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News, Upcoming Events, and Resources for the Xoogler Community
🗞 News
Qasar Younis and Michael Ma are giving Xooglers insights on the best way to get into Y Combinator (application due 3/19) join them on 2/25 and request Xoogler YC alums to review your application.
Are you on Clubhouse (founded by Xooglers Paul Davison and Rohan Seth)? A Xoogler Club is coming soon! Follow @ChristopherFong and look out for upcoming events. Share your thoughts or help build the android app.
For founders: Founders meetups will feature Hayley Barna (First Round Capital) on 3/2, Andrea Zurek and Pietro Dova (XG Ventures) on 3/9, and Amanda Herson (Founder Collective) on 3/16.
GTM for Developer-Focused Startups Mastermind Session notes.
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🗓 Upcoming Events
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2/24 5pm PST: The Future of Commerce with Dan Wittner of the Future Commerce Initiative, moderated by Katchen Gerig. RSVP
2/24 7:30pm CST (Clubhouse): Startup to Grownup: The Business and Life of Founders with Alisa Cohn hosted by Bader Hamdan. Join on CH | RSVP (Google Meet will run in parallel to CH)
2/25 5pm PST: Y Combinator application prep session with ex-YC COO Qasar Younis and Michael Ma. RSVP
2/25 8pm AEST: Melbourne Drinks. RSVP
2/25 6pm SGT: Singapore Xoogler Drinks. RSVP
2/26 7pm EST: AMA Chat for Xooglers Thinking About Moving to or Working from Miami with Anthony Hernandez. RSVP
2/28 8:30pm PST: Engineer Career Development at Startups & Google with Ian Langworth. RSVP.
3/1 5pm PST: Fireside Chat with Wenyi Cai, Founder of Polymath Ventures building startups in Colombia, Mexico & Peru seeking Product, Tech & Growth EIRs/Advisors. Moderated by Kevin Yang, Founder of Idiomatic. RSVP
3/2 2pm PST: Founders Meetup with Hayley Barna, First Round Capital. RSVP
3/2 8:30pm IST: Why has crypto gone mainstream with Raghu Yarlagadda co-founder FalconX hosted by Amit Agrawal. RSVP
3/2 2pm PST: Mentoring by Kazuki, Matt, Noah, Rob, and Yiğit. RSVP
3/2 5pm PST: The Science Behind Data Driven Marketing with Ash Gupta, Co-Founder of Polymer Search. RSVP
3/4 6pm PST: Angel Investing Office Hours for New Syndicate Leads. RSVP
3/4, 3/11 & 3/18 11:30am PST: (Workshop 1/3) Growth Marketing for Startups Principles & Best Practices with Mayra Ceja. Organized by Alli Young 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
3/9 11:30am PST: “State of Partnerships” Key Insights with Forrester’s Jay McBain. Hosted by Bader Hamdan. Join on CH | RSVP (Google Meet will run in parallel to CH)
3/9 2pm PST: Mentoring by Kazuki, Matt, Noah, Rob, and Yiğit. RSVP
3/9 5pm PST: Lessons Learned from 15 years of investing in Climate Tech: A guide for investors and entrepreneurs with Ibrahim AlHusseini, founder of FullCycle Climate Fund. Hosted by David Scacco. RSVP
3/9 5pm PST: Founders Meetup with Andrea Zurek & Pietro Dova, XG Ventures. RSVP
3/10 5pm PST: World Health Organization COVID-19 App Volunteer Opportunity. RSVP
3/11 5:30pm AEST: Monthly Sydney Drinks. RSVP
3/11 7pm EST: Toronto Virtual Meet. RSVP
3/12 2pm CET: What is DeFi? Hosted by Berlin lead Daniel Gilgenmann. RSVP
3/16 2pm PST: Founders Meetup with Amanda Herson, Founder Collective. RSVP
3/16 5pm PST: GTM strategies for food startups discussed led by Stergios Dikos. RSVP
3/18 8pm EST: Virtual Women's Happy Hour with Christine Tao, Co-Founder and CEO of Sounding Board. RSVP
3/18 6pm PST: Fireside Chat with Raghu Yarlagadda, co-founder FalconX. RSVP
3/23 5pm PST: Fireside Chat with Carolina Lasso, Marketing Director at SIYLI. RSVP
3/23 or 3/24 5 pm EST: Serving as a Tech Leader in Government with Nina Walia, Kathy Pham and Sabrina. Moderated by Devika Daga. RSVP
3/26 2pm PST: Discussion on Space Tech. RSVP
🚀 Talent
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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 .
SF & Remote: Stealth AI application development tool funded startup is hiring founding engineers. Email chris@xoogler.co.
Bay Area & Remote (PST): Rising Team is a bottoms up SaaS startup that elevates managers to better understand, develop and connect their teams. Hiring engineers who want to grow and be heard! Founded by Jennifer Dulski, she previously founded and sold Dealmap to Google, scaled Change.org 10x as COO, and held executive roles at Facebook, Google, and Yahoo!
SF - Aquabyte is revolutionizing the sustainability of aquaculture with ML-driven underwater camera systems, starting with Norwegian salmon farming - watch this to learn more. Looking for machine learning and senior full-stack engineers. Email Chris for a warm intro.
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