Calendar
This calendar focuses on business and community events
of particular interest to Friend and Champion,
with a focus on southern Alameda County.
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
‘Grantwriting 101’ at Hayward Nonprofit Alliance
Members of the Hayward Nonprofit Alliance will learn about the science and art of grantwriting at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 16 at the Hayward Area Historical Society Museum, 22380 Foothill Blvd.
Dana DeBeaumont of Capitol Advocacy Partners represents interests of the City of Hayward in Washington D.C., and also writes grants and will speak on ‘Grantwriting 101 for Small Nonprofits.’
She has more than 30 years of advocacy, media, and public relations experience. For the past 18 years she has successfully represented a range of issues before Congress and federal agencies. She specializes in helping nonprofits and municipal clients.
Share Your Nonprofit’s News
There are more than 100 nonprofit organizations in the chamber’s Nonprofit Alliance and all members and guests are welcome to attend. Attendees are invited to bring news and handouts to share about their organization’s upcoming events.
Women in Business – Learn from Successful Bay Area CEOs
Bay Area CEO businesswomen share their experiences, resources and insight into what helped them on their path to success, what they learned, and most importantly, how this knowledge can help you to succeed in your own business.
If you are interested in learning some unexpected fundamentals of business success, this seminar is for you. Come join the Alameda County SBDC for an informative, engaging and interactive panel discussion on how to best lay the groundwork for, launch and manage a thriving business in the Bay Area.
Seminar Panelists:
Emily Liggett, President and CEO, NovaTorque
June Riley, CEO, VC Taskforce
Shilpi Sharma, CEO, Kvantum
Jody Tatro, CEO, ProExhibits
Moderator: Dorian Webb, Dorian Webb Lifestyle, Designer and Manufacturer
Free to Attend
Registration: 1:00pm – 1:15pm
Panel: 1:15pm – 2:45pm
Q&A: 2:45pm – 3:00pm
This seminar is sponsored by the City of Fremont
Does your business produce events to enhance your brand and advertise your products?
Do you want to start up an event program for your business, and need to learn how?
Learn a comprehensive approach to manage and promote events big and small. You will learn all the tools necessary in order to handle everything from registrations to payment to promotion in a professional, affordable way.
Topics covered will include:
Plan – Professionally promote your event. Set up an ad-free event homepage, collect registration fees with secure payment processing, and keep registration open for attendees to register online at their convenience.
Track – Reduce repetitive tasks. Reduce the number of day-to-day “to-dos” with online event registration, reminders, invitations, a calendar, and event themes. Do more…but in minutes by managing all your promotions, registrations, and communications in one place.
Manage – Monitor and course-correct. Save money by taking the guesswork out of capturing attendance information. Use event tracking and reporting tools to plan for exact catering needs, room size, parking spaces, etc.