We're coming up on the fourth annual Entrepreneur Week in Waterloo Region. Here's some highlights of the week—events that I think are particularly useful for tech startups. See the Entrepreneur Week site for more details and locations.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
BBQ kickoff event with tech comedian Don McMillan (former engineer). I saw him at the CIO conference last year, and he was very funny. Other than that, it's just free food and a chance to meet and talk to some folks from the local tech community.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
Strategic Networking: A how & why session on networking and a speed dating-style session where you will get the chance to have five 8-minute one-on-one meetings with people with a wide range of expertise in working with startups. Jeff Taylor (who spoke at TLC in May) is back for another keynote—this one during lunch.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
The next StartupCampWaterloo runs from 6-9pm and the day starts off with a partnering event with people representing RIM, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Sun ... and there may be more to come. If you're interested in meeting with one of those companies, there are opportunities for one-on-one meetings. More details here.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
There's a invitation-only Founders & Funders dinner at the end of the day, and a session on "strategic financing" in the afternoon—I believe it will be focusing on bootstrapping.

There's also a series of entrepreneur-themed films at the Princess Cinema that week, and several other events that you might be interested in.