Category: Events (Page 22 of 30)

Thu August 17th, DocuSign , 221 Main Street, San Francisco

“Gateway to Asia: Hong Kong’s Thriving Tech Scene”

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What is the Startup Societies Summit?

The Startup Societies Summit is a trade show for “startup societies” or small experimental governments such as smart cities, special economic zones, eco-villages, micro states, intentional communities, and even “seasteading”.

The conference will take place at City College San Francisco on August 11th-12th, 2017. The Foundation has already held conferences in New York City, New Hampshire, Palo Alto, and Greece. This conference will be the biggest trade show of its kind. Read More...

Tech Against Terrorism is a global campaign designed to help fight terrorist exploitation of technology. Together with leading tech companies, their focus is on building practical tools to help startups develop responses to the exploitation of their services, whilst reinforcing the importance of human rights and protecting fundamental freedoms.

You can find more information here.

Fund and Fuel Your Dreams is a 3-day event that offers hands-on, expert training on how to raise money. They promise that you will leave with a step-by-step plan and resources to take the plan forward. At the event there will be opportunities for support from experts on messaging, financials, and more. It is also a place to connect with like-minded mission-driven, heart centered women entrepreneurs in a supportive fun environment. You’ll even have an opportunity to meet socially conscious investors that are especially interested in women-led businesses.

You can find more information here.

The Global Launchpad to be held in Tel Aviv provides a unique possibility to discover the Israeli way of doing entrepreneurship, and enable the startups to gain valuable experience from working methodologies, leadership mindset and a Global Mindset.

The program is open for startups in leading verticals: Fintech, Insurance Tech, E-commerce,Cyber, Mobility, food tech, e-health & IOT. Read More...

Experts & VCs Fireside Chat on Asian Fintech on July 27 at 6 PM

With the pace of investments exceeding the pace recorded in the US and Europe, Asia is quickly growing as the next frontier for business opportunities in Fintech. Especially given an increase of Fintech-oriented initiatives launched by local governments and big appetite for Fintech solutions shown by customers, and banks. What are the main trends within Asian Fintech? What initiatives have been recently launched to support Fintech startups in Asia?

You can find more information here.

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality represent a seismic shift in how people will discover the world, entertain themselves, connect with friends and family, create art and shop for products. At the same time, these super realities will disrupt the way we do business, from the way we design user experiences, to the way we design our organizations and business models. In this talk, Drew Bamford, VP of Creative Labs at HTC, will discuss the mind-bending opportunities in immersive technologies that lie ahead, as well as how he and the Vive team are addressing the challenges to adoption today.

You can find additional information here.

The Brand Prize has been driven by a mission to elevate progressive startups in North America through an annual contest, open to anyone with a solid idea and vetted business plan. The prize has been a comprehensive branding package, valued at $40,000.

You can find more detailed information here.

Date: Monday, June 26, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Place: Sofia University, 1069 East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto

Following Euclid, the session proposes several easily understood axioms, and from those derive useful techniques for improving BOTH the appeal of your marketing message AND also your ability to command an audience. Attending is a time-effective way to get up to speed on what recent science says is the most effective way to arouse and maintain an audience’s attention.

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Tencent WeStart Entrepreneurship Competition is a global entrepreneurship competition powered by Tencent, and Tencent WeStart is an entrepreneurial community and international platform. The Tencent WeStart Entrepreneurship Competition in Boston will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Tencent WeStart will host the event, supported by BRC’s future lab (AIRx Labs) and MIT CHIEF. The 10 teams will be selected under the guidance of world-class instructors in the AI industry, VCs and Tencent executives. Read More...