San Francisco start-up resources
Start here:
- The Startup Digest
- the best startup events in silicon valley delivered to your inbox every week
- Venture Hacks - archives
- on Angels, Anti-Dilution, Convertible Debt, Due Diligence, Future Financings, Term Sheets, Valuation, Vesting and much more
- recommended reading from Y-Combinator
This mostly pertains to tech start-up and related internet based businesses, focusing first upon what's within the city limits of San Francisco but also nearby on the peninsula and the Bay Area at large.
Recurring Events & Local Calendars
- SF New Tech (blog)
- Bootstrappers Breakfast
- San Francisco: 1st Wednesday and 3rd Friday, 9:00 AM
- TEDxSF
- Think: TED talks but local to SF
- StartUp SF
- Kick Start your Startup!
- STIRR: The Network for Startup Entrepreneurs
- resources include Mixer, Founders Table and PitchLab;
an independent entity that connects early stage entrepreneurs with peers, senior entrepreneurs, and the ecosystem they need in their first 6-24 months of operations - San Francisco Startup Drinks
- Co-Founders Meetup (Mountain View, CA) - Meetup.com
- Lean Startup Circle
- Dealmaker Media - Event Calendars - Bay Area & Los Angeles
- LinkedIn Events near SF (all)
- tech; start-up
- TiE Silicon Valley
- TiE is the world's largest not-for-profit organization for entrepreneurs
- LinkedIn Events
- Events organized by TechCrunch
Local Resources
- Hat Factory
- co-working facility with local events
- Outside the Cube-- Upcoming Event Calendar
- co-working facility with local events
- Hacker Dojo / FrontPage
- co-working facility with local events
- silicon valley & peninsula co-working facility, office suites and more
- SuperHappyDevHouse
- monthly hackathon events
- StartUpers
- Fresh and Meaty StartUp Jobs
Formal Conferences & Seminars
- Google I/O
- Game Developers Conference
- Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)
- Startup School
- SNAP Summit
- Play conference-- Berkeley Digital Media Conference
- San Francisco Ignite
- Biz Tech Day
- Plug and Play Acceleration and Collaboration Track (PACT)
- Always On - venture summit
- DEMO
Co-op & Unconference Events
- See also: Recurring Events & Local Calendars above.
- Foo Camp
- BarCamp / BarCampSanFrancisco
- Bay Area Startup Weekend
- san francisco - CloudCamp
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