Calendar
This calendar focuses on business and community events
of particular interest to Friend and Champion,
with a focus on southern Alameda County.
Campo di Bocce is a family owned Italian restaurant and United States Bocce Federation Affiliated Bocce Club located in Fremont and Los Gatos. The first and premiere bocce and dining entertainment facility of its kind, Campo di Bocce is the brain child of Bocce Aficionado, Tom Albanese. In his quest to create a place for food, friends, fun and of course bocce, Tom, has created the ideal location for any family gathering, corporate outing, rehearsal dinner, wedding or simply a venue to enjoy a glass of wine after a long work week. Truly the ultimate experience in dining and recreation, Campo di Bocce offers World Class State-of-the-Art bocce courts, traditional Italian cuisine, a superb wine list and a friendly atmosphere of casual elegance.
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.
With stores throughout California, American Cancer Society Discovery Shops help support the fight against cancer through the sale of high quality, gently used, donated merchandise. For over 40 years, the Society has owned and operated these specialty resale stores, featuring items such as clothing, accessories, jewelry, furniture, artwork, antiques, collectibles, and other household items. Shop, donate, or volunteer at your Discovery Shop. Together, we are saving lives.
Join us to celebrate their new location!
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
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
