Silicon Valley Startup Founders & Investors Meetup

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About us

We are a community of Silicon Valley professionals involved in technology who support each other in upgrading our knowledge and skills as well as in developing great connections through our networking.

The following groups of people tend to attend our events:

- Investors, VCs, Seed & Angel Investors
- Entrepreneurs & Startup Founders
- Business & Tech Professionals

If you have an interest in the topic, please do not hesitate to join. Thank you.

We do our best to maintain a friendly but intentional environment in our events to foster good and meaningful connections for all who attend and participate.

We host the following types of events:

1. Educational events to upgrade skills and knowledge.

2. Educational events to expose new technologies and innovation.

3. Investor events to help you get introduced to investors.

4. Networking events to connect with others in the field and potential collaborators or mentors.

5. Social events to enjoy and connect in surprising and good ways.

6. And much more!

Please join our group asap.

Atul Padha, Niki Gastinel and Sunil Bhaskaran

Upcoming events

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50 PERCENT OFF! Games and Investment Salon
Wed, Mar 11 · 17:00 PDT
1100 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA, US
This event is organized by XG Capital Strategies.

Our meetup group is collaborating by promoting this event.

In order to attend, please register here:

Games and Investment Salon Registration, Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite

Our meetup members get 50 PERCENT OFF!

Use promo code:

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Join us in person to chat about gaming startups and investment tips at the Games and Investment Salon!

This is a curated, high-signal salon during GDC Week designed to connect investors, senior operators, studio leaders, platform builders, and select creators in a relationship-first environment.

This is a GDC Week satellite event, complementary to the conference and independently produced, built for people who want real conversations, not crowded mixers or pitch-stage theatrics.

## Who Should Attend

Investors
- Exploring games and the broader creator / attention economy
- Seeking early visibility into disciplined teams and studios with real market fit
- Interested in why games are increasingly investable using SaaS-like operating models
Operators & Builders
- Senior studio leaders and platform operators
- Founders building scalable, live-ops–driven products
- Infrastructure and tooling leaders shaping the ecosystem
Select Creators
- Creators with meaningful audience scale or ecosystem gravity
- Those able to speak to the business realities of attention, IP, and durability at scale
Attendance is intentionally constrained to preserve signal quality.

## What Makes This Event Different

This event is designed around structured dialogue, not performance.
The evening includes:
- A featured executive panel to anchor the room with operator-led insight
- A salon-style reception built for real conversation (not crowded networking)
- Intentional curation to ensure meaningful alignment between attendees
Rather than maximizing volume or exposure, the event is designed to function as a live intelligence environment: helping participants compare perspectives, test conviction, and surface where real interest and insight concentrate.
The panel exists to ground investor understanding of the creator and attention economy in operational reality, using games as the clearest bridge between creative industries and Silicon Valley capital.

## Agenda

5:00 – 6:00 PM
Check-in, networking & Creative Ventures Exhibition (See Below)
6:00 – 6:45 PM
Executive Games Panel
(Senior operators discussing scale, live operations, and why games are increasingly investable)
6:45 – 8:30 PM
Networking & Creative Ventures Exhibition
8:30 PM
Wind down
1 attendee
How to Recession-Proof Your Job Search in 2026
Wed, Mar 11 · 18:00 PDT
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Online
Online
There are many groups promoting this event.
Our meetup group is participating by promoting this event.
This event is organized by Albert's List.
This is an online event.
Attendees can be located anywhere in the world!
This event is FREE to attend.
In order to attend, please register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-recession-proof-your-job-search-in-2026-tickets-1983049796323?aff=ideatoipo

## “I’ve applied to 80 jobs. I’ve heard back from… one.”

You hear this more than ever now.From your smartest friends. From former top performers. Maybe even from yourself.
The market has changed. AI rewrote the rules. Recruiters are overwhelmed. Hiring managers are cautious. And job seekers? They’re exhausted, especially after a 2025 that saw only 181,000 jobs added in the United States and beyond.
If that’s you, you’re not broken. You just need a reset to get back in the game.

## You’re One Insight Away From Momentum.

Join us for a free, live webinar that’s already helped thousands of professionals flip the script, beat the odds, and take back control of their job search in 2026.

##
![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f3af/32.png)
What You’ll Learn:
- The #1 mistake that makes even qualified people invisible
- How to stand out in a sea of sameness—even without a fancy resume
- The 3 job search shifts that unlock offers in weeks (not months)
- The system that supports this shift and why repeated use leads to success.
- Why confidence, clarity, and connections now matter more than anything else
## This is For:

![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714_fe0f/32.png)
Laid off? Feeling lost? Ghosted again? This is for you.

![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714_fe0f/32.png)
Switching careers and overwhelmed? We’ll walk you through it.

![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/2714_fe0f/32.png)
Just tired of wasting time with no results? Let’s change that.

##
![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f4a5/32.png)
BONUS:

All attendees get an exclusive invite to 6 Weeks to Success: Spring 2026 Job Search Bootcamp, with insider coaching from recruiters, hiring managers, and branding experts. You’ll get access before we open it to the public.

### This is the turning point.

No more wondering. No more spinning. No more ghosting.
Sign up now. The next version of your career starts here.
1 attendee
2 Hours to Freedom: Build a Job Hunt AI Agent
Thu, Mar 12 · 14:00 PDT
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Online
Online
AI agents are an emerging way to automate parts of your job search, from sourcing roles to drafting outreach, so you spend less time grinding and more time in real conversations.
In this beta, hands‑on workshop, you’ll follow a guided build to assemble a prototype “Job Search Copilot” using Cursor. Rather than promising a polished, one‑click agent, we’ll focus on helping you understand the building blocks: structuring prompts and tasks, wiring simple workflows, and tailoring behaviors for your role or niche.
Because tools and setups vary, not every participant will leave with a perfectly running agent in their own environment. Instead, you’ll leave with:

A concrete mental model of how AI agents support a job search.

A copy of the instructor’s working example project you can study and reuse.

Templates, code snippets, and a step‑by‑step guide you can revisit after the session to get your own version fully working.

No prior technical experience is required, but you should be comfortable installing software and copying commands. If you hit environment issues during the live session, we’ll provide ways to follow along using prepared checkpoints so you can still absorb the patterns and process.
This session will be recorded. All registrants receive:

The recording.

Links to the example project.

Written setup instructions and troubleshooting tips.

Whether you’re a jobseeker, career coach, or a professional curious about operationalizing AI in your workflow, this workshop is designed to give you a realistic, experiment‑ready starting point, not a finished product.

## What you’ll walk away with

A reusable blueprint for building simple AI agents with modern tools.

A prototype “Job Search Copilot” project (or access to a working example) you can refine after the workshop.

Practical patterns you can extend to other use cases beyond job hunting.

Finally, this session will be recorded. If you sign up and cannot make it, a recording will be sent to you.

Thanks,
1 attendee
3 Secrets to Getting Unstuck In Your 2026 Job Search
Fri, Mar 13 · 12:00 PDT
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Online
Online
There are many groups promoting this event.

Our meetup group is participating by promoting this event.

This event is organized by Albert's List.

This is an online event.

Attendees can be located anywhere in the world!

This event is FREE to attend.

In order to attend, please register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-secrets-to-getting-unstuck-in-your-2026-job-search-tickets-1984696274985?aff=ideatoipo

## “I’ve applied to 80 jobs. I’ve heard back from… one.”

You hear this more than ever now.

From your smartest friends. From former top performers. Maybe even from yourself.

The market has changed.

AI rewrote the rules.

Recruiters are overwhelmed.

Hiring managers are cautious.

And job seekers?

They’re exhausted.

If that’s you, you’re not broken.

You just need a reset to get back in the game.

## You’re One Insight Away From Momentum.

Join us for a free, live webinar that’s already helped thousands of professionals flip the script, beat the odds, and take back control of their job search in 2026.

##
![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/17.0/1f3af/32.png)
What You’ll Learn:
- The #1 mistake that makes even qualified people invisible
- How to stand out in a sea of sameness—even without a fancy resume
- The 3 job search shifts that unlock offers in weeks (not months)
- Why confidence, clarity, and connections now matter more than anything else
## This is For:

![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/17.0/2714_fe0f/32.png)
Laid off? Feeling lost? Ghosted again? This is for you.

![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/17.0/2714_fe0f/32.png)
Switching careers and overwhelmed? We’ll walk you through it.

![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/17.0/2714_fe0f/32.png)
Just tired of wasting time with no results? Let’s change that.

##
![img](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/17.0/1f4a5/32.png)
BONUS:

All attendees get an exclusive invite to the 6-Week Winter 2026 Job Search Bootcamp, with insider coaching from recruiters, hiring managers, and branding experts.

### This is the turning point.

No more wondering. No more spinning. No more ghosting.
Sign up now. The next version of your career starts here.

ABOUT ALBERT QIAN
Albert is the founder of Albert's List, a job search and side hustle community with over 50,000 members focused on building career skills. He founded the community in 2013 after struggling to start his career and others do the same. In addition to running Albert's List, Albert is a product marketing manager and real estate investor. Connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertqian.
1 attendee