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SacStarts dinner Jan 17

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3 Jan 2007

Buried in that sappy rambling about SacStarts was a notification of the next geek/Entrepreneur dinner (hereafter called SacStarts Dinners). If you nodded off after the first paragraph of that crap, here’s the details.

The dinner is January 17th at 7pm at Cafe Bernardo on the corner of R and 15th. RSVP on the site so we can have an idea of how big a spot we need.

The cost is the same as always—buy your own food and drink. The agenda is the same as well—whatever the heck you want it to be.

Show up and hang out with some great local entrepreneurs, technologists, and the people who love them.

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