Paint Your Startup Masterpiece

Success takes sweat, sleepless nights and a touch of luck. Some find it, others do not. But behind any success story lies the common theme of people who accepted the unknown and took a chance. Boston has 36 startup networking events and office hours to help you find the risks you need to take.

 

Greenhorn Weekly Countdown

August 12-19
 

/ / / Monday, Aug 13

The Boston MySQL Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

Description: We will feature Dave Stokes of the MySQL Community Team (at Oracle) talking about MySQL 5.6: MySQL 5.6 has many improvements and new features that you may not know about that you will want to exploit.  Find out how changes in replication, Global Transaction IDs, sub-partitions, optimizer tracing, and other changes will make you life as a DBA better.
Time: Monday, Aug 13, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Place: Microsoft NERD Center 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

/ / / Tuesday, Aug 14

Comparing Boston vs. SiliconValley & NYC w/ Social Media APIs & "R" (NoFood)

Description: Boston's Meetup Tech and Business scene has grown stronger; however Silicon Valley and New York City have both higher adoption and scale.  What might Boston do to improve its Tech and Biz community landscape? Social Network Analysis and Machine Learning are used on data pulled from Meetup's API.  The talk will cover the application-side, analytics using R, and some on pulling data via an API.
Time: Tuesday, Aug 14, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Place: Microsoft New England Research and Development Center 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
Cost: $2.50

/ / / Wednesday, Aug 15

Mastering the VC Game: How to Raise Your First Round of Capital with Jeff Bussgang

Description: You've been working on a big idea and need financing to get it going: but how do you go about raising your first round of funding? What's the difference between angel, seed, and VC investors? How do you go about valuing your company and deciding on equity?All proceeds for this class will go towards supporting HackHarvard, a winter incubator program for helping students launch their first startups.
Time: Wednesday, Aug 15, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Place: Harvard Innovation Lab 125 Western Avenue Main Classroom Boston, MA
Cost: $10

/ / / Thursday, Aug 16

Summer Cruise: Networking with 2012 MassChallenge Competitors

Description: Memory on Hand (A 2012 MassChallenge Competitor) and Boston Entrepreneurship invite you to join us for a evening summer cruise and a night of networking. On Thursday August 16th we will board the Provincetown II with start-up founders, mentors, employees, interns, and supporters of start-ups.This is a private 21+ party and proper id is required. 
Time: Thursday, Aug 16, 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Place: Provincetown II Summer Party Cruise 2012 Commonwealth Pier 200 Seaport BLVD 200 Seaport BLVD Boston, MA 02210
Cost: $12

Event of the Week Sponsored by Microsoft NERD

Summer Cruise: Networking with 2012 MassChallenge Competitors

Why? Meet this year's MassChallenge competitors and party on a boat to enjoy the best of a Boston summer!

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