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A Caffeinated Idea: First Round Capital 'Drop In' Hours

Despite the recent doomsday predictions, the team here at First Round Capital is firmly convinced that good entrepreneurs will continue to receive funding. (And yes Virginia, we are continuing to make new investments.) To help shake off the market doldrums - and selfishly, to meet new entrepreneurs - we're hosting an open drop-in next week.

Mentoring Women for the Next Y Combinator (10/17 Deadline)

Y Combinator, a technology incubator based in Mountain View and Cambridge, is taking applications through Friday, October 17th 10pm PST for its winter 2009 Mountain View incubator cycle. Former AOL and Yahoo! exec (and current Tech Stars participant) Susan Mernit has galvanized a small group of us who are interested in seeing if we can help increase the percentage of women accepted this time around. So:

Last Call for Web 2.0 Expo Speakers

Just a quick last call for Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2009! Our deadline for speaker submissions ends this Wednesday, and we'd be thrilled to get your submissions. The 2009 call for papers ends this Wednesday, October 8th at midnight Pacific time. Get your ideas in!