Kapor Capital People Ops Tech Competition Two years following the push for the high tech industry to release their employee demographics, the numbers remain grossly stagnant. In 2016 only 2% of Google’s employees were African American, and 3% were Hispanic/Latinx. The stats are nearly identical for Facebook. Tech giants have blamed the lack of a pipelineContinue reading "Kapor Capital People Ops Tech Forum 2016"
The Hingeto Team will connect and share with Oakland Unified School District students to talk about the platform, how it got started, and how they are helping designers decrease cost to maximize profits. More importantly, they will share how technology helped them expand their passions, likes, and interests, and what it is like being anContinue reading "Fashion Meets Tech: #OaklandIsBeyond presents HingeTo to Oakland Youth"
Join us as we ring in the holidays and celebrate the achievements and promise of 40 outstanding young leaders! 40 Under 40: Tech Diversity – Silicon Valley returns this year with a new class of honorees. This special evening includes: Reception (entertainment, hosted beverages and bites; 6:00pm – 7:00pm) Awards Presentation (7:00pm – 7:45pm)Continue reading "40 Under 40: Tech Diversity – Silicon Valley"
About Startup Weekend: Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. Participants create working startups during the event and are ableContinue reading "Startup Weekend Bay Area: AR/VR/AI"
Interested in learning one of the newer Javascript frameworks? In this class, you'll get a crash course in building a simple React app. Join us to expand your skillset! What this class will cover: • App-building concepts including data flow, user interfaces, business logic, separation of concerns and basics of functional programming • Hands-on andContinue reading "Women Who Code – East Bay: Introduction to React"
Are you considering enrolling in a coding bootcamp? If you are, I'm sure one of the biggest questions you have is around how easy or difficult is it to land that first coding position once you graduate. Are there really enough junior level coding jobs out there to support the number of folks graduating fromContinue reading "Is it Easy to Get a Job After Coding Bootcamp? Recent Grads Tell Their Tales."
The Oscars of Startups and Technology TechCrunch kicks off 2016 with the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards Show, the award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet, and technology innovations of the year. 10th Annual Crunchies Finalists Hot New Startup A startup founded or publicly launched this year MarcoPolo Otto Prelude Fertility VIVContinue reading "10th Annual Crunchies Awards"
From February 6-9, 2017, the NewCo Festival provides an opportunity for individuals to visit innovative companies, non-profits and businesses at the Bay Area’s biggest open house event for business. The Kapor Center will host it's session for the event on February 7, 2017, at 1:30 pm. Since 2012, NewCo festivals have welcomed over 30,000 attendeesContinue reading "NewCo Festival"
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What should the future of school look like in Oakland? Come with your idea for a school, tech tool, after school program, learning space or redesign concept for part of an existing school. Over the weekend, you'll form a team and build a prototype to bring your idea to life and test it out. ThisContinue reading "Startup Weekend Education Oakland – Schools and Tools"