NJ Tech Meetup 35 (Hoboken) w/ Brad Feld

Feature Speaker: Brad Feld (bio below)

Topic: The Boulder Thesis: Four Principles for Startup Communities. How communities attract and support innovative startups is a hot question in today’s economic climate – and Brad Feld has some answers. In his new book, Startup Communities, the cofounder of Foundry Group and TechStars boils down 20 years of experience working with entrepreneurs and building a vibrant startup ecosystem into four essentials that will work anywhere in the world.

Schedule:

6:45 (sharp!) - 7:15: Speed Networking
7:15-8: Welcome/Startups present
8-9: Feature speaker/q&a
9+: Closing remarks/head to Trinity (local bar) with food/drink specials ($3 draughts, $5 pizza/wings)

Startups:
Sociiapp (http://www.sociiapp.com/)

Oventio (http://www.oventio.com/)

StudentLoanHero (https://studentloanhero.com/)

update from: sparkrelief.org (http://sparkrelief.org/)

apply to pitch your co at a future NJTM (http://www.bit.ly/HTMstartup).

Stevens students/faculty free (Stevens students/faculty RSVP here (http://www.bit.ly/NJTechStevens))Why is there a fee to attend?

More on Brad Feld: Brad is one of the managing directors at Foundry Group, a venture capital firm that invests in early stage software / Internet companies throughout the United States. He is also the co-founder of TechStars, a mentor-driven accelerator, author of several books and blogs, and a marathon runner. More at www.feld.com (http://www.feld.com/)