Hackfest for the Light and Women 2.0 are putting on a Startup Sandbox in November at Microsoft. They especially encourage socially responsible software ideas and companies to attend -- bring your whole team or just an idea and ask for whatever help you need.
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Come spend a whirlwind 56 hrs with like-minded entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, dreamers, and work on any of the following --
- Make a working prototype
- Create an investor presentation
- Come with your company and get feedback
- Come with an idea to make a mock up
- Practice and learn new skills
The event starts at 6pm Friday Nov 20, and goes until Sunday evening, Nov 22.
Location: Microsoft, 835 Market Street (Westfield Center), Suite #700
Register now, and get the early bird price of just $79 for the whole weekend — http://startupsandbox.eventbee.com. Use the Hackfest for the Light discount code 'affiliate01' and get an additional $10 off.
Women 2.0 is a powerhouse organization, dedicated to creating more women entrepreneurs. Thanks to their great connections, there will be investors, lawyers, and high-profile speakers who want to give you great advice for free!
If you can’t make the SF event, check out Startup Weekend in Palo Alto event the very same weekend — http://bayarea.startupweekend.com
We are postponing The Startup Sandbox scheduled for next weekend until February 2010.
But! Hackfest for the Light is now a sponsor of Startup Weekend at Hacker Dojo in Mountain View the same weekend (Nov 20 - 22). I'll be there, hacking for the light on Fork This, and so will great speakers, investors, hackers, and a bunch of core dudes from Sun:
Jim Parkinson – Cloud Computing VP Sriram Natarajan – PHP integration in Web Stack Shanti Subramanyam – AMP stack, ruby, etc. Arun Gupta – GlassFish Marina Fisher – Sun Startup Essentials Web Architect Rajesh Ramchandani – Sun Startup Essentials and Cloud Computing Biz Dev
More intel on the event here: http://bayarea.startupweekend.org Use the discount code 'hack4light' to get 25% off admission!