GreenhornTV Ep. 12: Week of Feb. 7th - 13th

This week is another healthy week of networking and office hours.  DartBoston's 4th Episode of Capitalize is happening at Kepha Partners and Mass Innovation Nights has their monthly event. Check out the show and notes below to find out all about them and all the other great happenings in the community this week. And don't forget to check out the Greenhorn Connect Calendar for all your Boston event and office hours needs.

GreenhornTV: Episode 12: Feb 7th - Feb 13th

** All Events are FREE unless otherwise noted **

Monday: Feb. 8th

The Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup
Description: Architects, developers and entrepreneurs meet to discuss current issues developing web applications with the latest technologies.
Technologies include (but are not limited to): J2EE, .Net, PHP, Python, Oracle, MySQL, AJAX, SOA and RIA.
Location: Tavern In the Square 730 Massachusetts Ave,Cambridge, MA 02139
When: 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Where You’ll see Greenhorn: Checking out the Meetup...

Tuesday: Feb. 2nd

BizSpark Meetup: Social Media Marketing for Startups | RiotVine Pitch by Kabir Hemrajani to VCs
Description: Ben Grossman will present Social Media Marketing Strategies for Startups. Kabir Hemrajani will pitch RiotVine "pokin' holes" style to Chris Hurley of Revolutionary Angels and some other Angels / VCs to be announced. After the presentation | demonstration, we will go around the room introducing ourselves and asking the group for advice | opinions on any startup-related issues members are facing.
Location: Microsoft NERD
When: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

DartBoston’s #Capitalize w/ Textaurant & Josh Bob
Description: The Dart community invades the boardroom of Kepha Partners to show another Dart member pitching their product to a VC.  Presenting Company: Textaurant
Location: Kepha Partners offices in Waltham.
When: 6:45pm to 9:00pm <--If you didn’t get tickets…watch it at DartBoston.com!

Where You’ll see Greenhorn: Checking out Kabir’s pitch of RiotVine at the BizSpark meetup and then watching #Capitalize

Wednesday, Feb 3rd

Weekly Open Coffee
Description: Fellow web entrepreneurs and VCs gather once a week in Boston to grab some coffee, free WiFi, and chat about what's new. Great Networking opportunity!
Location: Cafe Andala 286 Franklin St, Cambridge, MA 02139
When: 8:30am to 9:30am

Mass Innovation Nights
Description: Provides innovators with ways to connect with the social networking world, the main stream media, the marketplace and each other. 10 tables, 10 companies and consultants.
Location: the Waltham IBM Innovation Center, 404 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA.
When: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

MIT Enterprise Forum: The Sustainabililty Revolution: What does it mean today to investors and entrepreneurs and everyone?
Description: Talk is cheap. Sustainability and climate change get talked about a lot. But what does it really mean to investors, entrepreneurs, and policy makers? We know that clean tech doesn’t mean quick tech, quick solutions, quick money, or a quick fix. Keynote by Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins –Panelists: •Philip Giudice, Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources •Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres (www.ceres.org) •Dan Schrag, Engineering Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment
–Moderator: • Dan Goldman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Great Point Energy
Location: Building 32 (MIT Stata Center), Kirsch Auditorum (32-123), 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139,
When: 5:30pm to 9:00pm
Cost: Forum Members: $25, Non-Members: $40, MIT Staff (with valid ID): $25m, Students from all universities are free with valid ID.

Where You’ll see Greenhorn: Rising early for Open Coffee then checking out the Sustainabililty Revolution event

Thursday, Feb 4th

Waltham Innovation Lunch
Description: Innovators and entrepreneurs gather for great conversation over a meal in Waltham.
Location: Bombay Mahal in Waltham
When: 12:30pm to 2:00pm

DartBoston’s Pokin Holes #Pokinholes
Description: Podcast/live stream show for young people starting companies to get feedback from the most talented young professionals students and entrepreneurs in Boston. This week: Syllaplus
Location: Tufts University
When: 6:45pm - 11:00pm

A Meeting of the Minds: Game Companies and the VCs that Fund Them
Description: A panel of game industry veterans (Jim Crowley of Turbine, Nabeel Hyattof Conduit Labs, and Rob Seaver of Vivox) and their venture capitalist counterparts (Alex Finkelstein of Spark Capital, Dayna Grayson of North Bridge Venture Partners, and Austin Westerling of Charles River Ventures), will discuss the current state of the game industry from the perspectives of both entrepreneurs and VCs.
Location: Microsoft NERD
When: 5:30pm to 9:00pm

Where You’ll see Greenhorn: Heading out to Tufts with the DartBoston community...

EVENT OF THE WEEK: If you go to only one event this week...this is it:

Mass Innovation Nights
Why? Great event, big crowd, cool companies and only once a month!

WEEKEND SPECIAL:

Boston CrisisCamp
* Brings again together volunteers in Boston, MA to collaborate on technology projects which aim to assist in Haiti's relief efforts by providing data, information, maps and technical assistance to NGOs, relief agencies and the public.
* February 13th, 2010 at Akamai: 8 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142

Office Hours Round Up:

Friday, Feb 12th:

Siemens Venture Capital @ 10am