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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.
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- Investors, VCs, Seed & Angel Investors
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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!
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Atul Padha, Niki Gastinel and Sunil Bhaskaran
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25% OFF: 2 Hours to Freedom: From Ticket to Tested Pull Request with Claude Code
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Our Meetup members get 25% OFF with Code IDEATOIPOIn order to attend, please register here:
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Claude Code is powerful, but most engineers don't know how to integrate it into their actual workflow. They try it once, get confused about context, or end up reviewing poorly-scoped changes. The result: they revert to manual coding because the friction isn't worth the speed gain.
The Session
This is a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to use Claude Code as a workflow tool—not a replacement for your judgment. You'll work through real scenarios: exploring unfamiliar codebases, turning feature requests into implementation plans, drafting code and tests, and knowing when Claude Code is worth using versus when you need to steer.
You'll Learn- How to set up Claude Code and give it the context it needs to be useful
- How to explore an unfamiliar repository without losing oversight
- How to turn a feature request or bug into a working implementation plan
- How to review AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability
- Which tasks are high-leverage for Claude Code and which require caution
- Prompt patterns that fit into existing Git, code-review, and CI/CD workflows
Who This Is For
- Software engineers and developers looking to improve day-to-day workflow
- Engineering managers and technical leads evaluating Claude Code for teams
- Data, platform, DevOps, and QA engineers
- Technical product managers who work closely with codebases
- Career-transitioning professionals with foundational coding experience
Prerequisites
- Comfort using a terminal and Git
- Familiarity with at least one programming language
- A laptop with a development environment installed
- Optional: a personal practice repository to work in
Format
90 minutes of interactive instruction with hands-on exercises. An optional 30-minute extended lab or Q&A follows for those who want deeper practice or discussion.1 attendeePitch to Investor Panel
Menlo College, 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, CA 94027, USA, Atherton, CA, USThis event is organized in collaboration with many groups.
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Pitch to Investor Panel Tickets, Monday, September 14 • 6 PM - 9 PM | Eventbrite
Take advantage of early responder pricing!
Hurry! Slots are limited!
A panel of investors will discuss the latest trends in startup funding and outline what they invest in and what they are looking for in a startup.
Pre-selected entrepreneurs will then pitch to the panel, followed by questions and feedback from the panel.
The pitch format is:
Two minutes, no slides, followed by four minutes of Q & A / feedback from the panel.There are also slots for the lightning pitch round - one minute pitch, no slides, no feedback from the panel.
Audience members (even those who are not pitching) will benefit from the insights offered by the investor panelists and will learn more about the Silicon Valley startup investment ecosystem.
All attendees will have an opportunity to interact with investor panelists during the networking portions of the event before and after the program.
Agenda
6:00 PM to 7:00 pm Check In, Food, Networking
7:00 pm to 8:40 pm Program
8:40 pm to 9:00 pm NetworkingPanelists:
(More panelists TBA.)Keshia Theobald-van Gent, Partner, BDEV Ventures
Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures
Jordan Wahbeh, Managing Partner, SV Venture Group
Shawn Trabanino, Venture Partner, Berkeley Ventures
If you would like to pitch to the investor panel in the official pitch line up, send an email message to:
pitchanddemo@gmail.com
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Th 9/14/26 Elevator Pitches - Pitch Applicant
Additionally, there will be startup demo tables and tables for startup service providers.
If you would like space on a startup demo table, or if you are a startup service provider and would like a sponsor table, please send an email message to:
siliconvalleysponsor@gmail.com
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M 9/14/26 Pitch Event - Tabler
3 attendeesMeet New People! Saturday Night Networking!
Panera Bread, 20807 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Cupertino, CA, USThis event is in Cupertino:
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20807 Stevens Creek Blvd. #100
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Network, socialize and connect!
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Attendees must purchase their own liquid refreshments and food.
There's no content or speaker at this event -- just business and social networking.
Build your business and social network - face to face! (in-person)
Come out and enjoy a great evening of good food, liquid refreshments, and connecting.
You may meet your next business collaborator, client, employer, employee, friend, or tennis partner!
Getting away from a screen for a few hours will do you some good!
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Meet Silicon Valley movers and shakers - Internet entrepreneurs, developers, engineers, mobile app coders, attorneys, bloggers, academics, financiers, marketing professionals, community organizers and investors.
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1 attendeeFrom Expert to Builder: Using AI to Turn Your Knowledge Into Products
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You don't need to abandon your expertise to build AI-powered products. The best leverage comes from taking what you already know—your judgment, your relationships, your domain experience—and using AI to turn your recurring problems into products others will pay for.
In this session, Scott Simson (AI Marketing World, AI Mavericks) walks through a framework that's already working for professionals and entrepreneurs: Protect your expertise, Automate the friction, Multiply by packaging solutions for others.
You'll Learn- How to identify what's defensible about your expertise (your "moat") in an AI world
- Where vibe coding fits: describing what you want in plain language, iterating with AI, and letting the system handle the implementation
- A repeatable path from identifying a friction point in your work to building a product others have the same problem with
- Real examples: marketers building custom tools, operators automating internal workflows, SEO experts turning expertise into software
Who This Is For
- Job seekers and professionals who think "I'm not technical, so I can't build"
- Experienced operators looking to create career optionality or side leverage
- Anyone with domain expertise who's hit the barrier of "I need a developer to build this"
Who This Isn't For
- People looking for a live coding walkthrough or technical deep-dive
- Developers seeking advanced AI engineering content
Format
This is a conversation and framework session, not a live coding walkthrough. Scott will walk through the mindset and structure, share how professionals are using this approach, and answer your questions—but you won't see an application being built in real-time. Bring your thinking, not your laptop.
What Happens Next
At the end, you'll be invited to join AI Mavericks—a community of professionals and builders who are shipping products this way, sharing what works, and thinking about AI as a career tool, not a replacement skill.About Scott Simson
Scott Simson is the founder of AI Marketing World, a leading event and education platform focused on practical AI adoption for marketers, operators, and builders.
Scott works at the intersection of AI, marketing, and product experimentation, helping professionals understand how to apply emerging tools without getting lost in hype or unnecessary complexity. His work emphasizes real-world use cases—how AI actually gets implemented inside workflows, teams, and early-stage products.
He is particularly known for translating fast-moving AI trends into accessible frameworks that non-technical audiences can use to build, test, and ship ideas quickly. Scott has been featured on ABC, NBC News, Fox, and in many other publications.
Connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsimson/.1 attendee
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