Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (5/26-6/8)

Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every other Friday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up in the next two weeks. 

Friday, May 26

Event: Inclusive Startup Day: Vendor Showcase & Startup Pitch Competition

"I/O Spaces is pleased to host the Inclusive Startup Day: which will include a Startup Pitch Competition on May 26th and Business Vendor Showcase from 1pm to 7pm on May 28th to showcase the diversity of African Diaspora & Minority entrepreneurs."  

The Weekend, May 27-28

Event: Black Owned Small Business Expo

"Support Black Owned Small business at this one stop shop expo event. Come out to network and purchase products and services of all types from locally owned businesses in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore Metro areas. From jewelry to houseware, fashion, beauty products, electronics, food and much more this is an event you won’t want to miss. The Black Owned Small Business Expo is free to patrons and open to the public, however, interested small business vendors should email danie@daniebjones.com for more information." 

Event: Women Empower Expo Washington DC

"The Women Empower Expo is a one-day event for women to connect and collaborate with people in their community to drive change in their own lives and in the world." 

Monday, May 29 — Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day! Enjoy the day off!

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Tuesday, May 30

Event: DC Tech Meetup: Drinks edition

"Due to venue scheduling difficulties, we will have a casual networking happy hour this month. Have a few drinks with tech and startup folks in the area. We will be back on stage with demoes next month!"

Event: Data Community DC – Mentor/Mentee Happy Hour

"We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a networking happy hour on May 30 from 6 PM. We are excited to kick off our mentoring initiative during this happy hour. We collected information from you through a survey to properly align you with the best mentors and mentees based on your inputs. During the happy hour we will have a method with name tags so that you can identify the mentors based on their responses to have an opportunity to chat in small groups your mentors and mentees. For good measure the first round of drinks are on the house!"

Wednesday, May 31

Event: pineapple presents: the queen of jewish cuisine

"in April, Joan Nathan, the queen of Jewish cuisine, published her 11th cookbook, “King Solomon’s Table”

“King Solomon’s Table” is part cookbook, part recount of the history of the Jewish people: each recipe highlights a different story that sheds light on Jewish cultural and religious significance

beyond providing new dishes for your next Passover seder, “King Solomon’s Table” displays the diversity of the Jewish diaspora and its culinary traditions from across the globe, whether it be Brazilian-Belarusian Grouper, El Salvadorian Yuca Latkes, or Polish shritzlach"

Event: Innovation in Healthcare // Design Sprint P2: Improving the Patient Experience

"Join us for Part 2 of the Innovation in Health Care, UNLeaded Design Sprint on Wednesday, May 31st, where you’ll get a chance to tackle this design challenge with other creative problem-solvers and social innovators. Over the course of two hours, you’ll hear Stakeholder Talks to help you understand and define the issue. Then we’ll break up into groups to crowdsource and prototype ideas that can make an impact. Finally, we’ll wrap up our design sprint by hearing a pitch of your ideas, with a discussion of possible next steps."

Thursday, June 1

Event: Schedule a 1:1 with a LSC Mentor

"Looking to connect with the Lean Startup community in between meetups? Need some feedback on your new venture?

The LSC leadership team is now offering time slots for 1:1's on a rolling basis. These can be informal chats to catch up, or in-depth, roll-up-your-sleeves working sessions to get things done!"

Friday, June 2

Event: Women In Tech Breakfast

"We invite you to join us for this interactive breakfast for Women in Technology. We featuring great women in tech to give their insight on how they reached their level of success, advise on navigating the workplace, and how we can help the next generation of women in tech. Our esteemed panel of speakers are pioneers in their respective fields, representing many facets of the DC tech industry."

The Weekend, June 3-4

Event: PythonLab: share and learn Python!

"PythonLab on Saturdays -- (currently looking for a space till June) Introduction to Python from 2-4PM -- all levels of experience welcome!"

Monday, June 5

Event: The Pathways Scholarship Launch

"Join the Washington DC Economic Partnership and our DC partners, In3, Thinkful, Byte Back, The Mentor Method, MEANS Database and BEACON DC, in announcing the first Pathways Scholarship initiative.

The Pathways Scholarship is the first of a series of initiatives to create tech opportunities for under and unemployed communities in DC. The goal is to include those who have been excluded by providing a program with resources, training, employment and ongoing support."

Tuesday, June 6

Event: pineapple presents: cake, career & creativity

"it's a dream for us at pineapple DC to host a conversation between Christina Tosi and Morgan H. West, founder of A Creative DC, about cake, career, creativity, and being the ultimate lady bosses. both women are innovators and leaders in their respective fields, and we'll be celebrating and learning from their achievements with an amazing spread of sweets provided by Milk Bar"

Wednesday, June 7

Event: NoVA TechBreakfast: SoccerSkybox, Point3 Security, Bizy, Incidr

"Interact with your peers in a monthly morning breakfast meetup. At this monthly breakfast get-together techies, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs share learn from their peers through show and tell / show-case style presentations."

Event: Tech and PM: Product and Project Management

"Join us for the next AMPM on June 7, co-hosted with General Assembly as we talk to local leaders in the product and project management community to explore new intersections between their field and best methods for maintaining efficiency and demonstrating leadership."

Thursday, June 8

Event: Startupalooza DC + Capital Raising Workshop

"Join us for the Open Entrepreneur Pitching Event for Digital Media, High Tech and Healthcare Start-Ups Every Entrepreneur Gets to Pitch Now with more Investors than ever! Every Start-Up gets to pitch to our team of Investors - the audience gets to find out what's new in the Start-Up market, and what VC's are really looking for! Startupalooza expands into the DC Startup world on Thursday, May 12th, 5 - 8 pm. After more than 10 years of helping selected Entrepreneurs raise capital - we've figured how to open it up to everyone! This innovative event gives every Entrepreneur a shot at getting the attention of Angel Investors on the lookout for new deals. Tech & Digital Media VCs and execs get a unique opportunity to survey the marketplace at their own pace."

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