Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Startup Grind is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 200 cities in 85 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our 1000-person volunteer team supports monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences connecting entrepreneurs with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. Notable guests include Clay Christensen (Innovator's Dilemma), Marc Andreessen, Biz Stone (Twitter), Steve Blank, Ben Silbermann (Pinterest), Jessica Livingston (Y Combinator), Bill Maris (Google Ventures), Vinod Khosla (Kholsa Ventures), Dave McClure (500 Startups), Ali Pincus (One Kings Lane), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Tony Conrad (About.me), Jeff Clavier (SoftTech VC), and Steward Butterfield (Slack). Startup Grind events attract founders, CEOs, developers, designers and technology professionals devoted to having an impact by creating companies with the potential to change the world. Startup Grind is hosted in cities around the world including Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Singapore, Dubai, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, London and more. Launch a Startup Grind in your city! http://startupgrind.com/start