Hacker News Meetup 43

Our first speaker has advised Elon Musk and started 5 VC backed companies, our second speaker is the president of a company enabling a fifth of all K-12 kids in the US to learn code; Code.org. Pretty cool huh? 🙂

Free Parking in the QFC parking garage below our hosting space Atlas Workbase: http://bit.ly/atlas-parking

Speakers

Alice Steinglass, Code.org President and former VP of Engineering.

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Code.org is at the forefront of enabling and adding accessibility to computer science education in K-12, building a learning platform and curriculum used by tens of millions of students and teachers in dozens of countries (9M of which are girls in the US). And 10% of the world's student population has tried their Hour of Code program.

Joe Snell

Our second speaker is a past adviser to Elon Musk, Mark Cuban and others (he's an awesome mentor)... Joe has founded five VC backed companies and raised $58 million, with returns of over $640 million. Baller. 🦄

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Sponsors & Prizes

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Redfin's mission is to redefine real estate in the customer’s favor. From the technology we build to the brokerage services we provide, every Redfinnian plays a part. They're hiring: http://bit.ly/redfin-careers

Logo Unlimited (http://bit.ly/hn-43-meetup-pg-main-sponsor-logo-unlimited)

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Logo Unlimited specializes in producing customized promotional and corporate apparel in Kirkland and the Greater Seattle Area. They’re also one of if not the only shop on the west coast doing laser etching on apparel. ✨

Atlas Workbase (http://bit.ly/hn-43-meetup-pg-main-sponsor-atlas)

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Atlas Workbase is hosting us in their awesome co-working space, and contributing to food. :)

Rover.com (http://bit.ly/hn-43-mn-pg-sponsor-rover)

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Rover believes everyone should be able to experience the unconditional love of a dog. 🐶

We reached out to Rover based on their strong employee reviews on Glassdoor, and their clear company mission of making the lives of humans and dogs better.

They're also hiring: http://bit.ly/rover-careers (http://bit.ly/rover-careers)

+Prizes and Group

We'll be giving away 2 GeekWire Gala tickets, and have a Facebook group (http://bit.ly/hacker-news-seattle-fb-group). :)

Schedule

5:30 Doors open

6:30 Presentations start

~7:30 Prize giveaway

8:30 Meetup ends