Xoogler.co: 31 events & helping Xoogler startups get funded by helping you be an investment syndicate lead
News, Upcoming Events, and Resources for the Xoogler Community
🗞 News
The Xoogler Investment Syndicate has 1,974 investors backing it to invest in ex-Google led startups. We want to help you become an investment syndicate lead so you can help more ex-Googlers get funded. Sign up for the university course, hear from Gaurav Jain on 2/18 who ran the Angel to Fund Manager program and discover how Piruze Sabuncu transitioned from an operator to a part-time Venture Partner to a VC.
The next Y Combinator prep session with Qasar Younis and Michael Ma is on 2/25. Lewis Hemens will be sharing his journey from Google, participating in Y Combinator and selling Dataform to Google on 2/17.
🛠 Introducing Talented, the talent network for Xoogler.co. Talented is a platform that helps community members find their ideal next role. What makes this platform unique is how it leverages the power of the community in the recruiting/mentoring process. We hope the common set of values that many Xooglers share, along with the involvement of community leads, will ensure a high quality of opportunity matching. Thank you Sandeep Jain for leading the development of Talented! Sign up here.
If you are looking to list a role for a Xoogler company, you can do so here.
💰 Thank you for the community’s support of Xoogler Ventures (backed by Google’s early investor, Google executives & Xooglers) to support early-stage Xoogler startups.
☁️The Google Cloud for Startups Referral Program has been sunset. If you are a founder looking for Google Cloud Credits, you can apply directly. Apply here for AWS credits via our referral program and get support.
💡Last week Connie Chan, general partner at a16z, discussed tips on fundraising and trends she is excited about with the Xoogler community. Thank you Connie for sharing your insights and Insiya Lokhandwala for hosting the event! Check out the event recap here.
Be sure to check out the US Xoogler Demo Day startups and email demoday@xoogler.co to fund them.
🗓 Upcoming Events
Add the official Xoogler.co Events Calendar to your Google Calendar
1/28 7pm: Singapore Drinks at Public House. RSVP
1/28 5pm PST: TGIF. RSVP
1/29 5pm: Sydney Wine Tasting at Wynyard. RSVP
2/2 2pm PST: Mentoring by Kazuki, Yiğit, Matt, and Noah. RSVP
2/2 6pm PST: LA Meetup with David. RSVP
2/3 5pm PST: San Diego Happy Hour. RSVP
2/8 5 pm PST: WHO COVID-19 App Volunteer Opportunity. RSVP
2/9 5pm PST: Fireside chat with VMware’s CMO Carol Carpenter moderated by Francois Olivier Grisel, Senior Director, Growth Marketing at Figma organized by Veronique. RSVP
2/9 2pm PST: Mentoring by Kazuki, Yiğit, Matt, and Noah. RSVP
2/10 3pm PST: Game of Sales Book Talk, Enterprise Sales Strategies. RSVP
2/10 5pm PST: Mastermind by Yiğit, Kazuki: Cracking Go-To-Market for Developer-Focused Startups. led by Amir and Danel. RSVP
2/12 1pm PST: Founders lunch with Wayne Hu, Partner at SignalFire. RSVP
2/12 12 pm CET: Berlin Meetup. RSVP
2/16 2pm PST: Mentoring by Kazuki, Yiğit, Matt, and Noah. RSVP
2/16 6pm PST: Xoogler & friends in AV. RSVP
2/16 5:30pm MST: Colorado Xooglers Digital Happy Hour and "How We're Doing It" with Scott Lininger & Bitsbox. RSVP
2/16 5:30pm EST: RDU Area Happy Hour. RSVP
2/17 6pm GMT: Fireside chat with Lewis Hemens, co-founder of Dataform that sold to Google. RSVP.
2/17 5pm PST: Fireside Chat with Laura Borghesi, VP of Growth at Gympass. RSVP
2/18 5pm SGT: Fireside Chat with Piruze Sabuncu, Partner at Square Peg Capital. RSVP
2/18 5pm CET: Pro's and Con's of Pitchbook, Crunchbase & Co. RSVP
2/18 5pm PST: Virtual Women's Happy Hour. RSVP
2/18 6pm PST: How to Start a VC Fund from Scratch with Gaurav Jain. RSVP
2/23 2pm PST: Mentoring by Kazuki, Yiğit, Matt, and Noah. RSVP
2/23 5:30pm PST: Seattle: GTM - the thinking process of assessing the market and communicating your product with Stregios Dikos (virtual). RSVP
2/24 5pm PST: The Future of Commerce with Dan Wittner of the Future Commerce Initiative, moderated by Katchen Gerig. RSVP
2/25 5pm PST: Y Combinator application prep session with ex-YC COO Qasar Younis and Michael Ma. RSVP
2/26 7pm EST: AMA Chat for Xooglers Thinking About Moving to or Working from Miami. RSVP
3/2 2pm PST: Mentoring by Kazuki, Yiğit, Matt, and Noah. RSVP
3/4 5pm PST: TGIF. RSVP
3/5 10am AEDT: 5 Key Challenges Entrepreneurs Face (and What to do About Them!) with Claire Hatton. RSVP
🚀 Talent
Talented (The Xoogler.co Talent Network): If you are looking for a job: sign up here. If you are looking to list a role for a Xoogler company, sign up here.
Complete list of job opportunities. Find a co-founder. Submit an open role. Email talent@xoogler.co for questions.
Email for a warm intro to any of the following opportunities.
SF, Austin & Remote: Wilbur Labs is a startup studio turning bold ideas into market-leading companies. They are hiring for an EIR, Sr Growth Manager, Sr PM & SEO Manager.
SF & Remote: Newfront (YC W18) is transforming the $500B+ commercial insurance market through technology. Since starting 3 years ago and raising over $100M, they've grown to nearly 200 people and are hiring for a Sr Product Manager and Sr Product Designer. Email their CTO/Co-Founder Gordon Wintrob to learn more.
SF & Remote: Stealth AI application development tool funded startup is hiring founding engineers. Email chris@xoogler.co.
Mexico, SF & Remote: Cerby is a cybersecurity company focused on helping you harness Shadow IT. They are looking for engineers. The founder sold his prior company for $440M.
SF: Kapwing is an online image, video, and GIF editing platform. Our mission is to enable digital storytelling. Looking for SWE, Sr UX Designer, Video Content Creator & Director of Kapwing for EDU.
SF & Remote: BuildBuddy is taking the world class engineering tools that are only available to employees of large companies and making them available to everyone. Hiring Engineers.
Hawaii, Colorado, or US Remote: Warmly aims to end cold outreach altogether by showing you the shortest-path warm intro into any company you want to sell to, and the number of hops it takes to get there. Hiring for a UI/UX Designer, Account Executive, Engineers, Sales, and Data Operations Manager.
Mountain View, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Seoul, Munich, Detroit, LA, Washington DC: Applied Intuition helps companies comprehensively test and rapidly accelerate their autonomous vehicle development. They are hiring for Product, Business Functions, Design, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing roles.
Sydney, Colombo & US: Different, Sydney based PropTech company is hiring for product and engineer roles in Sydney and Colombo. In addition, they are looking for a CEO for their US business. Started by Uber’s first PM & ex-Softbank.
🛠Resources
Slack - Login and ask the community for help! 7,000+ members have signed up
Stripe - Fee-free processing credits and free company incorporation
HubSpot- Eligible companies can receive up to 30% off Year 1
Freelancers and Solopreneurs Directory - Connect with others here
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