Greenhorn Weekly Countdown September 2 - September 9

Moving On Up

Boston is in flux. We're finding new homes, meeting new people and purging our belongings. The city is in the middle of a collective fresh start. Boston has 19 startup networking events and office hours this week to help your company leverage new ideas, clearer thoughts and envigorated motivation.

/ / / Wednesday, Sep 5

The Capital Network: Funding Options, What is the right path for you?

Description: This panel-led program provides an essential overview of early stage capital sources including Angels, Angel Groups, Venture Capital, Bank Debt, Venture Debt, Grants, Strategic Partners and Bootstrapping approaches. Topics covered will include investment criteria, time to closing, investment range, success rates, control features, compliance requirements and the overall costs of capital from each such source.
Time: Wednesday, Sep 5, 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Place: 1 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110
Cost: Free to $65 (Use code Affiliate2012 for a $40 ticket)

/ / / Thursday, Sep 6

intelligent.ly: Leverage Your Network for Business Development Success

Description: Success in business development largely depends on who you know, not what you know. This class will teach you how to leverage your network to achieve the best business development results. Learn how to use LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to make and maintain connections, as well as what tone to use when re-connecting with contacts from college, grad school or past jobs. Get all the insider tips on how to stretch beyond your first-degree connections and how to properly position the right next step in the business development process.
Time: Thursday, Sep 6, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Place: Intelligent.ly Campus 500 Harrison Ave Boston, MA 02118
Cost: $30

Speed Consulting (Free)

Description: This Meetup is a "Speed Consulting" event that connects the hottest young start-ups with experienced advisors, we call them "Boomers". Start-ups eager to learn from experienced hands are given 15 minutes with teams of "Boomers" who help address the 3 main challenges facing their start-up, for example: "how do I develop my sales pipeline? how do I raise funding? how do I build a strong team? how can I test my prototype? what are the risks surrounding my venture?"or Start-up to build a mentor relationship; this event is free to attend.
Time: Thursday, Sep 6, 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Place: Space with a Soul (7th Floor)
Cost: FREE

/ / / Friday, Sep 7

Lunch & Learn: NoSQL & BigData, the No Bullshit Edition

Description: Presented by Sam Bisbee, Cloudant A lot of companies are checking the NOSQL conversation box these days but end up getting confused by the sheer amount of information that is available on the Internet. Come join us for lunch as we look at how NOSQL impacts your application building decisions, discuss some of the insider baseball in the NOSQL community, cover a few tons of misconceptions, and discuss Cloudant's views on what all this NOSQL and big data hullabaloo is all about. The talk will be littered with case studies and examples from clients and previous projects.
Time: Friday, Sep 7, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Place: Workbar Boston 711 Atlantic Ave, Lower Level, Boston, MA 02111

Event of the Week Sponsored by Microsoft NERD