Calendar
This calendar focuses on business and community events
of particular interest to Friend and Champion,
with a focus on southern Alameda County.
Life Safety and OSHA training in CPR, First Aid, Automated External Defibrillator, Evacuation Simulations for fire, earthquake or active shooter. Their programs empower companies to offer 300+ online courses or deliver BLS, ACLS or PALS classroom trainings onsite. Combined with their custom First Aid Kits and Earthquake Packs, they are proud to be the safety super hero for companies across the U.S.
Sujoy Sarkar, manager of the Chabot College community television station will discuss his work and the “many fantastic projects” prepared in his studio when the Hayward Chamber of Commerce Latino Business Roundtable meets at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 24 in the Balch Pavilion at St. Rose Hospital, 27200 Calaroga Ave. All chamber members and their guests are invited. Sujoy Sarkar leads a team at the 50-year-old station that has begun streaming on the Internet, under Ustream.tv, (search for Chabot College), with programming dedicated to the educational needs of the campus and also the serving the community.
The station has taken on a variety of local projects, such as making training videos for the police and fire departments of Hayward and Fremont. Sarkar also has plans to make high quality original films.
Let’s all join in and give a new Newark business, Aniki’s Express, a grand Newark WELCOME at their Ribbon Cutting and Official Grand Opening on Saturday, February 25th. Owner Robert Aquero has been waiting for this day to give Newark folks a taste of his wonderful sushi, poke bowls and great service!
Join Mayor Al Nagy and other City of Newark and Chamber folk – there’ll be entertainment and a taste of the finest sushi!
Aniki’s is located directly through the mall entrance at the top of the escalator on the west side!
Startup Grind Fremont – Ritika Puri – Storyhackers
Co-founded by Justin Strauss and Ritika Puri, Storyhackers is a content studio, media brand, and education company hybrid. With geo-dispersed team of 24 consultants in the U.S., U.K., and APAC, We’re best known for writing engaging copy, making complex topics fun to read about, and helping our customers make functional, conversion-optimized content. Storyhackers help various companies to increase qualified leads, improve the efficiency of their sales funnels, and boost conversion rates.
Ritika Puri is a writer turned sociologist turned somewhat-data scientist turned marketer turned storyteller. She has taught workshops and mentored for Galvanize, Lean Startup Company, Hult International Business School, 500 Startups, and Femgineer. Prior to starting Storyhackers, Ritika built strategic partnerships and business intelligence frameworks for Investopedia.com, and she co-founded a preventative health clinic in New Delhi, India. Along with co-founder, creative partner, (and husband) Justin Strauss, she is passionate about building multi-million dollar profit streams from $0 while creating a business culture of kindness for her fellow humans.
Startup Grind Fremont holds monthly meetings for startups, entrepreneurs, and VCs to share experiences, learn from each other, and create a “culture of innovation.” The monthly chapter meetings include time for networking and a fireside chat with a local CEO.
Date: March 1, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Electronics For Imaging (EFI)
Address: 6700 Dumbarton Circle
Fremont, CA 94555
It’s nearly time for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church’s annual Spaghetti Feed!
Join us from 4-8 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, for an evening of food and fun. The festivities will be held in Holland Hall at the church site, 38801 Blacow Rd., Fremont.
FOOD: Four kinds of pasta are on the menu, in addition to Caesar salad, garlic bread, and dessert that includes, of course, tiramisu.
Beer and wine will also be served, for an extra charge.
FUN: The evening’s entertainment includes a silent auction, an ongoing raffle with prizes every 15 minutes, a special kids’ zone, and proceeds benefit HTLC’s ongoing community outreach and service programs, such as George Mark House.
TICKETS:
- Prices are $15 per adult,
- $10 per child under 12,
- and kids under 3 eat free.
- Family tickets (two adults and two or more children) are $45.
Hayward Executive Airport Director to Address Latino Business Roundtable
Hayward Executive Airport Director Douglas McNeeley will be the featured presenter at the Hayward Chamber of Commerce Latino Business Roundtable when it meets at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 24 in the Balch Pavilion at St. Rose Hospital, 27200 Calaroga Ave.
A former WWII fighter base, the airport is owned by the City of Hayward and situated on 543 acres with two parallel runways accommodating 450 aircraft, from single-engine airplanes to sophisticated corporate jets. Aviation products and services are provided by 40 support companies.
The airport is self-sufficient and provides 300 jobs and more than $300 million in annual economic benefits. Community services such as emergency medical and law enforcement flights are regularly conducted from the airport.
Startup Grind Fremont – Mike Farley – Tile
Under Mike’s guidance, Tile has sustained that momentum and is now the leader in smart location, offering consumer facing products in addition to a proprietary platform that allows other brands to integrate Tile’s smart location technology.
Lets learn from his experience of brining this concept to reality. Focus would be on:
- Funding
- Team
- Product Strategy
- Market & Trends
- Scaling the company
About Mike
Mike Farley is CEO and Co-Founder of San Mateo-based smart location company, Tile. An engineer by trade, Mike developed Tile to help his wife find the many items she often misplaced. Mike was recently named a 2016 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year.
About Tile
Tile gives everything the power of smart location. Tile’s devices, network and mobile app work together to help people locate the things that matter to them most. As the world’s largest lost-and-found network, Tile’s global community spans over 200 countries and territories and helps people locate more than one million items every day. The Tile Smart Location Platform makes it possible for other companies to embed location into their own products. The company is based in San Mateo, CA and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, GGV Capital and Khosla Ventures. Tile is a top seller in retail stores and is sold online around the world.
Startup Grind Fremont holds monthly meetings for startups, entrepreneurs, and VCs to share experiences, learn from each other, and create a “culture of innovation.” The monthly chapter meetings include time for networking and a fireside chat with a local CEO.
Date: March 30, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Electronics For Imaging (EFI)
Address: 6700 Dumbarton Circle
Fremont, CA 94555
The Fremont Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present the 2017 State of the City on March 31st, from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the Marriott Fremont Silicon Valley. Mayor Lily Mei will discuss key progressions and important issues facing our City, and we will also salute our Chamber volunteers and install our new officers.
Chambers Join for Rowell Rancho Rodeo Mixer
We’ll celebrate a networking mixer from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 at the Rowell Ranch Rodeo grounds along with the Castro Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Our friends at the rodeo are chamber members and will treat us with a real cowboy experience, including food, drinks and prizes. Bring your cowboy hat and boots for this one-of-a-kind mixer.
Rowell Ranch Rodeo is located at 9275 Dublin Canyon Road, between Castro Valley and Dublin, just off Interstate 580
