6 ms·
Ask HN: Visiting San Francisco in September, recommend startup event?
Hi,
I am..
* currently in London
* working at a startup
* as a developer, market engineer, and entrepreneur
Planning to
* Check out Silicon Valley sometime in September, for 2 weeks,
* planning to meet as many people as possible
* tapping into the startup energy.
Can you recommend an event around this time, where I can do this in a scalable fashion?
Many thanks in advance.
- duiker101 15y agoThis is something that i wpuld like to learn also. Is your trip already planned? How much does it cost?
- robyates 15y agoThere's this: http://www.hackersandfounders.com/ http://www.hackersandfounders.com/ I don't live in Silicon Valley... yet, so I can't comment on what these are like. There's a possibly I might be down there during the same time, so feel free to contact me if you want to meet (contact info's in my profile). Also, maybe go through the SF Hacker News profiles on the Facebook group and write some "cold emails" to people: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_114326995294656&view=doc&id=122632927797396 http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_114326995294656...
- steventruong 15y agohttp://meetup.com http://meetup.com and http://eventbrite.com http://eventbrite.com are your friends for finding local events. Many are not going to be announced until much closer to the actual event but something to check out if you wanted to meet like minded folks who are attending events of your interests. Aside from the above sites, also plan to visit a few coworking spaces while you're here. Some are open to the public and its a cool way to meet entrepreneurs and hackers of all kinds. Two very popular ones are Noisebridge (in San Francisco) and Hacker Dojo (in Mountain View)... They're roughly 45 mins drive apart but you can take public transportation to get between the two places. They also house events, classes, and meetups. There are also incubators that are somewhat open to the public that you can check out (I think StartX at AOL in Palo Alto is one). Lastly, check these out: http://paulgraham.com/seesv.html http://paulgraham.com/seesv.html http://scobleizer.com/2010/10/04/silicon-valley-places-that-paul-graham-cant-get-into/ http://scobleizer.com/2010/10/04/silicon-valley-places-that-...
- nickhac 15y agoI think TechCrunch Disrupt SF is in Early Sept... definitely lots of events to meet lots of people... Im flying in from Sydney to be there so happy to catch up and introduce you to some startup people