Rackspace Startup Program Global Startup Event Guide: May 2012

May marks the beginning of the 2012 World Expo to be held in Yeosu, South Korea. For the foodies of the world, Restaurant magazine just announced its picks for the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants. In the words of Shakespeare, “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer’s lease hath all too short a date.”

Within the startup movement, there are plenty of events happening globally in May 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 contributors of StartupDigest:

Austin: Austin Lean Startup Circle

Barcelona: 3 Day Startup, SeedRocket Weekend

Berlin: Berlin Tech Meetup, Startup Weekend

Bloomington, Ind.: Startup Weekend Bloomington

Boulder, Colo.: Lean Startup Machine, StartupWeekend Boulder EDU

Dallas: DFW Lean

Helsinki: Webshaped.fi, Lean Startup Clinique: Applifier

Indianapolis: Lean Startup Circle

Israel: Com.Vention 2012, Beer-Tech Jerusalem

Italy: Startupweekend Naples, Startupweekend Catania

Kansas City: Hack the Midwest

London: Startup Career Launchpad, Silicon Milkroundabout

Munich: Startup Weekend Munchen, eCommerce Conference

Newark, N.J.: Startuplooza NJ at NJIT

New York City: Starters+Startups

Oslo: Web Rebels

Paris: Apero Networking Girlz in Web, Startup Week-end Paris

Scotland: Engage Invest Exploit ’12, Startup Weekend Glasgow

Seattle: Startup Weekend Seattle

Seoul: Startup Weekend, 2012 Big Issue of Mobile Conference

Silicon Valley: The Startup Conference

Tampa, Fla.: StartUp Xchange May

Taipei: NTU Entrepreneurship Week, Garage Meet

Tokyo: Startup Dating Salon, Startup Weekend Tokyo

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.