Interested in startups or startup culture?  If you live in or around the Bay Area you should come to a monthly event that my friend Derek and I started a couple months ago called The Startup Grind.  The event is held on the last Thursday of every month (except when holidays conflict) at 7:00 at the Vaporware Labs office in Mountain View.  It has two main purposes.  The first is to hear talks and presentations by experienced entrepreneurs, VCs and others involved in startup culture or business.  The second is to network and chat with other people just like you who may be in the thick of starting a company, provide services to entrepreneurs or just like to discuss cool projects with interesting people.

The Startup Grind Meetup is free and there is always pizza and drinks (although if you are so inclined you can make a donation for the pizza).  The next meetup is exactly one week from today and will feature a talk by the CEO of Smule, Jeff Smith.  And in February we have Jason Calacanis on the schedule to speak. All are welcome so feel free to drop on by!  When Derek and I started the event it was just a couple of friends brainstorming interesting ideas.  Now as of the latest count we have 126 committed to attending the next meetup!  It has grown faster than either of us would have guessed and it looks to have a really bright future!

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