HackerNest Toronto February Tech Social | CONSTRUCT hackathon team matching!

Drinks on us. HackerNest Tech Socials (http://hackernest.com/cities/) are a fun, relaxed way to connect with your local tech brethren. Atmosphere: chill, friendly, unpretentious, agenda-free (no sales pitch, yo), and brimming with UltraSmart(TM) people.

This one's special. It's still a Tech Social, but folks participating in the HackerNest Construct hackathon on Feb 22-23 (http://hackernest.com/construct) will have an opportunity to find a team at this event.

(Come even if you're already in one -- because one lucky participant will win FREE HACKAMATHON entry for their ENTIRE team!)

99.8% sure we're Canada's largest hardware-focused hackathon.

Rough structure:

• 8pm: show up
• 9pm: thank sponsors
• 920: team matchification!

How it'll go down:

1. fill out idea/device/name/email spreadsheet, get a number
2. get 60 secs to pitch then line up against the wall (in order)
   (IMPORTANT: talking during pitches probably gets you booted as per our no douchebag policy)
3. brief recap
4. find a team in the ensuing chaos!

Want in on the hackathon? Register here: http://hackernest.com/construct

~ HNC NEO SPONSOR ~

Klick Health (http://www.klick.com/health): The agency of the future.

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~ HNC TRINITY SPONSORS ~

Yellow API: The goto resource for location based applications.

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Mandrill (http://www.mandrill.com/): The fastest way to deliver email.

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SendGrid (http://sendgrid.com/): Email Delivery. Simplified.

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SoftLayer (http://www.softlayer.com/): Build the future.

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Digital Media Zone (http://digitalmediazone.ryerson.ca/): A different kind of business incubator.

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Datawind (http://www.datawind.com/): Making tech accessible for 3 billion more people.

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GitHub: (http://github.com/) Build software better, together.

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Intelligent Headset (http://intelligentheadset.com/developer): World's first 3D audio headset.

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~ HNC AGENT SMITH SPONSORS ~

Digital Ocean: Simple cloud hosting built for developers.

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PUSH: (http://pushstrength.com/) Strength in numbers.

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Frank & Oak: (http://frankandoak.com/) menswear online.

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Kiwi: (http://kiwiwearables.com/) Wearable Tech.

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OUYA: (http://ouya.tv/) The gift that keeps on gaming.

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car2go: (http://car2go.com/)Get from A to B in a snazzy ride while saving money AND the environment.

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Tech Social Sponsors:

Kaboom Technologies (http://kaboomtech.com/): web and mobile development experts - always hiring talented talent!

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GuruLink (http://gurulink.ca/): devastatingly effective recruiters that will do absolute wonders for your tech team

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OANDA (http://oanda.com/): providing Forex trading and currency information to everyone

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Tech Social Venue:

Extreme Startups: (http://extremestartups.com/) Canada's premier startup accelerator

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Wanna show off your office? We're always looking for big open spaces with 200+ (standing room) capacity that are easily accessible.

About Us:

HackerNest (http://hackernest.com/) is a nonprofit community movement focused on building supportive Silicon Valley like tech communities in every city - strengthening local tech ecosystems globally through unpretentious social events and hackathons (http://hackernest.com/construct/). We’re nurturing cohesive communities (http://hackernest.com/cities/) today to empower them with more relevant and accessible peer-based tech education tomorrow. How? We do this by cramming lots of smart, accomplished people into a room with free beer. Our relaxed, down-to-earth Tech Socials (http://hackernest.com/cities/) became Canada’s largest tech meetups in year 1 (now we're in multiple cities). Our membership - diverse and highly technical. Developers, designers, engineers, social media/business folk, entrepreneurs, investors, etc. gather regularly to socialize, talk tech, maybe hear a speaker, and meet future co-founders, employees, funders, and friends.

Strict no-douchebag policy (http://hackernest.com/faqs/for-attendees/).