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Written on July 7, 2010

25% off – SF Beta 4.3
July 13th, 5:30 – 9:30p
111 Minna Gallery
SF Beta is San Francisco’s largest and longest-running startup mixer. Hundreds of founders, developers, investors, and geeks are joining us. Will you? Our loosely structured event attracts over 350 people from across Silicon Valley. We provide tasty gourmet appetizers and a full cash bar, along with live demos from startups throughout the night. 25% off Registration at: http://sfbeta4p03.eventbrite.com/?discount=wallflower

FailChat #3: Metrics for Success
July 20th, 6:30p – 9:30p
PariSoma Loft, SF
Even the simplest of companies can be bombarded with metrics: Cost-Per-User, Clickthrough Rates, Page Views, A/B Test Results, Time on Site, User Tracking, Referral Sites, and so much more. There are too many start-ups that either ignore these metrics entirely, are unsure how to interpret them, or delve into them too deeply and lose precious resources in the process. So we’ve compiled a panel of experts to discuss which metrics are most important for a startup to measure. We’ll also explore what tools to use, when to build your own, and how best to apply the data you gather successfully. Each FailChat attracts an intimate and targeted group of early-stage founders and entrepreneurs to discuss the common mistakes and missteps that startups and small businesses take. Beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and appetizers are provided throughout the seminar. Register at http://failchat3.mogotix.com/

20% off – PR Summit BootCamp
July 22, All Day
LGBT Community Center
The PR Summit Boot Camp is a one day conference focused on providing up-to-date tools for professionals working in media. Conference attendee’s will have the opportunity to listen, connect and follow the insights and conversation of media experts in a wide variety of vertical markets and industries. The PR Summit Boot Camp Conference addresses the changing media & public relations landscape. Industry professionals in a variety of vertical markets and industries will provide attendees with latest case-studies, insights, fresh ideas, tools, and best success practices that can be applied can be applied to a person’s skills set. Information and a 20% discount at http://prconferencebootcamp-sf.eventbrite.com/ (PS: I’m speaking so check it out!)

20% – BlogHer ’10
August 6-7
The Hilton, New York City
Building on the momentum of five consecutive sold-out annual conferences, BlogHer ’10 will bring bloggers from every corner of the blogosphere together for hands-on learning, rich discussions, opportunities to meet with the brands that support them and plentiful networking opportunities. BlogHer ’10 will be at the The Hilton New York from August 6 – 7, 2010. We will kick off on Thursday August 5 with our fourth annual BlogHer Business Conference, a “crash course” on best practices for reaching the most influential and powerful consumers — women online — in the quickly evolving social media world. And Girls in Tech attendees can receive 20% off BlogHer Business registration by using the discount code GIT.

15% off – Social DevCamp Chicago
Aug 14 – 15
McCormick Tribune, Chicago
SocialDevCamp Chicago is two days of developer-centric sessions about making the most of the social web. It’s the unconference for social application and platform developers, mobile social developers, evangelists, and enthusiasts. At SocialDevCamp you’ll join hundreds of passionate developers and creators for a weekend of robust talks on social applications, platforms, APIs, mobile applications, identity management, and new media. True to WebWallflower form, we’ve twisted the arms of the SocialDevCamp Chicago organizers to get you the best deal on their $30.00 weekend even we can possibly get. Our hard-nosed negotiating tactics got them to knock $5.00 off the price so you can get one extra latte without all the guilt while you’re in the Windy City. Registration is at http://socialdevcampchicago.com/register/ with the code “webwallflower-blowout-sale”

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SAN FRANCISCO EVENTS:

Social Media Marketing 2010
July 8th, 8:00a – 6:00p
Hotel Nikko
Social Media Marketing 2010 San Fransisco will bring together leading brands and marketing experts to explore the viral power of social networks. During this one-day event, a team of renowned marketing experts will provide guidance on how to effectively engage with customers via social media, give tips on how to maximize the impact of your campaigns and offer insights into new services to try and trends to watch out for. This is the ultimate event for anyone involved in social media or digital marketing. Info at http://socialmediamarketing.co.uk/sanfrancisco

Boing Boing Picnic
July 10th, 11:00a – 2:00p
Golden Gate Park
The weather is beautiful, so who needs to go to stuffy network-y events in doors! Come relax with friends, colleagues, family, and team from Boing Boing! Check it out at http://bit.ly/bbqpicnic

MobileBeat 2010
July 12th – 13th
The Palace Hotel
The Age of the Superphone has begun, and three camps’carriers, device makers, and software developers’are all vying for dominion over consumers’ pocketbooks. The powers are redrawing their boundaries, rewriting the treaties, and preparing to wage battle onstage and in backroom dealmaking this July 12-13 at MobileBeat 2010. Info at http://events.venturebeat.com/mobilebeat2010/

Bestselling Entrepreneurial Hosts Free High-Octane Mastermind Gathering
July 13, 7:00 – 8:30p
Roe Nightclub
This will be an intimate get together where Bestselling Author and Life and Business Strategist Allison Maslan will personally brainstorm with attendees on how to find their passion and turn it into a successful business. And for those who already have a business, there will be brainstorming on how to take it to the next level. Attendees also will have the opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs. Allison’s book, Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan to Launch Your Dreams Into Reality hit No. 1 on Amazon in the US and Canada, and also made the bestseller list in the UK, on its release this year. Allison has been an entrepreneur for many years and has built 9 of her own successful businesses. As a life and business strategist and homeopathic physician, she has guided thousands to turn their passions into a profitable business and launch to a happier, healthier and more prosperous way of living. Information at http://www.myblastoff.com/rockettour/

Girls in Tech: Click
July 14th, 6:00 – 8:00p
TBD, San Francisco
Why do we click with some people, and not with others? Join Co-Author of “Click” as we look at the research accross psychology, behavioral economics, neuroscience and sociology to unravel this mystery at the heart of romantic, business, and friendly relationships. Secure a slot for yourself at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/731351492

Mashable Summer Tour
July 14th, 7:00 – 10:00pm
Grand Hyatt Hotel
It’s only fitting that our West Coast homebase will be the largest event on the SummerMash tour. Join us in San Francisco for food, drinks, and great people from all over the Bay area. Team Mashable will be in full force with Pete Cashmore, Adam Hirsch, Ben Parr, Barb Dybwad, Karen Hartline, Brett Petersel, Jolie O’Dell and Jenn Van Grove. Hope to see you there! Register at http://summermashsf.eventbrite.com/

NetShelter’s Most Influential: Mobile
July 15th, 7:00 – 10:00p
Roe Nightclub
Connect with other heavy hitters. Amplify your own influence in the mobile tech space. NetShelter and publishers PhoneDog, IntoMobile and VentureBeat invite you for an evening of insights, merriment, mingling. Join us in defining who and what matters in the mobile space. Information at Tickets at http://netsheltermixermobile.eventbrite.com/

Startup Job Demo
July 17th, 10:00a – 2:00p
Citizen Space
Instead of lurking around and begging for attention, be inspired by the cool projects startups are working on and find the right fit. 30 hiring companies will present Ignite style for 5 minutes each on what they are working on & the culture of their company. If you like what they are about, you can interview with them in real-time during a 10 minute interview slot directly after their talk. For more information check out http://startup-job-demo-1-fb.eventbrite.com/

Unreasonable West Coast Pitchfest
July 19, 2:30 – 6:30p
The Hub, SF
22 Entrepreneurs from 6 continents, working on ventures from 15 countries are traveling thousands of miles to convene at The Hub. Each will have 8 minutes to convince the Bay Area’s top investors, philanthropists, foundations, and funds that they warrant the start-up capital needed to define progress in our time. Be sure to come by and support them be securing a spot at http://unreasonablewestcoastpitchfest.eventbrite.com/

Geo-Loco Conference
July 21, All Day
Mission Bay at UCSF
Geo-Loco is the next big thing in advertising, social media and discovery. On Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, in San Francisco, investors, brands and technology providers will gather to explore what the new breed of Geo-Location-enabled services and applications is doing for brands, for businesses and for consumers. Information at http://geoloco.tv/

Startup Weekend SF
July 23rd – 25th
KickLabs, San Francisco
That’s it we are back for a very special Startup Weekend! This Startup Weekend is going to be focus on Mobile (any mobile you can go crazy!!) For the ones who don’t know Startup Weeekend, this is a chance for you to go from idea to business in a weekend! For the ones who has been to a Startup Weekend , this is a good way to experiment new things to be a better entrepreneur (Learning by Doing!) Information posted regularly at http://bayarea.startupweekend.org/

Search Engine Strategies
Aug 13th, 8:30a – 6:00p
Moscone West
Now in its 12th year, SES is organized and programmed by the SES Advisory Board and SearchEngineWatch.com, the leading authority on Search Engine Marketing (SEM), including SEO and PPC. The event is packed with sessions covering PPC management, keyword research, SEO, social media, local, mobile, link building, duplicate content, multiple site issues, video optimization, site optimization and usability, while offering high-level strategy, keynotes, an expo floor with 100+ companies, networking events, parties and more! Information at http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/

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BAY AREA EVENTS:

SV NewTech Meetup
July 6, 7:00 – 10:00p
DLA Piper, Palo Alto
Learn about hot new web technologies and mingle with 200 fellow entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts. This meetup fills up quick, so be sure to RSVP 2 weeks early each month. Check out their Meetup page for more information!

Marketing in the Digital Media Age
July 8, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Cooley LLP, Palo Alto
Another marketing event, although this one is much cheaper. The panel includes Mia Dand (Marketing – HP), Saar Gur (Charles River Ventures), and Michael T. Yang (Comcast Interactive Capital). The topics will be around launching products, getting press, and getting traffic to your site. More information on the SVASE homepage.

Salesforce Developer Meeetup
July 12, 6:00 – 8:00p
PayPal, San Jose
Join Salesforce and PayPal for a developer meetup at the PayPal Headquarters in San Jose, California, on July 12, starting at 6:00 p.m. This event lets you learn and explore the Force.com platform and teaches you how to build e-commerce apps using the PayPal X toolkit for Force.com. Meet our evangelists and tech experts who will host code consultations as well as Force.com demos. For more information and to sign-up, visit http://bit.ly/SFmeetup.

Consumer Internet: Pillsbury and PricewaterhouseCoopers
July 13th, 8:00 – 10:00am
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto
For many years, VCs shied away from consumer deals…too hard to predict consumer whims…big marketing budgets usually required…hard to build a brand. With the wild success of some consumer plays (e.g. Amazon, eBay, Google), now many VCs do consumer plays and some even focus on them. Now there are thousands of consumer plays, angling for a bigger share of eyeballs, wallets, and advertising revenues. Are there still big consumer plays or is the field already saturated? Who will be the winners and losers? Come hear our panelists answer these questions and more as they discuss the consumer landscape and how they expect their companies and others to navigate it. Information at http://www.sdforum.org/venturebreakfast

EnShePreneur
July 15. 6:00 – 9:00p
HackerDojo, MountainView
This will be an interactive workshop and Tim Young, General Counsel, Fortis LLC, (http://www.fortisgc.com/tim_young.html) We will guide you through our Startup Workshop. We will focus on legal issues in the early stage of forming your start-up. Topics include: choice of business entity and jurisdiction, initial capital structure and founders’ equity, initial IP protection and more. Please register on Eventbrite http://apwtstartupworkshop1.eventbrite.com/

Startup Waffles
July 22, 8:00a – 11:00a
Lightspeed Ventures, Menlo Park
Are you a founder of or an investor in a cool startup? Do you like free all you can eat yummy waffles? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then come hang out with the Startup Digest co-founders, hackers, and founders for some breakfast between 8am-10am at Light Speed Venture Partners courtyard. Space is limited and we need to know how much waffle-mix we need to buy, so please RSVP now.

Cleantech Entrepreneurship: Can it get the nation back to work?
July 22, 8:30a – 5:00p
DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose
Amidst the recovery from the recent recession, seeds of a brighter future are being developed by entrepreneurs with game changing clean technologies. This innovation is not unprecedented, but what is different this time? We are competing on a global scale against corporations and governments that have a multi-year head start, while struggling to finance our major infrastructure projects with venture capital investment or capital markets. Faced with these challenges, we bring the brightest and most engaging minds together to discuss how we can ensure that cleantech leads the economic recovery, and that our most innovative entrepreneurs receive the support they need. Info and registration at http://cleantechopen.org

Social Currency CrunchUp
July 30th, 9:00a – 10:00p
Arrillaga Alumni Center
Social currency is where the web meets real world commerce. CrunchUps are highly participatory one-day conferences hosted by TechCrunch where we focus in on important “now” themes in non-traditional formats. Join us for the day to help shape the future of geo-location platforms and services. Then, join the fun and networking at August Capital for a beautiful evening on the best deck of all of Sand Hill Road. Information and registration at: http://techcrunchsocialcurrencycrunchuandaugustcapitparty.eventbrite.com/

15% off – Founders Showcase
Aug 3rd, 4:00p – 10:00p
Microsoft Campus, Mountain View
See Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com, speak at the The Founder Showcase on August 3rd in Silicon Valley. This quarterly start-up pitch and networking event brings together over 275 investors, founders, and members of the press to hear talks from leading CEOs, and pitches from 10 hot technology start-ups in an open Pitch Competition. A panel of investors will provide critical feedback of the pitches, and the two best companies will face off in a “Showcase Showdown” lightning round to determine the Grand Prize Winner. There is also a networking and table area where investors and start-ups will convene with food and drinks. Tickets start at just $40, but there is a very limited number available. WebWallflower readers get a 15% discount by using the code web_wallflower. For more information or to apply to the Pitch Competition, go to www.FounderShowcase.com.

Craigslist Foundation BootCamp
Aug 14th, 7:30a – 5:30p
Berkeley, CA
Imagine 1,500 passionate people gathered together to strengthen their communities and neighborhoods. That’s Boot Camp a fun, intensive one-day conference where you will learn to bring your ideas for empowered communities into reality. At Boot Camp, you will participate in interactive workshops, meet people who can turn dreams into action, receive expert coaching, and get fired up by stories of successful community transformations. Registration for the 7th Annual Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp is now live: http://www.craigslistfoundation.org/boot-camp

PlugandPlay TechCenter Events
Daily!
So PlugandPlay TechCenter has a ton of awesome events, and it would take an entire newsletter just to share them all. Skim their calendar regularly to see what they have to offer. http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/calendar/

SVASE Series
Weekly
SVASE, the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping early stage tech entrepreneurs. They hold events regularly in the peninsula, and occasionally the city itself. There are too many to name in my brief email, but be sure to check them out for advice on investment, team development, financing, corporate leadership, and much more: http://www.svase.org/

SDforum
Weekly Not to add another list of events to my list, but SDforum also has something every other day. Essentially “SDForum is the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit organization providing an unbiased source of information and insight to the technology community. SDForum provides a venue for engineers, executives, researchers, technology leaders, and venture capitalists to exchange information on emerging technologies and best practices.” Info on their events at www.sdforum.com.

Founders Space
Founders Space brings together founders, angels, VCs, attorneys, CFOs and other experts to answer the questions all founders have. We’re focused on developing new ways to connect founders, advisors and investors around the world. Our vision is to build a global platform, where startups and advisors work as virtual teams to enter and grow new markets, and where investors can efficiently discover the best matches for their investment goals. So join us in this grand adventure, and let’s build something truly great!