GarageGeeks Blog

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

Tim Armstrong, CEO and Chairman of AOL

The event will take place on
Thursday, June 20, 20:30 at “The Library”
Migdal Shalom, 9 Ahad Ha’am, 7 floor, Western Wing
Tel Aviv-Yafo

http://www.thelibrary.co.il
https://www.facebook.com/TheLibraryTelAviv

The entrance is from the gate of the building which is next to the ampm supermarket at the continuation of herzel street corner of montefiori

* Admission is free.

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft, Initial Capital and Plus Ventures.

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

Important: This event is free but requires registration. Please register here:http://goo.gl/Cm6KY

In our series, “Meet the Industry Leaders”, the GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to a special garage event

On Monday, May 13, 20:30 p.m., hear and meet:

Guy Oseary & Ashton Kutcher

The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo
Monday, May 13, 20:30 PM


For more details and directions follow the facebook event page
https://www.facebook.com/events/260567020755975

The GarageGeeks Team

* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft, Initial Capital and Plus Ventures

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 CrowdFunding session with Amy Lesnick, Head of Social Innovation at Indiegogo.

Are you a tech founder with a dream? Are you a social entrepreneur with a bold vision for social change? If so, then you are well aware that what often stands between a great innovative idea and its execution is financing!

With greater and greater frequency, crowdfunding has been filling the money gap. Beyond the dollar, crowdfunding has enabled start-ups to demonstrate a market for their products, gain valuable rapid customer feedback, cultivate customer advocates, and increase awareness for their brand and offering. On the Social innovation front, crowdfunding empowers individuals around the world to participate in something bigger than themselves and take ownership in the projects they believe in.

* Indiegogo is the largest global open crowdfunding platform, empowering anyone, anywhere, anytime, to raise funds for any idea. Since launching in January 2008, Indiegogo has enabled campaign owners to launch campaigns from every country around the world. With millions of dollars distributed globally each week, Indiegogo is democratizing the way the world raises funds for any project - creative, cause-related or entrepreneurial.

* Amy has over 15 years experience in leading/scaling/advising early stage high growth ventures. Her background includes McKinsey & Co., early Netscape and executive roles at a variety of tech start ups. More recently, Amy was the CEO of Full Circle Fund, an instructor at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and an advisor at Stanford’s StartX Accelerator. She is especially passionate about the intersection of technology and social change. She was named by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the “Bay Area’s Most Influential Women” in 2008, 2009, and to the “Forever Influential” hall of fame in 2010

The event will take place on:
Tuesday, March 5th, 20:00
GarageGeeks HQ,
HaPeled 40, Holon

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

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/

You are invited you to a special session with Nathan Blecharczyk, CTO & Co-Founder of Airbnb.

Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences, at any price point, in more than 26,000 cities and 192 countries. And with world-class customer service and a growing community of users, Airbnb is the easiest way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions.

The event will take place on:
Tuesday, September 4th, 20:30
GarageGeeks HQ,
HaPeled 40, Holon

*  Bring some snacks and drinks to share with others.
* Admission is free, registration is not required.
* GarageGeeks is sponsored by Microsoft and Initial Capital http://www.initial.vc