Tech Industry Events
Weekly Groups & Events
These groups are very specific to the greater ‘tech’ industry and are comprised mostly of marketing professionals, developers, founders, CEO’s of startups and some service providers. Note: Please do not show up to these groups if you are in direct/multi-level sales, or a business looking to sell anything at these type meetings.
Feature events on main calendar
Additional feature events for NWEN, WTIA and others such as Tech Cafe and Tech Foam events can be found on the current month calendar on this site.
Every Tuesday
9:00-10:30am | ‘Open Coffee Seattle’
Location: Louisa’s Coffee
Address: 2379 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle 98102
Average attendance: 15-25
About: It’s mostly founders\entrepreneurs get together to network and learn from each other. There is no fixed agenda. Sometimes there’s a “table topic” proposed in advance. Some discussions that have happened recently: discussion of current projects and feedback; ideas mentioned and discussed for new business, website, etc; tip on creating teams, etc.
Organized by: Andy Sack, asack (at) asack.com, Co-Founder, Partner at Founders Co-Op
3:30-4:30pm | UW CSE Lecture Series
Location: UW Campus, EEB105, Electrical Engineering Bldg
Address: 4333 Brooklyn Avenue Northeast, Seattle
About: The UW CSE Colloquium Series features accessible talks by leading computer scientists and computer engineers from the University of Washington, the region, the nation, and the world. This is not a networking event.
Click here for Current Lecturers
7:00-9:00pm | Ruby Brigade Seattle Open Hacking Night
Location: Vivace Cafe
Address: 550 East Broadway, Seattle 98102
About: Hack night. 15 people, 119 projects, and more!
Every Wednesday
9:00-10:30am | ‘Eastside Coffee Meetup’
Location: Tully’s at Bella Botega
Address: 8862 161st Ave NE, Redmond
Average attendance: 10-15
About: It’s mostly founders\entrepreneurs get together to network and learn from each other. There is no fixed agenda. Sometimes there’s a “table topic” proposed in advance. Some discussions that have happened recently: discussion of current projects and feedback; ideas mentioned and discussed for new businesses, website, etc; tips on creating teams.
Organized by: Meetul Shah, meetuls (at) knouen.com
Every Thursday
12:15-1:15pm | StartPad‘s ‘Brownbag Roundtable’
Location: StartPad (conference room)
Address: 811 1st Ave, Suite 480, Seattle 98104
Average attendance: intimate discussion group
About: Join us for an open brownbag lunch with other software developers and entrepreneurs. We especially would love to see product demos or hear about new technology you’re using.
Website link: www.startpad.org
3:30-4:30pm | UW CSE Lecture Series
Location: UW Campus, EEB105, Electrical Engineering Bldg
Address: 4333 Brooklyn Avenue Northeast, Seattle
About: The UW CSE Colloquium Series features accessible talks by leading computer scientists and computer engineers from the University of Washington, the region, the nation, and the world. This is not a networking event.
Click here for Current Lecturers
6:30-8:30pm | ‘Hops and Chops’ Weekly Happy Hour
Location: Auto Battery
Address: 1009 E. Union St, (between 10th Ave & 11th Ave), Seattle 98122
Average attendance: very good
About: We are a group of Seattle entrepreneurs and startup junkies who like to get together, drink beer, and talk shop. We were inspired by a fantastic recurring Portland happy hour event called Beer and Blog semi-coordinated by Silicon Florist & others.
Website link: hopsandchops.com
