AIGA Rhode Island is co-sponsoring this free, public event by the Business Innovation Factory. There are only 100 slots so RSVP with Melissa ASAP (see below). Hope to see you there!

Here’s the invite:

The Business Innovation Factory invites you to a casual meet-up with Jason Fried. Fresh from his appearance at the BIF-3 Collaborative Innovation Summit, Jason will give a short talk and field questions from the audience.

Widely recognized as one of the leading experts on the intersection of design, business, and technology, Jason is the CEO & Co-founder of 37Signals, the developer of widely acclaimed web applications including Basecamp and Backpack. He’s also a co-author of the bestselling book “Getting Real: the smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application”, and partners with David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby of Rails.

Many thanks to Basics Group, Providence Geeks, RI Nexus and AIGA Rhode Island for co-sponsoring this event.

Where: Bravo Brasserie, 123 Empire St., Providence

When: October 10, 6:30pm

RSVP: Melissa Withers, mwithers@businessinnovationfactory.com, 401-278-9134.

This event is free, but limited to 100 people. Drinks and snacks will be served. Registrations offered on a first-come first-serve basis, so RSVP today.