Rhode Island Nexus

Inaugural Open Coffee for techpreneurs and design|geeks who want to drop in and chat about local startups, cool projects, gigs, or whatever. Loosely based on the Open Coffee Club.

Where: 729 Hope Cafe, Hope St, Providence map http://tinyurl.com/2ojkaz
When: 8 AM Wednesday, Jan 9th

Discussions in the air: coworking, early stage funding for startups, the XO laptop

Contact Allan Tear at atear@aptuscollaborative.com
for more info.

Year Up is hosting it's annual job fair on January 9, 2008 from 2pm - 4pm. The event will take place at our Providence location, 10 Dorrance Street, Suite 1108. This is an opportunity for local businesses to meet 40+ young professionals that are looking for work in entry level IT jobs inlcuding but not limited to desktop, helpdesk, & customer service support. We currently have major companies including Citizens, Bank of America, & Adecco attending. This is a great opportunity for any company that has technical needs to meet trained and eager young professionals.  If you would like to set up a table or learn more about this free event, please
contact:

Kristin Easton at (401) 421-7819 or keaston@yearup.org

This workshop will be led by Larry Davidson, principal of Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., Ltd. and a CPA..

Each team may send up to two people to the workshop on How to Develop Financial Projections.

Open to anyone considering applying to the 2008 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition.

Cost: free, but seating is limited so please pre-regiater