Check out candidates who've already spoken at 2012 Startup Circle events.
- April 10, 2012 - Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher
Nathan Fletcher has served as a State Assemblyman. In just his first term in the State Assembly, Fletcher had twenty-one pieces of legislation signed into law, including bills relating to veterans, job creation, water infrastructure, pension reform, modernization of state government, health care, and public safety. He was instrumental in passing tax reform that will help create thousands of new California jobs, including many in the biotech and high-tech industries located in the San Diego region, and he stood up to out-of-state corporations in support of local businesses and jobs.The Chelsea King tragedy exposed the need for real reform of the criminal justice system. Fletcher worked across political lines to achieve historic protections for our children with Chelsea’s Law, including a true one-strike penalty for violent sexual offenders and sweeping reforms of the parole system.
Before his election to the California State Legislature, Nathan Fletcher served for ten years on active and reserve duty with the United States Marine Corps, working in counterintelligence in the Horn of Africa and the Near East. For his service, he earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal and Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. Prior to that, he served in the Sunni Triangle region of Iraq, earning the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat "V" for valor, among others.
Please RSVP - March 13, 2012- Councilman Carl DeMaio
A Businessman with Real World Experience
Our special guest: Councilman Carl DeMaio
RSVP HERE: http://tinyurl.com/6qy9e9h
"StartupCircle Mayoral Presentation"
Also featuring San Diego startup owners:
Adam Riggs-Zeigner from Rock My World
Boian Spassov from Locbit
Joshua Windmiller from UCSD Lab of NanobioelectronicsCarl DeMaio is a businessman-turned-civic watchdog who represents the 5th District on the City Council.
Carl offers voters a simple but timely pledge: Clean Up City Hall. A Businessman with Real World Experience After college, Carl founded two successful businesses before the age of thirty.
In 2000, he launched the Performance Institute, a non-partisan, private think tank dedicated to reforming government through the principles of performance, transparency, competition and accountability. Carl built the organization into the largest government reform think tank in the nation and the leading authority on performance-based management in government, law enforcement, non-profits and schools.
In 2003, Carl founded the American Strategic Management Institute (ASMI), which provides training and education in corporate financial and performance management.
In late 2007, Carl sold both of his companies to Thompson Publishing Group.Admission:
Free with RSVP for StartupCircle and SDFACC members
Free with RSVP for Non Members
At the door$15 for StartupCircle and SDFACC Members
At the door $25 for Non Members - February 21, 2012 - Congressman Bob Filner
Featuring San Diego startup owners: Ed Pletner from AVR Recycling and Marie Flacassier from Beatbabel.
Our special guest: Congressman Bob Filner
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Congressman Bob Filner represents California’s 51st Congressional District, one of the most ethnically diverse districts in the nation. Congressman Filner’s district encompasses southern San Diego County and all of Imperial County, including the entire California/Mexico border. He is California’s Border Congressman.Congressman Filner has been an active member of our community for more than four decades. He taught history at San Diego State University for more than twenty years. He was the President of the San Diego Board of Education and served on the San Diego City Council for five years. In 1991, he served as Deputy Mayor for the City of San Diego. He was first elected to Congress in 1992, and has been re-elected by wide margins every two years.
In January 2007, Congressman Filner became Chairman of the House of Representatives Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He has achieved a national reputation for his work on behalf of our nation’s veterans, both current veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and more elderly veterans from the Vietnam and Korean wars and World War II. He led the fight to restore honor and benefits to the Filipino Veterans and Merchant Mariners of World War II.
During his years in Congress, Congressman Filner has also served on the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He has fought for federal funding for border infrastructure. He has been an advocate of improved U.S./Mexico relations, quality education, protection of the environment, and universal health care.
Please RSVP for Free entry to this event. All non-registered guests will pay at the door; ($15 for members, $25 for non-members).
