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7/8/9 SF New Tech!

June 29th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

 

 
7/8/9!
 
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 from 5:30 PM - 11:00 PM (PT)
At Mighty - 119 Utah, SF, CA 94103
 
 

 
Live demos on tap from …

 

gliider

Jordan Stolper, CEO
gliider is a research tool that lets you gather and save travel info from across the web.
http://www.gliider.com

  

Lazyfeed

Ethan Gahng, CEO & Co-Founder 
Lazyfeed streams web conversations that matter to you, effortlessly.
http://www.lazyfeed.com

 
Archivd

Carlos Bueno, CEO
Archivd is the best tool for collaborative web research.

http://www.archivd.com

  

ccbetty

Michael Cerda, CEO 
Cc:Betty is a free web communications service which saves people time and confusion when doing anything with groups of people.
http://www.ccbetty.com

  

Lunch

J.R. Johnson, CEO
Lunch is a social sharing network fueled by your curiosity.
http://www.lunch.com

 

Zannel

Adam Zbar, CEO
Zannel is the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Network™, which allows people to instantly and visually communicate what’s happening now across mobile and the web, including all major social networks.
http://www.zannel.com

 

 
Western Digital

Scott Rader, Sr. Product Marketing Mgr
Western Digital will show off (and give away!) its WDTV HD Media Player that turns your USB drive into an HD media player.
http://www.wdc.com

 

  FREE

TACOS!

 

Thanks to

YOU?? 

INQUIRE ABOUT SPONSORSHIP!

Mighty
119 Utah Street
(Cross street is 15th. Look for the big black doors!)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Tickets: 
$15.00 for the first 150 early bird online tickets
$20.00 for all other (late bird) online tickets
$25.00 cash at the door, if not sold out
 

 
Mighty is a 21+ venue.
  
Schedule:
5:30 pm - Doors & Bar Open
5:30 -7:30 pm - Schmooze and Free Tacos!
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Live Demos
9:00 - 11:00 pm - Schmooze

 

 
 
 

 

60 Second Spots & Ratings from the Big Widget Smackdown!

June 18th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

Interested to see what demos people liked the best from last night’s Widgets Up The Wazoo: The Smackdown event last night?  Look no further!

And here are the 60 second spots as they were announced from stage.  Enjoy!

Sasha Supra-zhenko
say @svitla.com
   
Svitla Systems
www.svitla.com…
Excellent technical talent out of Ukraine headquartered in SF 24 hour free triaL

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Andres Acosta
andres @clothingswaps.com

DavidPerry.com… & ClothingSwaps.com…
www.clothingswaps.com…
Anyone interested in social media training or cutting edge local PR? www.davidperry.com…

Interested in refreshing your wardrobe for free. Check out www.clothingswaps.com… local startup.

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A. "Karriem" Khan
ak2consulting @gmail.com

GAME KILLER APP POC

www.bigsixbones.com… thebirthogwebd3.blogspot.com…
Come to THE NEXT GEN GAMING & FREEMIUM WAve of WEB D3
svwebbuilder.com…
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Eric Purviance
epurviance @bitpusher.com

BitPusher, LLC
www.bitpusher.com…
Managed IT infrastructure, for web based applications… Simply put, managed hosting solutions for large and small companies.

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Carrie Bolls   
carrie @kkpromos.com
   
KK Promotions   
www.theschwagwag.com…
I sell hip and unique promotional products.

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For any start-up or start-up entrepreneur who wants to invest 2 hours, I’ll invest two hours free of charge to review your strategy and business plan, funding pitch and funding strategy and/or demo. My comments are based on 30 years of consulting to Start-ups, start-ins and enterprise skunk works at Booz,Allen, Regis McKenna Inc, The Chasm Group (Geoffrey Moore) and my own practice - White Space Strategy. I’ve helped several dozen start-ups get funded and even more make the right choices of how, when and with whom to get (or not get) funding.
Best,
Greg Ruff
greg@ whitespacestrategy.com…
415-202-7833

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Note: If you entered your info last night and it’s not showing up here, there was a glitch.  Sorry.  Please leave your info in the comments.

 

WIDGETS UP THE WAZOO III: THE SMACKDOWN!

June 12th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

 

 WIDGETS UP THE WAZOO III

 

The Smackdown

 

Moderated by Rateitall’s Lawrence Coburn

editor of Sexywidget.com

 

Live in-your-face demos from the big guns of widgets!

 

REGISTER @ http://widgetsupthewazoo3.eventbrite.com

 

 


Widget Infrastructure

 

Clearspring

Hooman Radfar, CEO


VS.

 

gigya

Rooly Eliezerov, President

 

 


Widget Publishers

 

iWidgets
Peter Yared, CEO


VS.

 

sproutbuilder
Carnet Williams, CEO

 

 


 

Widget Commerce

 

Adgregate Markets

Henry Wong, CEO

 

VS.

 

Sellit

Kurt Collins, VP Business Development


 


 

  FREE

TACOS!

 

Thanks to

Toobla

 

Toobla will preview the newest — and most fun — way to gather, organize & show off all your favorite content from the web.

 

 

Tickets:
 $15.00 for the first 150 early bird online tickets
$20.00 for all other (late bird) online tickets
$25.00 cash at the door, if not sold out
 
Mighty is a 21+ venue.
 
Schedule:
5:30 pm - Doors & Bar Open
5:30 -7:30 pm - Schmooze and Free Tacos!
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Live Demos
9:00 - 11:00 pm - Schmooze
 

REGISTER @ http://widgetsupthewazoo3.eventbrite.com

Sizzling Hot Shots Re-Cap

June 11th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

 

Wow — last night was a lot of fun!  If you were there, you know what I mean.   From Brian Solis schooling us on the importance of communication strategy in this social-web-world we all live in, to the free tacos thanks to Rofo and the free Starbucks coffee courtesy of Guy Kawasaki, to the utterly amazing demos from Woya, Notable, Blurb, Scout Labs, Chartbeat and Alltop.   Everything went really well!

[Well, almost everything… I accidently locked my car keys in my trunk!  And the fun didn’t end there: AAA gave me a huge hassle so much so I’m canceling my account with them.  When they finally arrived, the dude poked a hole in my front seat while trying to get the doors open.  When he did finally get them open we (Evan Soloman and Tony Haile, who I was going to drive home) quickly learned the trunk wouldn’t open even with the doors unlocked.  So, I ended up taking a cab back to Sausalito at 1am, leaving the car parked outside Mighty.  Gotta figure out how to go fetch it today. The fun never ends!]

Fun aside, here are some relevant links to the Real Time Demo Ratings and 60 Second Spots from last night!

Hope to see you next week for Widgets Up The Wazoo, The Smackdown!

 

 

 

 

60 Second Spots from 6.10 SF New Tech

June 11th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

Here are (most of) the 60 second spots from last night’s awesome event.   Apologies to those who had trouble with the form.

 

Ken Grobe
ideaczar @kengrobe.com
Examiner.com…
kengrobe.com…
I’m starting a column about SF Social Media on Examiner.com…. If you have a SocMed company/service/person/book about Social Media in Sf that you’d like to promote, I want to talk to you! Big companies, small local shops using SocMed for their business, etc. Come find me, email me, etc.

Riaz Rizvi
riazrizvi @gmail.com
Pickfield
pickfield.com…
Looking for developers or designers to collaborate in the search space, on a top-down web browsing system. Project is at an exciting pre-release stage, the technology is interesting, the results are compelling.

Karen Hartline
karen @future-works.com
FutureWorks
future-works.com…
FutureWorks is available to rock your PR needs. :) Founded by Brian Solis, you know his team is nothing but the best. Please contact us for more info.

Valerie Kameya
vkameya @gmail.com
valkra
valkra.com…
I have 7 years of experience developing educational games and managing community at Nickelodeon, and am looking for an opportunity in the educational and non-profit spaces.

Yu-kai Chou
fdlink @gmail.com
Future Delivery
viralogy.com…
Viralogy is a social media ranker. We help personal bloggers become discovered. We also measures who has the most powerful influence on the internet.
 
Mostardi
sysadmin @pobox.com
Sr Systems Administrator
davidmostardi.com…
I’m an experienced systems administrator for hire. My specialties are Unix/Linux, storage, security, networking and production systems. You can find my resume and bio at my website, davidmostardi.com…. Thanks!

Rachel Polish
RNPOLISH @yahoo.com
twitter.com…
Public relations/social media evangelist for consumer, tech and the U.S. Coast Guard (I’m a reservist).  Looking for senior PR management role at agency or corporate in the Bay Area.  Follow me on Twitter (@rachelpolish) or email me at RNPOLISH@yahoo.com… Love networking and looking forward to connecting!

Myles Weissleder
myles @sfnewtech.com
SF New Tech - Annual Membership
sfnewtech.com…
Forget discount codes.  Forget registering online.  Forget trying to remember to buy tickets.  With an Annual Membership to SF New Tech you can just walk up to the window and be ushered inside, pronto.   Makes for a great gift… and also great for agencies who like to entertain clients.

antoine rocher
editors @culturekiosque.com
Culturekiosque
culturekiosque.com…
Fine arts, music, dance, popular culture, travel guides and commentary with a uniquely European feel. Professional journalists from world-leading publications seeking content syndication and distribution opportunities and new contributors. Contact editors@culturekiosque.com… with any inquiries.

6.10: Sizzling Hot Shots! With Woya, Notable, Blurb, Scout Labs, Chartbeat, Alltop and more!

June 2nd, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

 

JOIN US ON JUNE 10TH FOR

SIZZLING HOT SHOTS!

 

Register at http://610sfnewtech.eventbrite.com

 

SEE LIVE DEMOS FROM ….


Woya

Qiang  Sun, Founder, CEO, Chief Code Monkey, Sweeper
Woya analyzes pricing information from online retailers, auctions and classifieds to help consumers determine how and when to purchase a product to maximize savings.  http://www.woya.com

 

Notable
Bryan Zmijewski, Founder
Notable makes it incredibly easy for your team to give feedback on your website.  http://www.notableapp.com

 

Blurb

Mike Barash, Director of Marketing and Communications
Blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the joy of books – reading them, making them, sharing them, and selling them. http://www.blurb.com

 

Scout Labs

Jennifer Zeszut, CEO
Scout Labs provide a web app that listens to conversations and sentiment out across the Internet to break through the noise and deliver real-time insight and analytics back to marketers of all size.  http://www.scoutlabs.com

 

Chartbeat

Tony Haile, General Manager, Chief Disruptor
Chartbeat is the "heartbeat of your website" offering a real-time dashboard that shows how many people are on your site at any given moment, where they are, where they’re coming from, and what they’re doing. http://www.chartbeat.com

Alltop

Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder and Inhabitant of United seat 2B
Alltop is an “online magazine rack” of popular topics that helps you answer the question, “What’s happening?” in “all the topics” that interest you.  http://www.alltop.com

 

AND …

The venerable and esteemed Brian Solis will be in the house to sign his new awesome book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relations.

 

 

WITH  FREE

TACOS!

 

Thanks to

Rofo

 

Rofo is a free website for entrepreneurs and small businesses searching for
commercial real estate and related services for office space.

 

 

 

Tickets:
 
$15.00 for the first 150 early bird online tickets
$20.00 for all other (late bird) online tickets
$25.00 cash at the door, if not sold out
 
Mighty is a 21+ venue.
  
Schedule:
5:30 pm - Doors & Bar Open
5:30 -7:30 pm - Schmooze and Free Tacos!
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Live Demos
9:00 - 11:00 pm - Schmooze
 
 

 

 
 

Covered by the Wall Street Journal!

May 28th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

Sometimes you never know who’s in the crowd trying to scoop a hot news story.

On Tuesday, Tim Hay, reporter for the Dow Jones Venture Wire and Wall Street Journal Blogger was in the house … and he nailed a great story about the Belgians breaching our shores in search of fame, fortune and Web 2.0 love.

It’s an excellent piece… especially when he mentions SF New Tech.

Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/OymVh

Thanks Tim!

Post event wrap up…

May 27th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

 

Wow! 

Quite an event last night as the Belgians took to the SF New Tech stage with their fresh ideas and outlooks.  Note to Silicon Valley (and "Silicon Alley", FWIW):  Y’all aren’t the only ones pushing the boundaries and building cool stuff.  Last night we saw some pretty great tech coming from Belgium which had a lot of people muttering under their breath "who knew?!".  

I want to congratulate all the companies who shared their work with us last night.  Thank you.

Links of note:

* The results from our post-event survey (aka "People’s Choice") can be found here.

* 60 Second Spots are here.

* Archive of Justin.tv…’s live stream of the event is here.  (Note: We encountered some nasty audio problems so it’s not really that fun to watch.)

* Photos will be posted to Flickr (tagged "sfnt") soon.

* Some Belgian press coverage is here and here.

* And a quick blurb in Andrew Ross’ column in Tuesday’s San Francisco Chronicle is here.

* Follow SF New Tech on Twitter

* Follow Myles on Twitter!

* Be sure you’re signed up on meetup.com/sfnewtech to get notice of discount codes, comp’d tickets and more!

 

 

 

60 Second Spots from 5.26 “The Belgians Are Coming” Event

May 27th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

 

60 Second Spots - 5.26.09

 

(after the jump!)

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5/26 : SF New Tech presents The Belgians Are Coming! With Tweetag, Storytlr, Microplaza, Lovely Charts & YourTour

May 12th, 2009 by Myles Weissleder

 

Join us on May 26th for a very special event!

 

REGISTER HERE:  http://526sfnewtech.eventbrite.com/

  

THE BELGIANS ARE COMING!

in collaboration with …

 

Betagroup.be

Betagroup.be an informal gathering of entrepreneurs passionate about

Internet, Software and Online Media in Belgium.

 

CHECK OUT LIVE DEMOS FROM ….


 

Tweetag

Xavier Damman, CEO & Arnaud Cooman, CTO
Tweetag makes it easy to filter out the noise on Twitter.  Browse through what’s being said about any given topic, get valuable tweets and enhance your website with real-time information. (http://tweetag.com)

 

storytlr

Laurent Eschenauer, Founder
Storytlr is reinventing the personal page by bringing together life-streaming, blogging, and social interactions. It lets you create, aggregate and mashup web content into a highly personalized page. This becomes the place where you define your online identity. (http://storytlr.com)

 

Microplaza

Antoine Perdaens & Raphaël Slinckx, Co-Founders
MicroPlaza is your personal micro-news agency. It helps you discover relevant information filtered by the people you follow on twitter.  (http://microplaza.com)

 

 

Lovely Charts

Jérôme Cordiez, Founder
Lovely Charts is an online diagramming solution that lets you create gorgeous diagrams (flowcharts, sitemaps, org. charts, wireframes, …) of professional quality without any drawing efforts or design skills.  (http://www.lovelycharts.com)

 

 

YourTour

John Schliesser, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, DeciZium Inc
DeciZium is launching YourTour, an advanced online travel planning service that allows users to automatically plan trips in a matter of seconds.  (http://yourtour.com)

 

 
Tickets:
$15.00 for the first 150 early bird online tickets
$20.00 for all other (late bird) online tickets
$25.00 cash at the door, if not sold out
 
Mighty is a 21+ venue.
 
Schedule:
5:30 pm - Doors & Bar Open
5:30 -7:30 pm - Schmooze and Free Tacos!
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Live Demos
9:00 - 11:00 pm - Schmooze
 

REGISTER HERE:  http://526sfnewtech.eventbrite.com/