Thanksgiving is over and that means December Holiday parties are just around the corner! If you consider yourself part of the Sacramento Region Startup Scene, you won’t want to miss the annual Startup Grind Startup Holiday Party on December 11! (and if you don’t consider yourself part of the scene yet but want to be, you should come!) You don’t need to buy a new outfit, squeeze into Spanx, or don a bow tie for this shindig — just come as you are and enjoy hanging out with other startup junkies! The price of admission is an unwrapped toy or a $10 donation for the benefit of the Sacramento Children’s Receiving Home.

If you’re thinking about applying for Founder Institute’s Winter Semester (Jan-Apr) in Sacramento, apply by December 9th to be considered for a fellowship (free enrollment — a $999 value). Additionally, if you use this link, the $50 application fee will be waived. Find out more about the FI pre-accelerator program at their Entrepreneur DNA: Insights of the Traits of Top Startup Founders seminar on Dec 6.

This Week’s Best Bets

Tuesday evening, AgStart has a go-to-market workshop at Hacker Lab. Greg Connolly, founder of Trifecta, will discuss how they leverage influencer-marketing to reach their target customers. While this is hosted by AgStart, the information shared will be relevant to all B2C startups. Use code “innovation” for 80% off! Food and drink will be provided. Get Tickets

Also on Tuesday evening, CleanStart has its monthly clean tech meetup and the focus is on Green Buildings and the technologies behind them. Architect of California’s first Certified Living Building, Arch Nexus, will share how they retrofitted an existing building to meet the tough requirements of Living Buildings. Free to attend. RSVP

Wednesday morning, 1 Million Cups is taking a road trip to Rancho Cordova City Hall. If you live east of Sacramento on the I-50 corridor and battling the morning commute has kept you from attending, here’s your chance to join without the struggle! RSVP

Thursday, Buchalter and Ernst & Young join forces to bring you a Startup Financing Bootcamp. They’ll cover Term Sheets, Intellectual Property and other startup funding topics. It’s a lunchtime event and they will even feed you! Free to attend  RSVP

Plan Ahead

It bears repeating…the Startup Grind Sacramento Startup Holiday Party is on December 11 at The Urban Hive. Live music, festive eats and top-notch mingling and mixing! Bring an unwrapped toy or donate $10. RSVP

We’re building community! The StartupSac Community Facebook Group launched earlier this year and already has over 275 members. Now we need you! Request to join here.

There’s lots of great stuff going on in the tech startup community–check out the details in this week’s Startup Digest. If you’d like to receive the digest in your inbox every Monday morning, sign up for free here. 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, browse  the  StartupSac Website.