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The largest IoT developers group in Silicon Valley. We organize networking events, classes, and workshops for IoT entrepreneurs and developers.
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See all- How to Protect Your Intellectual Property!Link visible for attendees
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This is an online event. Participation is 100% online.
Participants can be located anywhere in the world.
This event is FREE to attend!
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How to Protect Your Intellectual Property! Tickets, Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
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Intellectual property attorney Dr. Steven Colby will discuss how entrepreneurs can protect their intellectual property.
Steve will discuss the following:
- How can intellectual property make or break your startup?
- Why should you file patent applications as an early stage startup?
- When should I start filing patent applications?
- What does a patent application cost?
- What is patentable?
- What types of intellectual property can I get?
(copyright, trademark, secrets)
- What do I need to know about other people’s intellectual property?
(infringement, open source, employees, past employers)
- What big intellectual property mistakes should I avoid?
- When do I need to use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)?
and more!
Please come with your questions, comments and scenarios.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Steven Colby is a partner and patent attorney at Rimon Law. He focuses on early stage startups and develops IP with a view of increasing company valuation. Steve received his Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he focused on the development and design of scientific instruments. He has over 40 published scientific papers and abstracts and holds several patents. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Dr. Colby was director of product development for a scientific instrument company. His professional background extends to software and hardware development, website development, manufacturing management, electronics, sensors, measurement devices, control systems, mass spectrometry, chromatography, and bioanalysis.
- How to Make Your Pre-Seed Startup (Grant) Fundable! (Online)Link visible for attendees
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For ambitious founders juggling a full-time tech job and a startup dream — this one’s for you. Join us for an online deep dive into funding your venture through non-dilutive means, building a minimum viable company, and making smart, budget-conscious decisions to get your startup fundable.
Agenda: 50 minute webinar + up to 40 minutes Q&A
What You'll Learn:
Whether you’re building on weekends or running lean while moonlighting in tech, this webinar will equip you with a roadmap to fundability – without giving up control or equity earlier than necessary.We’ll cover:
- The Minimum Viable Company: The leanest version of your startup that still qualifies for serious funding opportunities.
- Strategic Positioning: Presenting your team, tech, and timing to align with what grant agencies and review panels expect.
- Fundability While Bootstrapped: How to make your startup attractive to grantors and funders, even on a limited budget and while holding a 9-5 job.
- Outsourcing on a Shoestring: Smart ways to contract out non-core but critical work (without hiring a full team).
- Example for outsourcing: scalable contract shops to get you started on your AI-powered tech startup.
- Protecting Your IP on a Budget: Essential tactics to safeguard your innovation early without draining your runway.
- Non-Dilutive Funding 101: Non-dilutive seed- and pre-seed grants don’t cost you equity.
- Anatomy of a grant-fundable project: SBIR and other opportunities, common mistakes that get applications rejected — and how to avoid them.
- Global Advantage: Opportunities in international partnerships to access funding and research collaboration.
Why Attend?
Startups like Qualcomm and Amgen got their first big breaks through federal grants. But getting funding isn’t just about great ideas — it’s about understanding how to navigate the system.
Let us help you cut through the noise and position your venture for success with insights you won’t find in a Google search.About Jurgen Zach:
Jurgen Zach, Startup Funding Coordinator at Ekvacio, is a scientist and entrepreneur who wants to raise awareness and recruit new applicants for this important, merit-based funding opportunity that is oftentimes overlooked in Silicon Valley and other startup ecosystems. He has been guiding startups to successful grant awards for the past six years, and has over twenty years of experience in R&D across energy, sensor technology, and medical devices, and has consulted with many startups in technical projects, grant applications, and as a fractional CTO and business development officer. He has a PhD and MA in physics, is a serial inventor holding over 30 granted or pending patents and has a publication record with dozens of publications across multiple disciplines.About Ekvacio:
Ekvacio is a US-based consulting firm offering comprehensive services to startups and ventures seeking growth and international success. Our expertise includes grant services, seed- and pre-seed growth consulting to optimize fundability, and cross-border joint venture consulting to access international capital. We have a growing network of partners that includes contract software-development and -R&D firms, patent law- and accounting firms, and others. Our business model is such that over 90-95% of our compensation is tied to our customers’ successful non-dilutive funding.For more info on Idea to IPO events, visit:
www.idea-to-ipo.com (our main meetup group among 160 meetup groups globally)
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https://www.youtube.com/@ideatoipo2 (videos of online events) - 50 PERCENT OFF! AI Email Outreach Workshop @ StanfordStanford University, Stanford, CA
This event is organized by Bay Founders Club.
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AI Email Outreach Workshop @ Stanford · Luma
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These days, cold outreach is broken. Inboxes are flooded. People ignore messages—even good ones—because they feel templated, irrelevant, or inauthentic. What works now isn’t volume; it’s resonance. The best outreach feels warm—even if it’s your first message—because it’s tailored, thoughtful, and clearly comes from someone who gets it.
That kind of outreach starts before you ever hit “send.” It begins with building a brand people can’t ignore. When you’ve got a clear message, a distinct tone, and a reason people should trust you, your emails don’t feel like cold calls. They feel like welcome introductions.
Once you’ve built that brand, you can assemble a contact list that actually wants to hear from you—not just a spreadsheet of names, but a community of potential collaborators, customers, mentors, or investors who are more likely to open, engage, and respond.
This workshop will show you how to do all of that—and how to automate it, responsibly. We’ll build a tool that uses AI to take your message, understand your tone, research your contacts, and generate bespoke emails that match what each individual recipient actually cares about.
If you’re excited to learn how to use AI to actually do something for you—not just chat—I hope you’ll join my upcoming hands-on virtual workshop, where you’ll build your own AI-powered outreach tool using Google Suite and custom scripts. Heads up that you’ll also need to create an open router API which will cost you $5. Instead of sending generic content to everyone with classic “mail merge,” you’ll be able to craft one message and oversee AI as it customizes the content you’ll send out to each individual recipient.
Sound helpful? Let’s build it together.
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This workshop is for you if:
- You’ve felt stuck reaching out to people—even when you know they should be interested.
- You’re sitting on a contact list you’ve never really activated.
- You’re curious about how AI cannot just help write, but actually research and personalize at scale.
You’re a great fit if:
- You want to connect more effectively with collaborators, investors, potential customers, or mentors.
- You like the idea of AI helping you write—but you want it to do more than spit out bland templates.
- You want to teach AI your tone, not just rely on generic prompts.
- You’d rather build something useful today than just talk about what’s possible.
You might be:
- A startup founder gearing up to fundraise or sell
- A solo consultant trying to grow your pipeline
- A nonprofit leader looking to activate your network
- A curious technologist or creative excited about real-world automation
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In this interactive session, expect:
- Real tools, real use cases. You’ll set up a working script that connects to Google Sheets, learns your voice, researches contacts, and sends smart, personal emails.
- Live scripting and debugging. You’ll see behind the curtain. No black boxes—just transparent, vibe-coded AI magic using Google Apps Script and prompt engineering best practices.
- Beginner-friendly pace. No coding experience needed. If you’ve ever used Google Sheets and written an email, you’re good to go.
- A bit of laughter and experimentation. We’ll have fun, get creative, and learn to trust a process that feels more like collaborating with a smart assistant than filling out a rigid form.
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By the end, you’ll be able to:
- Identify and assemble a quality contact list
- Train AI to write in your voice
- Automatically research contacts and tailor messaging accordingly
- Generate and send custom outreach at scale, with subject lines that actually get clicks
- Receive a certificate upon completion of this workshop
This isn’t just an email tool. It’s a confidence builder and a relationship accelerator.
If you’ve got a message worth spreading, we’ll help you make sure it lands.About the Speaker
I’m Alec Walker (Founder & Co-President at Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Texas Chapter). I help run executive education sessions at Stanford’s d.school and at Google, and I help run a part of the Stanford Alumni Association focused on matching startups with angel investors. I’ve started and sold a couple of data science startups, and I’ve helped execute AI projects at companies like Dow, Intel, GM, and Chevron, among others.
- Meet New People! Sunday Night Networking (In-Person)Panera Bread, Santa Clara, CA
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Come out and meet new people!
Network, socialize and connect!
This event is free to attend.
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Meet New People! Sunday Night Networking / Games! Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite
Attendees must purchase their own liquid refreshments and food.
There's no content or speaker at this event -- just business and social networking.
Build your business and social network - face to face! (in-person)
Come out and enjoy a great evening of good food, liquid refreshments, and connecting.
You may meet your next business collaborator, client, employer, employee, friend, or tennis partner!
Getting away from a screen for a few hours will do you some good!
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Meet Silicon Valley movers and shakers - Internet entrepreneurs, developers, engineers, mobile app coders, attorneys, bloggers, academics, financiers, marketing professionals, community organizers and investors.
This event is organized in collaboration with other groups!
@ideatoipo
www.idea-to-ipo.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjYga11avYH_CUpC0BSyDng
(videos of online events)
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