Filter. The. Noise. Meanwhile in Silicon Valley… New to Silicon Valley? Welcome! No doubt you’ve started checking out all the networking opportunities available for entrepreneurs and startup aficionados…and found that you could spend every night of the week at a meetup, mixer, or conference. Which of course means you’ll have exactly zero time to actually build a business…and find yourself at way too many events filled with lawyers, accountants, consultants, and (which is fine, if that’s who you’re looking to meet). job seekers I spent my first few months here figuring out how to filter the noise and prioritize networking resources most useful for me. Below is my list of the most useful public networking resources. My focus is on consumer tech, so your mileage will vary. Particularly if you’re focused on a specific area like clean tech, healthcare (check out & ), or Enterprise IT (check out ). Rock Health UCSF Structure This list is a living document and no doubt I’ve missed some great resources, so please feel free to add your favorites in the comments. Event Listings: : signup for their bi-weekly email (h/t ) Web Wallflower Cass Phillipps StartupDigest: https://www.startupdigest.com/digests/silicon-valley BASES: (email list sign-up: ) http://bases.stanford.edu/ link TechCocktail: http://tech.co/ Recurring events with varying topics: : Startup Grind https://www.startupgrind.com/silicon-valley/ SVForum: http://svforum.org/ MIT : VLAB http://www.vlab.org/ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series: DFJ http://etl.stanford.edu/ Founders Space: http://www.foundersspace.com/events/ Worthwhile Conferences: Festival: LAUNCH http://www.launchfestival.com/ Other conferences: LAUNCH http://www.launch.co/ TechCrunch Disrupt: http://techcrunch.com/event-type/disrupt/ Everything from : 500 Startups http://500.co/events/ VentureBeat conferences: http://events.venturebeat.com/ Accelerators/Co-Working spaces with events: : Plug and Play Tech Center http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ : nestGSV http://gsvlabs.com/ RockSpace: http://rocketspace.com/events Galvanize: http://www.galvanize.com/events/ ☞ Please click “♥︎” to help to promote this piece to others Originally published at jonathanchizick.com on June 30, 2014.
