Greenhorn Weekly Countdown Jan 8th - Jan 14th

The Boston Startup scene rolls on into the New Year! Had some networking goals you didn't reach last year? Make them your networking resolutions! Restart your networking skills with the 19 events and office hours happening this week. As always, the can't-miss events are below.

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No Recommended Events!
GSD on your startup!

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The GovData Project Winter Course

Description: Want to: - Help make US Government data open and transparent? - Learn how to organize and visualize massive datasets over the web? - Develop your Python, MongoDB, Solr, GeoDjango, Javascript, and HTML5 skills? - Join a team a high-impact open-source coding project? Join us for the MIT-Harvard GovData Project Winter Course! Open to the general data hacker community around Boson, and would love to see some of guys there.
Time: Tuesday, Jan 10, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Place: MIT Media Lab (new building) - 75 Amherst St, Room 525 - Cambridge, MA 02139

January Python Project Night

Description:  The Boston Python User Group Come work on Python projects, get programming help, help others, and hang out. Bring your own project or work on one of the suggested projects below. Staff from the Boston Python Workshop will be here to help beginning Python programmers with language basics and practice. 
Time: Tuesday, Jan 10, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Place: Microsoft New England Research & Development Center (NERD) - One Memorial Drive, Suite 100 - Cambridge, MA 02142

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OpenCoffee Cambridge Meetup

Description: Fellow web entrepreneurs and VCs gather once a week in Boston to grab some coffee, free WiFi, and chat about what's new. Around the world, tech entrepreneurs and investors are meeting regularly to drink coffee, network and hopefully do deals. No more of the old-school "please send us your executive summary before we'll even talk to you". A place to find opportunities.
Time: Wednesday, Jan 18, 8:30am - 10:30am
Place: Voltage Coffee & Art 295 3rd Street Cambridge, MA 02139

Mass Innovation Nights

Description: Mass Innovation Nights is a monthly launch party and networking event powered by social media.  From gourmet dog food to iPhone apps, to enterprise software and medical devices, we showcase local innovation in the form of new products and encourage the local social media community -- that's you -- to blog, tweet, post pictures and video -- or, just tell someone.  Great cross-industry networking like nowhere else.  Always free and always fun!
Time: Wednesday, Jan 11, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: varies - see website for details

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Golden Seeds Boston Open Office Hours

Description: Golden Seeds is offering monthly Open Office Hours for all entrepreneurs, from 9a to noon.  We'll start with a one hour presentation and discussion of funding alternatives, followed by 1/2 hour sessions with our members 10am – noon.  Foley Hoag will have an attorney available to answer legal questions as well.
Time: Thursday, Jan 12, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Place: Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000 Waltham, MA


Event of the Week Sponsored by Microsoft NERD

OpenCoffee Cambridge Meetup

Why? One of the under-rated events in our community happens every week. Grab a great cup of coffee at Voltage and meet some fellow great entrepreneurs!