Below is a central event calendar, where you are able to find key business and social events within you area. This will help you network professionally and socially making your move to America enjoyable and no doubt fruitful. Networking with like minded individuals will help set you on the path to success.
BABC is a supporting organization of the Startup Conference 2017. With close to 2,000 entrepreneurs, the Startup Conference is one of the larger conferences in Silicon Valley for starting your startup, learning how to pitch VCs, find co-founders, launch your product to the press, reach early adopters and influencers.
Research from Nielsen says just 50% of people believe what a company has to say about its products and services, while 83% will trust the opinion of a friend, peer or family member.
The explosion in use of digital media has given professionals the opportunity to have their wisdom and experience be discoverable, shareable and memorable like never before. It’s a wonder then that so many people have not grasped this opportunity and insist on having their life’s work generate a mostly mediocre impression on the world.
During this 90-minute workshop with Personal Branding Expert, Mel Carson, you will:
- Get an introduction into personal branding and why it’s so important for your career and the success of your company.
- Learn why personal branding is central to helping you reach your professional goals
- Learn how to create a personal branding strategy to help your expertise standout in your industry.
- Understand what you need to do to establish your professional purpose and create a personal branding statement.
- Receive a whole bunch of tips on how to get the most out of LinkedIn and other social platforms and tools.
- Learn how to establish a communication cadence and success measurement framework to keep your personal brand on track.
- Be given practical tips for optimizing, implementing and amplifying your personal brand through digital media and in-person
The fifth session in our Autonomous Driving Series will explore roadway infrastructure in the age of driverless cars.
As autonomous vehicle technology continues to advance, smart infrastructure will need to keep pace. From arterial streets to high-speed, multimodal freeways, governments and private sector companies are actively responding to the changing infrastructure needs that this technology will require.
Squire Patton Boggs and NCC Group in partnership with the Irish American Bar Association, the German American Chamber of Commerce and the BABC Northern California invite you to attend a training on Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
GDPR – Are You Ready?: Mapping the Road to GDPR and ePrivacy Compliance to Avoid Significant Financial Penalties
The EU’s new data protection regulation – known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – imposes a broad range of additional compliance obligations on organizations anywhere in the world that that collect or process EU residents’ personal data. This means any organization that employees EU residents, offers goods or services or monitors the behavior of individuals located in the EU or processes the personal data of EU residents on behalf of other businesses must comply with the GDPR. Organizations that fail to comply could face penalties of up to €20 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover.
Are you new to the Bay area? If so, you are sure to have many questions. We want to help you get them answered and point you to the many resources we all know about; please join our casual mixer and get valuable information about the area and its many businesses.
For existing residents, this a great opportunity for welcoming new arrivals to the Bay Area and introducing them to your business!
The BABC Young Professionals are proud to present the Great-American British Pub Quiz!
So get your thinking caps on and start swatting up on your US/UK knowledge to compete for your national honor – we’ll have rounds of questions catering to all interests!
We’re looking for teams of four willing to take up the challenge – but individuals and smaller groups are also very welcome (we’ll make up a team for you!).
Led by quiz masters Jason Kumpf and Stuart Bagshaw, there will be a set number of rounds of questions with prizes for top winning teams.
Categories include:
- Beer
- Celebrities
- Who said what?
- Business
- Film
- Music
This is a very popular event so we don’t delay is purchasing your ticket!
What does it take to build a unicorn (startup valued at one billion dollars or more)? What do Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest and other unicorn companies have in common? And how can you leverage these insights to grow your startup to a billion dollar valuation (or more!)?
The objective of this session is to show how foreign born entrepreneurs and start-up business owners can stay in the United States, start and work for their company-without being deported! It will also explain the basics of how US business? can hire and retain foreign born talent.
Knowledge of US visa laws is critical to the success, continuance and growth of most Silicon Valley business? and obtaining the correct visa is often the first hurdle faced by foreign founders. So, we will explore the visa options available for foreign entrepreneurs. Then, as business grows, we find that there is no escape from hiring foreign born talent, especially in high tech. So, we will deal with the challenge to find the right work visa for the right employee. And start-ups love the idea of paying less for the best! For which, we will also discuss the do?s and don?ts of hiring foreign students and interns.
And we must remind ourselves that even though we may be in blue territory, we need to understand the challenges that the Trump administration poses to an economy that relies on highly trained workers to compete in a global environment.
This session will tell you all that you need to know about US Immigration laws as they impact US business. We will explore the old and the new and will also try to venture into the uncertain!
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