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Ask HN: Visiting San Francisco in September, recommend startup event?

7 points by sdrinf ↗ HN
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.

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duiker101
This is something that i wpuld like to learn also. Is your trip already planned? How much does it cost?
steventruong
http://meetup.com and 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://scobleizer.com/2010/10/04/silicon-valley-places-that-...

[dead] nickhac
I 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