by kwebster on May 15, 2012

Greetings everyone! TechCentralSF will host Startup America’s visit to SF on May 15th at Rocketspace. Join TechCentralSF as we host Startup America’s Managing Director, Donna Harris for a fireside chat to learn more about Startup America Partnerships and the initiatives and resources they are driving for entrepreneurs and startups, such as the forthcoming plans for Startup CA. We are excited to announce the addition of Kym McNicholas, Pando Daily AND Rick Marini, CEO of BranchOut!!

What: TechCentralSF hosts: Fireside Chat with Startup America Partnerships – Donna Harris, Managing Director, with Pando Daily’s Kym McNicholas and Rick Marini, CEO of BranchOut
When: Tuesday, May 15th @6pm
Where: Rocketspace – 181 Fremont, SF
More Info and registration: click here

Startup America is a national movement of entrepreneurs and their supporters dedicated to helping startups successfully scale their companies.

Announcements

TechCentralSF, SFCiti, and the City and County of San Francisco are announcing the SF Code Sprint – Virtual Hackathon! Inspired by the White House Code Sprint, we’ve decided to host our own San Francisco Code Sprint! This is a call to developers in San Francisco to use the White House and Department of Labor Summer Jobs+ API to build job search apps for browsers, social networking platforms, smart phones and feature phones. The API opens access to thousands of summer internships, training and mentorships opportunities for San Francisco youth. Ready to code?. Read on…..

Competition starts TODAY and will submissions will be accepted thru midnight May 31st, 2012. Entries should be submitted here http://www.techcentralsf.com/sf-code-sprint/

A few of the most innovative apps will be featured on the White House website, SFCiti, and TechCentralSF’s website.

Formal awards ceremony and pitches to a panel of Corp CEO’s, SF Chief Innovation officer Jay Nath, Startup Founders and VC’s will be held on June 7th @ Rocketspace – stay tuned for more info!!!

TechCentralSF will host Startup America’s visit to SF on May 15th at Rocketspace. Join TechCentralSF as we host Startup America’s Managing Director, Donna Harris for a fireside chat to learn more about Startup America Partnerships and the initiatives and resources they are driving for entrepreneurs and startups, such as the forthcoming plans for Startup CA. We are excited to announce the addition of Kym McNicholas, Pando Daily AND Rick Marini, CEO of BranchOut!!

What: TechCentralSF hosts: Fireside Chat with Startup America Partnerships – Donna Harris, Managing Director, with Pando Daily’s Kym McNicholas and Rick Marini, CEO of BranchOut
When: Tuesday, May 15th @6pm
Where: Rocketspace – 181 Fremont, SF
More Info and registration: click here

Startup America is a national movement of entrepreneurs and their supporters dedicated to helping startups successfully scale their companies.

CONGRATULATIONS to our winners of Startup Veterans Weekend/ Hackathon – 1st Place: Collectio, 2nd Place: Rebound, and 3rd Place I-Vitality!! Actually everyone who competed as a winner in my book! We had over 40 veterans joining 40 non-vet techies for the competition and inspiring keynote by Steve Blank (Four Steps to the Epiphany and The Startup Owners Manual) along with remarks from Co-host Craig Newmark and President of the SF Board of Supervisors – David Chiu who delivered a proclamation declaring it “Startup Veterans Day” in San Francisco. Take a look at pics from the event here and see blogs at: http://startupgrind.com/2012/03/startup-veterans-weekendhackathon-winners/#more-1935 and http://sfciti.com/newsletters/20120328

In addition, a segment of the event aired on local Channel 7 and Stay tuned for video from the event to be posted in the next few weeks!!

THANKS again to all of our awesome sponsors and partners for helping to make this event possible – see them all at www.techcentralsf.com/startup-veterans

Event Top Picks – This Week!

What: TechCentralSF hosts: Fireside Chat with Startup America Partnerships – Donna Harris, Managing Director, and Pando Daily’s Kym McNicholas
When: Tuesday, May 15th @6pm
Where: Rocketspace – 181 Fremont, SF
More Info and registration: click here

What: CodeSocial #3
When: Wednesday, May 16th @ 6pm
Where: RocketSpace, SF
More Info: click here

What: Pushup for Charity
When:  Thursday, May 17th @ 6pm
Where: 111 Minna, SF
More Info: click here

What: NextGen conference
When: Saturday, May 19th
Where: Parc55 Hotel, SF
More Info: click here

For MORE of best events in tech – see our “What’s Happening” calendar here

Coming this Month!

What: Technapex: EdTech Investor Panel
When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 @ 7:00pm
Where: Roe Restaurant
More Info:  click here

What: paidContent 2012
When: May 23, 2012
Where: The Times Center, New York, NY
More info: click here to save 15% with code TC15.

Coming in June!

What: AlwaysOn – OnMobile – The Mobile Venture Summit
When: June 12 & 13
Where: Fox Theatre & Club Fox 2223 Broadway Street Redwood City
More info – Friends of TechCentralSF get 50% off!!! Register here: click here

What: Social-Loco
When: June 18th 2012
Where: Mission Bay conference center, SF
More info: Friends of TechCentralSF get 25% off – Discount code MPTCSF25. To register, click here

What: GSummit (Gamification Summit)
When: June 19-21, 2012
Where: San Francisco (Concourse Exhibition Center)
Friends of TechCentral SF – Link and Code: TECHCSF
Vets of TechCentral SF – Link and Code: TECHCSFVETS

What: STRUCTURE
When: June 20 & 21, 2012
Where: UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco
More info: click here

What: San Francisco Bay Area Tech Career Expo
When: June 28-29
Where: Moscone Center
More info: click here Attendance is free. There is no charge or badge required. Individuals can preregister: click here. Company participation is on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested companies may order exhibit space online: click here. “Friends of TechCentralSF” receive a $100 discount with registration code TCSF

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We were very honored to receive this Certificate of Honor from the City of San Francisco and Mayor Gavin Newsom at our launch on November 18th 2010.

Thanks to everyone who came out and packed the house at KickLabs!  Stay tuned for more awesome news, deals, and events!

Click Here to view the Certificate of Honor!

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Announcing TechCentralSF!

November 16, 2010

San Francisco’s exclusive online directory resource and collaborative community for High Tech, Biotech, and Cleantech with over 1,000 start-up companies and established innovators making breakthroughs across San Francisco. TechCentralSF is a B2B exchange to support entrepreneurs, startups & the SF tech ecosystem. Collaborate and find extraordinary business opportunities for “All Things Tech in SF”!

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