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This month's Pad Presents Happy Hour will be hosted this upcoming Thursday with BGW Group- begining in reception and leading into The Boardroom for a presentation. Join us for appetizers, beer and wine and an informative presentation on corporate growth strategies for your business.

BGW Group is a management consulting firm specializing in strategic, analytical and operational execution of defined plans.

Pad Presents Happy Hour is every 4th Thursday of each month, featuring a different presentation beneficial to you and your company. We highly encourage both member and nonmembers to attend; so share the upcoming events with a friend or colleague!

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Member Spotlight: CookSmarts

Cook Smarts creates content that empowers the everyday home cook because they believe a simple home cooked meal can be the source of greater health, happiness, and community. They teach people how to cook all over the world through free recipes, infographics, and videos.

In May, 2013 they launched a subscription meal plan service, which helps families get dinner on the table while improving their cooking skills at the same time. Their meal plan service was voted #1 meal planning app by Lifehacker and was recently featured on The Today Show. Thousands of families now use their service to cook and live healthier every week.

This May, they'll be launching their second paid product, Nourish, a 6 week cooking journey that aims to transform cooking novices into confident cooks.

Cook Smarts was started by Jess Dang in January of 2012. Prior to starting Cook Smarts, Jess worked as a consultant and then spent 5 years at Visa working in payments strategy and products. If you want to chat email or content marketing, cooking, or bootstrapping a business, please contact Cook Smarts!

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The Pad: Morning Food Truck Schedule

The Pad Team is happy to introduce you to Morning Food Trucks from Monday, March 23rd through Thursday, March 26th!

We will have a different Morning Food Truck for each of the days; available from 8:30am - 10:30am. Morning Food Trucks will be located in front of The Pad building for members’ convenience, so you can’t miss it!

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I N S P I R E || 

in·spire

inˈspī(ə)r/

verb

1.

fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

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A collective series of all things inspirational and motivational.

Every Monday we post a new quotation to kickstart your work week.

Tell us;

What inspires you?

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I N S P I R E || 

in·spire

inˈspī(ə)r/

verb

1.

fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

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A collective series of all things inspirational and motivational.

Every Monday we post a new quotation to kickstart your work week.

Tell us;

What inspires you?

[thepadsv]

I N S P I R E || 

in·spire

inˈspī(ə)r/

verb

1.

fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

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The Pad is starting a collective series of all things inspirational and motivational.

Every Monday we will be posting a new quotation to kickstart your work week.

Tell us;

What inspires you?

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Grub Club is our free monthly community lunch that we host for our members every second Wednesday of the month, introducing  the best restaurants in the Palo Alto and Menlo Park area!