


Event of the Week Sponsored by Microsoft NERD

What’s Next – E-Commerce Summit: Building Customer Love in the Digital Age

Why? If you're in ecommerce this looks like an amazing day to learn key tips and tactics to move your business forward.

Bonus *Student* Event of the Week 
Because being a newcomer to the community means different events are best for starting out.

Founder Dialogues VII: Russ Wilcox of E Ink

Why? Come hear the amazing story about Russ Wilcox, founder of E Ink. If you've ever used an Amazon Kindle, you've used E Ink. Hear how he took an idea at a university research lab and built it into a $460M company.