Merry Christmas Placer County Makers! Hacker Lab announced that they are quadrupling their space in your neck of the woods. They have BIG plans for very cool stuff at the new location. Come see the new space at their Holiday Party this Thursday. It’s an old-fashioned potluck + BYOB style party. And it’s free!

The SBDC has a workshop on Business Plan Development and Equity Financing that starts at 11:00 a.m. today at Capsity. It’s free AND lunch is provided! They had a great turnout last week — well worth your time to check it out today.

Startup Grind has a very special guest this Tuesday night: Howard Love, author of the Startup J Curve. Howard is a life-long entrepreneur who has founded, co-founded, funded and managed startups for over 30 years, with several dozen successful exits. All attendees will be given a  copy of his new book. Enter “digest” in the promo code field and save $5 on registration!

1 Million Cups takes a road trip to The Urban Hive this Wednesday morning where startups Hegemony Technology and Feat will be presenting. If you haven’t been to 1MC yet, I highly encourage you to check it out. Now in it’s third month, 1MC Sacramento is where local entrepreneurs meet weekly to share their ideas and make new friends. Want to present? Apply here. We’re filling out our January calendar now. Got questions? I’m happy to answer them — just give me a shout out.

There’s lots of great stuff going on this week in the tech startup community–check out the details in this week’s Startup Digest. If you’ve organized (or know about) an event we have not included, please submit it here for consideration. And for even more startup information, happenings and resources, visit the StartupSac Website.