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Join us on May 22 for Lexi Reese’s talk on The Code for High-Performance Leadership: Curiosity, Community, Commitment, and Clarity.
The Advisory Board for Xoogler Ventures is launching. Learn more.
Today’s bi-weekly Machine Learning meetup is on Vision Transformers. Thank you Navneet Singh, Kushagra Shrivastava and Stephen Tse for organizing! Join in person at 5pm in Palo Alto or online (check Slack for the link). If you want to get hands on with Generative AI, join Anthony Isaakidis’s no-code prompt engineering workshops featuring ChatGPT and MidJourney on May 31.
Following on from EMEA Demo Day, we have the APAC Xoogler Demo Day on June 23! Startups applications here | Investors RSVPs here | Xoogler volunteers here. Thank you Julien Condamines for organizing! Express interest in raising from Xoogler Ventures.
Kushagra Shrivastava is hosting a Generative AI gathering for tech alumni on June 8 in SF. We’re partnering with AWS Startups and Founders, Inc. to build community with alumni across different tech companies. Join and have your friends at other tech companies join to learn about Generative AI opportunities for startups. The session will feature Tomasz Tunguz from Theory Ventures, Julia Enthoven from Kapwing, Grant Lee from Gamma and Aaron Melgar from AWS. RSVP and share the AWS Startup Resources for Tech alumni with them. If you know any Meta alumni NY have them save the date 6/26.
Founder meetups in-person in London and online with Floww, GV and Insight Partners. Investors reach out to host future sessions with early stage Xoogler founders.
We are testing a new app to bring the global community together on iOS, Android and web. It will provide a more seamless and consistent experience globally. Sign up to be an early tester! Reach out if you’re a PM, Engineer or Designer looking for a new full-time opportunity!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nidhi Kaul ran the Navigating Layoff: Strategies for Moving Forward session in January. RSVP to join our next session on Managing Stress and Anxiety with her. Kristin Maczko is continuing to run our peer support program due to the layoffs, fill in this form and someone will reach out.
Super Teacher is a private tutor for ages 3-7 years old. They offer unlimited lessons in reading, math, art, poetry, science, social-emotional skills, geography and more. Reach out to Xoogler CEO Tim Novikoff if you have questions.
If you’re a founder looking to be paired with a UX Researcher, be sure to email Nate Dumas or message him on Slack!
Are you having visa challenges to stay in the US due to your visa being tied to you job? Reach out to see how Xooglers can help.
Sign up to the Web3 Career Series! This is a series of panels in which we invite Web3 leaders from top companies like Protocol Labs, Nansen, Kazm, Alchemy, and Unlock to talk about how to transition from Web2 to Web3 and how to supercharge your career in Web3. If you are curious about breaking into Web3.
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🔍 Seeking Xooglers: Are you a Series B+ CEO looking to join a group? | Can you give advice to a SWE switching to another career? | Do you want to join a Xoogler that graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine, worked at McKinsey and Verily that’s launching a HealthTeach startup using LLMs? Email Chris to be connected,
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Talent
HIRING NOW: Be sure to check out the jobs are posted on the Xoogler Job Board and add your profile. Email talent@xoogler.co if you need help to source talent. Here are some opportunities with Xoogler founded companies:
Aquabyte: Sales Director (Chile) & Director of Manufacturing Operations (Boston)
Ello: Head of Engineering, Technical Program Manager, PM and more (US Remote)
Harmony: Business Development, Ops Associate Engineering, PM (Palo Alto)
Lun: Sales and Business Development Lead (Germany)
Rising Team: CSM, Product Designer, Sales Development Manager & Senior Software Engineer (US Remote)
Spate: Account Manager (NY)
Trendsi: Head of Brand Marketing, Head of Outbound Sales, Talent Acquisition & HR Manager (California/Remote)
Events
The influx of new members (12K since January 19) has resulted in events being organized between our monthly newsletters. Check the Xoogler slack #announcement channel for events that are organized and held between these newsletters.
Global
💻 Weekly startup mentorship hosted by Kazuki & Yigit
💻 Sign up for using generative AI tools for interview preparation and job application tasks with Abhishek Ratna
💻 Sign up here for Unlocking Growth: How the best teams use ML to activate, engage and monetize their users with Auxia's Sandeep Menon
💻 5/22 5pm PST Sign up here to hear from Lexi Reese on The Code for High-Performance Leadership: Curiosity, Community, Commitment, and Clarity
💻 5/23 4pm EST Sign up here to hear from Danny Franklin and Noam Hurwitz on their Web3 careers as Engineers
💻 5/24 5pm SGT Sign up here for Startup opportunities in Gaming with Deon Moh and Deeps de Silva
💻 5/30 and 5/31 Sign up here for no-code prompt engineering workshops featuring ChatGPT and MidJourney
💻 5/31 3.30pm EST Sign up here to hear from Aysun Demircan and Patrick Workman on their Web3 careers in sales/partnership/ops
💻 6/6 10am BST Sign up here for navigating the job search in the UK and Europe - how to adapt your strategy in this new hiring landscape
💻 6/7 12pm EST Sign up here for LinkedIn Personal Branding Webinar. Hosted by Marsden and Dave Kline
💻 6/23 Sign up here for our next Responsible AI session with Medha Bankhwal.
💻 Join the Heath community
APAC
🇮🇳 Sign up here to join the latest events and community in India
🇭🇰 🇸🇬 Sign up here for a private dinner featuring Chef Kevin Lim
🇦🇺Sign up here for Sydney Drinks
🇻🇳 Sign up here for the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi meetups
🇸🇬 Sign up here for our Singapore programs
🇹🇼 Sign up here for the Taiwan gathering organized by David Lin
🇲🇾 5/20 Sign up here for Durian makan with Chris Fong
🇸🇬 5/22 Sign up here for Pickleball above Marina Square
🇸🇬 5/24 5pm SGT Sign up here for Startup opportunities in Gaming with Deon Moh & Deeps de Silva
🇮🇩 6/2 Jakarta Jazz Festival
🇯🇵 7/20 Sign up here for the Tokyo TGIF organized by Daisuke Sagawa and Kazuki Notsu
🇸🇬 🇦🇺 🇯🇵 🇮🇳 🇨🇳 💻 6/23 Xoogler Demo Day APAC. Startups applications here | Investors RSVPs here | Xoogler volunteers here.
US and Canada
🌉 Weekly Pickleball with Kazuki Notsu and Ankit Jain
🌁 Sign up for Bay Area CTO Happy Hour with Sriram Panyam
🏛️ 6/19 Sign up here for Washington DC Meetup with Chris Fong
🗽6/22 Sign up here for Investor Drinks hosted by Michael Tom at Radiate with Chris Fong
🗽6/25 4pm Sign up here for the Summer Solstice BBQ with Chris Fong. Hosted by Adam Sah, Leesa Lee and Stef Lau
🇨🇦 Sign up here to join and build the community in Canada
EMEA
🇬🇧 6/1 1pm BST Sign up here London Founders Lunch hosted by Azeez Soetan
🇩🇰🇩🇪💻 Sign up here for hiring trends in Europe with David Sandberg and Iben Krag Rasmussen
🇮🇪 6/14 6:30pm Sign up here for the self-awareness for career planning workshop by Ciara Spillane
🇨🇭 Sign up here to volunteer and help the community in Zurich.
🇵🇹 6/230 Lisbon Meetup
Hi, any chance I could help you set up & run Vancouver meetups?