This month for our monthly meeting serial entrepreneur Jorden Woods will be stopping by to give us an Insider’s Guide to Fundraising in the Silicon Valley. This will be an especially good talk for those game and app entrepreneurs founding and fundraising or thinking of doing so.
Jorden is a successful Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur who has founded and led 3 high tech-focused companies over the last 15 years. As CEO and founder of his own startups, Jorden has raised over $48 million from Silicon Valley and global VCs and Angels, generated millions in revenue, and expanded his companies both nationally and internationally. Jorden has also advised dozens of startups helping them raise over $10 million in investment as well as drive millions of dollars in new revenue from existing customers and new channels. He has extensive experience in the mobile, Web, globalization, and online video gaming spaces and has developed significant networks in these areas.
Jorden Woods is currently President & Co-founder at Silicon Valley Fundraising and President, Managing Partner and Founder at Paradigms Consulting Group.
Come listen, say hello, talk games and munch April 7. Location: Garden Room, Coco’s at 7:30pm 1206 Oakmead Pkwy, Sunnyvale, California Details Here
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SV IGDA Game Technology and Career Night at Google
March 16 6:30PM
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Greetings Game and Technology People! Wednesday March 16, the Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Game Developers Association is proud to present a night of new game and application related Technologies, Tools, Platforms and Game Demos lead off by a talk by Google Game Developer Liason Ian Ni-Lewis. But that is not all! We will also have a few things good for the soul and your career — a talk from the Game Industries premier connector Career Visionary Mary-Margaret Walker.
After the talks much of the evening will be devoted to interactive time at tables where you can chat directly with some of the game industries leading established and new and upcoming companies. Companies are here to show their latest tools, game demos and technologies for you to test drive. Some are also looking for potential team members.
Who Is this event for? — Game industry professionals and technology professionals (web clients/server and mobile and console developers). If you are interested in looking at new technologies, platforms and talking directly to companies developing and in some cases looking for new team members then this event is crafted for you.
Speakers:
Ian Ni-Lewis, Developer Advocate for Games at Google. From client platforms such as Android, Google TV, and Chrome, to services like App Engine andYouTube,Google technology enables hundreds of titles each year. Ian will talk about these platforms and about the directions Google would like to take gaming in the future.
Mary-Margaret Walker: CEO Mary-Margaret Network. If there was ever a hub of information about the game industry it would be Mary-Margaret Walker. She will be here tonight gracing us with her wisdom and accumulated deep experience in game industry careers. Her topic is career enlightenment, useful for any time of life and experience. There will be time for all important Q&A with Mary-Margaret.
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Hi All this Thursday we have a guest speaker gamely presenting a demo of a game ideas in progress
Ever an avid gamer, Charles Kiptin enjoys making games to challenge his fellow gamers. Now with the newly founded Decision Point Games, his degrees in English Literature and Computer Science serve him well in his dual role as game designer and programmer.
Decision Point Games was founded on the idea that the best games provide players with interesting choices. Those choices and decisions found in a game are ultimately determined by the players. The plan is to make great games. And for that we need great players — players like you. With this in mind, we’ll explore the nature of games and the process that keeps us playing them. And just as every player is unique, so is every game.
Come and join us Thursday Feb 10 at Coco’s in Mountain View.
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Coco’s
1206 Oakmead Pkwy, Sunnyvale, California (408) 736-2895 ()
We are in the Garden Room
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The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world’s largest game jam event occurring annually in late January. GGJ brings together thousands of game enthusiasts participating through many local jams around the world. GGJ is a project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).
Cogswell College Hosting 2011 Silicon Valley Global Game Jam –The 2011 Global Game Jam – slated from January 28 to 30, 2011 – brings together thousands of game jam enthusiasts from all over the world. Each year the number of participating countries grows as does the number of sites available to participants. The College is pleased to once again be one of the Bay Area hosts for this exciting event. The Global Game Jam begins at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and ends at 3:00p.m. on Sunday. Go To Cogwell’s website to get more info if you would like to attend.
Here’s the link to register for the Global Game Jam 2011 hosted at Cogswell:
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Hi All,
Come and join us at the new Coco’s location Thursday Jan 13th at Coco’s in Mountain View. Good news we have both a projector and screen available now, Santa was kind, and we want your input on speakers and general game talk fun and ideas for GDC parties. P.S. We will also talk about the larger upcoming Google event. Have some fun and share your ideas in our new location.
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Coco’s
1206 Oakmead Pkwy, Sunnyvale, California (408) 736-2895 ()
We are in the Garden Room
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Hi All, here are current confirmed venue dates for upcoming events. We are also looking at adding a couple special events with our friends at Cogswell as well as helping with the GDC IGDA party so this list will grow a bit. Contact Ann for speaker interest, either casual and small or large and more formal event.
Next large Event: March 16 at Google
Shared Large Events: GDC Party in March
TBD: Cogswell event
Ongoing Monthly Meetings, small friendly events with speakers:
Dates 2011:
January 13 (planning this year speakers)
Feb 10
March 10 cancelled due to google event on March 16
April 7
May 12
June 9
July 14
Aug 11
Sept 8
Oct 13
Nov 10
Dec 8
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Coco’s
1206 Oakmead Pkwy, Sunnyvale, California (408) 736-2895 ()
We are in the Garden Room
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Here’s an update on upcoming dates.
First of all we are confirmed for Wednesday March 16 at Google for a larger game speaker and game demo night event so please put down that date and if you are interested in speaking to a large game event crowd please contact.
Secondly for our smaller more casual monthly meetings the date for the first meeting at Coco’s has changed and been confirmed starting Thursday January 13 at 7:30. More info, reminders and directions will be posted and forthcoming. This is our first time with a monthly at this venue which will provide us room to expand and have speakers. Expect things to be “in training”, we don’t have a screen for speakers yet (am going to be checking Craig’s list for a cheap one) and will be figuring out set up, but hey no excuse not to get started, potential is there. We are also now on the Coco’s calendar for 2011 monthly meeting on every third Wednesday of the month if we decide to stay with our monthy’s there.
Lots of fun, more info forthcoming and lot of opportunities for people and companies to present games and game tools on an ongoing basis either in small friendly or larger more splashy events. Enjoy!
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Bring your scary self. Halloween costumes or dressing up like a game dev welcome.
SV IGDA Pizza Night – October 27 at 7:30 pm
Kapps Pizza in Mountain View – Corner of Castro Street and Villa
Details here
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