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Ask YC: Meetups / Events in the Valley on Interview Weekend?

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I was asked by one of the founders being interviewed (who wishes to remain anonymous!) to see what's going on in the Valley over interview weekend. This is a pretty good idea for those who aren't from the Valley (yet); you can learn the culture a bit, talk with other founders, etc.

Oh, and good luck to everyone!

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I was just going to ask the same question. We (QuantRunner) are coming from NYC and would like to see the SV equivalent of the New York Tech Meetup. The NYTM is the biggest tech/startup event in the city, most people in the community attend it or have attended it, we would like to compare and contrast cultures.

Are there any other get-togethers that weekend, any kind of mailing list for the invitees?

We are looking forward to it.

There was GoGaRuCo (sold out now though), but I had to cancel my ticket unfortunately...

There is a pretty sweet coffee shop near the YC office called Red Rock Coffee, it's often filled to the brim with laptop users, quite a few of them entrepreneurs. It's a two floor coffee shop that is often the location for various meetup groups (such as the iPhone & Facebook Apps).

+1 for Red Rock. Upstairs is an excellent place to work while in Mountain View. Twittered I was there this time last year and met all sorts of interesting people working on startups.

Just for reference for anyone else, the Palo Alto equivalent of Red Rock is Coupa Cafe. It's smaller than RR, but it's packed with startuppy types either brainstorming or just coding. Incidentally, I'll probably be there coding up our prototype a couple hours from now if anyone wants to stop by.

Pretty quiet weekend. We (cloudkick) would be happy to grab a beer with some folks in south bay (san jose, caltrain friendly) on Saturday evening if others are interested.

AdTech is coming up next week: http://www.ad-tech.com/

Tickets are prohibitively expensive, but you can get an exhibition hall pass for $35. Obviously focuses on digital marketing.

Do you think might be worth a visit?

There's Silicon Valley Geek Breakfast at 8am on Friday in Sunnyvale. See:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194749365592

Are there any other get-togethers that weekend, any kind of mailing list for the invitees?

We are looking forward to it.

what about something totally unrelated, Sunday should be perfect beach weather...

if you don't find anything, why not organize something yourself?

Me personally? I don't live there.

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