Rackspace Startup Program Global Startup Event Guide: December 2012

December brings us the Holiday season around the world. International Day of Person with Disabilities occurs December 3^rd, with the theme of removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all. Texas became the 28^th state in December 1845, and the phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in December 1877. And, in the words of Helen H Moore, “Every year at just this time, in cold and dark December, families around the world all gather to remember, with presents and with parties, with feasting and with fun, customs and traditions, for people old and young.” Happy Holidays from the Rackspace Startup Program!

Within the startup movement, there are plenty of events happening globally in December 2012. The Rackspace Startup Program is here to keep you up to date with valuable information on events and happenings inside the global startup community. What follows is a partial list of global startup events complied by the contributors of StartupDigest:

Austin
FACE-2-FACE featuring Walter Robb, Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market
Austin Web Bash 2012

Barcelona
BCN Devcon

Berlin
Wherecamp
European Venture Summit

Birmingham, UK
Multipack Christmas Party

Bolivia
Futuro Móvil 2012

Boston
Customer Segmentation: It’s Not Just For Marketers
3rd Annual Punchbowl Mixer

Boulder, Colo.
Ignite Boulder 19
Boulder Beta 3.0.9

Brazil
Startup Weekend Rio
Startup Farm Campinas

Cape Town
Friday DrinkTank
Global Day of Code Retreat

Chicago
Technori Starter Series
CloudBash 2012

Chile
The End of Learning as We Know It
Ruby Dojo

Cincinnati
Startup Grind Cincinnati

Cologne
StartupBus Meets Cologne 
Global Code Retreat 2012

Columbus, Ohio
Central Ohio Cloud Computing User Group
WakeUp StartUp

Copenhagen
“Lean Startup with a Case” at BestBrains
Accelerace Investor Day – Winter 2012

Dublin
DublinBeta

Egypt
Cairo Tech Club: Session 2
Arab Net Developer Tournament

Estonia
StartSmart! Social & Profitable

Gainesville, Fla.
GAINnet Entrepreneurship Meetup
Innovators on Ice!

Guadalajara
1er Gran torneo de Fighting Games
GeekGirlMeetup

Hamburg
openDeck der onlineKapitäne
Startup Live Hamburg

India
PuneConnect 2012 Pune
UnPluggd Bengaluru

Indianapolis
Indy Startup Lab
New Economy New Rules: The Impact of the Election on Business

Italy
ItaliaCamp: Stati Generali del Centro-nord
AppCircus

Latvia
The Lean Startup Conference livestream @TechHub Riga

Lexington, Ky.
Lean Startup Conference Simulcast
5 Across

London
NY Tech Meets Tech City
The Big Xmas [bash]

Los Angeles
Tech Cocktail’s Los Angeles Startup Showcase
An Evening with Brad Feld

Melbourne
Functional Programming
Second Generation Lean Product Development

Miami
Girl Geek Dinners: User Experience
Hack Day Miami 2012

Montreal
Big Data Montreal
CocoaHeas Meetup

New York City
StartUp Pitch Night
FinTech Startup Weekend

New Zealand
Startup Party

Orange County, Calif.
Lean Startup Conference Official Simulcast

Oslo
Super Search
Nordic Startup Awards – Gande finale

Ottawa
Pecha Kucha
CreativeMornings/Ottawa

Paris
Seedcamp Paris
Start Up in the Cloud

Philadelphia
Wharton SBDC :: First Step: Starting a Small Business
Tesla Talk

Phoenix
Startup Book Club

Portland
CrowdCompass hosts Portland Lunch 2.0
TiE Oregon Pitch Fest

Portugal
Startup Pirates Braga
Coimbra Startup Coffee

Raleigh/Durham
BCF Entrepreneur Meet-Up
IDEA Pitch

San Diego
Lean Startup Conference – San Diego Livestream
Startup Grind San Diego

Scotland
RookieOven Meetup
TechCube Christmas Party

Seattle
NW Startup DEMO – MIT Enterprise Forum
GeekWire Gala

Silicon Valley
AngelHack
The World’s Largest Holiday Startup Party

Stuttgart
Karlsruhe: Livestream “Lean Startup Conference”
UX-Pizza Stuttgart

Taipei
2012 Meet NEO STAR
Ignite Taipei #7

Tampa, Fla.
TECH Talk
TampaDev Monthly User Group Meeting

Tokyo
Innovation Weekend Grand Finale 2012
Cloudforce Japan

Toronto
Lean Startup Day
Women Entrepreneurs: Front Row Centre

Vancouver
CEO Ladies Run
Vancouver Robotics Club

Washington DC
Startup Grind Washington DC
Investor Pitches & Winter Brews

Startups…get involved with the movement and participate in an event in your community. There is no better time than now to build or strengthen your network. Networking with other entrepreneurs allows you to form and maintain a strong circle of contacts that will serve you well for years to come. If you are an entrepreneur with a new idea in cloud computing, an application that makes people’s lives better or the next big thing online, drop the Space Cowboys a note and let us know about it. The Rackspace Startup Program is looking forward to hearing all about it!