The culminating event of every NFTE classroom program is a competition. Through this opportunity, students present their business plans before an audience and a panel of volunteer judges.
RSVP for a panel with the founders of Sprëtz and Chirps Chips. These Bay Area Entrepreneurs from ABC's Shark Tank will share their stories, and talk about access to capital following our casting call for Season 9 of Shark Tank at the Kapor Center for Social Impact.
Join us for our PreSeed Summer Series: Pitch Oakland, a great opportunity to pitch from the rooftop of the Kapor Center. Collaborate with fellow early-stage founders building a better world, and get to know Better Ventures and the Kapor Center.
Every First Friday in Oakland, join us at the Kapor Center for all things diverse and inclusive tech entrepreneurship! You'll have the opportunity to meet other current and aspiring founders of color, potential future team members, and even potential investors. Join us over food & drinks as we demystify entrepreneurship alongside inspiring, successful founders. BeContinue reading "1st Friday Founders Fireside Chat"
Join us for the 2nd Annual Kapor Center Impact Awards as we celebrate game changers in tech. We are pleased to honor four awardees who are notably diversifying tech by advancing access to the tech sector, challenging inclusion practices, and effectively using tech tools or platforms to close gaps. Activist, actor, & entrepreneur, Jesse Williams, willContinue reading "2018 Kapor Center Impact Awards"
Sign up here Summer Rooftop Founder First Friday are BACK!!! Join us at the Kapor Center for a special First Friday with Jason Calacanis moderated by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins. The focus of June edition will be to discuss Open Book Challenge and the future of social networks. Open Book Challenge is looking to fund seven purpose-drivenContinue reading "1st Friday Founders Fireside Chat – Open Book Challenge"
Get Tickets Now! Join us for an interactive discussion on the Kapor Center rooftop around the intersection of art and tech. Our July session will be moderated by Erin Pangilinan of O'Reilly Media and panelists: Kamal Hubbard, Clorama Dorvilias, and Megan Maloney. Our special guests bring a wealth of knowledge around art, the blockchain, investments,Continue reading "1st Friday Founders Fireside Chat – Art Meets Tech"
Join us for a day of exploring the fascinating intersection of artificial intelligence and art! Learn about the intuition behind neural networks, attend an inspiring talk by a guest speaker, and let your creativity run wild as you make your own neural art! WHAT: Free one-day neural art workshop for 6th to 12th grade girls,Continue reading "creAIte’s Oakland Neural Art Workshop"
Techstars Startup Weekend Latinx in Tech brings exposure, awareness, and an experiential way to learn about tech to the community. We aim to inspire potential entrepreneurs in the Latinx community to breathe life into their ideas and learn how to bridge the gap from ideation to prototype with customer validation. We're gathering 100 Latinx entrepreneursContinue reading "LatinX in Tech | Techstars Startup Weekend Oakland"
Join SPUR and the Kapor Center this spring for a three-part series about how tech can be done right. The employment landscape of the future could look far different than what we’re familiar with today. With the advent of new technology, including advanced robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, what will the good jobs ofContinue reading "What are the future good jobs? Blue Collar Tech Workforce"