Business and entrepreneurship events

• Mobile Monday Sydney, tonight
• Coffee Mornings Sydney, Aug 10
• Silicon Beach Drinks, Aug 10
• Hub Sydney Kick-off, Aug 13
• Internet Business Models, Aug 13
• League of Extraordinary Women, Aug 14
• Social Media Women, Aug 14
• Product Mavens Meetup, Aug 15
• Young Entrepreneurs Meetup, Aug 15
• Youngbloods Mid-Year Party, Aug 16
• Branding for Startups, Aug 16
• Sales for Techn Startups Intro, Aug 20
• Sydney Tourism Tweetup, Aug 21
• Master Pitch Workshop, Aug 21
• Networx: What Media Want, Aug 23
• Understanding Online Retail, Aug 27
• Project Managers Round Table, Aug 28
• Sydney Trend Seminar, Aug 29
• Getting Started with Wordpress, Aug 29
• Young Entreps Unconvention, Sept 1
• SydStart 2012 Spring, Sept 10

Featured event: ADMA Forum 2012

Australia's premier marketing conference. Get in on the deal: Save $500. Register with discount code EarlybirdF12 at admaforum.com.au. Learn from 70+ global companies: Coca-Cola, adidas, GRAMMYs, Virgin, eBay & more.

Must-reads, link love

• Open Shed Is Being Incubated…
• First impressions of Ninja Blocks
• Event Review: fastBREAK lies 
• Event Review: How to land a job at a startup
• Event Review: CBA Women in Focus
• Event Review: WordCamp Sydney 2012 
• The Founder Institue Sydney
• Blank: Lying on Your Resume
• Signs A VC Is Just Not That Into You
• Stories of Failure and Redemption
• Your Stressful Job is Indeed Aging You
• The Paradox of Passion
• The Lean Community

Sydney local profile

This week Lisa Fox talks to Tom Dawkins of StartSomeGood about the differences between "peer-funding" and "crowd-funding" and some helpful tips on how to create a successful campaign. Read the interview.

Digital and tech events

• Tech Startup Meetup, Aug 9
• ACS: Microsoft Test Manager, Aug 13
• Joomla User Group, Aug 14
• IGDA: Bits & Pieces Meetup, Aug 14
• The Future of Digital Publishing, Aug 16
• ACS: Release Architectures, Aug 16
• Sydney DevOps Meetup, Aug 16
• SyPy Hacknight, Aug 21
• Rackspace ANZ launch, Aug 22
• Designing for Multiple Devices, Aug 22
• The Death of the IT Consultant, Aug 28
• Mighty MEGA Mashup, Aug 29
• Sydney SEO Meetup, Sept 6
• Web Directions South, Oct 16-19

Creative, design and culture events

• Creativity, Media and Activism, Aug 6
• GreenUps: What's Your Green Vision, Aug 7
• Masculinity & the 21st Century, Aug 7
• Groundbreaker: Public Workshop, Aug 8
• Think Act Change, Aug 14
• Creative Leaders Balmain, Aug 14
• Artspace: Another World, Aug 17
• Social Innovation Sydney Birthday, Aug 17
• Work, Live, Socialise Unconference, Aug 18
• TEDx Macquarie University, Aug 18

Cool jobs

• Finished Artist / Designer, Host Sydney
• Deputy Art Director, In Syle Magazine
• Business Dev Manager, Virtual Coworker
• Digital Communications Manager, Purina

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