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Our community has 31,967 members today. Let’s come together to help our most recent ex-Google colleagues find new opportunities. Be sure to share Laszlo Bock’s fireside chat on how to find your best work after Google if you know anyone impacted. Apply to join us on 2/16 at INSEAD SF on creating strategies to land your next best job. If you’re recruiting full-time Xoogler talent or contract developers, please reach out.
If you’re in the SF Bay Area I’m looking forward to seeing you on Thursday 2/8 as we hear from Yijia Liang, co-author of Coatue’s AI: The Coming Revolution paper, moderated by Asad Kassamali.
When I left Google in 2015, Satya Patel and Hunter Walk were kind enough to host me and my startup for 6 months at Homebrew’s office. Their generosity in supporting me inspired how we run Xoogler. I’ve invited Satya who co-founded Screendoor (they support venture capitalists with new views not reflected in today's technology landscape) in addition to Homebrew to share how Xooglers can set up their own VC firm on Tuesday 2/6.
If you prefer to launch your own startup versus your own VC firm, be sure to join our fireside chat with StartX’s new CEO Kyle Wong on Wednesday 2/7 at 4pm. If you don’t have a co-founder, join our Palo Alto 2/14, SF 2/19 lunch, SF 2/19 dinner or online 2/20 co-founder meetups! We are also gathering angel investors on 2/21 online and 2/26 in SF to help fund Xoogler startups. Whether you’re looking to start a company, be an investor or find a job, you don’t want to miss hearing from OpenAI's Marc Manara on 2/15.
CONNECT
Reach out if you are in the SF Bay Area and exploring having your startup acquired.
Reach out if you are looking to connect with other Xooglers looking to play tabletop roleplaying games!
Reach out to join Al Nevarez as he leads impacted Googlers on hiking the Stanford Dish Trail. You are welcome to organize other gatherings via Slack.
Reach out if you’re a US based consumer senior product manager looking to work with an experienced team with backing that’s launching a new startup.
Reach out if you have been impacted by Google’s reorganization and looking to receive 1:1 support from a Xoogler.
Reach out if you want to sponsor private dinners with 12 Xooglers around a specific topic.
EVENTS
🌁 San Francisco Private Dinner Series. RSVP.
💻 🌁 TGI-AI hosted by Kushagra Shrivastava. RSVP.
💻 2/5 6pm PST Early stage investors meetup featuring Mary Minno on her path from being a founder, product marketing to PM and an investor. RSVP.
💻 2/6 4pm PST APM Meetup Joël Kalmanowicz and Max Greenwald have organized the "Actually Parenting Minors" for those who are parents, soon to be one or just curious what it would be like to have a family. Panelists include Dan Siroker, Joël Kalmanowicz, Kavita Kochar, Mahalia Miller, Jennifer Liu Low and Prabhu Balasubramanian. RSVP.
💻🌁 2/6 5:45pm PST Fireside chat on becoming a VC with institutional investors with Satya Patel, Co-founding Partner and COO of Screendoor, and Partner at Homebrew. RSVP.
💻 2/7 11am PST Discussion group for those laid off after 15+ years at Google. RSVP.
💻 2/7 4pm PST Fireside chat with Kyle Wong, StartX’s CEO. RSVP.
💻 2/7 5pm PST LinkedIn for Jobseekers by Natasha Salleh, LinkedIn Senior Education Lead Are you ready to turbocharge your job search and elevate your professional presence? Join our comprehensive training, "LinkedIn Mastery for Job Seekers," designed exclusively for individuals navigating the job market. RSVP.
💻 🌁 2/8 5:30pm PST Fireside chat with Yijia Liang, Investor at Coatue moderated by Asad Kassamali. Join us in-person in San Francisco and online as Yijia shares his insights from their AI revolution paper. RSVP.
🇮🇳 2/13 Bangalore Meetup with Kushagra Shrivastava. RSVP.
☕ 2/13 6:30pm Seattle Meetup with Hadas Shahak Ben-Horin. RSVP.
🌁 2/14 Palo Alto I’m looking for a co-founder meetup. RSVP.
🇩🇰 2/15 The Importance of Networking with David Sandberg Larsen and Niklas Fogander. RSVP.
🇬🇧 2/15 London Drinks at Camino King's Cross with Sal Mohammed. RSVP.
💻 2/15 Fireside chat with OpenAI's Marc Manara. RSVP.
💻🇿🇦 2/16 5pm Cape Town Meetup with Karen Walstra. RSVP.
🌁 2/19 12pm SF I’m looking for a co-founder meetup. RSVP.
🌁 2/19 7pm SF I’m looking for a co-founder meetup. RSVP.
💻 2/20 10am PST | 6pm GMT I’m looking for a co-founder meetup. RSVP.
🇸🇬 2/21 Interviewing Best Practices. RSVP.
💻 2/21 10am PST | 6pm GMT Angel Investors meetup. RSVP.
🌁 2/22 6pm SF Climate Dinner. RSVP.
💻🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇭 2/21 6pm GMT Angel Investors Meetup. RSVP.
🇵🇹 2/21 Lisbon Drinks with Sal Mohammed. RSVP.
⛰️ 2/22 Colorado Meetup Join your Front Range friends at Arvada with Jeff Rozic. RSVP.
🌁 2/26 7pm SF Angel Investors Dinner. RSVP.
💻🇬🇧 2/27 10am Boost your online business with UX with UX&Why. RSVP.
🇸🇬 2/28 Building Teams That Thrive Not Grind with Rob Bier and Projjal Ghatak. RSVP.
💻 2/28 10am Marketing Growth Strategies in 2024 with Rashi Singhania and Veronique Lafargue. RSVP.
💻 2/28 5pm Product management best practices with Rob Rekrutiak. RSVP.
🌁 2/29 5pm PST TGIF organized by Kazuki Notsu and Yigit Ihlamur. RSVP.
🇸🇬 3/6 LinkedIn & Online Presence Best Practices. RSVP.
🇩🇰 3/7 5:30pm The Future of Digital Europe with Jakob Veise-Lopes (Google 2013-2017), Digital Policy Advisor, International Affairs, Danish Ministry of Digital Government. Organized by Jonas Emiliussen. RSVP.
🌁 3/17 10am Mountain View Pickleball with Kazuki Notsu. RSVP.
🌴 3/30 Miami Boat Cruise with Anthony Hernandez. RSVP.
💻 Weekly startup mentorship hosted by Kazuki Notsu & Yigit Ihlamur. RSVP.
TALENT
Email talent@xoogler.co if you need help to source talent. Here are some opportunities with Xoogler founded companies, email to be connected.
Consumer NewCo: Head of Product 🇺🇸 | Brand Partnerships 🇺🇸
Flutter Flow: AEs, Enterprise Account Manager 🇺🇸 | Engineers🇧🇷 🇺🇸🇸🇬🇮🇳
Gamma: Developers (SF) & Marketers (SF/Remote)
Lun: GTM & Sales 🇩🇪
Toast: Marketing Insights | Product Marketing | CS 🇮🇪🇬🇧
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