Drop your networking plans. Leave your business cards at home. This week is about having fun. Saturday will see you through two geekified parties that are sure to be ‘off the hook,’ as those darn kids are saying these days.

Join 8Static for its first chiptunes and classic video gaming-inspired party since May. And if you’re not down to dance, Philly Geek Party launches its inaugural and hopefully monthly party for the nerds out there. Both should be a trip. That is, if the G Lounge just ain’t your style.

Earn that ‘five o’clock somewhere’ philosophy with a handful of other events happening throughout the week.

Wharton Small Business Development Center will host a conference call Tuesday afternoon to talk you through how it can help you launch your dream biz. On Wednesday, learn intuitive interfaces with a joint meeting of PhillyCHI and UsabilityNJ. Also Wednesday, Philly Startup Leaders will help refine DocASAP, an online doctor’s appointment scheduling platform that we covered last week, in one of its informative fishbowl sessions.

All events listed on the event calendar are free to attend. Be sure to check our complete calendar for more information, or follow us past the jump.

Tuesday, July 14: The Wharton Small Business Development Center will host a conference call to discuss how it can help your small business. This event would be par for the course, but we’ve seen some great projects come out of Wharton, including many of the projects in its business plan competition which we covered in April. Bonus, you don’t have to wear pants to this one. 12:00 p.m. Virtual. DETAILS. [view more events]

Wednesday, July 15: Philly CHI and UsabilityNJ will host a joint event led by presenter Jared Spool discussing intuitive user interfaces. Spool is a big dog in the user interface world, one that the two organizations aren’t shy to explain in their meeting promo. Real world advice from someone that is sure to be much more helpful than the iPhone UX stencil we’ve been eying up. 6:00 p.m. University City. RSVP. [view more events]

Wednesday, July 15: We already sent some love Wharton’s way, but it’s no coincidence that one of its entrepreneurs is making its way ’round these southeastern Pennsylvania parts. Philly Startup Leaders will host a fishbowl for DocASAP, a competitor in Wharton’s biz plan competition. We covered DocASAP last week, and we’re taking bets on where they end up next. New York? San Francisco? We certainly hope not! Head out to the fishbowl to give ‘em a dose of your entrepreneurial knowledge and advice. 5 p.m. Center City. DETAILS. [view more events]

Saturday, July 18: The crew at 8Static must be antsy for Saturday. Their chiptunes music event was pushed back from June and anticipation has only been building. Anticipation which, for me, started back when I spent an entire weekend trying to play through Maniac Mansion on a busted console. I still have those tunes stuck in my head. Dance the 8-bit night away before those NES warranties expire. 8:00 p.m. West Philadelphia. DETAILS. [view more events]

Saturday, July 18: If there’s one thing Technically Philly been thinking about a lot lately, it is a regularly scheduled geek-oriented party in Philadelphia. Sometimes, we just wanna drop the business manners and let loose. But where? Philly Geek Party has got us covered. On Saturday, leave the business cards at home, order a drink for each hand and be the nerd that you are at the inaugural event. 9:00 p.m. Center City. DETAILS. [view more events]

Women-led emerging growth companies in the Philadelphia region raise on average more than $10 million per company — called “significant outside capital” — according to a report released last week by WIN, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA and the Wharton Small Business Development Center.

The May 7th reception, where the report was discussed at BFTP’s offices in the Innovation Center of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, came along with other news for Pennsylvania women in business.

Gov. Ed Rendell saluted the honorees of the state’s 14th annual “Best 50 Women in Business” list, at a Harrisburg reception held Monday.

“Pennsylvania applauds the vital contributions that women entrepreneurs and leaders make to their communities and to the economic development of our state,” Fast Eddie said.

The report, called the Women-Led High Growth Business Report and lauded as among the first of its kind in the country, summarized the results of a survey and concurrent focus group of high-powered females in the region held last month .

Many of them may have also been among the 50 women recognized on this year’s list from the state’s Department of Community and Economic Development (which has a great Web site, by the way).

Of those 50 women honored, 19 hail from Southeastern Pennsylvania, according to a press release from the state. Two were from Bucks County, four from Chester County, two from Delaware County, five from Montgomery County and six from Philadelphia — see at right.

The list was dominated by representatives of marketing and public relations firms. Though Maria Rodale, of Lehigh County and founder of a health and environmental news Web site, was honored, none of the women from the five-county Greater Philadelphia region represented the technology community, a lingering absence not explicitly highlighted by last week’s report.

Its authors say their study shows “the strengths and accomplishments of women entrepreneurs in our region,” highlighting what makes successful female business growth and identifying resources and approaches to further the impact of women in business.

On May 20th, report co-sponsor WIN, an organization of women committed to advancing entrepreneurship in the Greater Philadelphia region, will host a CEO Forum where further discussion will be held about the survey findings and implications. It’s being held in Philadelphia’s nerve center — Plymouth Meeting.