If you're tired of events that are based on passing out your businesses cards, these five events will finally make you feel like you're doing something worthwhile with your evening.

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1. CU New Venture Challenge Mobile App Track Information Session

Monday, October 14th at 5:30PM in Discovery Learning Center (DLC) 1B70.

The Mobile App Track is for an individual or a team with at least one member from University of Colorado at Boulder that are exploring building a new business around their mobile app.

2. StartUP Women: How to Develop Your Intuition to Make Smarter Business Decisions

Tuesday, October 15th at 12:00PM at Bacaro in Boulder

Kim Duggan will lead a talk and discussion focused on how to tap into your own intuitive abilities to save time, energy and money so that you can start growing your business and having more confidence in decision making.

3 .Filtering From the Firehose: Real Time Social Media Streaming

Tuesday, October 15th at 6:00PM at Galavanize

Learn about collecting and filtering social media data with streaming APIs from GNIP's Jim Moffitt. He will cover best practices, use case examples and live demos of filtering data from Twitter. #SeeYouThere

4. Content Strategy for Startups 

Thursday, October 17th at 7:00PM at Location3 Media

Strapped for time? Jen Shurley will be leading the discussion about how to develop a content strategy in a startup setting.

5. The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology: An Evening with John Dyer

Thursday, October 17th at 6:30PM at HUB Boulder

Here's a talk that will be from an angIe not normally taken in the Boulder area: Author John Dyer will walk through both biblical and technological history, expanding the view of media, creativity, and culture.