SF New Tech

Join 1,000 attendees for the largest expo of Startups ever on display at Pitch San Francisco ’11. Meet founders of the latest web and mobile Startups, get hands-on-demos, and make connections with other like-minded entrepreneurs in the tech and Startup community. VC judges and Pitch attendees will vote for their favorite Startups. All happening at an incredible location: San Francisco’s AT&T Park.

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS: First 100 Tickets FREE with promo code “sfnewtech712″ ($20 value);  OR — Pitch your Startup at the event and save 66% (first 25 Startups) by registering here http://bit.ly/jKCFC1.

When: Sept 8, 2011
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Udemy.

We wanted to thank you for being our fan by providing you more ways to learn and hone in your awesome skills! Udemy is offering two really sweet deals, just for SF New Tech fans.Check them out!

(Please click on the links below to see each course special)

Deal 1:

Dave McClure, Adeo Ressi, and Naval Ravikant – teaching you how to Raise Capital for your Startup. These guys are investors in Twitter, Foursquare, Mint, SlideShare (list goes on… way on), and they’ve run dozens of companies themselves (i.e. they know both sides of the table).

The problem is, you can’t learn from folks like this unless you know them. Luckily, problem solved because the guys at Udemy have put together a killer online course called  “Raising Capital for Startups. The course features Dave, Adeo, Naval (and more), and this week they’re hooking us up with 60% off (making it $39… retail price $99). Grab it while it’s hot.

Deal 2:

iPhone, iPad, iOS. It’s getting a little crazy out there with 187 million iDevices, more than 300,000 apps, and dozens making over $1,000,000 in revenue. That’s why I’m very excited to announce a deal from the guys at Udemy on their online course “Learn to Develop iPhone & iPad Apps in 4 Weeks.”

The course is taught by Bess Ho, who is quickly becoming something of a silicon valley legend given her ability to take business folks (with zero programming skills) and have them build real functional apps in less than 6 hours. She teaches at places like Hacker Dojo, but if you can’t make it to a class she’s put together an awesome version of her course online at Udemy.com. It retails at $250, but the Udemy guys are hooking it up with 60% off making it $99 for this week only. Enjoy!

We’re psyched to see our friends from gdgt come back to town this Friday at the Metreon!

gdgt live is where you’ll get to touch hot new gadgets before anyone else.  And it’s free to attend.   Register here.

In prime gdgt form, expect some really cool gadgetry from the likes of AT&T Motorola, Tivo, Eye-Fi and many, many more. 

Of course there will be plenty of giveaways too — starting right now!

Between now and Friday, anyone who tweets a quip of their gadget wants/needs with the hashtag #gdgtsfnt will be entered into a drawing for one or more cool-ass products from some of gdgt Live’s awesome sponsors:

BlueAnt S4
OnLive Systems
iTwin
Plantronics M100
… and maybe more!

Fun, eh?   Now start tweeting!

And hope to see you on Friday!

btrax - Platinum Sponsor of SF New Tech

SF New Tech hasn’t really been known for its design prowess. Until now!

We’re pleased to announce the grand entrance of btrax as our newest Platinum Sponsor and creative partner!

You may remember, btrax helped organize our first SF Japan Night demo event that attracted a sell-out crowd! btrax is a San Francisco-based creative agency that’s been serving global markets for over 6 years. Their 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.

Now you’re thinking, “Wow, maybe it’s time that *I* build our user-base and revenue through licensing or joint ventures in Asia!”

You’re in luck! btrax is extending a free 30 min strategy session (worth $100) limited to the first 30 people from the SF New Tech community.

Contact them to schedule your appointment and before you know it, you’ll be Big in Japan too!

Have you been wondering how to generate revenue from your unsold ad inventory?  

Learn how.  Now.

SF New Tech is proud to partner with AdRevenue08 taking place at the Golden Gate Club on November 14, 2008.

And we’re doubly-psyched to be able to offer our members (and all you lucky voyeurs!) a whopping 50% off the normal $799.00 ticket for this amazing event.

Here’s the scoop.   Hope you can make it!

AdRevenue08: Improving Unsold Ad Inventory Strategies
Friday, November 14, 2008
Golden Gate Club, SF, CA

"70% of online ad inventory goes unsold. With the uncertainty of the economy and its possible impact on the digital advertising industry, companies and independent publishers should re-evaluate their ad monetization strategies to ensure maximum yield. AdRevenue 08 is the first open conference totally dedicated to improving the monetary value of ad inventory for online publishers and ad networks so you can go from having unsold ads to revenue."

Opening Keynote by Barry Parr, Analyst, Forrester Research who’ll speak on "Online Advertising: A Volatile Ecosystem.  The future of online advertising requires the creation of value for advertisers, media, agencies, networks, and other services. How can we build an industry in a time of difficult transitions, while keeping it in equilibrium?"

Speakers Include:

    * Adam Gerber, CMO, Quantcast
    * Anand Subramanian, CEO, ContextWeb
    * Barry Parr, Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.
    * Brian Morrissey, Digital Editor, AdWeek
    * Chas Edwards, CRO, Federated Media
    * Chris Moore, General Partner, Redpoint Ventures
    * Geoff Katz, Director of Advertising Services, Razorfish
    * Jarvis Mak, Global Director of Research & Insight, Havas Digital
    * Jeff Green, COO, AdECN
    * Joe Zawadzki, Founder and CEO, Media Math
    * Martin Green, COO, Meebo
    * Matthew Boyd, Head, North America, ValueClick
    * Michael Rubenstein , Director, Ad Exchange, Google, Inc.
    * Omar Tawakol, CEO, Blue Kai
    * Nick Johnson, VP Digital Media Sales, NBC Universal
    * Rajeev Goel, Co-Founder and President, PubMatic
    * Ravi Belani, Analyst, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
    * Rick Vorhaus, Senior VP of Business Development, Six Apart
    * Russ Fradin, Co-Founder and President, Adify
    * Sam Wick, GM Userplane, & VP, AOL
    * Steve Polsky, President and COO, Flixster
    * Troy Young, CMO, VideoEgg

SF New Tech members receive 50% off regular ticket prices.

Event registration with discount code "SFNT":   http://www.adrevenue08.eventbrite.com/?discount=SFNT