GarageGeeks Blog

On 09 June, a group of 25 dynamic tech entrepreneurs from Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Armenia, and Bulgaria will be visiting GarageGeeks as part of a tour of the region.

These entrepreneurs are part of the CEED community www.ceed-global.org

Join us and become part of the growing CEED community–a gateway to mentors, customers, and capital.
Learn about the surprisingly innovative and lucrative technology coming out of an often overlooked part of Europe.
Meet potential partners, customers, and investors.

Share your stories and put your drinking skills to the test with a group of smart, fun people.

So bring you husband, bring your girlfriend–bring your husband’s girlfriend–to GarageGeeks at 20:30 on Sunday, 09 June.

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The event will take place on: Sunday, June 9th,
20:30 at GarageGeeks HQ, Holon

* Bring some snacks and drinks to share with others.
* Admission is free, no registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft, Initial Capital and Plus Ventures

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About CEED

CEED drives economic growth by developing, connecting and mentoring entrepreneurs to strengthen their businesses so they can create jobs and in turn accelerate economic prosperity. Building a community of entrepreneurs is paramount in CEED’s approach.

CEED not only provides entrepreneurs business know-how through its accelerator programs but also connects participants to mentors and a community of entrepreneurs that can help take their small businesses to next level. The holistic combination of market connections, community engagement, capacity building and access to capital set CEED apart.

CEED is a program of SEAF, an investment management group that provides growth capital and business assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging and transition markets underserved by traditional sources of capital. Through their network of investment funds around the world, they invest in entrepreneurs seeking to build successful businesses, hoping to realize both returns to their investors and strong development impact in local communities. Find out more at seaf.com

In our series “meet the Industry leaders”, the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event with: Horizons Ventures

Horizons Ventures is bringing to Israel a group of international leaders from: Operators, Vendors and innovative startups, from all around the world (HK, China, Japan, Spain, UK, USA, Canada ).

* Jason Wong     Horizons Ventures
* Gilad Novik     Horizons Ventures
* Frances Kang     Horizons Digital Group
* Bart Swanson     Horizons Ventures
* Wendy Yu     Horizons Ventures
* John Henderson     Summly
* Amy Lung     Hutchison 3G HK
* Deacon Wan     Hutchison 3G HK
* Carl Taylor     Hutchison Europe
* Tony Gauda     Bitcasa
* Wolf Garble     Faroo
* Rick Segal     Fixmo
* Juan Cartagena     Traity
* Mustafa Suleyman     DeepMind
* Zhang Bin     UMPA
* Ying Wu     China Capital Group
* Tony Seeff     Sony

The event will take place on
Tuesday, May 7th,
20:30 at GarageGeeks HQ, Holon

* Bring some snacks and drinks to share with others.
* Admission is free, no registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/

You are invited to a special post-KinnerNet 2013 GarageGeeks party.
This time we have invited KinnerNet participants from Israel and aboard to join us.

In GarageGeeks fashion, we will have beer and light snacks on the event, but only if you bring some with you.

Sunday, 5 May 20:00
GarageGeeks HQ
HaPeled 40, Holon

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/
* Photo credit: Ron Shoshani (”Ronsho“) www.facebook.com/ronsho

You are invited you to a special session with Mark Tonkelowitz, Software Engineering Manager at Facebook.

Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to make the world more open and connected. Over 1 billion people around the world use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.

Mark will discuss the product development lifecycle at Facebook as well as his experience building News Feed.

The event will take place on:
Tuesday, February 26th, 20:30
GarageGeeks HQ,
HaPeled 40, Holon

* Pizza and beer will be provided.
* Admission is free, registration is not required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/

In the DLD festival the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi will host “Meet the Industry Leaders” party.
We are inviting the entire entrepreneur community to meet with the leaders of the digital media industry.

Werner Vogels - CTO Amazon.
Jean Yves Naouri - COO Publicis group.
Tim Draper - Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson venture capital.
Don Rosenberg - Executive Vice President and General Councel, Qualcom.
Julian Codorniou - Head of Gaming Partnership EMEA, Facebook.
Rob Dyer - Head of partner publishing, Zynga.
Stephanie Hospital - Executive Vice President, Orange Advertisement, Orange.
John Hanke - Founder of Keyhole (Google Earth) ,VP product, in charge of Niantic Labs ,a mobile apps research group.
Tony Saigh - Head of Business Development Mobile, Skype

Please note that registration to this free and open event is required.
Please register at:
http://dldtelaviv.com/garage-geeks-registration

This event will create a unique opportunity for leaders of the industry to connect with the next generation of leading entrepreneurs and potential business partners.
Moderated by Dr. Yossi Vardi – Co-Chairmen, DLD Tel Aviv Summit.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the giants of the industry!

24 October, 18:30-20:30, Hangar 1, Jaffa Port

This is one of the events of DLD Tel Aviv Festival. Registration to this event will not enable you access to DLD Tel Aviv Summit.

Registration to DLD Tel Aviv Summit is separate and can be made only if you received a personal invitation or received approval after submitting an application through the registration page at http://www.dldtelaviv.com/

* Innovation Zone
You are also invited to visit the Innovation Zone, where Makers and Hackers are showing what they created,
before the event, entry is free and doesn’t require registration.

* Bring some snacks and drinks to share with others.
* Admission is free, registration is required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc

In our series, “Meet the Industry Leaders”, the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event
On Monday, October 8, 20:30 p.m., hear and meet:
Rene’ Obermann - Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG

GarageGeeks
Monday, October 8, 20:30 PM
40 Hapeled St., Holon, Israel

* Admission is free, no pre-registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/

GarageGeeks & Yossi Vardi hosting Brainstorm with Google

If you’re an Israeli start-up and you want to brainstorm with 53 of Google most talented young marketeers this is your chance.
Fill in this form and you’ll get invited to a unique event and a chance to sit down with top Googlers about your marketing strategy.

The invitation is free - registration is required.
please register at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEtXeDFPOHpHc3hQNXo2V29ocjNYeXc6MQ#gid=0

GarageGeeks
Sunday, August 26, 18:30 PM
40 Hapeled St., Holon, Israel

* Admission is free, pre-registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/

In our series, “Meet the Industry Leaders”, the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event
On Tuesday, July 31, 20:30 p.m., hear and meet:
Megan Smith - Vice President Google, and the former CEO of Planet Out.
Kara Swisher - Founder and co-executive editor of All Things Digital, Wall Street Jounal.

GarageGeeks
Tuesday, July 31, 20:30 PM
40 Hapeled St., Holon, Israel

* Admission is free, no pre-registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc

In our series, “Meet the Industry Leaders,” the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event. On Tuesday, July 17, 20:30 p.m., hear and meet William J. Ruckelshaus, President and Chief Executive Officer of Blucora, and Mike Glover, Vice President of Business Development of InfoSpace.

Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington in the U.S., InfoSpace is a leading provider of white label search and monetization solutions. With a network of more than 100 web publishers globally, InfoSpace offers search solutions as a proven means to monetize audiences via a search-based advertising revenue stream. InfoSpace’s proprietary technology selects from the leading search engines, including Bing, Google, Yahoo! and Yandex, then aggregates, filters and prioritizes the results to provide a comprehensive and partner-branded search experience. Founded in 1996, InfoSpace also operates its own branded search sites, including Dogpile®, MetaCrawler® and WebCrawler®. InfoSpace is a business unit of Blucora, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOR), a provider of industry-leading, online solutions for consumers and business partners. Learn more about InfoSpace at http://partner.infospace.com/ and www.Blucora.com.

GarageGeeks
40 Hapeled St., Holon, Israel
Tuesday, July 17, 20:30 pm

* Admission is free, no pre-registration required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc

You are invited to a special pre-KinnerNet 2012 GarageGeeks party.
This time we have invited KinnerNet participants from Israel and aboard to join us.

In GarageGeeks fashion, we will have beer and light snacks on the event, but only if you bring some with you.

Tuesday, 8 May 19:30
GarageGeeks HQ
HaPeled 40, Holon

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc/
* Photo credit: Ron Shoshani (”Ronsho“) www.facebook.com/ronsho