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An Evening w/ Nathan Myrhvold, CEO & Founder Intellectual Ventures

WeWork Bellevue 10400 NE 4th, Suite 500 Street, Bellevue, WA, United States

Nathan Myhrvold, former Chief Strategist & Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, and present Cofounder of Intellectual Ventures, a $6 billion, 40,000 asset Intellectual Property portfolio/patent development and deployment business. From his article on Intellectual Venture’s “invention capital market” purpose & business model: “What we’re really trying to do is create a capital market for inventions […]

Free

Critical Thinking at Work: Does Your Company POUND or FLEX?

The Riveter 1517 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

We often talk about critical thinking skills in terms of recruiting new talent for projects or building teams. But how often do we take time to sharpen how we use critical thinking to approach challenges in business and life? Join us for a workshop to help enhance our approach to critical thinking, and use it […]

Startup Grind Seattle hosts Rand Fishkin Founder of Sparktoro

Galvanize Seattle 111 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA, United States

Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro and was previously cofounder of Moz and Inbound.org. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through the Whiteboard Friday video series, his blog, and his book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. Rand grew Moz from 7 employees […]

$14

Kai-Fu Lee: China, Silicon Valley, and the Dual Visions of AI

Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States

The United States has long been the global leader in Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Kai-Fu Lee—one of the world’s most respected experts on AI—reveals that China has suddenly caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid pace. He joins us with insight from his provocative book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order to envision […]

Jet City Comic Show

Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center 1500 Broadway, Tacoma

Jet City Comic Show returns to Tacoma, WA on November 3-4, 2018 for our 9th annual comic book convention (6th year in Tacoma). JCCS is a back to basics and family friendly comic con in the heart of downtown Tacoma at the Tacoma Convention Center. The majority of our focus is on comic books and […]

$15

Fundamentals for Startup Fridays: “Raising Capital” with Susan Preston

CoMotion Labs at Fluke Hall 4045 Mason Road, Seattle, Washington, United States

CoMotion Labs presents, “Raising Capital” with Susan Preston. Susan is a globally-recognized author, consultant and speaker on angel and venture financing. She has nearly 20 years of experience as an angel and venture investor, as well as in senior management of early-stage companies. She has received multiple accolades for her leadership, including the Angel Capital […]

Graph Algorithms: Predict Real-World Behavior….or Game of Thrones Spoilers!

Metis Seattle 51 University St, Suite 300, Seattle, WA, United States

This event is co-hosted by Seattle Data/Analytics/Machine Learning (http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-DAML/) and GraphDB Seattle meetups, http://www.meetup.com/graphdb-seattle/)! You can also watch this event on Livestream: http://livestream.com/accounts/23925505/events/8418304 Learn why an averages approach fails to describe data in the real world and how graph algorithms can help you predict real-world behavior - or potential events in the popular series, Game of […]

How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work

Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States

Algorithms are transforming the way we work, and Uber is among the startup companies leading the charge. Technology ethnographer Alex Rosenblat lends us a wealth of firsthand perspective on the subject to share insight from her book Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work. She spotlights Uber’s remarkable new template for employment using […]

$5

Bob Woodward, Paramount Theatre

Paramount Theatre 911 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, United States

EIGHT PRESIDENTS AND COUNTING It's no surprise that one of the journalists who broke the era-defining Watergate Scandal story does not shy away from controversy, a feat he has once again performed with the 2018 release of his 18th book 'Fear', a damning look at the current administration's White House and the chaos within. Having […]

$55

“First Man” Book Signing and Lecture with Author James Hansen

The Museum of Flight 9404 East Marginal Way South, Skyline Room, Seattle, WA, United States

Join the Museum of Flight for a reception, lecture and book signing with James R. Hansen, who wrote First Man, the only authorized biography (now a major motion picture) on the life of America’s most famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong — the man whose “one small step” changed history. When Apollo 11 touched down on the […]

$15 – $20
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