Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, nerds, and tech entrepreneurs in and around the Tampa Bay area. It’s the first full week of 2018, and things are ramping up. Check out this week’s events!
Monday, January 8
- Developing a Strategic Company Brand @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
- R-Ladies Sarasota — new yeaR’s Resolution: moRe R @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- TampaDev — WEBINAR: Turning software into computer chips By Hastlayer By Zoltán Lehóczky @ online, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Toastmasters Club 1810!! @ IHOP (11111 N. Dale Mabry, Tampa), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Retro/Indie Gaming at Brew Bus (Pints & Pixels) @ Brew Bus Brewing, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Tuesday, January 9
- Lectora Tuesday @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 7:45 AM to 8:45 AM
- American Marketing Association, Tampa Bay Chapter — Email Must-Know Tips, Tricks & Stats Workshop @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
- Navigating a New Labyrinth @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Purpose-Driven Networking @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 5:15 PM to 6:15 PM
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Network & Learn, One Woman’s Story CEO and Founder Tri Sirena, Stefani Schuetz @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Info Night @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Toastmasters Club ECC @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Cheer on the Lightning vs. the Carolina Hurricanes! @ 6:45 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Android Developers Group — Build & Deploy Android apps easier with Fastlane tools/Round-table discussion @ Big Fish App Development Studio, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Bank of the Ozarks’ Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Social Media Meetup — Web Entrepreneurs @ Tampa Bay Technology Center, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Suncoast Toastmasters Weekly Meeting @ Western & Southern Life, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Woodshop Safety (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:15 PM to 10:15 PM
- Star Wars: Destiny Organized Play @ Armada Games, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Wednesday, January 10
- Open/FREE Coworking for Women Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Course Align @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — The Stuby and Bebop Review @ Mark Sharpe Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Pathfinder Kingmaker Adventure Path – Full @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Inventors Roadmap to Success @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
- Estrategias Exitosas para Nuevo negocios @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
- Grand Gamers of St. Petersburg Board Game Night @ Critical Hit Games, 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Data Science Group — Standard Meeting @ Tampa Bay Wave, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Crypto Investors Club – St Pete — RSVP to attend @ Panera Bread (1908 4th Street North, Saint Petersburg), 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Introduction to Fusion 360 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bitcoin and Crypto Wealth Mining — Bitcoin Mining – ICO – Crypto Trading @ Bitcoin Mining Investors, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Thursday, January 11
- Commercial Real Estate for Startups @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — It’s a Party! Come Celebrate our Two Year Anniversary @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Let’s Game on Thursdays @ Panera Bread (3490 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Valrico), 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Hacking 101: Virtual Box @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Front-End Design Meetup — A Simpler Web With VueJS with Mitchell Garcia @ Bank of the Ozarks’ Innovation Lab, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — Cards and board games Thursday!! @ 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Friday, January 12
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Waters Location) @ Panera Bread (6001 W Waters Ave, Tampa) @ 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg / Tyrone) @ Panera (2420 66th St North, St Petersburg) @ 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Downtown Tampa & Seminole Heights) @ FOUNDATION coffee co. @ 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Café con Tampa — Innovation and Renewables: An Update from TECO/Emera with Rob Bennett, CEO, Emera Technologies @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Drive Sales Through Social Media @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Brown Bag Pitch Practice @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — D&D Night! @ 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Pinellas Gamers! — Meet up and Play! @ 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Saturday, January 13
- Going Into Business Workshop @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Learn to work and fire glass using a kiln (8 week class) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Entrepreneur Moms Meetup @ The Stone Soup Company, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — NNO Book Club: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body @ Rubio’s Coastal Grill, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Futurists Meetup — Revving up for 2018 @ Clearwater Countryside Library, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Socrates Cafe — Will Technology Create Mass Unemployment? @ Seminole Heights Library, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — East Texas University: Fishing Trip @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Sunday, January 14
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day @ Wesley Chapel, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Start a new D&D 5e Gaming group @ 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Learn how to test smart contracts @ Blockspaces, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM