Thank you for a fantastic 2015.  Come raise a glass with us to celebrate on Wednesday night!
- Getting invited to the first-ever Tech Meetup at the White House to discuss how SFNT serves the tech community and those wanting to be a part of it.
- Producing 20+ phenomenal tech events, including:
- 16 hot, new tech demo eventsÂ
- 2 FoodBytes! Summits: Bringing new food ideas and new capital to the plate
- A deep dive into online storytelling
- An inspiring discussion on Innovative Women in Tech
- A draw-dropping exposé on the state of Internet security
- A city-wide, day-long Tech Crawl in downtown SF
- News coverage on ABC News (Twice! FoodBytes & New Tech Crawl)
- The launch of our new website @ sfnewtech.com and its revamped career hub — a job board designed to serve the SFNT community (post for free with the code “SFNTspecialâ€)
- Our ever-growing video library of pitches on KSVN-TV
- Our incredible support team: Russel ClÃmaco-Estardo, Greg Viloria, Jimmy Giliberti, Alexander Elsen
- Our amazing sponsors including: Akamai, Authy, Bizzabo, Brussels Invest & Export/Webmission, Consulate General of the Netherlands SF, Covisint, DesignMind, IBM, eBay, Fathom Law, LaunchSquad, Rabobank, Runway, Sensible San Filippo LLP, SmartNews, StubHub, and Thumbtack!
- To all the companies who formally presented at an SFNT event in 2015!
- 2600HZ, 500 Mobile Collective Fund, Acadia Harvest, Agerpoint, Airbnb, Archive.org, Authy, Autodesk, Back to the Roots, BagIQ, Bitty, Change Catalyst, Chartcube, Cherish, CloudFlare, CloudHQ, Cola, Corigin, Covisint, Cubr, Dear Veronica/Engadget, Dolby, eBay, Engager, FarmX, FlowHub, FireEye, Glass Chart, GoPro, GreenRush, Handscape, Handscape, Headset, Ingrain, Ipipit, Jaswig, Jobr, Kontakt.io, Kuli Kuli, Launchsquad, Magisto, MassRoots, MoMo Board, Monday Envelope, Motherly, Mr Gabriel, MycoTechnology, Noble Brewer, NOFOODWASTED.com, Nouka, Odoo Inc, Okta, Pantry, Patrick’s Fine Sodas, PayNut, Pick, Pitchly, Plimpton, Produce Pay, RapidBio Systems, Inc., Raw Shorts, ReadWrite, Rocket, Rocket Brewing Company, Rodeo Software, SckipioTechnologies, SherpaFoundry, Shots, SmartNews, Smoke Reports, Sparkgift, Speakeasy, SPONSORMYEVENT, SportLocker, Spright, StubHub, TappCtrl, The Algae Factory, The Town Kitchen, Thistle, Thumbtack, Tiny Farms, Tribe of Noise, troupeIT, VINEBOX, Wearable World, weekly, WeHandcraft.com, Will Someone.
- To all the companies who showed up in 2015!
- #UP27, 10Fold, 10X Shift, 21Teach/21st Century Education, 24 Seven Inc., 2600Hz, 263Chat, 2RE, 42, Inc., a different engine, A Vehicle for Change, A.P.Printing, AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah, Aalborg University, Accelerate, Achieve Consulting Group, Act-On Software, Inc., ActiveMindTechnology, actvt, Adhoc, Adictiz Box, aditazz, ADM, Adobe, Advance Ventures, advent, Adventa, Adways, AGERpoint, Inc., AgFunder, Agilysys, Agora.co, Airpush, Ajinomoto Windsor Inc. , Akademos Fu, Akamai Technologies Inc., AKQA, AkzoNobel, AL, Alaris, alexeckhart.com, Algolia, Aliencranberry, Alliance of CEO’s, Alliance of Chief Executives, Almond Systems, Altera, ALYND, AM Entertainment, American Express Ventures, Amerijuanica Inc., Ancestry, Anni Yang Media, Anterra Capital, Apitronics, Appanite, Apple, Appthetable, Arlon Group LLC, artificium – word/image/sound, Artists Management Reps, ArtRage, Asana, Asian American Art Musuem, Associated Press, AT&T, Atlas Rewards, Atmio, Atomystic, Auction.com, Audit Associates, August Home, Authy, Autodesk, Avaya, Inc, Avenue Code, Babel PR, Back to the Roots, Bake450, baml, Bank of America, Bank of the West, Bannerman, BARCEL, S.A. DE C.V, Barnraiser, Bask Labs, Inc., BAVC, BAY ANGELS, Bayleaf Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Be-Bound, Belcham, Benchmark, Bento, Berkeley, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Berman Entertainment and Technology Law, Bestseller GmbH, Beta Law Group, betacooking, Better World Associates, Betts Recruiting, BFG Partners, Big Red Communications Group, BioTag, BitPusher LLC, Bitty Foods, Bitwater Farms, BizCare, Inc., Black Knight Financial Services, Blazing Content, Blink, Blockchain University, Bloom & Associates, Blossom Coffee Inc., Blueberry Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, BlueTies, Bogatin, Corman & Gold + Allegiance Law, Bogdan & Frasco, LLP, Bon Appétech, Boodschapp , Bootsoft, Borel Eye Doctors, Bouche, Boulder Food Group, Brandwatch, breakaway communications, Breaking Bread, Brightpath Capital, Brightpearl inc., Brigitte’s Naturally Alive, BriskBars, British Airways, Brussels Invest & Export, btrax, BUILDUP, buldegerwheat, Business France, Business Insider, Business Model Innovations, LLC, BY HMP, C Young Works Productions, CaCube Consulting, CAD Cloud Systems, Cadreon, California Academy of Sciences, California Agricultural Orchards LLC, California Keg Wine Works, LLC, Canada Bread Company, Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc, Cannaisseur, Cantaloupe Systems, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, Carolyn Suh, Casenexus.com, cavu, CBRE, CFSI, CGMEDIA, CGMEDIA Web Design, Change Catalyst, Change Communications, Changemakers Publishing and Writing, Chariot, Chartcube, Cherrysh, Chicken of the Sea, China, Circle UP, CircleClick, Cisco, citrix, City College of San Francisco, City Tennis, Civil Eats, CK, Clean Pacific Ventures, Clef Consulting, CleverCoin, Clif Bar & Company, Cloud City Development, CloudFlare Ltd, Cloudspace, CMB Consulting, CNBC, codescrum, Cogent, Cogniflux, Cola, Inc, Comment Ground, Committed Capital, LLC, Community of One, Computerworld, Consulate General of the Netherlands, ContentMutual.com, Conviva, Cookies Factory, Copa Airlines, Copperfield’s Books inc., Cornish & Carey, County of San Mateo, Coverhound, Inc., CRCM, CreativeLive, Credibles, CRESA, Cresa San Francisco, Criotivity, Crosslink Capital, Crowdfooding, CSM, Cucina Testa Rossa, Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, Cultivian Sandbox , cyberwizard, Cyclops Media, Dangerous Knowledge Appllied, Datagami, Datasnap.io, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, De Tijd, Deezer, deGo, Deloitte Center for the Edge, Demandbase, Denise Chiang, Design Concepts, DesignCastillo, DesignMind, Desti, Deutsche Bank, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM , Dev Bootcamp, Dev Shop, Deviate Marketing, DFJ Global Network, DGUS, inc, diesel shark, inc, DigiSFere, Digital Media Academy, Direction 21, Discovery Communications, DLA Piper, Doehler GmbH, Dolby, Dote IT, Doughbies, Dow Jones & Co / News Corp., Dreamscape Global, Drync Wine App, DSM Venturing, Duda, Duetto, Dunhill Partners West, Dutch Consulate, Dutch Sprouts B.V., DW & Associates, eBay, Ecamb LLC, Echo SEO, Ecoqualia, Eddie.com, Edelman, Editorial Office Silicon Valley, EFactor, The Entrepreneur’s Wingman, Eggcyte, Ejenta, elevo.tv, Elm Grove Partners , ELN, Emerge Health and Fitness, Emmer & Co., EMW Partners, enano, Encoding.com, Energyworx, Engagepoint, Enphase Energy, Entrepreneur Circle, EOSV, EPIC, Equidate, Inc., Equity LLP, Esther Mallouh, EVAOS INC, Evernote, Evolva Inc, Expertly, Inc., Exploded Views Media, EXQUISE Magazine, ExtendTV, Extractable, Extreme, EY, eZ-XPO, f8, Facebook, Faller Real Estate, FarmsReach, Federal Government, Felton Institute, Fenox Venture Capital, Financial Attubement, Financial Samurai, Financial Times, Finistere, FireEye, Firelake Capital, First DataBank, Fish 2.0 , FISY 3D, FitCentirx, Fitroom, Flagship Ventures, Fluidigm, Folio Fine Wine Partners, Food , Food Business School , Food Guru, Food Lounge, Food Starter, Foodfighter.io, FoodLuxe, LLC, FoodStarter, For-eva, Forbes, Forward Push Media, Found Eats, Freelance, Freelance Journalist, Freelance/Contract, frog, Frogmen Lab, Frontdesk Anywhere Inc, FusePhase, Future of Money & Technology Summit, Gastronomicdiva Personal Chef Services , GateWang, Gatherly.IO, General Assembly, Gensler, Georgia Institute of Technology / Intel, Getty Images, Gigaom Research , GISSV, Glass Chart, Glassdoor, Gliffy, Global Privat, Globo News, Globus Media Works, Gloopt, Goalwerks, Golden Gate Univeristy School of Law, Golden Seeds, GOmentr Inc., GoodCall.io, Google, GoPro, GP21 Utility Services, GraphFM, gravitytank, Greenleaf SF, GreenRush, Greylock Partners, Groshelle Communications, GrowMobile, GrubMarket Inc., GSV Asset Management, GUCC, Guru Design, GWC Inc, Hakimi Law, PC, Hampton Creek, Handelsroute.nl, Handpick, HandScape, Inc., HandsOn Bay Area, HCL America Inc., Healthcare Innovation Transfer, Hearsay Social, Hearst Advertising Worldwide, Hearst Corporation, Heirloom Computing, Inc., Hellene, Herbalife, HERE, a Nokia Company, Het Foodatelier, Het Foodatelier.nl, HEXO+, Heymarket, Highland Capital Partners, Hipcamp, Hipp Kitchen, Holon Enterprises, Holy Craft Brewing Company, Holyappx, Horn Group, hqp investment, HSHub, HTG Capital Partners, hub:raum , Hult Business School, hwd3d, HWTrek, IBM, IBM SoftLayer, Ic reality, Icebreaker Health, iClinical Inc, Idean, IDG, IDG Ventures, IDO, idoc24, Ignite 360, Ignite Communications, IGT, il Morso , Imgur, Impossible Foods, In-Q-Tel, Inbenta Technologies, Inc. Magazine, Indecent, Independent, Independent Films, Info-Tech Research Group, Information Machine LLC, InfoWorld, ingear corporation, Initialize Media LLC, inMarkit, InMoment Software, Innovation & New Ventures, eBay, Inc., Innovation Endeavors, Insight Data Science, Insight Market Data, Inc., INSITUM US, Instalert Inc., Instaply, Intel, Interethnica, Interior Monkey, Intertrust, Intuit, Inveneo, Inventec, Inventec Ventures, Inventivity, Investopedia, ipiit, The Food Ambassador, IQLABS INC, iQuarkt, Ironed Ideas, iSEC Partners/NCC Group, Isolutions, working at eBay Inc, iStumbler, ITFT, IUI, J-POP SUMMIT / SAKE SUMMIT, J.R. Simplot Company, Jack Mobile Inc., Jaswig, jay blakesberg photography, Jc bentures, Jeff Fox Communications, JENI, JENO, Jincubator, Job Hunting, John Epler & Associates, Jon Lou, Jonathan Brill, Josephine, JR Simplot, JRB Consulting, Juma Ventures, KairoStar, Keenwawa, Kevin Kelleher photo, KGO-TV, KissFly, Kitchenette, KitchenTown, KLEA, Inc., KlineDirect, Koc University, Koeppel direct, KonMari Media, Inc., Korean Broadcasting System, KPCB, KPIX CBS5, Kreitech Software, kSafe, Kuli Kuli, KYLEGR, labnrmal srl, Larta Institute, Launch Pad Designs, Lazarus Data Recovery, LBL, Le Grand Courtage, Lean Studio, LearnTech Labs, Leeo, Lenda, Lending Club, Leslie Lum Marketing PR, Leslie Lum PR, lexaSG, Lifetime Memori Inc, Lightyear, Limelight, Limos.com, Link Group, Linky, Liquid Digital Agency, LiquidSpace, Live Nation, Local Orbit, Lofaso & Lofaso, LOKL, London Business School, Lookout Security, LotaData, Love With Food, lovely, Lynx, Maadly, Magisto, maison de monaco, Makers Academy, Makers United, MangoApps, Mappr, Marceau Innovation, Marker, Marketing Consultant, Marpe Consulting, Marquis Advisory Group LLC, Mars Ventures, MATRIX, MaxPlay, MCG, Me, Medallia, Mediainmotion.com, MediaMobz, Medrio, MEET, MeetingPulse, meMINI, MessageMedia, MG Taylor, Michael Barton, Michigan State University, microMarkets, Microsoft, Miego, mileME, Mindfulexistenc, Mivi neuroscience, Mixing Bowl, Miz En Place, Mobile Action, MobileApp.io, Modentify, mojo interactive, MOMO BOARD, Monday Envelope, Monj, Monsanto Growth Ventures, Monster Inc., Moore & Company, Moovweb , Motherboard (VICE), Motherly, Mr.Gabriel, Mrs. Moskowitz’s Munchies LLC, mta, Mundea Group Inc., Muufri, MycoTechnology, MyFootprint, NamePlace, Nanigans, nap, Nasdaq, naybors Inc., nb, NB Consulting Services, Nearsoft, Inc, NeighborMe, Nelson, Neomobile, Nerd Stalker Media, Nestle, Netflix, Netforce, Netherlands Consulate General, Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, Netherlands Office for Science and Technology, NetSuite, Network World, Neurologic LLC, New Barn, New Tree, NewAer, Newbean Capital, Newforma, newmanmedia, Nexmo Inc, NextSpace SF, NF, NFIA, NG Vanguard, Nikkei, Noble Brewer, NoFoodWasted, Northbound Films, Northbound Films LLC, NOST, NoukatTech Inc, Nutrition Capital Network, nuuo, OceanIQ, OceanIQ partner, ocrowd, Office Lease Center, Okobay Ventures, Okobay Ventures Ltd., Okta, Olark, olc, Olympus Recruiting, Omnibeam.com, Omnivore Marketing, One Month, OneCarna, OneLogin, OneTraction, Ooyala, Opera Software, Optimizely, Optona, Oracle, Orange, OrangeTwig, Oratory Glory, Oresund VR, OSI Group, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, Pacific Sun, Paine & Partners, LLC, Paragon, Pareto Biotechnologies, Inc., Paris Region Entreprises, Parish Entertainment Group, PARISOMA, Parqd, pARTy/SCIENCE, Patrick’s Fine Sodas, Paula Polley Copywriting, Paymentwall, PCH, PCMag.com, pegasus, PeopleConnect, Peppercomm, Pepples Donuts Inc, persefon ventures, Personal Health Cloud, PG&E, Phone Reports, Pick, Pick1, Pilly, Pilly.me, Pinkeye, Pitch.ly, Pitchly, Pivotal Software, Inc., PlanGrid, PlantLab USA, Plate iQ, PlatterPix, Play Money Media, Pole To Win International, Political Bridge, PopPack LLC, Povoh, Practice Fusion, Pre Pain, Precise Effect, Premier Staffing, PRESERVE Sonoma, Presidio Ventures, Prezi, Prezz.tv, Priceline.com, PRIME, Produce Pay Inc., Product Manager, Product Strategy Partners, Prolog Ventures, Propeller Labs, Inc., Proud to Pay, Provectus, ProxToMe, Pumbble, PwC Digital, Q-Architecture, Qualcomm Ventures, Quick.ly, Quirk Creative, Quixey, Quri, Rabobank, Rabobank – North American Wholesale, Rabobank International, Rabobank Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Raizlabs, Raizlabs West, Rally.org, Rasputin M&D, Raw Material Juice Vompany, Raymond James Financial, Inc., Razer, Inc., Razorfish, RDP, ReadWrite, Rebel Unit Media, Rebellion Lab, Red Hat, redbubble, Redis Labs, RedWire Media, Reiter Affiliated Companies, Reloadmedia, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, Resource Magazine, RESTOLIKK, Restoration Hardware, Rev.com, richmedium, RideLater, RideLater INC., Ripple Labs, Riverbed Technology Inc., RN Solutions, Robert Walters, Roccam Recruiting, Rocketbites Inc., RocketSpace Inc., Rodeo Software, Ron Lichty Consulting, Rovi Corp, Royse Law and RL Agtech Incubator, Ruder Finn, Runway, RxMatch, Salesforce, Salt Venture Partners, Sand Hill Insights, santa clara university, SAP, SAVALABS, Scalus, School loop, ScreamingBox, Scripps Networks Interactive, sdg, Searchmetrics, Seat77, See Your Box Ltd., SeeWho, LLC, Self-Emplyoyed, Self, Inc., Semantic Press, Sensiba San Filippo LLP, Sequoia, Sequoia Consulting Group, Sequoia One, SEWORKS, SF Marin Food Bank, SF MusicTech Summit, SF Station., SF Weekly, SFDI, sg+d, sharecredentials, shaw communications, Sherbit, Inc., ShinyRedPhoto, Shoporama, Shutterfly, SIG – Shanghai Industries Group, Silesian University of Technology, Silicon Valley Growth Fund, Silicon Valley Watcher, Singularity University, Six Foods, SixDoors Inc, SK Telecom, SkyGeo, Sling Media, Smallholding Investments, SmartNews, Snip2Code, Snowulf, SocialNation.IT, SolarNexus, Inc., Sooz, Sophatar Inc, Soundtap.com, Sous Vide Cuisine LLC, Sozialia, space design BYHMP, Space555 Digital Agency, Sparkpr, Special Projects Agency, Spectrum Group Online LLC, SPS, Stanford Athletics, Stanford Consulting Group, Stanford University, Star Micronics America, Starboard TCN, Starter.io, Startup Basecamp, State Farm, STI, Stibhub, Stitch, Strap, Strategic Experience Design, LLC, StubHub, Inc., Studio of good living, Sullivan IP Consulting Services, Suntory Global Innovation Center Ltd., Sustainable Brands, Swapbox, SweetLabs, SyntaxVision, T3 Advisors, LLC, Tabula Fabula, TalkToChef (Cookstream, Inc.), Tango Me, Tasteful, Tata Communications, TATCHA, TCI, TechLink Systems, Technogel, Technology, Technovature Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., TechSpace, Tengizchevroil LLP, Tenthbit, Terrapin, terrapn, the A.M. Group, The Associated Press, The Bulleit Group, The Culinary Institute of America, The Custom USB, The Customer Success Association, The Daily Californian, The Honey Wine Company, The PFM Group, The Plant | Cafe Organic, The Selkirk Ranch, The SF Restaurant Tech Meet Up Group, The Townsend Team, ThomasPape, tigerapps, To Wear With, Tobi.com, Tom Ford, Topaz Ventures LLC, Tribe of Noise, Trvl Genie, Tweney Media, Twilio – Authy, U.S. Coast Guard, UC Berkeley EECS, UC Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, Udacity, UFP Identity, Inc., Unilead, Union Bank, Unity3d, Universidad de Guadalajara, University of California, Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz, Upcycle Coaching, Upfront Ventures, Uptime Robot, Urban Airship, US Healthful Food Council, USC, UserVoice, uSPORT, Utavi, VadaBing, Various, VCM, Venovate, Venture Capital Journal, venture insight, Vero Water, Veterans Administration, Viant Capital LLC, Vibrantly, vidlet, Vilynx, Vision & Execution, Visium, Vorteks Coffee, Wageningen University Research Center, Walmart.com, WarHorse Capital, WashQ, Wavetech solutions, Waxxi, WazardsWay.net, WCL IP Brief, Wearable World, WearMD Inc., Web, Wedding Paper Divas, Weekdone, Weemo Inc, WeMeUs.com, Western Union, Wexford Systems, White Road Investments, Whole Foods, WhosIn, WHU, Widget Revolt, Wikreate, WildOutWest, Will Someone, Wilmer Fung and Associates, WISE Public Relations, Women Who Code, Wordpixel, Wrapt, WSGR, WU, Yodlee, yumdom, yumquotes, ZDNet, ZEEF
- And last but not least — a big honking THANKS to YOU!!  It’s YOU who make SFNT what it is!
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Myles Weissleder
Founder, SF New Tech
sfnewtech.com / @sfnewtech  / #sfnt
415-843-1850
Shots
Spright
With close to 300 people in attendance and some of the most promising (and exciting) innovations in food and agriculture tech in the house — yesterday’s FoodBytes Summit with Rabobank was 120% awesome!
Check us out on ABC News!
And here’s “the rest of the story” from our big Video 3.o “It’s Your Story” event held last week….
We kicked off the evening by welcoming everyone to the conversation and introduced the panelists: Veronica Belmont, Host of “Dear Veronica” on Engadget; Chris Painter, Director of Product for GoPro; Allison Gay, Filmmaker for Airbnb, and Magisto CEO Oren Boiman. Before the conversation commenced, each panelist explained why video storytelling is changing the way people interact with the world.
Speaking on behalf of Magisto, CEO Oren Boiman touched upon the unique stories that each of us carries inside. Video is the best way to release these ideas that are in our heads and Magisto’s technology makes it easy for anyone to share their inner stories through video–on the go. GoPro’s Chris Painter provided adrenaline fueled moments and aerial views that adeptly embraced the GoPro moto, ‘This Is Your Life. Be Your Own Hero’, reinforcing the passion aspect of documenting your story through video.
This ability to use your device to role play as a hero, world traveler or director flowed seamlessly into the next guest speaker, Airbnb filmmaker Allison Gay. Lending a heartbeat to the evening, Allison spotlighted a film she created around a daughter who reconnected her father to a house he lived in when he was born, on another continent, decades ago. Now imagine for a moment if the daughter knew about this once in a lifetime coincidence ahead of time and was able to document those precious moments using her phone and Magisto technology. This is the future: unlocking the story inside all of us, magically, instantly.
For more about Magisto, Airbnb, GoPro, SF New Tech and “Dear Veronica” please visit the links below.
Magisto:Blog Entry:Â http://blog.magisto.com/2015/06/22/sf-new-tech-magisto/
Magisto Video From Evening:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzKf6x3xGM
Nielsen Study:Â http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/252386/magisto-turns-photos-video-into-sharable-mobile-m.html
Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/magisto
No wait, F’IN AMAZING announcements.
Let’s just say we’ve got some real KICK ASS stuff in the works!
In waaaay too many words… please check what’s news!
THE BIG NEWS
This month SFNT enters its 10th year of bringing together the tech community of SF. Happy Birthday to us! I haven’t done a full audit — but since we started, it’s safe to say we’ve seen 800+ startups hit the SFNT stage, over 5000 unique companies in the house, over 16,000 members across all our media, and god knows how many millions of dollars and found dream jobs have filtered through our community since our very first gathering in 2006.  We’ve come a long way, baby!  And that’s thanks to YOU.
THE BIGGER NEWS
The way SF New Tech brings together the tech community apparently has not gone unnoticed!  I’m excited to report Megan Smith, the CTO of the United States of America and Assistant to the President, has invited me to the White House (gulp!) on April 17 to represent SFNT as part of the very first White House Tech Meetup!  Crazy, eh?!  If you’ve got anything you’d like to relay to POTUS, let me know!  Check out the official invitation below.   🙂
THE INCREDIBLY HUGE NEWS
I’ve spent most of my time building the SFNT community through producing compelling events.  Big wheels are turning and today I’m officially announcing that I am joining the awesome team at Wearable World as Vice President of Marketing. Wearable World’s job is to connect the market makers that drive the Wearable Tech and IoT revolutions forward. We’re in the business of creating mutually beneficial opportunities.  It’s a perfect match — WW has done what I’ve always wanted to do with SFNT through creating an ecosystem for startups (here, largely in wearable and IoT tech) to interface with corporates (and vise versa), to find funding/support, and to go big, fast. I’ve known and been friends with Redg Snodgrass, WW’s CEO, for a long, long time and our coming together makes perfect sense. SF New Tech will continue operate independently —it’s not going away by any means— but you will, no doubt, begin to see more opportunities through our new extended family come through the ether … starting today.
AND EVEN HUGE-ER NEWS!
Enter Wearable World Congress! I’m helping to produce and promote this down-home 2-day wearable-and-IoT-love-and-business-conference at Wearable World’s super-cool HQ inside the Palace of Fine Arts.  We’re expecting over 2000 people to join the conversation about all-things wearable and IoT. This is the BIG one, folks. If you have any business in the ever-evolving world of the Internet and the connected society, you NEED to be here.  Trust me, you’ll hear more about this from me in the coming days and weeks.  Early bird tickets are available NOW.  And because you’re in the SFNT family, you can apply and additional 15% off discount right now.  Use the the code SFNT at http://www.wwcongress.com to score.
THE F’IN AMAZING NEWS
Our first-ever FoodBytes Summit event produced in partnership with Rabobank (the world’s largest food/agtech bank) was so amazing — we’re doing it again!  Save the date: June 25, 2015 at the Bluxome Winery.  More info soon … but if you’re innovating with food or agriculture, we want to hear from you. Apply to demo in front of leaders in the food world (BIG brands, investors) who want to do business with you. AND … we’re going to bring FoodBytes to NYC in the fall, too!  Apply to demo here!
For our April event, SF New Tech has partnered with Kontakt.io and Wearable World for “Beacons & Retail: Putting Proximity to Work!” — a very special event being held at Wearable World HQ inside the Palace of Fine Arts on April 16th.  Expect a formal invitation from SF New Tech soon… but act now and you can score early bird tickets at http://sfntbeaconweek-mail.eventbrite.com
SFNT ADMIN
If you’ve got what it takes to help organize killer events for the tech community, please get in touch — we’re looking for help!  We love working with bright, amazing people. Like Russel ClÃmaco-Estardo! Big ups for helping me wrangle the tiger that is SFNT. And like John-Paul Bulow, for kicking ass with FoodBytes 1.0 & 2.0!  Like Matthew Gonzales who calls it in from Dublin-town, old school: far out but not far gone! And of course, @socialgreg and JimmyG for plugging in and making shit happen.
And … here’s the invitation I received from the White House.  Sorry but it’s not transferable.  🙂
Most Innovative and Promising Startups in Food and Technology to Demo: Cricket-Flour Cookies, Probiotic Sodas, Algae Proteins, “Smart†Beer and Much More
“Investor’s Den†to bring Startups and Investors together
Rabobank, the world’s premier bank to the food, beverage and agribusiness industry, and SF New Tech, San Francisco’s largest and longest-running tech showcase event have announced the lineup for FoodBytes!, a unique half-day conference to bring together new ideas in food, innovation, and technology, with venture capital.
FoodBytes! is scheduled for Wednesday February 25, 2015 at the Bluxome Street Winery in San Francisco starting at 2:00pm PT. The half-day event is dedicated to helping investors in the food industry meet new companies that are disrupting and/or innovating in food-related software and applications, distribution, manufacturing, production and more. The event is expected to draw 200 attendees. For more information, the full agenda or to purchase a ticket to attend FoodBytes!, visit:Â http://www.foodbytessummit.com.
FoodBytes! attendees – investors, technologists, media, and others – will see live demonstrations from rising stars who are innovating and disrupting in the food industry, converse with food industry leaders, and network with food industry peers and opinion leaders, among many others.
The event will include a fireside chat between Nick Fereday, Senior Analyst for Food & Consumer Trends at Rabobank, and Deven Clemens, Managing Partner at White Road Investments, which will be a spirited conversation on the intersection of food and technology.
Trends in Food & Technology
According to Dow Jones VentureSource, food- and beverage-related startups attracted $1.1 billion in venture capital world-wide in the first half of 2014. In all of 2013, the industry saw $1.59 billion in venture funding, which constitutes a 39% increase from the $1.14 billion the industry saw in 2012.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations predicts a 60% increase in food demand by 2050, but reduced land, water and other resources. Rabobank’s 2014 report Unleashing the Potential of Global F&A calls on the global food and agriculture industry to invest in innovation to meet that demand and overcome resource limits by focusing on three core areas: R&D, new technology, and leadership.
Presenting Companies
A call for demos by companies looking to present at FoodBytes! went out in December 2014. From over 100 applicants, only 12 were selected. From consumer goods (food and beverages) to AgTech and software, these companies are innovating for a more sustainable, smart and healthy future.
Demo companies at the first-ever FoodBytes! Summit will include:
- Kuli Kuli (Founder & CEO, Lisa Curtis) – Introducing a new superfood, moringa, to the US market.
- Patrick’s Fine Sodas (CEO, Shawn Patrick) – Drinks capitalizing on the collision of the rise of probiotics and new awareness around sugary soda.
- Bitty (Co-Founder, Megan Miller) – Making delicious baked goods powered by cricket flour.
- The Algae Factory (Co-Founder, Pierluigi Santoro) – Addressing the need of alternatives to animal proteins and soy based products.
- RapidBio Systems, Inc. (CEO & President, John Erickson) – Developing a unique and fast food borne bacteria pathogen detection system.
- Agerpoint (CEO, Thomas McPeek) – Developing industry-leading technologies that redefine data acquisition, analysis, and translation for growers of fruit bearing trees and vines.
- Cherrysh (Co-Founder & COO, Bhushan Surve) – Bringing revolution to the soda industry by creating bubbly drink using fruits and vegetable juices with zero sugar added but tastes refreshingly sweet without a sense of guilt!
- BagIQ (CEO, Matthew Stanfield) – Helping consumers make better informed decisions on purchases that impact health, budget and lifestyle.
- Pantry (Co-Founder & COO, Alex Yancher) – Making fresh food accessible. Anytime. Anywhere!
- FarmXÂ (Co-Founder & CEO, Sanjay Rajpoot) – Solving problems in Food, Water, Education, Poverty and the Environment – deploying FarmMap Soil to create an IT infrastructure for outdoor industrial farms.
- Rocket Brewing Company (CEO, Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt) – “Beer that makes consumers smart!â€
- Produce Pay (Founder & CEO, Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck) – A payment platform that connecting Farmers, Distributors and Banks to ensure faster cash turnover and provide necessary financing throughout the supply chain.
Investor’s Den
A featured component of FoodBytes! is the “Investor’s Denâ€, a special tasting room inside Bluxome Winery dedicated to providing investors and food entrepreneurs a comfortable environment to get to know each other, and where potential deals will be made.
Investors interested in participating with FoodBytes! should contact Myles Weissleder, Founder, SF New Tech at myles@sfnewtech.com.
“FoodBytes! is a perfect example of the support that SF New Tech shows to the local tech community. With Rabobank as a committed partner, together we are thrilled to help nascent companies who are innovating in the food industry find capital and partners to help their businesses grow,†said Weissleder. “We’re equally excited to help investors connect with companies who may not have been on their radar screens. When we say we’re bringing new food ideas and new capital to the plate, we mean it!â€
“Rabobank has been investing in the food and agriculture sector for over 100 years, but new challenges are arising from increased demand for food, changing consumer preferences and the need for sustainable food production. We want to help spur the leaders and technology solutions that will help address the world’s food challenges,†said Manuel Gonzalez, Managing Director and Rabobank’s West Coast Head of Corporate Clients. “Through FoodBytes!, we can leverage our experience and knowledge to connect innovators with investors, and create a platform to turn today’s new ideas and technologies into tomorrow’s solutions.â€
About Rabobank
Rabobank Group (www.Rabobank.com) is a global financial services leader providing wholesale and retail banking, leasing, real estate services and renewable energy financing in more than 40 countries worldwide. Founded a century ago as a Dutch farmers’ cooperative, Rabobank today ranks as one of the largest banks in the world, with nearly $1 trillion in assets, and remains committed to its core mission to create customer value. Rabobank is recognized as a premier bank to the global food, beverage and agribusiness industry, providing a compelling combination of deep sector expertise, strategic counsel and specialized financial solutions to clients across the entire food value chain. Rabobank. The financial link in the global food chain.® @RaboWholesale
About SF New Tech
SF New Tech (SFNT) is a world-renowned live platform for technology startups to showcase their latest innovations in front of 100s of tech-minded founders, engineers, investors, media, and more. Since 2006, over 700 companies have leveraged SFNT to launch and/or demo their new products, services, and features, including such internet luminaries Evernote, Waze, 23andMe, Flipboard, Twilio, Splunk and many other pre-fame startups. As a cornerstone of the San Francisco technology community and as SF’s largest, longest-running, and most-loved technology event, SFNT is laser-focused on putting innovators and their innovations in the spotlight in front of their peers — and beyond. SF New Tech is been supported by amazing companies including Fathom Law, Akamai, Microsoft, Twitter, DoubleDutch, Telerik, Macworld, The New York Times, and many others. For more information, visit https://www.sfnewtech.com @sfnewtech
Founder, SF New Tech
sfnewtech.com / @sfnewtech  / #sfnt
415-843-1850
It’s official! Â We can’t wait to hear from all you disruptive and innovative food companies!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOODBYTES! SUMMIT – CALL FOR INNOVATIVE FOOD COMPANY DEMOS
Bringing New Food Ideas & New Capital to the Plate – 2/25/2015 in San Francisco
San Francisco, CA and New York, NY – December 30, 2014 – Rabobank, the world’s premier bank to the food, agribusiness and beverage industry, and SF New Tech, San Francisco’s largest and longest-running tech showcase event, today announce the call for entries for innovative food companies to demo at FoodBytes!, a unique half-day conference that will bring together new ideas in food and new capital, on February 25, 2015 at the Bluxome Winery in San Francisco, CA.
FoodBytes! is dedicated to helping investors in the food industry meet new companies that are disrupting and/or innovating in food-related software and applications, distribution, manufacturing, production and more.
Food-related startups who are selected to participate will connect to and build relationships with interested investors and those seeking to support innovations in food.
FoodBytes! attendees – investors, technologists, media, and others – will view live demonstrations from rising stars who are innovating and disrupting in the food industry, participate in conversations with food industry leaders, and network with food industry peers and opinion leaders, among many others.
Companies are invited to demo their food-related innovations by applying online no later than 5 p.m. PT on Friday, January 9th, 2015 at https://www.sfnewtech.com/foodbytes.
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Media Contacts
lynne.burns@rabobank.com 212-808-2581 or catharine.rossano@rabobank.com 212-808-2576
myles@sfnewtech.com 415-843-1850
About Rabobank
Rabobank Group is a global financial services leader providing wholesale and retail banking, leasing, real estate services and renewable energy financing in more than 40 countries worldwide. Founded a century ago as a Dutch farmers’ cooperative, Rabobank today ranks as one of the largest banks in the world, with nearly $1 trillion in assets, and remains committed to its core mission to create customer value. Rabobank is recognized as a premier bank to the global food, beverage and agribusiness industry, providing a compelling combination of deep sector expertise, strategic counsel and specialized financial solutions to clients across the entire food value chain. Rabobank. The financial link in the global food chain.® www.Rabobank.com // @RaboWholesale
About SF New Tech
SF New Tech (SFNT) is a world-renowned live platform for technology startups to showcase their latest innovations in front of 100s of tech-minded founders, engineers, investors, media, and more. Since 2006, over 700 companies have leveraged SFNT to launch and/or demo their new products, services, and features, including such internet luminaries Evernote, Waze, 23andMe, Flipboard, Twilio, Splunk and many other pre-fame startups. As a cornerstone of the San Francisco technology community and as SF’s largest, longest-running, and most-loved technology event, SFNT is laser-focused on putting innovators and their innovations in the spotlight in front of their peers — and beyond. SF New Tech is been supported by amazing companies including Fathom Law, Akamai, Microsoft, Twitter, DoubleDutch, Telerik, Macworld, The New York Times, and many others. For more information, visit https://www.sfnewtech.com // @sfnewtech
ABC News: Â SF Tech Crawl Gets An Inside Look At Startups
By Jonathan Bloom
A large crowd of techies wandered around Downtown San Francisco Friday, some of them in strange costumes, as part of a tech crawl.
The group was led by a woman wearing Google Glass and a couple of guys in orange astronaut suits — a gaggle of mainly 20- and 30-somethings that snaked its way through the streets of San Francisco. The group resembled a pub crawl and that’s because it’s exactly like a pub crawl. There’s free popcorn and there are glasses, the safety kind, not the drinking kind.
Myles Weissleder is the founder of San Francisco New Tech, the monthly mixer that’s like speed dating, but for startups.
This year, for the second time, he’s took that show on the road for the New Tech Crawl. With help from the mayor’s office, he’s asked local tech companies to open their doors as a sort of open house for fellow techies.
“We have a lot of startup founders, we have a lot of engineers, we have a lot of people working for their next opportunity and a lot of people who are just curious to get behind the doors of a lot of these companies that they’ve heard so much about,” Weissleder said.
From design labs to co-working spaces, the crowd got to see the creatures of tech in their natural habitat.
“This is one way, not just to see them present, but actually go to their place of work, which shows a lot of about a company,” Luxer One creative director Andres Acosta said. “And I think you learn a lot meeting their employees at their place of business, at their home.”
The tech crawl is about learning, networking, and for the companies presenting, it can also be about recruiting.
There are big names involved like LinkedIn and GitHub. For people who are new in town, it’s the best way to see why San Francisco is the capital of innovation.
He just doesn’t learn! Â Don’t be like Myles! Â See you on Friday for the #newtechcrawl!
Guess what happens if you show up at Wearable World HQ a little too early for the #newtechcrawl? Hint: The cool kids at Wearable World have some great beanbag throwing skillz!
We showed up at @prezi a bit too early for the #newtechcrawl and got a resounding “You need to go!”
Yikes!
Check out the video!
On the eve of the #newtechcrawl on 10.17, we are hosting a huge bash at GitHub to celebrate and highlight Bay Area cause-based initiatives that are innovating for social good.
If you (or anyone you know) are working to make the world a better place (more so than your bank account), we want to hear from you!
Get in touch!
Email myles @sfnewtech.com
Call for demos is OPEN for our 10/15 #sfnt event!
What are you innovating? We want to shine a light on it!
Apply now @ sfnewtech.com/demo
Discounts to events, that’s what!
Hope to see you out there!
Humans According to Data: Christian Rudder
http://bit.ly/humansdata
Impact Hub Oakland
Sep 17, 2014 @ 18:30:00
INFORUM at the Commonwealth Club is bringing OkCupid co-founder and author of Dataclysm Christian Rudder to Oakland this week. Christian will talk about what our own online data can teach us about human behavior. The event is Wednesday, September 17th at Impact Hub Oakland, and will be INFORUM’s inaugural event in Oakland! Tickets: http://bit.ly/humans-eb
IoT meets UX #flipthinking
http://communications.globant.com/Comm/Events/ext/2014/Future-proof/future3.html
875 Howard Street #320 San Francisco, CA 94103
Sep 17, 2014 @ 18:00:00
IoT meets UX. Get inspired and tynker We want to invite you to a night of inspiration and tinkering. We’ll share some of the work we are doing with some disruptive technologies. And some guest speakers will discuss how these emerging technologies are overtaking traditional markets, surprising society and creating new and exciting business opportunities. / Learn about the new gen hardware: simple, accessible and easy to use. And what it means in terms of design and integration / Explore key concepts such as wearables, Internet of things, embedded computing and data analytics / Understand how UX and design works in this new platforms. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flipthinking-iot-ux-registration-12785530867 (FREE).
Venture Capital & The Internet of Things
http://bit.ly/1phaxj4
2550 Hanover St. Palo Alto, CA 94304
Sep 24, 2014 @ 18:00:00
Venture Capital & The Internet of Things Sept. 24th at 6-9 pm 2550 Hanover St. Palo Alto, CA 94304 25% OFF with 25OFF This is Founders Space’s BIG Internet of Things event! Find out why top VCs are investing like crazy http://bit.ly/1phaxj4
Discount Code: 25OFF
Founders Space Angel Pitch
http://bit.ly/1lqPX4U
450 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107
Sep 25, 2014 @ 18:00:00
Founders Space Angel Pitch Sept. 25th at 6-9 pm 450 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 25% OFF with 25OFF Join us at Founders Space’s Fall Angel Pitch Event. Meet top angels, VCs and startups Tickets: http://bit.ly/1lqPX4U
Discount Code:Â 25OFF
FREE: The World’s Largest MBA Admissions Event comes to San Francisco!
Westin San Francisco Market Street
Sep 27, 2014 @ 12:30:00
http://goo.gl/oeCyuY
To redeem your FREE ENTRANCE voucher, please register via this link http://goo.gl/oeCyuY. Entrance to this event is usually $15 so this is an exclusive offer for members of Silicon Valley New Tech! The QS World MBA Tour provides the opportunity for attendees to speak face-to-face with MBA admissions directors from top local, regional and international schools – so in the case of the San Francisco fair, attendees will be able to speak directly to the likes of Univ of San Francisco, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Davis, Pepperdine, CSU East as well as Johns Hopkins, American Univ, IE, IESE, ESADE, HEC, Imperial London, Univ of Hong Kong and many more. Aside from speaking with admissions directors, attendees of the San Francisco fair will be able to apply for over $1.7M of MBA scholarships, learn how to improve your GMAT score with a presentation by GMAC and network with top Ivy League alumni from Stanford, Wharton & Harvard. So essentially this is an all-encompassing day for anyone considering an MBA at some point in their career. Registration starts: 12.30pm Pre-Fair presentations: 1pm Main Fair opens: 3.30pm *You can attend anytime between 12.30pm-6pm Don’t forget to register for the event at: http://goo.gl/oeCyuY
TC3: Telecom Council Carrier Connections
Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
Oct 01, 2014 @ 08:30:00
http://www.telecomcouncil.com/tc3/
New technology. New business models. New Companies. New Relationships. TC3 is the only executive summit where you can meet 25 telcos, review 50 new technologies, learn about countless alternate paths to market, meet 8 award-winning startups, leverage many pre-arranged 1-on-1 meetings…all in 2 days, in an environment built to optimize networking. Tickets: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/d/h4q0pt/4W
Discount Code: SFNewTech14
The Global App Summit
Dubai
Oct 01, 2014 @ 09:00:00
http://AppsGlobal.Ae
In 2013 we brought to you The Global App Summit 2013, the biggest mobile innovation event in the Middle East that congregated enthusiastic and passionate mobile app companies, developers, SMEs and all technology enthusiasts under one roof. In March 2014, we brought to you yet another mammoth size event, the SME World Summit 2014, attended by more than 2000 entrepreneurs and industry professionals from across the globe, offering tremendous networking opportunities for enterprises to prosper. This year, in keeping with our promise to showcase something unique and help you prosper and succeed, we bring to you The Global App Summit (TGAS) 2014. http://appsglobal.ae
Hackership Course
2081 Center St Berkeley CA 94704
Oct 07, 2014 @ 18:30:00
http://hackership.co
Hackership is a new web development bootcamp in Berkeley. It’s perfect for people who want to learn about programming but don’t have the time or money to commit to a full-time bootcamp. In 5 weeks, students will build and deploy a functional prototype using Ruby on Rails, Javascript, and HTML/CSS. The course includes 20 hours of online videos and 40 hours of seminars at our office in downtown Berkeley on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. First class begins on October 7th. Learn more at http://hackership.co
Discount Code?:Â Mention SF New Tech in comments
PITME Catalyst Conference
Yoshi’s SF 1330 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA
Oct 27, 2014 @ 08:30:00
http://www.pitmecatalyst.com
Catalyst is an event where social entrepreneurs, investors, decision-makers and others involved & interested in emerging markets gather to exchange ideas and shape the future. Join us to learn how creative entrepreneurs are leveraging tech for positive change and how emerging markets are quickly becoming the drivers of global growth. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pitme-catalyst-conference-fall-2014-tickets-11397794109
Discount Code: SFNewTech
Google Cloud Platform Live
Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco
Nov 04, 2014 @ 09:00:00
https://www.gcp-live.com/
Our engineering leadership will be giving an update about Google’s vision for cloud computing, including how new advances in cloud technology are making it easier for developers to build great applications, faster. The day will have two tracks: 1. Learn about what’s hot in cloud computing, from bleeding-edge container technologies to security best practices. 2. Learn how to build a scalable app powered by Google Cloud Platform, from coding and deploying the app to using BigQuery to analyze user logs and make improvements. It’ll be an end-to-end development cycle — deep on code, with real examples to make your apps better. Tickets: https://www.gcp-live.com/register
Discount Code:Â SFnewtech
SF MusicTech Summit
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Hotel Kabuki San Francisco, 1625 Post St, San Francisco
http://www.sfmusictech.com/
Discount Code:Â sfnewtech10
https://sfmt16.eventbrite.com/?discount=sfnewtech10
Future of Money & Technology Summit
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Hotel Kabuki San Francisco, 1625 Post St, San Francisco
http://www.futureofmoney.com/
Discount Code:Â sfnewtech10
https://futureofmoney5.eventbrite.com/?discount=sfnewtech10
Big news to report today! Â We just released the SFNT 6 Plus Watch Pay!
Just kidding! Â But we are thrilled to announce a brand new partnership with our friends at RocketSpace!
Starting next week on 9/17, RocketSpace will co-host SF New Tech events at RocketStudios at 180 Sansome Street.
Come on down and join us as we blast off into a new era of SF New Tech!  To celebrate, we’re offering 50 tickets at 50% off.
Register @ http://917sfnt.eventbrite.com and use the code “blastoff”
Come see great new tech from Algolia, Snip2Code, Anonymess, Near Me, Freshdesk, depict, and more.
We’ll also welcome John Boitnott, as co-moderator.  John is a journalist and digital consultant who’s worked at TV, newspapers, radio and internet companies in California for 20 years; writing for NBC, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur, USAToday and Venturebeat among others.  If you’re a startup, you’ll want to meet John!
Cocktails will be courtesy of Sage Human Capital.
Schedule:
6:00 – 7:30 – Mingling & Networking, Cocktails
7:30 – 9:30 – Live Demos & Discussions
9:30 – 10:00 – SFNTinvest, 60 Second Spots
Innovation tap on September 17, 2014:
Algolia
Nicolas Dessaigne, CEO
Algolia provides an API that allows developers to implement relevant instant search inside any website or app. Algolia provides full results as you type, making access to content seamless and fluid which increases users’ engagement. (we’ll demo our API and build a search engine live). http://www.algolia.com // http://www.twitter.com/algolia
Snip2Code
Cristiano Ghersi, CEO
Where Coders Share Snippets.  Programmers create their own applications using building blocks, the code snippets, to make the software development faster and more reliable. Snip2Code provides the platform to manage such code snippets and share them, directly within the development environments that programmers use every day.  http://www.snip2code.com // http://www.twitter.com/snip2code
Anonymess
Marcus Perezi-Tormos, CEO
Who are you? Share anything with your closest friends without revealing your identity!  Anonymess is an anonymous and fun cross platform mobile messaging app. So many new possibilities at your finger tips!  http://anonymess.co // https://twitter.com/Anony_mess
Near Me
Michelle Regner, CEO
Near Me is a peer-to-peer commerce solution enabling brands and entrepreneurs to build their own branded marketplace. Near Me makes peer-to-peer commerce simple with their ‘platform as a service’, revolutionizing traditional e-commerce forever. Â http://www.near-me.com // http://www.twitter.com/nearmeco
Freshdesk
Dilawar Syed, President
We’ll show how Freshdesk’s powerfully simple cloud-based customer support software can enable even tiny startups to provide exceptional support to their customers affordably via phone, email, chat, web, social networks and mobile apps.  http://www.freshdesk.com // http://www.twitter.com/freshdesk
depict
Shambhavi Kadam, Co-founder &VP of Product
depict lets you fill the blank spaces in your home with work by the world’s best digital artists. We’ll be demonstrating how you can use depict to collect art you love on any device, and display it on any blank screen in your home.  http://depict.com // http://www.twitter.com/depictarts
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Here’s info on parking near the venue:
https://www.parkinsf.com/sanfrancisco/parking-near/180+Sansome+St/wed/starting-6-00pm/for-3-hours
As you may already know, GROW Conference is heading to Whistler for their 5th Annual event August 20-22, 2014 with 1000+ attendees and some of the tech world’s top thinkers.
GROW is a place where founders, brands, retailers, investors and startups will explore how to build and leverage technology for living in a connected world. This is your opportunity to hear leaders from Google Glass, Qualcomm, Lululemon, Life360, SmartThings, Mondelez, Flextronics and Jawbone (to name but a few) talk about building context aware and personalized customer experiences, new app ecosystems on device platforms and the connected stores of the future – not to mention, test out the latest tech making waves in our space.
We’ll explore the mountain terrain with the latest in wearable tech and beacons to understand context, engagement and what experiences we would actually want in a connected environment. The GROW Conference will give you insight into the future. Join us in the mountains and meet your future partners, customers, investors and mentors at GROW.
We’ve spoken to the organizers and secured a $100 discount off the regular price. Use Promo Link: http://bit.ly/GROWtixSFNT with the access code: SFNewTech to get the deal.
They also have the “Lean Pass†for $195!
WHY GO?
// Outdoor Fitness Activities: Lululemon Execs are leading early morning and late afternoon group yoga sessions, mountain biking and mountain top hikes. Bring your fitness trackers, download the Strava routes and let’s quantify ourselves.
// Invite-Only Founder Event: For the first time we are hosting an invite-only, closed doors sessions for Founders on the top of the mountain.
// Gondola Talks: Ride up the mountain in our Gondola Talks with founders, partners and investors.
// Game of Drones: Meet us in the Olympic Plaza and fly your RC Helis, Quadcopter or Drone. Sign up HERE
// Pitch at the Smackdown: Companies have 1 minute to WOW the panel of VCs and Press. Sign up HERE
// Hardware Talks: Meet founders who are building the latest hardware products and learn how they’re incorporating software models on top of the mountain.
// Connected Resort of the Future: Help us make Whistler the most “connected resort in the world”.
It’s official!
We’re producing the 2nd Annual #NewTechCrawl on October 17th in SF!
You’re invited to join the fun as 100s of tech lovin’ geeks take to the streets of San Francisco to check in, first-hand, with innovative companies who put our little town on the map.
If you’re a startup based in SF and want entrepreneurs visiting your space en masse, want to volunteer, or sponsor this city-wide event, please tell us who you are here.  Big thanks to Prezi for jumping in and making this happen!
Check out how things went down last year via ABC News:Â http://abc7news.com/archive/9301925/
Come crawl with us!
We see a lot of conferences come and go.  When we learned about Techmanity we quickly realized how this event really stands out from the crowd and is poised to kick some serious ass as they bridge together tech, culture, and community … like rock stars.
And we’re thrilled to invite you to exhibit your startup as a part of it, for free.
Techmanity is looking for the most dangerous and disruptive startups in the world to feature as part of their special Startlandia exhibit at our upcoming launch event October 1 – 2 in San Jose. If selected you will be showing your innovations in front of the Bay Area’s tech elite – market movers and influencers that can help launch your project into the stratosphere. Are you dangerous and disruptive?
Check out http://www.techmanity.com and apply!
Isn’t it about time you showed off your startup to the Marin crowd?
TEDxMarin is search of great new tech that really wants to make the world a better place to be a part of their startup showcase.
TEDxMarin’s 650+ attendees are progressives, mostly 40+, mostly affluent, early adopters, some angels and VC’s (high net worth investors), as well as very green, health and fitness oriented, philanthropic, and outdoor focused.
The startup showcase will commence between 5:45 and 7:30.  If your startup is accepted, you’ll receive a 6-foot table and access to power and your logo goes up on all-things-TEDxMarin until April 2015.
Apply at http://www.tedxmarin.org/innovator-showcase-application/
(And definitely say SFNT sent ya.)
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 | 9AM-5PM
Fox Theatre, 2223 Broadway St, Redwood City, CA 94063
SF New Tech is proud to support the organization of the Startup Conference 2014. Discover how to start your own startup and network with 2,000 fellow entrepreneurs and engineers. Journalists from TechCrunch and other media will be present as well. Conference speakers include Guy Kawasaki, Tim Draper, Vivek Wadhwa, David Hornik, Christine Herron, Bill Reichert and many more. If you just want to learn about hot new startups, stop by the International Startup Fair on the Courthouse Plaza in front of Fox Theater and browse the aisles of an outdoor street festival for startups. Exhibitors include venture capital firms and startups launching new products in the Demo Pit. The Startup Fair is free and open to the public –  SF New Tech members receive a 20% discount for the Startup Conference and demo tables at the fair, please use promotion code “SFNT20″.
Monday, May 19, 2014 | 8AM-6:30PM
Grand Hyatt, San Francisco
Big data analytics will continue to ignite explosive growth for those able to leverage it in 2014.
But while the data-science field continues to evolve at warp speed, companies are moving to a more practical stage this year: They’re seeking real results from their investments in analytics tools. They’re looking to boost revenue or curtail costs — or best of all, both.
VentureBeat hosted our inaugural DataBeat event in 2013, and it was a smash success, bringing together some of the top data scientists, analysts, investors, and entrepreneurs in the field of big data.
This year’s DataBeat will be laser focused on helping companies increase profitability through smart analytics and big data tools. We’re gathering the brightest minds to filter through the noise and give new insights on the people, technologies, and strategies that will accelerate growth.
Purchase one of the first 50 tickets and save $300!
The 5th Annual PR Summit Conference: Content Connect
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | 9AM-6PM
The Old Mint 54 Mint Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94103
On Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 join 500 executives, top media influencers & entrepreneurs discuss the latest trends and best practices in business communications, story telling and content marketing. Â Spend One-on-one time with this industry visionaries, and leaders from the world of publishing, public relations, marketing, branding, advertising agencies, and other verticals and brands with a vested interest in the future of social journalism and digital storytelling.
HEAR SPEAKERS FROM:
USA Today, Fast Company, Forbes, Entrepreneur TechCrunch, Venture Beat, GigaOM, San Jose Mercury News, Google, Wall Street Journal, AirPR, Thrillist & LinkedIn
DISCUSS:
Content Marketing, and PR Thought Leadership.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
1. Ben Parr, (Co-Founder & Managing Partner DominateFund)
2. Cotton Delo (San Francisco Bureau Chief, Advertising Age)
3. Jon Swartz (SF Bureau Chief, USA Today)
4. Josh Constine, (Writer, TechCrunch)
5. Paul Walborsky (CEO, GigaOM)
6. Porter Gale (Author, Marketer, Tech-Lover and Start-up Advisor)
7. Rebekah Iliff (Chief Strategy Officer, AirPR)
8. Sarah Buhr (Writer, USA Today)
9. Tim Draper (Founder, Draper Fisher Jurvetson)
REGISTER:
Promo of 20% off (Only 10-Available)
Promo of 15% off (Open)
CloudNOW
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | 1:30PM – 7PM
Parc 55 Wyndham, San Francisco
CloudNOW, the non-profit consortium of the leading women in cloud and emerging technologies, invites you to attend our Third Annual CloudNOW Top Women in Cloud Innovation Awards. This year the focus of the Awards is on the end-user customer. We hope that you will join us for CloudNOW’s flagship event featuring the Top Women in Cloud, industry pioneers, and leading academicians from Stanford. Enjoy no-host bar, and an elegant dinner buffet at one of the most exclusive hotels in SF!
The Innovation Awards recognize the Top 10 cloud end-user customers for outstanding cloud and converging technology projects and implementations. During the event, the Top 10 Women will present their projects in a pitch-style competition where the Top Woman in Cloud will be named on-site for a real-time award of the title, Top Woman in Cloud.
Attendees: Cloud end-users, analysts, tech thought leader/ pioneers, VCs, and entrepreneurs
Sponsors: Dell, Cisco, GreenQloud, HP, IBM, VMware
Speakers: Manjula Talreja, VP Cloud Practices, Cisco; Margaret Dawson, Chief Cloud Evangelist, HP; Vanessa Alvarez, cloud thought leader, former Forrester analyst; Dr. Andrea Davies, Stanford.
Judges: Gia Scinto, Partner Andreessen Horowitz, employee #8; Amber Osborne, CMO Meshfire, Twitter “Top CMOâ€
SF New Tech will consider spreading the word about your event if you tell us more about it here.
We debuted a brand new mobile app at our last event.  And it’s now open for everyone!
If you download it now and leave notifications on, you’ll get a free ticket to our next event!
We’re set on set on making mobile your spot for all-things-SFNT.
Now, you can:
- interact with others in the room when you join us live
- get tips on free stuff (tickets, prizes, discounts) at and in between events
- access to video archives of past demos
- access to SFNTinvest
- much, much, more.
Daniel Jabbour, pictured above, helped us build SFNTinvest.  As the leader of a team of hackers at Amoeba Consulting and as the founder of The Psychedelic Society of San Francisco, Daniel was always up to something mind-bending.  He was an amazing collaborator with a heart of gold.  We lost Danny a few weeks ago and we will miss him. You can read more about Daniel here.
Ride on, Danny. Â Thanks for everything!
We are pleased to announce the 6 Finalists for the First Ever ’6 About to Break’ Competition
Macworld/iWorld 2014 and SF New Tech have partnered to produce  the first-ever competition spotlighting the most innovative apps, accessories, software and utilities uniquely positioned to breakout in the Apple marketplace. The six final products span mobile, wearables, home automation, 3D and social media, and include:
AppPresser: A plugin framework with a set of tools that gives you the ability to create a native iOS and/or Android app using WordPress. AppPresser brings the power of building native apps with WordPress available to everyone. http://apppresser.com/
Everypost:Â An easy and convenient mobile social media app where anyone can manage and publish content to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, tumblr, and many other social networks all at once, from one place: Â http://www.everypost.com
Glyph: A wearable mobile personal theater device that allows users to experience all media with vivid life-like clarity and exceptional sound. Glyph combines a unique flip-down form factor, super sharp imagery and premium noise-canceling audio that revolutionize personal display technology. http://avegant.com
MotionPortrait: An app that enables users to transform a facial photo into a realistic 3D avatar that can talk and mimic words. The avatar moves and reacts with touch controls and can be customized and shared. http://www.motionportrait.com
Petcube: A home gadget that enables users to watch, talk and play laser games with their pet through a mobile phone app. Petcube comes in a sleek box that includes a laser pointer, wide angle camera lens, speakers and Wi-Fi. http://petcube.com
ReKognition: A cloud-based open API platform which helps developers incorporate state-of-the-art computer vision capabilities of facial recognition, object recognition and scene understanding into their apps or software. http://rekognition.com/
Join us LIVE on March 27 from 4:30-5:30pm on Macworld/iWorld’s Second Stage as the ‘6 About to Break’ finalists battle it out in front of thousands of conference attendees and hundreds of media. Each finalist will do a 5-minute demo and a 5-minute audience Q&A. An all-star panel of judges from Cult of Mac, Quake Labs, Macworld/iWorld, SF New Tech and more, will help determine the final winner.
Register for your discounted tickets @ http://www.macworldiworld.com with the code SFNT
6 About to Break Sponsors:
Are you (or anyone you know) building the most kick-ass iOS app? Yeah? Then prove it!
As a lead up to our big “6 About to Break†event inside of Macworld on 3.27, we’ll be showcasing 6 Totally Kick Ass iOS Apps in front of 100s of SF’s digerati at the next SF New Tech event on February 19th @ Mighty.
One (or more) iOS apps demo’d on 2.19 may find themselves as one of the “6 About to Break”!
There’s no better place to show off your iOS wizardry. Macworld/iWorld attracts over 25,000 Apple enthusiasts, over 500 media folks, and generates over 2 billion media impressions.
Applying and showcasing (if selected) is absolutely FREE.
Do you have the world’s best iOS App?
Let us know… and you may end up famous!
We’re thrilled to finally formally announce that we’ve partnered with Macworld/iWorld to scout the best new apps, accessories, software and utilities tied to Apple-products and will showcase them in a very special SF New Tech-styled event called â€6 About to Break†*inside* of Macworld/iWorld on March 27th @ Moscone in front of media, VCs, and end users, and more.
The call for entries officially starts today!  

The opportunity is amazing.  First, it’s absolutely free to apply and free to showcase if chosen.  Second, those that rise to the top can realize some of the 2.4 BILLION media impressions generated via the event.   And to top it off, we’ll be throwing a party immediately following the event to celebrate.
Check out the official announcement below with all the juicy details — and spread the word!
We’ll also be sending discount out codes to Macworld soon.  Stay tuned!
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SF NEW TECH & MACWORLD/iWORLD PARTNER TO DISCOVER THE BEST NEW APPLE-CENTRIC INNOVATIONS TO SHOWCASE AT MACWORLD/iWORLD 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Francisco, CA — (January 15, 2013) SF New Tech, the Bay Area’s largest, longest-running, and most-loved technology event, is partnering with Macworld/iWorld, the largest event for those who use, create, and love Apple products, to scout out the best new apps, accessories, software and utilities tied to Apple and showcase them at a very special event called “6 About to Breakâ€. The event will take place inside of Macworld/iWorld Expo on March 27, 2014 at the Moscone Convention Center, and will give the six finalists an exclusive opportunity to present and showcase their products with exposure to over 500 media and more than 25,000 attendees.
Unlike most competitions, it’s absolutely free to apply to “6 About to Break†and also free to showcase if chosen. Macworld/iWorld offers an incredible opportunity for developers and innovators to put their product in front of avid Apple fans and garner significant media coverage (Macworld/iWorld generates over 2.4 billion media impressions). “6 About to Break†will be the talk of the event and is bound to make an innovator — or six — famous. Macworld/iWorld 2013 media in attendance included The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Mashable, Macworld, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, New York Times and more.
The call for submissions for “6 About to Break†officially starts today.
Qualified entries include any newly released software, iOS applications, iPhone or iPad accessories, or Apple utilities within the last year. Simply tell us about your amazing product(s) at https://www.sfnewtech.com/sfntmacworld to be considered.
The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 3, 2014 at 5 pm PST. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 12, 2014.
The six winning selections will each be given five minutes for a live demo and then another five minutes for a robust Q&A on stage at Macworld/iWorld on Thursday, March 27, 2014 in front of thousands of conference attendees and hundreds of media. Winners will also be awarded prizes, including but not limited to six Complete Kendo UI and Icenium full product licenses and support from Telerik. Â We will also promote the winners via our media partnership with VentureBeat.
Immediately following the showcase, SF New Tech and Macworld/iWorld will host a special reception to celebrate the winners of the event and raise a glass to all things Apple and innovation. For those applicants not selected, Macworld/iWorld will be offering a special rate to both attend and showcase at the conference.
For more information or to inquire about sponsorships, please contact:
Myles Weissleder, Founder, SF New Tech
myles@sfnewtech.com
(415) 843-1850
Here are a few takeaways from our big holiday party!
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PHOTOS & VIDEOS!
* Visit the SkyDrive folder with the mother lode of photos @ http://sdrv.ms/SFNewTechHolidays & download the one of you looking silly! [Thx for sponsoring us, SkyDrive!]
* You may also seen the event photos up on our Facebook page, too? Go tag, baby! http://www.facebook.com/sfnewtech
* NerdStalker was in the house and they probably stalked you! Watch the video!
http://youtu.be/QJqLSHIyd4c
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BIG NEWS!
You heard it first! SF New Tech is partnering with Macworld/iWorld to host a panel called “The Next 6 Products About to Break”. We’ll be selecting the best new apps, accessories, software and utilities tied to Apple-products to showcase their innovations LIVE on the Macworld/iWorld stage in front of media, VCs, and end users. We’ll be sharing details on how to enter in the coming weeks, but the buzz around these 6 hot products is sure to be huge. Macworld/iWorld generates over 2 billion media impressions – there is no better place to launch products for the Apple products market place. This is gunna be fun!
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DISCOUNTS TO MACWORLD/IWORLD
Score 3-day expo hall passes and 3-day conference passes to Macworld/iWorld (March 27 – 29, 2014) @ Moscone for only $10 & $149, respectively. Register with the promo code SFNT @ http://www.macworldiworld.com — sweet!
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WINNERS!
Big congrats to @Chrisbator, @Skinnyjeans, @Mohurley, @Dianasky, @Curtislu, @Irahulrana, @Libertymadison, @Aniline, @Magicsaucemedia, @Annebot who all walked away with awesome prizes!
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THANKS TO NEWAER & TRUNX
* NewAer – http://www.newaer.com
Hope you got to meet Nick Palmer, CTO of NewAer, which enables any smartphone to automate your life from physical space. Here his Nerdstalker interview live from Mayes: http://www.nerdstalker.com/2013/12/newaer-enables-any-smartphone-to.html
* Trunx – http://www.trunx.me
Hope you got to meet Sandra Ponce De Leon of Trunx, the newly launched cloud photo storage solution that’s generating a lot of buzz lately because their focus on privacy. You’re invited to score Free Unlimited Trunx Storage until Feb 2014. That’s right — upload as much as you can now for free, forever. That means that any photo you upload to Trunx or any photo, video or EchoPix you take with the app from now until then will always be free. You can use 5 GBs or 500 GBs! After, it’s simply pay as you go. Go upload privately now.
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UBER!
Your Uber code is still valid, use it or lose it! Register with code “sfntmacworld” and get 20% off your first ride. Or, 10% off if you’ve already been Uberized. Visit https://www.uber.com/go/sfntmacworld
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HELP!
Lastly, one of you beautiful women went home with an coat that wasn’t yours! From the inbox: “Crazy odds but someone had the exact same coat as me (even the same size) — and I took theirs instead of mine. It is a Via Spiga coat, size 8, it has leather trim, and a silk black and white liner. Is it possible you could post it or send an email to yesterday’s attendees? Mine had gloves in my pockets, and this one, although a bit newer, did not.” Ring a bell? Get in touch!
SF NEW TECH HOLIDAY-TIME FUNDRAISING HAS….
* Helped rebuild classrooms that were destroyed by tropical storm Isaac in Haiti (via the Hands Together to Defend the Children Orphanage)
*Â Provided dinner to 500 families in NY & NJ that were dislocated due to super-storm Sandy (via The River Fund Mobile Pantry);
* Provided 1 child in India with quality education for 1 year (via Non Formal Education Centres);
* Provided enough needles and syringes to vaccinate over 625 Somalian children (via Merlin USA).
* Trained one woman as a community health worker in Afghanistan, who will assist 9,000 women annually, in turn, saving thousands of women who would have lost their lives or the lives of their babies during pregnancy and delivery (via Creating Hope International).
* Helped provide a health worker with enough needles and syringes to provide over 1,000 vaccinations to children in clinics in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia (via Merlin’s emergency response in East Africa).
* Purchased a water treatment system for 2 families in earthquake and Cholera ravaged Haiti (via Haiti Hospital Appeal).
* Paid for books and a uniform for 1 war-torn and impoverished South Sudanese child for 1 year (via Omdurman Family Project).
* Supported civil society movements in Egypt, and protect citizen media and other independent news sources, as well as circumvent internet censorship in Egypt, Syria, and Iran by helping Access keep its servers running on the Tor Network (via Access).
* Conserved 5 acres of the Tanzanian rainforest (about the size of 4 football fields) for one year (via Tanzania Forest Conservation Group).
*Â Saved the life of a newborn by providing an Embrace Infant Warmer, an innovative low-cost warmer designed to provide thermal support to preterm newborns, in India this winter. (Via Embrace)
* Provided a complete 2 month treatment of the revolutionary, nutrient-rich Plumpy’nut® food to 1 child in Niger who is suffering from the worst form of malnutrition. (Via Edesia)
*Â Payed for supplies for job training and support (stationary, books, training curriculum and pens) for one young woman who has been exposed to the foster care and the juvenile justice system in San Francisco. (Via Spark)
* Bought a Guatemalan family a goat to help and improve their children’s potential in life. (Via Save The Children)
* Provided 2 Rocket stoves plus hands-on training to 2 Haitian women who’s families were displaced by the devastating 7.1 earthquake so they may cook their family’s food safely. (Via Trees, Water & People)
* Provided a loan for 1 impoverished woman in rural East Africa to start a business to help support her family. (Via Women’s Microfinance Initiative)
* Purchased 2,000 water purification tablets to treat 10,000 liters of water for at-risk communities in need of clean water. (Via UNICEF Tap Project)
* Provided 3 emergency clean birthing kits, including a bar of soap, clear plastic sheet, razor blade, an umbilical cord tie, cloth and latex gloves to help deliver safe babies in crisis situations and locales. (Via UNFPA)
* Helped to fight & end child sex slavery in the U.S by helping 3 Generations redesign & enhance their current website to fully utilize the latest social media tools & broaden their reach. (Via 3 Generations)
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Before you turn off for the long weekend, grab your calendar and save these important SF New Tech event dates to close out the year!
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Another great night of SF New Tech demos!
Including:
* HOT SmartWatch – The only SmartWatch that allows you to use the palm of your hand as a speaker, plus gesture controls and more!
* Swapbox – Where packages wait for you!
* Ribbon – A payments app that lets you send money, without requiring either party to download an app or the sender to have an account!
* go fetch it – Effective data gathering and communication!
* … and much, much, more!
We’ll officially announce this event next week but act NOW and you can score a Super Bird $10 ticket with the code “superbird” @ https://1211sfnt.eventbrite.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
SF New Tech & Macworld’s Holiday Party!
We’ll be celebrating the holidays in classic San Francisco style at this party-of-the-year! Â Juicy details to be released soon. Â Join us for the fun — sponsorship and tabletop demo inquiries are encouraged! Get in touch – email myles at sfnewtech.com.
Until then, enjoy the long weekend and don’t eat too much!
We held our very first (but certainly not last!) #NewTechCrawl last week to celebrate Innovation Month in SF and got to visit innovation where it lives in San Francisco.  It was AMAZING!  Over 400 people participated throughout the day to crawl the city’s best hotspots for innovation.  Needless to say, we had a TON of fun and got to see and meet some amazing people and companies along the way.
See all the amazing photos here!
Check out the #NewTechCrawl on ABC News!
 “Entrepreneurs, techies gather for SF Tech Crawlâ€
Also, check out the Twitpictorial of the #NewTechCrawl via Storify!
BIG THANKS TO:
NewTechCrawl Sponsors & partners who helped this become a reality!
The Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation (InnovateSF), Scoop.it!, Aruba Networks, Sigma West, Rackspace, Runway, Propeller Labs, Dice, PandoDaily, Uber, Nerd Stalker, TeacherBus, Mosey.
Participating companies who opened their doors!
1-Page, AppDirect, FlexScore, Foundersuite, geekdom, Globant, grio, justinmind, Mashery, Mosey, NextSpace, Parisoma, RocketSpace, Tame, SET, Startup Product Academy, SpiderOak, FreeSpace, Prezi, Startup Basecamp, darkforeigner.
SHOUT OUTS:
Mayor Ed Lee and the Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation!
For sparking this in the first place! Â Thanks!
Propeller Labs!
For helping us with our site @ http://www.newtechcrawl.com.  We highly recommend you dial them up for your iOS dev needs as they’re truly experts in conceiving, optimizing, iterating, and delivering amazing results. Visit http://www.propellerlabs.co and ask for George!
Scoop.it!
For investing in us! Â Scoop.it wants to help startups to cure their blogging blues! Check out this video with a hidden offer just for startups inside! Â http://unbouncepages.com/
Uber!
Uber has extended the SFNT community of first-time Uber riders a great discount. Â To enjoy $20 off your first Uber ride, new users can text promo code NewTechCrawlSF to 827222 OR simply visit http://www.uber.com/go/
Aruba Networks!
Check out what Cloud Wifi is all about @ http://cloud.arubanetworks.com – let ‘em hook you up!
Runway!
For hosting our happy hour and keynotes! Â http://www.runway.is
Dice!
For hosting our After Party! Â http://www.dice.com
Sigma West!
For supporting us, and for moving our firm and more venture money from Sand Hill to SF… and not being ashamed to boast about it ! http://www.sigmawest.com
Rackspace!
For fanatical customer service and for the free lunch! Â http://www.rackspace.com
TeacherBus!
For busing us around the city in your very, very cool biodiesel and solar powered bus, complete with a DJ booth! Â http://www.teacherbus.com
Mosey!
For mapping out and making sense of our multi-stop crawls! Â http://www.mosey.com
ThatTechGirl!
For keeping us on schedule and corralling our volunteers! Â http://www.libertymadison.com
What an awesome day!
If you’d like to help us get the first #NewTechCrawl of 2014 off the ground via sponsorship — get in touch!
What are you doing on November 6th?
How about joining us and Fast Company for Innovation Uncensored SF, a amazing full-day event featuring talented speakers, groundbreaking ideas, and the extraordinary innovations they report on daily.
Spend a day with the founders of Pinterest, Instagram, Yelp, Path, Paypal & many others, all under one roof (see below!)
Special code SFNT saves you $200 on your ticket.
Registration and information @ http://sf.innovationuncensored.com/
Here’s the agenda — as you can see this event is a no-brainer! Hope to see you there!
San Francisco: Innovation City
Mayor Ed Lee instituted San Francisco Innovation Month in 2012 to highlight and appreciate the entrepreneurs and startups driving job growth in the Bay Area. A welcome, and a window on what keeps San Francisco on the cutting edge.
Session I
Pinterest’S Next Push
What does Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann have in store for his wildly passionate pinners? An uncensored conversation about creativity, community, and new directions.
Session II
Are Brands The New VCs?
You no longer have to work on Sand Hill Road to make a bet on a startup. Big brands are investing in entrepreneurs – at a heated pace – and spawning new micro-industries.
Session III
Exclusive: How The Sandy Hook Tragedy Sparked Silicon Valley
After a school shooting devastated their community, a group of parents vowed to find a new way to decrease gun violence. Here’s what happened when they crossed paths with like-minded entrepreneurs, tech execs, and VCs.
Break
Session IV
Seeing Around Corners
What does it take to reimagine an industry? Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO of Yelp, and Max Levchin, co-founder of Paypal, share their hard-won insights.
Session V
Backstage Pass: “The Secret Life Of Walter Mittyâ€
Acclaimed production designer Jeff Mann (“Terminator 3†“Transformersâ€) shares his secrets for capturing an audience’s visual imagination.
Session VI
Inside The Apple Design Lab
An unprecedented live oral history from the men and women behind the products that changed your world. FEATURING: Abigail Sarah Brody, Robert Brunner, Hartmut Esslinger, Nitin Ganatra, Andy Grignon, Tim Kobe, Dave Morin, and Jeff Zwerner.
Session VII
Inspiration In Unlikely Places
Roman Mars is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People 2013, and the creator of 99% Invisible, the award-winning, Kickstarter-funded podcast about places, spaces, and design. Here he presents a multimedia masterclass about the creative sources of innovation.
Session VIII
The World’S Most Difficult Start-Up: The Afghan Army
You feel like your startup is under siege? As it prepares to leave Afghanistan, the U.S. military takes stock of what it’s learned about leadership, organization, and teamwork – and tries to impart these lessons to its Afghan replacements.
Session IX
Analog’S Awesome Power
A talk about breaking technology down into its tiniest elements, and bringing the inventive power of basic analog electronics into everyone’s hands.
Session X
Your Dna Is Her Business
23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki is upending the medical world—and changing lives. An intimate chat with the boldest of CEOs.
Session XI
Pictures Of Success
An unfiltered conversation with Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger and trail-blazing chef April Bloomfield on how to manage explosive growth while staying true to your creative vision.
Session XII
How To Survive The Great Disruption
MIT Media Lab guru Joi Ito on unlocking the Golden Rule for making innovation happen.
Session XIII
Lessons From Co-Creation Nation
What do the customers of tomorrow really want? The relationship between brands and consumers has never been more complex—or more fluid. A candid feedback loop is both an asset and a peril. Opportunities are entwined with risks. Managing this ecosystem is art and data-backed science. Our closing panel of innovators reveals their secrets—and takes open-mic questions—about inventing the future while collaborating with the crowd. FEATURING: Airbnb, Quirky, Polyvore, OUYA, and Kleiner Perkins.
Check ’em out!  Track down that lead!
In celebration of Innovation Month in SF, we’ve partnered with The Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation to produce “SF’s Innovation Month Startup Crawl” to visit with some of our city’s coolest startups.
On Friday, October 25th, a few hundred geeks (and wanna-be-geeks) will be roaming the streets checking out startups in their natural habitats — and if you’re a SF-based startup with a great space, we want to visit you!
The crawl will officially start at Scoop.it HQ on 2nd/Market the morning, stop for lunch @ Rackspace’s Geekdom space and will culminate in the late afternoon at Runway in the “Twitter Building” for a few keynote addresses and cold cocktails — with multiple crawl tracks along the way.
It’s going to be a *really* fun day.
We’re building out our parade routes now and will open up public registration soon.
Why should local startups participate?
– Align with the Mayor’s office to celebrate Innovation Month
– Generate exposure as a company that values doing business in San Francisco
– Meet the tech community and those who are invested in it in your space
– Receive possible press coverage
– Help SF be all it can be
– More!
If you’d like your startup to be considered as one of the official or unofficial stops, simply visit https://www.sfnewtech.com/crawl before MONDAY 10/7 @ 5pm to tell us who are & where you are at and we’ll see if we can plug you in!
Crawl with us!
Cheers!
– Myles
3) Next week we’ll be celebrating the wonders of Korean Style Tech! Join us on Wednesday, Sept 25th at Mighty and you won’t be disappointed as twelve of Korea’s best, up-and-coming startups will hit the stage to show off their latest — just for you! Details and registration @ http://koreanstyletech.
4) We’ve got discounts to our favorite tech events in town, including LOGIN, Glazed, SF Music Tech, Failcon, GMIC, Future of Money, and maybe more! Click here.
5) Here’s the video of our last event, which I must say, goes down in my book as one of the best SFNTs we’ve ever had! Check it out @ http://youtu.be/crL7E2c8_TU
6) We’re lining up demos through the end of the year. For spotlight consideration, apply now!
A few weeks before the news of the NSA domestic spying program came to light, we had some of the top experts in online security on our stage to share insights on how startups can avoid security headaches before they appear.
Needless to say, had this conversation taken place a few days later, the tone would have been markedly different.
Tune in to learn expert advice from:
* Joe Sullivan, Chief Security Officer of Facebook
* Michael Coates, Director of Security Assurance at Mozilla
* Mark Risher, CEO/Founder, of Impermium
* Deron McElroy, Director of Regional Partnerships, Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) at U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Invited)
* Dan Goodin, IT Security Editor at Ars Technica (Moderating)
Watch it here. (And be sure to select the HD version!)
Enjoy!
David Spark of Spark Media Solutions popped over to our Best of the French Tech Tour event last week and asked attendees, “What are the biggest mistakes startups can make?”
Here are 36 of his favorite answers in less than 90 seconds.
Big thanks to all for participating:
Kevin Marks (@KevinMarks), Laurine Chassignon (@visiofair), Yuliya Dmytryshyn (@stanfy), Thibaut Duguet (@Ubifrance), Mathilde David (@Ubifrance), Lionel Roux, Sylvia Gallusser, Andra Tautu Robinson, Baptiste Lacroix, Ramon Jimenez (@Ubifrance), Phil Jeudy (@philjeudy), Guillaume Thomas (@aladom), Guillaume de La Tour, Tony Stilling (@tony2x), Brian Sherman (@clarityinfo), Nick Muldoon (@nickmuldoon), Shaun Saunders – @graffitipr), Ben Levy (@BootstrapLabs), JF Dechant (@bthecoach), Michael Nelson (@mbnel), Chase Beach (@chase_beach), James Teiser (@gonzoguru), Matthew Gonzales (@matthewgonzales), Frederic Dominioni (@rockingfred), Trevor Goss (@trevorgoss), Vassil Mladjov, Matt Fischer (@megosystems), Manuel Acevedo (@acevedo), Loic Gardiol (@loicgardiol), Steve Gurney (@sjg138), Nicolas Vilmert (@nvilmart), Daniel Chatelain (@danielchat), Arnaud Breton (@arnaud_breton), Clément Delangue (@clementdelangue), Yanni Giannaros (@yannigiannaros), Denny Arar (@dennyarar), Didier Baquier (@didierbaq), Peter Mullen (@pemullen), Gayle LaDoux (@gtotheld), Michael Compton (@easyzeke), Alex Lunev, Gregory Veran Caillavet, Claire Liot (@cstarleo), Marion Dessailly (@mariondesailly), Anne-Charlotte Chauvet (@ftt13), Jason Root (@ssgeek), Jai Decker (@jaidecker), Christian Arar, Sandira Calviac (@sandira), Valerie Morignat (@valeriemorignat), Melissa Glass (@missglass1821), Alfredo Coppola (@usmarketaccess), and Daisy the British Bulldog.
Track down that lead.  Here are the folks who made requests on the open mic last night.
Camille Kander
camille@ kander.com
I need a job!
http://github.com/xzoky
I am an exchange student and iOS developer from France. I have until June 7 to find an internship, or Homeland Security will send me home. I don’t need a visa, but I need to show immigration that I have a reason to be here. Hit me up: camille@kander.com
Pulkit Agrawal
pulkit@ shoto.so
shoto
http://www.shoto.so
We are building a photo collection mobile app – get all the photos from the friends you took them with! Automatically! No need to share – just take photos! We are conducting in-depth user interviews to better understand the needs of early adopters and avid smartphone photographers. We’ll thank you with $50 and you’ll get on the alpha tester list if you’d like. Please get in touch!
Sam Blackman
sblackman@gmail.com
Project Freedom
http://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelblackman
Checking out the scene in San Francisco — would love to get involved in projects in the crossover between creative content industries and technology. If you’re in the space and want to chat, ping me!
Yumio Saneyoshi
yumio@ gorillaanalytics.com
Gorilla Analytics
http://www.gorillaanalytics.com
Startups, Small Biz Owners, Non Profits who are looking for a cheap way to get the world to find out about your product! We are a guerrilla marketing agency that will provide unique campaigns for super-cheap.
SF New Tech is San Francisco’s largest, longest-running, and most loved technology showcase. It didn’t start that way. It took years of hard work from its creator, Myles Weissleder, to get the show to that point. I met Myles more than five years ago after I attended my first SF New Tech event and was really impressed with how he followed up with all the attendees. I ended up writing an article entitled “A great example of conference follow up.†Since then I’ve attended dozens of SF New Tech events and was honored to be invited by Myles and Outlook.com to cover the third leg of their event New Tech Tour in Las Vegas.
I chatted with Myles about the event, what it is, and why it’s on tour. In the video is also Tony Stilling of Microsoft, who explains why Outlook.com is proud to support both SF New Tech and New Tech on Tour.
One of the problems with living in San Francisco is we’re surrounded by so many brilliant and successful people that we start to believe that all the world’s great ideas and technology comes out of the Bay Area. While so many great companies have started here, there are many other great pockets of innovation happening across the country and around the world.
During the third installment of SF New Tech’s road show, New Tech Tour, I asked the attendees at the yet to be opened InNEVation Center, “What’s so awesome about the Las Vegas startup scene?†They gave us 20 great answers. Watch.
Here’s who took to the stage last night and braved the spotlight for 60 seconds.  Check what they’re looking for or needing help with ….
Richard Steel
rich @steelmediainc.com
STEEL MEDIA
http://www.steelmediainc.com
We are growing and looking to hire people, invest in more tech, and talk around investing. Fun times around here!!
Frank H Vial
hello @flux21.net
flux21:group
http://www.flux21.net/decode
help you get traction for your start up brand, early on. let’s get to work together?
Stephanie
stephanie @sixdoors.com
SixDoors
http://sixdoors.com
We’re currently raising a seed round and interested in speaking with content curators and creative writers.
Gonzalo Vazquez
gonzalo.segura1 @gmail.com
Developer
http://gonzalovazquez.ca
Network and meet like-minded people.
Brian Zisk
brian @sfmusictech.com
SF MusicTech Summit
http;//sfmusictech.com
People into the convergence of Internet Music and Technology
Jim Chase
james @jamesschase.com
VP Engineering opportunity
http://jameschase.com
Sold my last of four start ups. Mobile and web. Looking for next great exciting opportunity.
Ingo Renner
ingo @typo3.org
TYPO3 CMS, T3CON North America
http://t3con-na.typo3.org
If you’re looking at finding a CMS that is right for, you might have found it with TYPO3. TYPO3 is an Open Source CMS build for any size of website, small to large. References are local as the Bay Area Discovery Museum and global as Sony Entertainment Network. As a good Open Source citizen we are part of Google Summer of Code for the third time this year, come check us out. T3CON North America is returning to San Francisco 30-31 May. Please join us and get to know our community.
Rong Wang
rong.wang.99 @gmail.com
Self
I am a converter from Fortune 500 to start-up. After my first experience with start-up world, I fully understand now what an inspiring and brave sport it is. Love to talk to you if you need help in business plan, reporting to board and investors, cost structure containment, financial and strategic planning, and accounting controls. No problem signing an NDA with you to learn your passion, brilliance and courage. Best regards, Rong
It’s official! San Diego, here we come!
On Monday, 4.29, SF New Tech will be live at the Belly Up in Solana Beach to shine a light on San Diego’s greatest new tech!
We’ll be posting details soon!
In the meantime, if you’re building something awesome in San Diego (or nearby) we want to take a look! Who knows… you may find yourself in the spotlight!
Apply to demo @ https://www.sfnewtech.com/tour (it’s free!)
We’re also very interested in meeting local partners who want to join us for the fun.
Email Myles at myles@sfnewtech.com for more info.
Cheers!
Here’s who was looking for what during the 60 Second spots last night.
Track down that lead!
Jonathan Govette
jonathan@getreferralmd.com
referralMD
http://www.getreferralmd.com
Seeking: .net programmers creative writers Ux designers
Cory Jones
cory@dinklife.com
DINKlife
http://www.dinklife.com
Seeking: strategic partners to help grow our audience.
Flavio Pripas
flavio@fashion.me
Fashion.me
http://fashion.me
Seeking: Launch in US – looking for partners, fashion brands and connections in US Investors for Series B
Yumio Saneyoshi
yumio@gorillaanalytics.com
Gorilla Analytics
http://www.gorillaanalytics.com
Seeking: Startup founders of consumer products who want users! We have a network of students and interns who can help you market your product and start a viral revolution! We have a free trial running right now, so contact us.
Danushka Abeysuriya
danu@rushdigital.co.nz
IgnitionWare Game Engine
http://ignitionware.com
Seeking: We’re having a little developer preview of our awesome JavaScript mobile game engine: beer, pizza & code on the 26th of Feb (next Tues) at the Kiwi Landing Pad 185 Clara St. 6:30pm-8pm. Check out the website for more details about the event and the tech!
The first 25 of y’all to punch in the code SFNEWTECH at this URL:Â https://launch.webconnex.
They are also offering all builders (developers, designers, broke founders) free tickets! Apply here: http://festival.launch.co/
Finally, they’re also throwing a Hackathon (with a $50k investment prize!). More info: http://launchhackathon.com
Check out what these brave souls are looking for …
Duane Atkins
duane@ezyinsights.com
EzyInsights
https://ezyinsights.com
EzyInsights is a community management tool that helps companies build relationships with their community on social media and other platforms. We even have an API that accepts custom data that we can analyse for you. If you’re interested in having a coffee I’d be pleased to meet you! We’re looking for a business dev co-founder, so please hit me up duane@ezyinsights.com for more info!
chris castagnetto
ccas@gaiaonline.com
Gaia Online
http://www.gaiaonline.com Â
Gaia Online is a online community website of 2.6 million users. We have a number of great advertising opportunities available for companies who are looking to reach the 13 to 24 demo for competitive rates. Were also looking for great bus dev cross promotional opportunities so please reach out and I look forward to hearing from you.
Alex Hofmann
contact@inqu.me
Inqu
http://www.Inqu.me
Looking for a kick-ass iOS developer – Looking for investors – Send us your feedback We are the Quora for closed questions.
Li Jiang
ljiang@gsvam.com
EdTech Silicon Valley
http://www.meetup.com/EdTech-Silicon-Valley/Â Â Â
We are an education technology meetup group. Come check out our events.
Andrew Smith
andrew@fusegap.org
fuseGap
http://fusegap.org
Just looking to meet people, potential interns, people who want to help make it cool to be informed.
Andres Acosta
andres@pingsf.net
PingSF
http://www.pingsf.net
Any Ping Pong players who work in tech in or around San Francisco. We’re hosting regular meetups and events.
Ron Selvey
rselvey@webdamsolutions.com
Hiring and Big Marketing After Party
http://www.webdamsolutions.com
Looking for Developers & Account Executives
SF New Tech is morphing and growing! And we’re crazy-excited. We’ve got a lot of great things in the works on our mission to help the startup community thrive.
2013 will bring…
A Brand New Site!
We’re calling it SFNT 1.5. We’re moving from WordPress to Drupal so we can better kick things up a notch. Big thanks to our friends at AssureSoft for helping to piece it together.
A New Technology!
We’re building a better way for startups to show off their latest & greatest news and new features.
Which one of these domain names rocks it for you?
- http://featurepu.sh
- http://newfeaturewire.com
- http://newtechpush.com
- http://pushednow.com
- http://happypush.com
- http://pushed.co
- http://featurepush.net
- http://featurepush.co
- http://nu.tk
Interested in volunteering to hack it together with us? Cool! Please get in touch with your skillz.
A New Way For Startups To Raise Money!
We’ll be enabling crowdfunding to and for the SFNT community — and beyond.  We’re one step closer to the day you’ll be able to fund the demo you’re watching on stage via your phone. Super-exciting!
A New Way To Find Shared Purpose!
At our 1.23 event we’ll be introducing a way to Match-Connect-Transact with other attendees. Those who sign up will gain access to relevant contacts based on shared purpose. You’re looking for them and they’re looking for you… and we’re going to help you make magic.
A New Monthly Happy Hour To Talk Tech Over Cold Drinks!
Join us for our monthly “Belly Up” happy hours at Harlot (46 Minna). The next one is on 1.29, 6-8 pm. It’s free to join the fun. Cash bar (unless we can find a sponsor). RSVP here: http://bellyup29jan.
Office Hours, For Real!
Through our storied history, SF New Tech’s HQ has literally floated around the bay. The SS SFNT has since been decommissioned but we’re still keen on keeping a light anchor.  That said, we’re proud of our new floating desk at WeWork at 156 2nd Street, one of the best collaborative working environments in SF (and NY an LA). If you’re downtown on Wednesdays or Fridays, drop a line!
A New Approach To New Tech In New Cities!
Most startups worth their salt come to SF to make it happen. But a lot of great things are happening in other cities too. We’re intent on drumming up innovators and people who love innovation to come together in other cities in 2013. If you’re reading this from abroad and want us to come to you, drop a line!
Details Details
Needless to say we’ll be rolling out the nitty-gritty details on all these exciting developments as they emerge. We’re going to need a lot of help from the community to pull all this off famously. Thanks in advance for your support and understanding. 🙂
Your donations via our holiday party helped the Hands Together to Defend the Children (HTDC) Orphanage in Haiti rebuild classrooms that were destroyed by tropical storm Isaac in August. Way to go!
Check out the smiles you helped create!
Over the past few years thanks to the awesome organization, European Disaster Volunteers, we’ve done what we can to help provide a safe house for the kids at HTDC.
In addition to supporting these kids, your donations helped to:
* Provide dinner to 500 families in NY & NJ that were dislocated due to super-storm Sandy (via The River Fund Mobile Pantry);
* Provide 1 child in India with quality education for 1 year (via Non Formal Education Centres);
* Provide enough needles and syringes to vaccinate over 625 Somalian children (via Merlin USA).
Of course, big thanks to the Social Media Club and Outlook.com for helping us pull this off.
Here’s something to talk about at the table tomorrow!
SF New Tech is on the hunt for Mad Scientists & Amazing Inventions!
On Wednesday, December 5th, Get Ready For An Awesome Extravaganza of Amazing Inventions & Scientific Feats of Wonder!
We’re thrilled to bring to the stage some of the most fascinating inventions of our time!
Including:
* Brain-Controlled Helicopters (Puzzlebox Orbit)
* The First Satellite Launched by You! (SkyCube)
* Elegant, Wireless Activity Trackers! (Misfit Shine)
* Geek Rocket Science! (Darwin Aerospace)
* And More! Details coming soon!
Working on a cool invention you’d like to show off? Know someone who is?
Reply to this email and tell us about it!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Cheers,
Myles Weissleder
posted right HERE. Go track down that lead!
Upcoming SFNT events for your tech-lovin’ self:
11.20 – Giving Thanks & Talking Turkey with Livefyre, Traackr, Wheelz, Myte, Desti, aquoria, wHealthy Solutions, & more!
A few program notes for this event… First, Refer.ly had to bow out because Danielle will be heading home for Thanksgiving. Bummer for us! We’ll get her back soon. Second, just added: wHealthy Solutions (who got pushed out of the way by the SF Giants in October), aquoria, and Desti. In all, a fantastic line up of awesome new tech, just like you love it. Register @ http://givethx2newtech.eventbrite.com (Note, this event is on a TUESDAY!)
11.27 – Belly Up with GREE! Â
Join us for a free happy hour at Harlot from 5-9 pm and learn how you can score your dream job in mobile gaming! Admission is free. And the beer is free while supplies last. Sign up today @ http://bellyupwithgree.eventbrite.com
12.5 – Mad Scientist Night!
Get ready for your socks to be blown off on 12.5 at our own geeky science fair that’ll be chock full of awesome new inventions! Get ready for brain-controlled helicopters, personal satellites, wireless activity tracking devices and more! We’ve got invites out to a bunch of awesome geeky inventors and will be announcing this event shortly. Are you a mad scientist? Working on a cool invention that needs some exposure? Hit reply and tell us about it!
12.11 – Awesome Holiday Party & Fundraiser
On the eve of Tuesday, December 11th, we’ll be taking over Harlot, one of San Francisco’s chicest boutique lounges and nightclubs, to usher in the holidays in high-style and to celebrate an awesome year of new tech. Expect free flowing drinks, munchies, dancing with DJ Derek Hena of Pink Mammoth, surprise giveaways (from Microsoft, others), and much, much more. Tickets are $20 of which a portion will be dedicated to help others less fortunate via globalgiving.org. Sign up with your dancing shoes @ http://awesomeholidayparty.eventbrite.com
Sponsorship Opportunities!
We love helping companies connect with the tech-set of SF!  Join us as a Community or Platinum Sponsor of our demo events! Become an Exclusive Sponsor of a Belly Up! Sponsor our Awesome Holiday Party and receive the benefits of mass exposure and a turn-key holiday party for your company. Email me at events@sfnewtech.com for more info!
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Here are the 60 Second Spots from last night. Track down that lead!
Name: Yair Levin
email: levinyair@ gmail.com
Org: slim
URL: http://slim.io
What?: Seed stage investor
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Name: Sean Grove
email: sean@ zenboxapp.com
Org: Zenbox
URL: https://www.zenboxapp.com
What?: Shows your customer profiles from dozens of SaaS app when hovering over email Zenbox brings all of your customer tools with you anywhere on the web! Hover over any email and you’ll see a complete customer profile pulled in from all of your tools. Integrations only take a single click to get setup – no programming! Integrates with many popular 3rd-party services: Salesforce, Desk.com (formerly Assistly), Zendesk, Stripe, UserVoice, Parse, Google Docs, Mailchimp, CSV Import, and more! Or integrate your own custom data, via a simple URL-endpoint or our easy HTTP API in under 5 minutes. For status and feature updates, follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/ZenboxHQ Integrations coming soon: PayPal, Highrise, HelloFax, Eventbrite, and more!
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Name: Peter Mullen
email: pemullen@ gmail.com
Org: VetsinTech Hackathon
URL: http://techcentralsf.com
What?: We need hackers and those who love them to come and support the local veteran community and help them join the startup/hacker community.
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Name: Antonio Aiello
email: tristamus@ gmail.com
Org: 3D Artist
URL: http://www.tristamus.com
What? Full-time work. Also contract freelance work.
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Name: Jacopo Vigna
email: jacopo@ milkywaybikes.com
Org: MilkyWay
URL: http://www.milkywaybikes.com
What?: Searching for programmers which are keen with extreme and action sports. We are developing a cool new community online and need passioned and committed people. Appreciated if you live in california.
With offices in Silicon Valley, AssureSoft is a full service nearshore software application development company with a multidisciplinary team of Developers, QA Engineers, Creative Designers, and Project Managers that work alongside your team, throughout your workday.
We provide two engagement models for application development:
• Full life-cycle application development, in which we assume start-to-finish responsibility including project management for business analysis, design (include UI design, graphics and branding), development, software testing, and ongoing maintenance; or
• Cooperative development (staff augmentation) where we work with your in-house team to jointly analyze, design, develop, or test.
• Dedicated, long term engineers, or shared resources.
AssureSoft specializes in Agile development utilizing the latest mobile, cloud, web, and business application integration technologies and frameworks to provide our clients with cost-effective, flexible, scalable solutions. We help ISVs, Startups, and technology driven companies achieve a competitive edge.
It’s that time of year again!
We’re gearing up for our (Double) Awesome Holiday Party and Fundraiser and we want YOU to be a part of the fun!
Of course you can show up and dance the night away with us.
OR, you can join forces with us and SPONSOR this shindig to put your company in the middle of all the awesome action!
Interested in learning more? Get in touch @ events@sfnewtech.com! Quick!
Wow. How crazy!
SF New Tech makes news in the The Wall Street Journal for making way for a baseball game!
When we realized early Tuesday morning after the SF Giants won the pennant and were heading to the World Series here in SF on Wednesday night, on the eve of a long-scheduled SF New Tech event, we had to make a quick and harsh decision: Do we keep the course and compete with the Giants or do we cede to the hometown team and cancel our event altogether?Continue Reading
BREAKING OUT!
Referly
Danielle Morrill, CEO
Referly makes it easy for anyone to recommend products they love, and when those recommendations result in a sale they get paid. Earned money for sharing your expertise online has never been easier. http://www.refer.ly // @referly
wHealthy Solutions
Michael Segal, CEO
We are the first social network service empowering users to select and shop for the healthiest nutritional basket. http://www.whealthysolutions.com // @whealthysol
Innovation Choice Group
Robert Arauz, Founder & CEO
Making medical and scientific research better. Innovation Choice Group is bringing to market a professional online network that finds rapid solutions to the urgent questions of biotechnology researchers, scientists, students and others central to the life sciences by providing a collection of trusted experts who can assist with their questions. http://www.innovationchoice.com // @P2P_Research
TapCanvas
Joshua Merrill
Founder, Chief Pixel Pusher
TapCanvas lets anyone build a single-use HTML5 mobile app. TapCanvas gives customers the tools to build, promote, and analyze “single-use” HTML5 mobile apps. These short shelf-life use cases include events, real estate, advertising, and more. With novel promotional tools, like preprogrammed NFC stickers, we’ll open a world of new use cases where both print and digital alternatives fall short. We’re pushing the limits of what HTML5 can do on mobile phones to create a rich, native app-like experience. http://www.tapcanvas.com // @tapcanvas
NeuroDreamer
Mitch Altman, Founder/inventor/mad scientist
Mitch will show his NeuroDreamer sleep mask, which helps lull people into restful sleep. It uses light and sound, and is embedded into a comfortable foam mask that you can wear all night as you sleep. There is also optional Lucid Dreaming functionality built into the NeuroDreamer to help people control their dreams. NeuroDreamer sleep masks also have a Meditation version to help people learn to meditate. Mitch will also show his Brain Machine / TripGlasses project, which he wrote up for MAKE Magazine — these are fun simplifications of the NeuroDreamer to help people meditate (while imagining beautiful colors and patterns from their imagination). http://www.NeuroDreamer.com // @maltman23
Tickets:
$15.00 for early bird online tickets
$25.00 for all other (late bird) online tickets
$30.00 cash at the door if not sold out
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Schedule:
5:30 pm – Doors & Bar Open 5:30 -7:00 pm – Schmooze and Free Tacos!
7:30 – 9:30 pm – Live Demos 9:30 – 11:00 pm – Schmooze |
*Mighty is a 21+ venue. |
FOR THE FIRST 150 PEOPLE IN THE DOOR!!
CALinnovates.org is a statewide coalition focused on championing the conversation about the future of California’s critical technology sector. CALinnovates.org brings together industry experts, thought leaders, tech innovators, policy makers and consumers in a non-partisan mission to promote innovation, create new jobs, spur investment and support tech-friendly policies. CALinnovates.org not only provides a medium for educating policy makers and for companies to network, but helps to connect the ideas of today for an economy of tomorrow. | |
Our good friend Eric Ferraro is back! As a Shareholder at the law firm of LeClairRyan, Eric focuses his practice on the representation of private and public emerging and growth companies in the technology and digital media sectors as well as investors and financial services firms that focus on those industries. LeClairRyan is well-known as an entrepreneurial law firm that provides business counsel and client representation in matters of corporate law and high-stakes litigation. If you’re in need of counsel for your startup call Eric first. | |
btrax, Inc. is a San Francisco based creative agency serving global markets for over 6 years. Our team has a wide range of experience from handling UI Design, User Experience Consulting, Social Media Marketing, Branding and Identity, Startup Prototypes, Mobile development, to website localization for the Asian market. We are proud to be a Platinum sponsor of SF New Tech and serving them as their creative partner. | |
 | Microsoft just launched the preview of their new, modern email service Outlook.com. It brings a fresh and intuitive design, it connects your email to useful information from Facebook, Twitter LinkedIn, it gives you a smarter inbox with the power of Office and SkyDrive, and since email is personal, it keeps you in control of your private data. Folks from the Outlook.com team will be at SFNT to show you the product, answer your questions and, of course, provide some swag. See it in action at www.outlookpreview.com. |
Mylermedia: We’re the ones behind this shindig! |
See how friends with benefits takes on a whole new meaning! Become a Friend of SF New Tech!
Name: Greg Muender
Email: muender@ gmail.com
Name of company or project: Tech CoFounder wanted
Web Site: http://www.gregmuender.com
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?
I am looking for a cofounder for my next company. I have a few ideas, but will need a tech cofounder. Open to your ideas as well! My last company was acquired just last month, so I have experience in building a concept into a company, and then selling said company! Thanks!
Name: Steven Willmott
Email: steve@ 3scale.net
Name of company or project: API Strategy and Practice Conference
Web Site: http://www.apistrategyconference.com
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?
Check out the event – 30+ speakers on APIs from a wide range of companies – 1-2nd November, Westin Grand Central, New York.
Name: Mitch Altman
Email: mitch@ CornfieldElectronics.com
Name of company or project: Noisebridge
Web Site: https://www.noisebridge.net
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?: Hackerspace in San Francisco! Lots of free classes and workshops for people into tech, art, craft, food, . . . Anything you want to explore! We never close. All ages, all skill levels, all welcome.
2169 Mission St. (at 18th St.)
Name: Michael Schade
Email: michael@ stripe.com
Name of company or project: Stripe
Web Site: https://stripe.com/
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?
Want a free Stripe shirt or stickers? Tweet me @sch or get in touch directly at michael@stripe.com!
Hey now!
Lots in motion here in the land of SF New Tech.
We’ve got a busy few weeks and months ahead of us … and if all goes as planned, exciting developments in the hopper for a bigger, more resourceful “new tech” experience. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, we’re pleased to announce our October events. Hope to see you!
Cheers,
Myles
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10.10 SFNT: You’re So Money! With Stripe, CannedBanners, Spongecell, Lexity, and more.
We’re following the money and diving in deep with companies who are at the forefront of enabling the flow of cash online, as well as those who help convert clicks into sales. Whether you call e-commerce or just plain commerce — it’s money, baby.
Codes:
1010-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
1010-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
1010-yeahbaby = 50% off (25 available)
1010-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)
Register @ http://itsmoney.eventbrite.com/
Bonus: We had a lot of lines out for this one but conflicting schedules abound. That said, we’ve got a room on stage for another “money” demo or two. Ping me quickly if you think you’ve got what it takes.
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10.18 SFNT: Dutch Demo Night! Meet 13 of the Netherlands’ Best Startups!
SF New Tech and the Consulate General of the Netherlands are thrilled to present Dutch Demo Night, featuring 13 of the most promising Dutch startups. This event is the culmination of the 2012 Holland in the Valley Startup Bootcamp, a 4-day intensive program designed to provide a first-hand experience to dutch companies of the Silicon Valley ecosystem.
Companies include: Aito, Coocoolu, Clinical Graphics, EmulTech BV, Plantspot, Muzikool, Jet-Stream, PersuasionAPI, Prooflink, Screvo, Social Mining, Talmundo / Bedrijfssimulaties.nl, and Twitcident. Read up on them @ http://dutchdemonight.eventbrite.com/
Codes:
1018-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
1018-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
1018-yeahbaby = 50% off (25 available)
1018-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)
Register @ http://dutchdemonight.eventbrite.com/
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10.24: SFNT: Breaking out! With Refer.ly, TapCanvas, and others. Details coming soon.
Codes:
24-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
24-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
24-yeahbaby = 50% off (25 available)
24-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)
Register @ http://sfnt1024.eventbrite.com/
Bonus: Hit the Big Red Button to apply to part of this event!
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Future events:
11.7: Mobile & Apps, Apps & Mobile!
11.20: Open
12.5: Open
12.19: Holiday Party! (Wanna partner up??)
Apply to demo @ https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo
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Community Sponsor Love:
http://outlook.com/ – A great new approach to email from Microsoft
http://www.leclairryan.com/eric-ferraro/ – Eric is an awesome tech-friendly lawyer
http://www.calinnovates.org/ – Bridging the CA tech sector to lawmakers in Sac & DC
http://www.btrax.com/ – Serving up our live stream like a boss
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Friends of SF New Tech:
Application Developers Alliance, AssureSoft, AT&T, Big.First.Name, btrax, City of Buenos Aires, dot.tk, Flurry, GREE, HummerWinblad, JetJaw, Jones Lang LaSalle, Microsoft, MorganStanleySmithBarney, Nearsoft, OPOWER, Originate, PointBurst, Prometis, Rackspace, RocketSpace, SponsorHub, The Waldron Group, Turnstone, UBIFRANCE, vidcaster, Vitamin T, WalkerSands, Wufoo. You can become a friend too! https://www.sfnewtech.com/friends
Thanks, y’all, for being a part of our awesome community!
We had more but only 3 folks took to the laptop last night.
Here they are … go track down that lead:
Name: Ben Morse
Email: ben@joynme.com
Name of company or project: JoynMe
Web Site: http://www.joynme.com
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?:
We are looking for awesome engineers! ios/backend. We are also looking for a seed round of 400-500K. Thanks! www.joynme.com ! @joynme
Name: Joju Mangalam
Email: jm@Paretocentral.com
Name of company or project: ParetoCentral.com
Web Site: http://www.paretocentral.com
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?:
companies who are looking for software professionals can use our “consulting tryout” program to recruit qualified professionals from established companies.
Name: Shah Rahman
Email: shah@horoppa.com
Name of company or project: Horoppa Labs
Web Site: http://www.horoppa.com
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?:
— Young startup companies trying to bootstrap or growing off founders/FnF money
— To beta/trial with us on our managed IT/cloud offerings
— To find startups willing to let us help with IT/cloud/dev ops
Have you ever had that moment where you wished you could un-send a text?
Of course you have, you live in the 21st century and own a smart phone like any other well adjust person who isn’t stuck under a rock or an Ostridge with its head in the sand.
With all the technological advancements in the world today, you’d think that the auto correct feature on smart phones would be, well, smart or at least a bit more intuitive. We’ve all sent a text (or nine) that we didn’t proof read first before sending that may or may not have ended us up in a awkward situation. If that wasn’t true we wouldn’t have funny things to post on Facebook like the ever popular blog “Damn You Auto correct”.
Ionnis, co-founder of Fleksy, a new iOS app solves this major problem and flaw of smart type technology. Frustrated with smart phone typing errors from typing on a glass keyboard and the sub par auto corrections, Ionnis and his partner, Kostas set out to create a app to make sure that nobody ever has this problem again.
Fleksy, a product of Syntellia was based off of the following idea:
When typing with a physical keyboard you don’t spend much time looking at the keys if at all. More time is spent looking at the screen to see what you typed. Now what if you were blind? It would be impossible to type out anything  correctly. Ionnis and Kostas thought if they could create a keyboard app that a blind person could use successfully, anyone could use it. That’s the idea that set the benchmark for Fleksy.
Eighteen months ago is when they started to develop such an app. Version one was released about six weeks ago to blind people only via the iOS “voice over” function. One week ago Fleksy was released to all iOS users to try for free. Use the full version of Fleksy to text and tweet or copy and paste into emails.
Currently Fleksy is iOS only, however they are working with cell phone manufacturers to have it built into keyboards on future devices. So, sadly for now all you Android and Windows phone users will have to wait.
Spread the word!
SF New Tech is accepting applications to demo on the stage of SF’s largest, longest-running, and most-loved tech event series!
Join the ranks of 100s of other awesome companies who’ve braved the spotlight to show off their latest and greatest in front of the Bay Area’s coveted digerati: early adopters, investors, developers, media, and more.
We’re especially on the lookout for the best and brightest new tech in the following categories:
– e-commerce : $ thru the pipes! Â (9/12 event – details in your inbox soon!)
– mobile : apps // x-platform successes
– social gaming
– crowdfunding
– big data: analytics // consumer
– cloud
– html5
– security
– food, glorious food (& beverages too!)
Apply to demo @ https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo
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We’re still buzzing from the special events we produced this summer for Microsoft (Outlook.com’s “Mystery Event” with the Lumineers) & Flurry (Big Data Summer Blowout). Definitely expect more special events coming down the pike this fall (Hint: pencil in 9/19 for a special night at Wish to celebrate the arrival of Walker Sands to SF!).
Interested in learning more about how SF New Tech can help produce a special event for your organization?
Interested in sponsoring one or more of SF New Tech’s famous demo events?
Interested in becoming a “Friend of SF New Tech” to realize the benefits of free tickets, exposure, and more?
Drop a line and we’ll take good care of you!
Lastly, check out this awesome video from Deutsche-Welle TV that highlights SF New Tech and proclaims something we already knew: San Francisco is the city for startups!
Cheers!
Myles
PS: Big love to Outlook.com, btrax, Application Developer’s Alliance, CALinovates.org, and LeClairRyan for your continued support!
Very cool video segment on how SF’s tech culture is surpassing that of Silicon Valley as pegged by Deutsche Welle TV … with a glimpse of the awesome SF New Tech community and some commentary from yours truly!
 CrowdFlower, a leader in crowdsourcing microtasks, has created a new way to moderate images: RTFM (Real Time Foto Moderator). While it’s not quite the normal acronym that is associated with these letters (Read The F*ing Manual) it’s still rather amusing. RTFM is a crowdsourced photo moderation service provided by CrowdFlower.
The way it works is simple:
Send in your images
1. Send CrowdFlower the URL of an image via an HTTP request to their API.
Images go out to the crowd
2. RTFM sends images to CrowdFlower’s online global labor pool of more than 3.5 million workers. Moderators use an Image Wall interface that lets them efficiently screen images at scale.
Get results back
3. RTFM sends back results via web hook with an average turnaround time under 15 minutes. Each result is calculated based on the input of multiple trusted moderators.
RTFM is the first of many crowdsourcing web apps to come from CrowdFlower, a SF-based tech company founded in 2008. Since then, CrowdFlower has moderated close to 50 million photos.
Moderating photos, especially those from big social networks or sites, takes time and lots of resources. CrowdFlower recognized an opportunity to create a more efficient way to moderate these images by leveraging the crowd, and specifically targeted small app developers, community managers and/or anyone with a user base and a photo upload feature. The result was faster, more accurate and cost effective solutions.
RTFM pricing is structured on a per-image basis, however the first 500 images are FREE! Depending on which service plan you sign up for, images cost between $0.008-$0.02 per image.
Some of CrowdFlower’s clients, use RTFM to moderate 100% of photo content on their site, while others simply use it to get through the “night shift’ when their internal moderation employees go home. Some companies use it for a “first pass” scenario: anything that gets flagged on their site goes through RTFM. Then the real employees from company “X” review problematic images and decide on a course of action. This allows companies to minimize delays for photo moderation while keeping user experience positive.
And now a word from our sponsor:
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Editors Note: For being a SFNT loyalist we want to give you a 25% discount to CrowdConf 2012 by using this code: FRIENDS25
Also, if you want to get in for free, you’ll have to make an extra effort on sharing this blog post in your social networks and don’t forget to mention SFNT, CrowdFlower and of course CrowdConf. The most creative tweets, posts, etc., get the free goodies. Make sure to tweet us (@SFNEWTECH), me (@JMOTA3), Â and CrowdFlower (@CrowdFlower) so we can keep track of the most creative posts.
A little late in posting this as I’ve been traveling around the wilds of NY and VT for the past few weeks.
But I needed to share the news ….
First, our Big Data Summer Bash with Flurry a was completely over the top where upwards of 500 of y’all joined us to celebrate Flurry’s newest success: AppCloud! (Watch the slideshow and see!)
Flurry AppCloud empowers developers to build better apps faster while seamlessly handling cloud storage, user account management, push notifications and more.  It’s awesome.  Join the beta here.
Then, the very next day after our bash with Flurry, we announced a “mystery event” on 7.31 that promised big news from a mystery company, complete with food, drink and stellar entertainment at a cool, new venue….  and no other details. Hmmm. Who could it be??
In less than 3 hours time, after announcing the “mystery event” (via our meetup.com list and via on our ever-growing email list) it sold out! Â Boom! Â Just like that!
And then over the next six days, hundreds of people added their names to the waiting list. Trust me, I did my best responding to the deluge of inquiries from folks (you?) who really, really wanted to be there. Sorry if you got shut out but we had capacity issues, otherwise if wish EVERYONE could have been there because it rocked!
On the morning of 7.31, we revealed the secret everyone who registered and those on the waiting list…
The big reveal was the launch of Microsoft’s Outlook.com!
Hats off to you SF New Tech peeps for being the cool kids in town who Microsoft chose to usher in a brand new era of email with a kick ass party at 620 Jones headlined by The Lumineers, a band you may have heard of, Hey Ho!
Needless to say we reveled in new tech in a new way in July… and it felt good. 🙂
Last week, we were honored to see Brett Solomon, the Executive Director of Access, on the SF New Tech stage.
Brett didn’t demo anything, per se, but he did share news of how the internet is under constant threat, as well as some of the things Access is doing to help protect it.
One of the major initiatives Access recently launched is the Access Tech Innovation Awards which will provide $100,000 in prizes to individuals, organizations or networks that have the best actionable ideas of how to use information technology to promote and enable human rights or deliver a social good outcome.
Prizes are divided into five categories:
Blackout Resilience: $20,000 will go to the best actionable idea to help build an open-sourced, blackout resilient technology for use by activists and human rights workers in conditions where there is a need for alternate communications infrastructure to the one put in place and/or controlled by the authorities. For example, where there has been a communication network shutdown.                    Â
Making Crypto Easy: $20,000 will go to the best actionable idea to properly integrate encryption into an existing product/system, educate users as to how to use encryption and/or build a community who use encryption by default.                  Â
The Bounty: A $20,000 bounty will be granted for the best patch for a disclosed or as yet undisclosed vulnerability in a program/platform or software used by human rights defenders and activists.
Golden Jellybean: This is an unthemed category. $20,000 will go to the best actionable idea of how communication technologies can be used to promote and enable human rights. This could include funding a researcher for $20,000; the development of a training guide for activists; a new censorship circumvention program; or an initiative to detect surveillance equipment on the network
Access Facebook Award: $20,000 will go to the best actionable idea of how to use the Facebook platform to deliver a human rights, human development or social good outcome. We’re looking for initiatives across the spectrum – from enhancing freedom of speech and expression to improving the economic well-being of a disadvantaged group. If you are applying for the Access Facebook Award – please read this.
Applications will be evaluated based on the impact, likelihood, innovation, and sustainability of the project or idea. For more information about the awards or to apply, please visit the prize website: https://www.accessnow.org/
Feel free to share the award information with anyone you think may be interested.
.@Accessnow Tech Prize: $100K to give away across 5 groups for ICT ideas 2 promote human rights. http://bit.ly/N1BMjP #netfreedom
Travelling by car these days can be a bit much to deal with because everyone is always on the go (traffic) and gas prices aren’t quite so friendly on your pocketbook. Waze, a very intuitive, free app for your smartphone (iOS and Android) helps you get from point A to B in several different ways.
First and foremost, Waze has always been saving you time by being a fun, community-based GPS traffic and navigation app. Currently, with its latest update (3.2), you’re now able to save money by making it easy to save on gas, and who doesn’t want that? Waze helps you find the cheapist gas around you, or along your route. It also has specials at select gas stations. Simply redeem your digital coupon when you arive at the participation station and save. All the pricing, much like everything at Waze is updated by you, the community.
Another new feature is adding a stop along your “route”. You can choose through multiple “Search by Category” features. This feature is kind of like Foursquare’s explore option that they just added, however you get realtime ETA to both your stop and final destination.
Download your free app today and start saving time and money in the coolest waze possible.
Speakers include:
- Mark Pincus, Founder & CEO, Zynga
- Dave Morin, Co-Founder & CEO, Path
- Hill Ferguson, Head of Mobile, Paypal
- Mark Curtis, Founder, Fjord
- Chris Weber, President (US), Nokia
- Jason Spero, Head of Mobile, Google
- Michael Spiegelman, Director of Product Innovation, Netflix
- Michael Bayle, SVP, ESPN Mobile
- Scott Dadich, VP Digital Development, Conde Nast
- Tom Conrad, Chief Technology Officer, Pandora
- Joff Redfern, Head of Mobile Products, LinkedIn
- Yves Behar, Founder, fuseproject
- Plus many more! (full list here)
Register here with promo code “SFNT” and get 15% off.
Always a program highlight, the “Innovation Competition” will uncover 15 of the hottest new mobile companies as they pitch their products/services live onstage in front of an expert panel of judges and over 1000 attendees.
Grab your ticket now with promo code “SFNT” and get 15% off!
Yeah!
Good times last night, per usual. If you missed it, you missed it. Maybe we’ll see you at the next one on 6/6 for the Best of the French Tech Tour!
In the meantime, please check out the night as it was Storified by clicking here.
If you’re interested in connecting with Vitamin T about your recruiting needs and/or would like to reach out to our friends at Hotmail or any other presenting companies last night, please tweet at us @sfnewtech and we’ll make it happen.
Also, as promised, here are the 60 Second Spots from last night. Go track down that lead.
Greg Viloria
greg@btrax.com
btrax, Inc
http://www.btrax.com
Seeking beta testers for an app, contact alice@btrax.com;
Ayako Hasegawa
hasegawa@motionbeat.com
motionBeat
http://www.motionbeat.com
Seeking advertisers for our mobile advertising platform, if you connect to asia and mobile see us!
Jennifer Willard
jhwillard@gmail.com
Women in AV
http://womeninav.com
Please share information with all the women and men you know in STEM industries about www.womeninav.com and www.ravepubs.com to learn more about the AV industry!
cesar villuela
cvilluela@excal.es
california spain chamber of commerce
http://WWW.CALIFORNIASPAINCHAMBER.ORG
Helping producers in spain to bring their products here and also help american companies to find opportunities in spain
Sam Rahimi
sam@ibroadcast.tv
IBroadcast.TV
http://ibroadcast.tv
Seeking new users for our social video beta, partnerships with content providers, seed capital.
Party could be the start of the next big startup
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Doing business in Silicon Valley has always been different. even unorthodox. In fact, sometimes, it doesn’t look like business at all.
In a dark, crowded night club, cocktails and conversation flow between 20 and 30-somethings wearing nametags. You’d be excused if you mistook this for a singles event. But its founder assures us tonight is about a different kind of matchmaking.
“This is the real underbelly of the tech scene,” said SF New Tech Founder Myles Weissleder.
Mixed into this crowd are CEOs, investors and maybe the entrepreneur with the next big idea. Myles Weissleder started SF New Tech to bring them all together.
“People here have some great ideas and they provide the direct input into the decision maker at that company,” said Weissleder.
Some input happens that the bar, but across the room, something else is shaping up. Tonight, eight startups will pitch their ideas to this highly educated, sometimes skeptical crowd — hoping for suggestions, publicity and maybe funding.
“Going in with a venture capitalist is a lot like going into a marriage. I would like to know someone very in depth before I decide to give them a lot of money,” said GGV Capital associate Andrew Manoske.
In that case, consider this a first date. The pitch starts like what you’d hear in a board room. Though instead of a few people to captivate, you’ve got a few hundred and most of them had a few drinks while the DJ was playing. It helps to start with a joke.
“Anyone else feel like starting a startup? The reality is you’re actually going to lose your job,” said a man who pitched.
But aside from the music and the refreshments, there’s one other little thing here you won’t find in a boardroom, and actually the clock is not so little.
“Uh, the clock was — good,” said a man who pitched. “Definitely makes you be concise and probably miss some things,” said another.
Just like in speed dating, you have five minutes. Not a second more.
“And if you can’t get your point across in five minutes then you’ve got some work to do,” said Weissleder.
Then come the questions, but survive the grilling and you could be like Xavier Damman.
Cool enough for the president and Oprah, social media tool Storify debuted here last year and has since raised $2 million. Now, its young CEO and co-founder, Xavier Damman, is back on a second date. Not to brag, but to inspire the young, casually dressed, perhaps slightly tipsy people he thinks can change the world.
“There is a better future ahead of us. And we just need to shape it and entrepreneurs, hackers are the ones who’re going to shape this future,” said Damman.
As promised via Twitter earlier today — it’s ~3pm and that means it’s time to let discount (and comp!) codes for our event on 5/23 out in to the wild!
If you’re keen on hearing from some super-cool startups (P6.com, EVR1.co, Glomper.com, Entryless.com, others), and/or learning first-hand what our old friend Hotmail is up to nowadays, than this event is for you.
Also, Vitamin T, a great recruiting agency for the best digital creative talent on the planet, will be in the house and will be giving away a Kindle Fire to one lucky attendee.
Here are the codes … go nuts. Â Go fast.
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0523sfnt-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
0523sfnt-yeahbaby = 50% (25 available)
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Registration and information @ Â http://0523sfnt-codes.
Cheers!
60 Second Spots
5.9.12
Name: Jamar Seay
Email: jamar.seay@gmail.com
Name of company or project: The Who’s Who Event
Web Site: http://www.fb.com/thewhoswhoevent
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?:
Come meet people in specific fields of your interest. Have fun with us!
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Name: Jon Harada
Email: jharada@intraxinc.com
Name of company or project: Intrax Internships
Web Site: http://www.intraxinc.com/host-company/internships
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?:
Organizations to host interns over the summer in San Francisco. Great experience for both the interns and companies. No cost to participate.
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Name: Alvaro Cuesta
Email: alvaro@sonarventures.com
Name of company or project: Â Â Â Sonar Ventures
Web Site: http://www.sonarventures.com
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?:
American startups that are willing to take on the european market risk/free. We become their partners, and give them space, legal help, funding, mk and communication, translation and business development for any european market based on equity on a new company.
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Name: Steven Echtman
Email: hr@hearplanet.com
Name of company or project: HearPlanet
Web Site: http://hearplanet.com
What are you looking for? Or needing help with?:
interns
developers
contributors
sales reps
enthusiasts
evangelists
rock stars
voice artists
tour guides
airline pilots
grandmothers
marsupials of all sizes
If you’ve ever left a comment on any site on the web, ever, you know how hard it can be to keep track of comments directed back to you, or in general in that specific thread. Sure, there are several services that can help with this more than common problem, but none help you engage quite like Engagio does it.
Engagio is a Gmail-like Inbox for your social conversations and relationships. Engagio provides a unified engagement dashboard across the various online/social spaces and gives the user a unique visibility about the people behind these conversations and their social identities.
William Mougayar, CEO of Engagio took a moment to speak with us, and here’s some things you should know:
- Engagio is a FREE service!
- They were launched in early Febuary, and currently around the 10,000 user mark.
- Engagio is all about “one on one” relationships.
- “We are a social conversation network, allowing you to follow others via engaging/commenting.”
- When you follow a user via Engagio, it allows you to see conversations only with them. But, you can also see where they are active (other sites) and choose to interact there or not.
- If you get a reply, you get a message in your inbox.
- You can leave a comment, then go back and edit, if you like, and re-share to sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr!
- Did we mention its FREE!!??!!
At some point, I’m told there will be a premium service with features like managing multiple accounts and analytics. This is where community managers will really be able to thrive and see results, but I’m sure you can expect advertisement to follow. Community managers won’t be the only ones ready to engage with the above mentioned free service. Anyone who is active on the web can benefit from Williams creation.
So, sign up today, and begin your personal relationship management. Bonus for the SF New Tech community (that’s you!): Anyone that signs up to Engagio AND Tweets about it will be entered into a drawing for an iPad 3! And if you also Share on Facebook, you will increase your chances of winning by two! Just follow this link to sign-up and we’ll automatically recognize your steps. (Note: you MUST share immediately after your signup to qualify for the draw!)
For more information on how to best utilize your new social conversation network, check out the Engagio Blog, and don’t forget to come talk to William in person next week at SF New Tech.
It’s our favorite part of the day…Â when we lift the lid off our discount code jar for y’all to scoop up the goodies while they last!
Hit ’em up FAST!
Discount Codes for 5/9 w/Engag.io, Citizen Software, mention, Heirloom, Playmysong, Yogome, more:
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Register @ http://sfnt050912.eventbrite.com/
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See what Intrax Internships, Geoff Wing, Twilio, btrax, WHOmentors.com, Inc. SFNetSquared, Keita Ito, Buildingchip, and others had to say last night.
View the 60 Second Spots from last night HERE.
Over 100 tickets to Japan Night IV have been discounted and/or made totally free!
Get them while they last by acting fast! These will go quickly!
Here goes …
Discount Codes for 4/25:
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Register @ http://sfntjapannight4-codes.eventbrite.com/
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Yo! Go see what SF Intercom, Advocate Interactive, Six3 Video Messenger, Changemakers Publishing and Writing, mention, and nerd stalker had to say last night. Click here.
What Is PointBurst?
Much like HootSuite, TweetDeck, Seeismic, Etc, PointBurst is a social media syndication platform that allows its users to post to multiple platforms. The BIG difference with Pointburst is, “Organizations can also rapidly share every asset they create with their franchisees/resellers/affiliates/partners (“affiliate”) multiplying their reach, ensuring brand consistency, and providing valuable content to support the affiliates’ social media efforts.â€
A great example of the above mentioned description is as follows: Lets say brand “X “isn’t great with social media (like most brands), so they have “X†amount of affiliates, and/or brand partners, who each have their own accounts to mange. When brand “X†posts one update, it then reaches out to each “affiliateâ€, who then is notified, and then decides if they would like to allow to publish to each one of their accounts, should they choose to do so (awesome sauce).
Who Is PointBurst’s Target Audience?
Any organization(s), with any amount of affiliates, trying to reach the masses or be more effective with their marketing. So, pretty much you, me, anyone trying to effectively brand themselves or company with a simple post. Time is money, and most people simply don’t have the time to post on everything, all day. With PointBurst you don’t have to worry about all that time.
What Social Sites Does PointBurst Publish To?
Currently, you can publish to FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn (waiting on Google+ and Pinterest API’s). Between you, me and the interwebbs, Flickr, MySpace, Instagram and WordPress will be the next sites to hit PointBurst within the next three months, so be ready for said awesome-ness.
If you are as convinced as we are, why not try them out for a free thirty day trial? After that pricing will depend number of affiliates and modules you choose to use.
Side note: If you want the 411 on PointBurst in full, may I suggest you attend our event next week. Word on the street is you will get more than thirty days, but I wont tell you how much more unless you show up (see what we did there?).
Also … this just in for attendees of the event on 4/11:
PointBurst is offering a FREE, 3 month subscription for an upgraded Publisher Account with library sharing privileges.  With an upgraded Publisher Account you have the ability to publish through the social media sites of your affiliates as if they published it themselves.  You can exponentially expand your audience with the click of single button.  No longer will you have to hope your affiliates are maintaining a social media presence and no more worrying about keeping your brand consistent!  With library sharing you can seamlessly share assets of your choice from your library with your selected affiliates.  This is a special offer for SF New Tech attendees only and you can register on location at the PointBurst table.  All of those who register will be eligible for the raffle of a new iPod Shuffle!
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Another amazing SF New Tech in the books. There were free tacos, a packed house with hundreds of great connections being made. Along with the usual amount of triple digit connections, came the cards, oh lord, the stacks of cards. We love meeting you all, and your cards are great, we just don’t like the amount of time it takes to log all that info associated with them. Not to mention all the trees (“Mommy what are trees?â€) it takes to make said products.
Enter CardFlick, a SF New Tech vet that solves the above mentioned headache/conundrum. “CardFlick is a team of Designers/Hackers/hustlers who believe in the power of design”.  Currently, Cardflick is only available in the ever so popular iOS format (Android coming soon, shhh), and with it, you can create a beautiful digital business card from your Instagram and Facebook photos with their freshly released “InstaCardsâ€.
The InstaCards feature is great in that in just a few simple steps (background, design, colors, image, and info), you will have successfully created a personal business card for you to share or “Flick†with all your connections, regardless if they are CardFlick users or not (more on this a bit) . Once you get to this point, “Flicking†is, well, just what it sounds like. You Flick your card out into the room and anyone in the area who has the app can see and receive it. Now however, you can flick your card to specific users in the room, you know, just in case you don’t want everyone around to have all your info.
Of course, CardFlick works best if both parties have the app, which is currently free (during beta only). And if you flick your card, it instantly shows up on our phone. There have been several other apps that share info, BUMP would be the only one worth mentioning, but what makes CardFlick better is the ease of use. It’s just so simple to create amazing, free, cards to exchange on the spot. Also, there are plenty of great themes, and plenty more on the way.
Now, for all the people out there who don’t want to join another site/service amongst the endless sea that are already out there, don’t worry, we can still take your card and flick ours straight to your email if you prefer. Either way, when next we meet, “Lets Flick”.
Mark ’em down!
SF New Tech will commence on the following evenings …
4/11 – What’s the 411? with Storify, Planwise, PointBurst, AskOwls, Placeme, Mingly, inbenta, Vidcaster, and more
4/25 – Japan Night IV
5/9 – Details Coming Soon! – Apply to demo!
5/23 – Details Coming Soon! – Apply to demo!
6/6 – Best of the French Tech Tour!
6/20 – Details Coming Soon! – Apply to demo!
7/11 -Â Details Coming Soon – Apply to demo!
7/25 -Â Details Coming Soon – Apply to demo!
Of course, we’ll be showcasing new tech from great entrepreneurs at all these events and may even announce a theme or two along the way.
Stay tuned!
It’s t-minus two weeks and counting until our next event scheduled for April 11th. That’s 411, baby… and we’ve got a KILLER lineup y’all to revel in. Demos on tap include Storify, Planwise, PointBurst, AskOwls, Placeme, Mingly, inbenta, Vidcaster & more. Whoa.
Tickets are on sale now and you can certainly pay full price (hey, I’ve got two kids to feed!). But you’re also welcome to try any of the below promo codes to ease the dent in your wallet a bit.  Give it a shot — never know how lucky you can be! But, you’ll need to act fast as these codes — over 100 of ’em — tend to go VERY quickly.
Ready? Set? GO!
Discount Codes for 4/11:
411-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
411-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
411-yeahbaby = 50% (25 available)
411-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)
Register @ http://sfnt041112.eventbrite.com/
Cheers!
Yep. It’s that time again…. it’s when the quick get lucky!
Here are the Discount Codes for our Spring Fling! With Fundly, Breezi, Getwear, Vevo, VersionEye, UpOut & more on 3.21:
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Register @ http://sfnt-springfling.eventbrite.com/
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Here we go again! It’s mobile time!
On 3/7, SF New Tech presents Mobile Stars!
With live demos from Moki Mobility, Slooce Technology, CardFlick, Beintoo, and more!
Act fast, the discount codes for 3/7 are …
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It was a light night for the 60 Second Soapbox.  Only 3 brave souls took to the microphone. Here’s who.
Click here to see what folks were looking for during the 60 Second Spots last night!
We’ll be getting cozy up to the Cloud on February 22nd, won’t you join us?
Check out live demos and get to meet the executives from cloud-stars: Cocoafish, All Together Now, Locaid, OnRelay, Oxygen Cloud, and 6Scan.
Registration and info @Â http://sfnt022212-codes.eventbrite.com
100+ promo codes for the taking (act fast!):
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The Application Developers Alliance is a global services group focused on the unique needs of developers across platforms and languages.
They are also a Friend of SF New Tech.
The Alliance is only a months old, but is already working with thousands of developers and dozens of companies from around the world to gather valuable expertise and resources for developers. Check out what they have been up to, including discounts on services, events and educational programs.
The Alliance has also created a members-only collaboration network for developers that fosters partnerships, information sharing and business development. More features and member benefits will be rolled out in the coming weeks. The Apps Alliance is a great resource for individual devs and companies large and small.
As a member of the SF New Tech community your membership dues in The Alliance have been waived for 2012. To try out your free membership send an email to membership@appalliance.org with SFNewTech in the subject line to score your comp!
Chinese Tech – 2/15
Why pay retail?
Over 100 tickets are discounted or free. How cool is that?
Ready? GO!
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Yep, these sell out quickly. Act fast if you’re interested!
Global PIPA / SOPA protests are a go. Â #NoPIPASF
Websites all over the globe are going Dark to protest radical copyright legislation.
Tech meetup groups around the country are joining forces to rally against PIPA.
Join us for a rally in San Francisco on Wednesday starting at 12:00pm
If you are joining in having your site go down, here’s a blackout script: Â https://github.com/SaraJo/SOPA-PIPA-Protest…
In detail:
Tech Startups are one of the few bright spots on the global economy. Â We were under threat from SOPA, and are still under threat from PIPA, or whatever the media moguls decide to call their protectionist agenda next.
Right now, we’re being written off as a loud but unimportant vocal minority.
We need to educate the population at large, clearly and succinctly.
Our memes:
We are the job creators
Tech companies are bringing the economy back from the brink
Laws like SOPA and PIPA break the internet
If PIPA gets made into law, startups will die
Radical, protectionist copyright legislation like PIPA is terrible for the economy
We want media moguls to innovate, not legislate
These laws are job killers.
Please join us.
SF New Tech is joining forces with Hackers & Founders and other tech meetup organizers around the country. Â We’ll be holding rallies in SF, New York, Washington DC, Seattle and Silicon Valley to put a public face to the online protests and blackouts that are still moving forward this Wednesday.
Silicon Valley groups involved:
Hackers & Founders,
106 Miles,
SV NewTech,
Designers and Geeks,
Hacks & Hackers,
Electronic Frontier Foundation,
invite everyone you can…
The Problem:
Even though the DNS blocking provisions have been removed from the Senate PIPA bill it is still toxic.
Both California Senators, Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein are co sponsors of the PIPA bill in the Senate. Â We need registered voters to call / email Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer’s offices and voice their opposition to these bills and to voice their opposition to radical copyright laws like these.
The goals:
1. Give a human face to the online protests this Wednesday
2. Have a phone call drive to have people call their Senators and representatives right then and there.
3. Focus media attention to the largest legislative threat the internet and startups have ever faced.
4. Educate the public about how toxic this legislation would be to technology startups.
5. Be calm, respectful, stay off the sidewalks and clean up after ourselves.
To pull this off, we need:
As many people as possible to attend rallies around the country on Wednesday
Attract national media attention.
Convince as many people as possible to call / email their senators their opposition to these bills and the radical copyright agenda of the media moguls of the MPAA and RIAA.
Pro Tip:
What lobbyists do is simply convince as many people as possible to call their Senators and Representatives and register opposition to a bill.
Let’s do this.
Senator Barbara Boxer‘s contact information:
DC: 202-224-3553
District: (510) 286-8537
or email her via Contact Congress.
Instructions on what to say to register your opposition.
Senator Diane Feinstein‘s contact information:
DC: 202-224-3841
District: 415-393-0707
or email her via Contact Congress.
Instructions on what to say to register your opposition.
Majority Senate leader Harry Reid
888 291 9860 (leave a comment)
Judiciary Committee
(ask for them and leave your message)
(202) 225 3951
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Wow! What a party!
We rolled the dice at our big Casino Royale holiday party at Sandbox Suites in December, where over 300 of y’all joined the fun over blackjack, roulette, and craps to not only have a ton of fun and to win some cool prizes — but to try to make the world a little bit better for those less fortunate.
* Train one woman as a community health worker in Afghanistan, who will assist 9,000 women annually, in turn, saving thousands of women who would have lost their lives or the lives of their babies during pregnancy and delivery (via Creating Hope International).
* Help provide a health worker with enough needles and syringes to provide over 1,000 vaccinations to children in clinics in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia (via Merlin’s emergency response in East Africa).
* Purchase a water treatment system for 2 families in earthquake and Cholera ravaged Haiti (via Haiti Hospital Appeal).
* Pay for books and a uniform for 1 war-torn and impoverished South Sudanese child for 1 year (via Omdurman Family Project).
* Support to civil society movements in Egypt, and protect citizen media and other independent news sources, as well as circumvent internet censorship in Egypt, Syria, and Iran by helping Access keep its servers running on the Tor Network (via Access).
* Conserve 5 acres of the Tanzanian rainforest (about the size of 4 football fields) for one year (via Tanzania Forest Conservation Group).
We also donated food to families in need via the Marin Food Bank, and provided a box of toys for less fortunate children of Northern California.
Woot!
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Thanks for a great 2011!
We’re really looking forward to seeing you all in 2012!
Guest Post by Parris Khachi, friend of SF New Tech, Founder of Let’s Whoosh, and an all around tech geek with lots on his mind.
So, I only half support these OWS guys. I love that they are out there. I love that they are raising awareness about various injustices. I adore the fact that they are relentless. I just wish they were providing more solutions and demanding more tangible things. Sometimes the whole thing feels like a union strike without demands. I am all for revolution and such (being the data pirate that I am), but I still don’t know how I feel about all this.
One thing they have accomplished is a re-evaluation of standards. While I don’t necessarily think their pseudo class war of the 99% vs 1% is a very accurate picture; I do think it brings up one very fundamental point that hasn’t necessarily been discussed at great lengths. What do we do with all these entrepreneurs that actually make their way into the 1%? Perhaps the OWS movement isn’t really seeking to affect innovators but they are. Sometimes it feels like there is a double standard. In other words no one “hated on” Steve Jobs, a supplier of shiny toys that just happened to be filthy rich; although, they will hate on various bankers. Perhaps they deserve it though (just kidding, well not really, I don’t know).
In any case, consider that entrepreneurs, before any major successes, are generally part of this 99%. Most of us in this category can barely bootstrap our businesses (or can’t at all). There is generally no help for entrepreneurs looking to start something. Sure there are venture capitalists, SMB loans, government grants for certain projects and other forms of assistance; however, the risk of failure and the consequences still fall to the company founder, artist, or entrepreneur. This risk then propagates to future projects and a loss of credibility to some degree. Not to mention what the risk of failure means to all those working with you.
With that much on the line no wonder we expect the pay out to be amazing. Sure we all love what we do and we do it because we are passionate about our creations; however, there is no denying the pressure. Where is the government when people are trying to start their companies and change the world? Sure they provide some government grants, but I’m not really looking to make a missile guidance system right now, nor would I like to make airline security any more invasive. I’d say in this case the OWS is actually stifling innovation and technology rather than being redeemers of the 99%. Why should I, someone who has spent years on the side, doing something interesting, ambitious, great with my life need to pay more tax when I’ve been pouring my own money, time and even health into my company.
What is the solution then? Well, perhaps something like a review board that is part of the government that helps companies start would be useful. Turn the government into a monolithic unix kernel that has its hands in everything and assists everyone. Yes this sounds like Star Trek and I love it! The problem we have now is that both sides are right. People who start business did actually earn the right to be filthy rich and they did it on their own, and guess what most of you helped them in some way. So what are we to do? Well if we don’t want entrepreneurs to feel entitled then we, as a society, need to help them. Having them become starving artists is not a solution at all. If no one earns the right to be in the 1% then no one will be in it. One caveat though, this idea should be limited in scope. It should only seek to kill that 99% vs 1% mock class war. This should solve the tension that OWS has been addressing and it would help propagate our country’s technological fronts.
I am not saying this is the only possible solution. In fact, this is probably the solution that most benefits me (ha); however, I do think that the idea has some merit and we need more IDEAS like this not just complaints. So forum, let’s hear them, let that crazy inner voice come out!