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SUMMARY:APR 4 - Startup - Meet With a Tech Startup Mentor [Arrive Any Time]
DESCRIPTION:If you want to start a new business but don’t know where to start or are tired of trying to do it alone\, join us at the Startup Zone.\n\n\nIt’s a place to work\, chat\, help\, and brainstorm startups. Visit the Startup Zone: \n\nShare your story\nPresent your pitch and get feedback\nWork on your startup\n\nWe are here to help you advance your startup journey to success.  \nOur agenda is your entrepreneurial growth and success. https//startupzones.org]
URL:https://startupzones.org/event/apr-4-startup-meet-with-a-tech-startup-mentor-arrive-any-time/
LOCATION:Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce\, 1822 East Innovation Park Drive\, Oro Valley\, AZ\, 85755\, United States
CATEGORIES:Startup
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SUMMARY:APR 7 - Startup PITCHR - Startups\, Pitchers\, Pitches\, and Netweaving
DESCRIPTION:If you want to start a new business or are struggling to launch one\, connect with our community at the Startup PITCHR event.\n\n\nIf you want to start a new business or are struggling to launch one as a solo entrepreneur\, connect with our community at the Startup PITCHR event. \nCome chat\, help\, and brainstorm startups. \n\nLocal entrepreneur shares their story\nTest your elevator pitch (1 minute)\nShare your story.\nGet help and feedback.\nBuild your team.\nNetweave (https://startupzones.org/the-lost-mindset-of-netweaving/)\nHelp build our community of tech innovators and entrepreneurs.\n\nWe are here to help you advance your startup journey to success. \nWe have no agenda other than to assist you in working on your ideas. Our first question is\, “How can I/we help you?”(https://startupzones.org) This is a NO SALES zone.
URL:https://startupzones.org/event/apr-7-startup-pitchr-startups-pitchers-pitches-and-netweaving/
LOCATION:Fork & Fire Smokehouse + Taproom\, 11835 North Oracle Road\, #101\, Oro Valley\, AZ\, 85737\, United States
CATEGORIES:Startup
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SUMMARY:APR 8 - Tucson Supply Chain Meetup @ Moto Sonora Brewing Co
DESCRIPTION:The meetups turn seller-buyer relationships into collaborative partnerships to solve problems in manufacturing & supply chain.\n\n\nLooking forward to seeing everyone at the Meetup at 5:30 pm at Moto Sonora Brewing Co\, 1015 South Park Ave\, Tucson\, AZ \nA collaborative effort to improve the supply chain\, manufacturing\, and fabrication of electronics\, integrated circuits\, mechanical\, optics\, photonics\, electromechanical\, lasers\, and other tech. \nThe meetups transform seller-buyer relationships into collaborative partnerships to solve problems in manufacturing & supply chain management. We are partnering to improve local supply chains. For more information: https://tucsonsupplychain.org
URL:https://startupzones.org/event/apr-8-tucson-supply-chain-meetup-moto-sonora-brewing-co/
LOCATION:Motosonora Brewing Co\, 1015 South Park Avenue\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Supply Chain
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SUMMARY:APR 18 - Startup - Meet With a Tech Startup Mentor [Arrive Any Time]
DESCRIPTION:If you want to start a new business but don’t know where to start or are tired of trying to do it alone\, join us at the Startup Zone.\n\n\nIt’s a place to work\, chat\, help\, and brainstorm startups. Visit the Startup Zone: \n\nShare your story\nPresent your pitch and get feedback\nWork on your startup\n\nWe are here to help you advance your startup journey to success.  \nOur agenda is your entrepreneurial growth and success. https//startupzones.org]
URL:https://startupzones.org/event/apr-18-startup-meet-with-a-tech-startup-mentor-arrive-any-time/
LOCATION:Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce\, 1822 East Innovation Park Drive\, Oro Valley\, AZ\, 85755\, United States
CATEGORIES:Startup
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SUMMARY:APR 22 - Tucson Supply Chain Meetup @ Moto Sonora Brewing Co
DESCRIPTION:The meetups turn seller-buyer relationships into collaborative partnerships to solve problems in manufacturing & supply chain.\n\n\nLooking forward to seeing everyone at the Meetup at 5:30 pm at Moto Sonora Brewing Co\, 1015 South Park Ave\, Tucson\, AZ \nA collaborative effort to improve the supply chain\, manufacturing\, and fabrication of electronics\, integrated circuits\, mechanical\, optics\, photonics\, electromechanical\, lasers\, and other tech. \nThe meetups transform seller-buyer relationships into collaborative partnerships to solve problems in manufacturing & supply chain management. We are partnering to improve local supply chains. For more information: https://tucsonsupplychain.org
URL:https://startupzones.org/event/apr-29-tucson-supply-chain-meetup-moto-sonora-brewing-co/
LOCATION:Motosonora Brewing Co\, 1015 South Park Avenue\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Supply Chain
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SUMMARY:APR 25 - AI Dev Bootcamp - For Developers
DESCRIPTION:A hands-on\, 4-week workshop series for software developers ready to build with AI coding tools. \n\n\n\nLed by Nick Yeager\, a senior software engineer who has been deep in the trenches with Claude Code\, Copilot\, and agentic development workflows\, this series takes you from setup to shipping real projects with AI as your co-developer. \n\n\n\nWHAT YOU’LL BUILDYou will work on a real open source project for AI Trailblazers\, building a hackathon execution system complete with a website\, idea voting\, and marketing agents. Every session builds on the last\, and your code gets committed back to the repo. \n\n\n\nSESSION SCHEDULE (Saturdays\, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM)Session 1: April 25 – Foundations and SetupClaude Code features. Skills\, markdown configs\, and the Plan-Revise-Test-Execute loop that makes AI coding actually productive. \n\n\n\nSession 2: May 2 – Building and Iterating with SkillsWrite your first skills. Learn how to make AI tools that improve over time. Start building the project. \n\n\n\nSession 3: May 9 – Sub-Agents and Parallel WorkRun multiple agents simultaneously with agent teams and worktrees. Break complex tasks into sub-agent workflows. \n\n\n\nSession 4: May 16 – Evals\, Hooks\, and Production PatternsTest your skills empirically. Set up evaluation loops. Hooks\, automation\, and patterns for real-world use. \n\n\n\nThis series leads directly into AI Trailblazers Hackathon 3 on May 23-24. Everything you learn here prepares you to hit the ground running at the hackathon. \n\n\n\nWHO THIS IS FORSoftware developers with coding experience who want to level up with AI tools. You don’t need to be an AI expert\, but you should be comfortable writing code. \n\n\n\nWHAT’S INCLUDEDEach participant gets a Claude Code Max subscription for the duration of the series. Scholarships available for those who need financial assistance. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE INSTRUCTORNick Yeager is a software engineer at ScriptSave who has been building AI development tools and evangelizing agentic workflows across his organization. He has given company-wide talks on AI coding practices and built evaluation frameworks for testing AI-generated code. \n\n\n\n\nPresented by AI Trailblazers in partnership with Startup Zones\, Tech Catalyst\, and Vantage West. \n\n\n\n\nJoin us and let’s develop the community together. \n\n\n\nFor more information: https://www.meetup.com/old-pueblo-new-economy-artificial-intelligence-trailblazers/events/313832547/ 
URL:https://startupzones.org/event/apr-25-ai-dev-bootcamp-for-developers/
LOCATION:Vantage West Credit Union\, 2480 N Arcadia Ave\, Tucson\, Arizona\, 85712\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tech
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