Events Calendar

Monday, October 18th

The Silicon Valley iOS Developers’ Meetup - iUX Night
7:00 PM (PT)
Cost: FREE
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Wednesday, September 1st

Silicon Valley Referral Group Breakfast
7:30 AM (PT)
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Tuesday, August 31st

appMobi iPhone, iPad and Android Developers Meetup
5:30 PM (PT)
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Thursday, August 19th

Chamber of Commerce Mountain View
Lunch: How to get your idea funded!
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (PT)
Cost: $20/Chamber Members and $30/Non-Chamber Members
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Wednesday, August 18th

The Silicon Valley Product Group and Marty Cagan
Built to Learn: Helping Startups Rapidly Discover Product/Market Fit
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (PT)
Cost: FREE
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Monday, August 16th

The Silicon Valley iPhone and iPad Developer’s Meetup - Demo Night
6:30 PM - 8:30PM (PT)
Cost: FREE
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The News - June 23rd Edition

“The News” is an ongoing update on our tenants and all things having to do with The Office of Silicon Valley.

Westminster Promotions
The creative people of Westminster Promotions, have recently launched a website for their client, Randle Communications here. Randle Communications is a public communications/public affairs firm located in Sacramento.

Silicon Valley Product Group
The original inspiration for The Office and now resident adviser, Marty Cagan of SVPG is at it again with his insightful industry newsletter/blog. His latest post is entitled “The Rapid Response Team”. Read more about it here.

High Five Labs
Amazing table tennis player and founder of High Five Labs, Kerin Bellubbi, is happy to announce that the mobile app — “HoneyDo” is the App Store’s first shareable to-do application! You can read the press release here and make sure you check out the HoneyDo web page! You can also learn more by checking out the latest HoneyDo review on the Daily App Show in this video:

Space Machine
Last but not least, we would like to welcome our third tenant — Space Machine. Space Machine creates personalized in-car navigational experiences via an assortment of products, services and partnerships.

"Co-working Spaces: Building a Startup Community"

Interesting article from Audrey Watters of Read Write Web that touches on the reasons why “Co-working Spaces” are becoming popular. Here’s a quote:

Co-working, sharing a workspace with others, has become an important way for startups to learn, collaborate, and thrive. Co-working can address two of the major problems startups face: a lack of expertise and a lack of funds. The benefit of having these spaces, the panelists argued, isn’t merely the cost savings on space and equipment rental. Co-working allows startups the opportunity to interact with others who are experiencing the same or similar struggles and who might have bring different expertise and insight to offer.

Read Full Article Here

The type of office space we have available here in Sunnyvale is exactly what they are describing. We hope that we can foster the type of environment the article describes for start-ups to succeed.

The Office of Silicon Valley Featured in the SVPG Newsletter

The Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG) has featured The Office of Silicon Valley in their newsletter. Here are some excerpts from product guru, Marty Cagan:

Early stage startups literally live or die by their ability to discover a viable product (what others call “product/market fit”).  At the earliest stage, the typical startup is usually run right from the founder’s living room or garage or meeting at Starbucks.  However, at a certain point, usually when they get a little seed or angel funding, they decide they’re ready to get their first office space.

But first-time entrepreneurs especially are usually surprised at the cost in terms of time and expense to acquire and provision an office – most want you to negotiate a long-term lease, maybe you even have to pay to build out some walls or cubes. Once you have the space, then you need to buy a bunch of office furniture, set up your IT infrastructure – networks, servers, printers, etc.  All this costs money that most startups could be putting to much better use.

Read Marty’s full blog entry at:
http://svpg.com/the-office-of-silicon-valley/

SVPG has agreed to offer their expertise to the tenants of The Office as part of the mentoring that our advisory team provides. Visit SVPG at http://svpg.com/ to learn more about their services and to sign up for their FREE newsletter on all phases of product development.

Beer Bust / Open House May 26th

Come by to see our awesome new space and meet some of our advisors over a beer and bbq. You don’t want to miss this!

When:
Wednesday, May 26th
5pm - 7pm

Where:
The Office of Silicon Valley
955 Benecia Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

RSVP today!

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