Last night’s Innovations in Commerce event was just another reminder that SF is the best place to be if you want to be in the middle of it all. And to all those who are developing tools and services that impacts the evolution of commerce, we were thrilled to host you at this awesome event brought to us by our friends at PayPal, eBay, and Magento.
If you were there you learned a lot about what the x.com platform has to offer, as well as got to see some great new tech from the likes of Rapleaf, Offermatic, Stella & Dot, Retailigence, j-grab, TRUSTe, tinypay.me, and more.
If you weren’t there (and even if you were) you’d be well-served to join the discussion at the x.commerce Innovate conference taking place on 10/12-13 at the Moscone Center in SF, where the x.commerce platform will officially be released. As one who frequents SF New Tech (events, or online) you’re welcome to use the code “pvc” upon registration to score $200 off tickets to the conference. See you there, eh? Register here.
In the meantime, check out the video from last night!
Big Thanks to All who helped make SF New Tech’s Big (Endless) Summer Social a success!
The day was a long time coming and when it arrived — it topped off the end of week with a bang!
Photos by Julie Blaustein
The photos tell the story: Company founders, industry movers, tech shakers, money makers, media, and more, were among those who spread out across the Stonebrook Court estate deep in conversation on all-things-tech.
Photos by Ziv Gillat
You can view the event page and the attendee RSVP list right here, complete with the Twitter handles of those who wished to share.
Here’s my heartfelt thank you to all who helped make it happen. Let’s start with the fun stuff.
We rejoiced with ice cold craft beer from Widmer Bros, sense-tingling varietals from Cass Winery of Paso Robles, and buckets full of chilled Magner’s Irish Cider, to boot!
Honest Tea and Glaceau provided non-alcoholic bevies both sweet and tasty. And Kicks Ice Cream came armed with organically awesome ice cream sandwiches for all — a perfect refresher in the hot Los Altos sun!
Of course, it wouldn’t be an SF New Tech event with out a taco truck pulling up!
Yep — we brought El Tonayense, our regular and uberfamous taco truck from our regular events, down to serve up everyone’s favorite tacos (and more!). And to spice things up a bit more, we also invited Curry Up Now to dish out their super yummy (and spicy!) Indian-style tacos and finger lickin’ samosas.
Now — a big thanks to our big sponsors!
Thanks to Kelly Porter, director of Woodside Capital Partners, the dude who owns the house, and to Joy Ajlouny who made sure all went down without a hitch. Kelly, a friend and confidant, is one of the few "valley guys" I know who’s actually really making an effort to intimately connect with the SF tech scene. There’s word that sometimes it’s hard for tech hipsters of the city to connect with tech titans down in the valley, and vise versa. Rest assured, SF New Tech is trying to address this problem.
Thanks to Motorola who gave away the brand new phones! Motorola says they had a great time at the event and appreciated the love everyone showed for the new Droid X. If you were at the photo-booth, make sure to check out your pics here. And to catch up with Motorola, follow them on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MotoMobile and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/motorola (Who knows, you may also win a cool new phone!)
Thanks to Citi Private Bank and my old friend Steve Gold (HGHS’88!) who rallied the troops to see what all the SF New Tech buzz was all about. I would personally be happy to introduce anyone who has an interest in innovative wealth building strategies to Steve who’s real good at that kind of stuff.
Thanks to Terry Kelly, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, the well-respected business law firm. Terry recognized a good time early on and was initially drawn to the Big (Endless) Summer Social so they could sponsor the beer… Terry is a guy — and a lawyer — you want to know.
Thanks to David Lucatch, CEO of itiBiti Systems for not only giving away a brand new Slate tablet (Winner: @IdaRose) but for demonstrating how one shouldn’t forget the desktop in the delivery of content and communications, a place where you can actually drive engagement in ways you probably never dreamed of.
Thanks to our friends at CALinnovates.org, who are now quoting me when describing themselves. "As Myles says," says Lane Kasselman, Executive Director, "we’re building a bridge from Sacremento to the valley…" Can’t deny I’ve got a thing for bridge building! And if there were ever a time for California politicians to learn from the economy-driving tech sector, it’s now… and CALinnovates is making it happen.
Thanks to Matt Perez and Marisol Ortega of Nearsoft who won the Big (Endless) Summer Social design contest with this beauty of a poster. (Take a look at the famous poster from the surf classic "Endless Summer" from 1966… and you can see how we were inspired!)
Thanks to Founders Space for telling more founders about this.
Big thanks to the three great companies we selected to demo in the Grand Ballroom. They include:
* OliveWoo, the first location based application for couples that analyzes your interests and mood to find the perfect date idea for you and your significant other.
* Quantenna Communications, Inc., a leading developer of Full-11n™ wireless networking solutions and the only one to deliver the entire complement of 802.11n Wi-Fi features for the highest possible quality and reliability in wireless home networking and digital entertainment.
* clp.ly, helping Internet users easily make visual clips and quotes of web content that maintain attribution and links back to the original source.
Thanks to all who volunteered (Jai, Peter, Shaun, Georgia, Missy, Patrick, Pat, for starters.) And thanks to Matthew M. Gonzales his consistent delivery of passion, energy and personality.
Here’s to a great event everyone– and we can only hope to shine brighter next year!
1) Our Geo-Loco Smackdown Rocked! Thanks!
2) The Big Summer Social!
3) Next SF New Tech: July 20 – Save the Date!
4) Call for Designers!
5) Call for Writers!
6) Call for Sponsors!
7) Geo-Loco Conference 2010
8 ) EventTech Con
9) FACCSF Business Booster 2010
10) Demo your stuff on our stage!
11) Membership has its privileges!
12) Big thanks!
13) Smart People
GO!
1) Our Geo-Loco Smackdown Rocked!
Thank you to all who came out to our Geo-Loco Smackdown last week. Holy smokes!
Brightkite, Where, PlacePop, DoubleDutch, Booyah / MyTown, and Quova dove really deep into the geo-locational services landscape! And our panel format seemed to be a hit! Expect more events like this one! Check out video clips of the presenters and the panel at www.justin.tv/sfnewtech/videos And see the RSVP list below!
2) The Big Summer Social!
A lot of folks have been asking me about our forthcoming "Summer Social". Here’s the scoop: On Friday, July 23 from 4-9 pm, 150+ technology executives will gather at the private estate of Stonebrook Court (check it out: http://bit.ly/sHr0f) in Los Altos Hills, CA to celebrate summer over cold beer, tasty munchies, and bold new tech in typical SF New Tech-style. We will begin inviting Founders and CEOs in the coming days and then will open up registration to others if/when space allows. As much as we’d like to invite everyone, we can’t. Sorry. House rules. And it’s not my house. Now, if you run a tech company and want to get social with us please let us know at www.sfnewtech.com/stonebrook . If you’d like to sponsor this event, here’s sponsorship info (PDF): http://drop.io/summersocialsponsorsheet
3) Next SF New Tech: July 20 – Save the Date!
The next SF New Tech at Mighty will be on Tuesday, July 20th. Note, it’s on a TUESDAY, not Wednesday. Details coming soon!
4) Call for Designers!
We need a designer to help us with, um, some design work. Specifically for our forthcoming Summer Social at Stonebrook Court. I could enlist 99designs.com but thought to throw it out to our community here first. Designers, send me a well-thought-out treatment (pdf or jpg) of a design element that captures (creates!) the essence of our Summer Social at Stonebrook and if we dig it, you and a colleague will get into a year of SF New Tech events for free. If we end up choosing your design, we’ll get you into the big bash too. We’re looking for an image like http://bit.ly/bQM9Xe but more "summery" and, um, social. We’ll use it on the event registration page and on event collateral, etc. Any takers? (Deadline is Wednesday 6/30)
5) Call for Writers!
Calling all bloggers and excessive tweeters. As part of our relaunch of sfnewtech.com in the coming weeks, we’ll be integrating more and more commentary from our community. If you’re interested in writing event recaps, reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, or god forbid, "news" … we can get you published and in front of people who will want to read your words. Interested pontificators are invited to drop me a well-written note with a link to their recent work for consideration!
6) Call for Sponsors!
As you know, SF New Tech is the largest regular tech event in SF. And we’re not too proud to beg. We need your help finding sponsors who want to get in with the cool kids. We’ve got revenue share deals to offer for closed deals based on your referrals. Who do you know? Contact me for more info.
7) Geo-Loco Conference 2010
If you didn’t get enough geo-loco last week (or if you couldn’t swing it but really wanted to be there) than the BIG Geo-Loco Conference in SF on July 21st with Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures) keynoting is not to be missed. All the major players will be there… And so should you. Click here http://bit.ly/doJU5F and use the code "sfnewtech" for 20% off ticket prices.
8 ) FACCSF Business Booster 2010
Calling all entrepreneurs! The French-American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco invites you to enroll in a dynamic 7-week one-on-one mentorship program to accelerate your business. The French-American Chamber of Commerce’s longstanding Business Booster program has begun its 2010 cycle. This course equips entrepreneurs with valuable lessons on critical startup issues and connects them with high-level mentors and experts! Challenge & Boost your Business with weekly interactions with mentors & experts and 1-on-1 exchanges on communication, marketing, legal, finance & business development; as well as benefit from an extensive network of high-level professionals and decision makers. At the end of the program, you’ll better understand what it takes to successfully build your business strategy. Participation Fees: $900 + FACCSF Membership. To learn more about the Business Booster program, apply, and to get involved visit http://bit.ly/96jUEp (Sponsored Message).
9) Demo your stuff on our stage!
Get your new tech in front of a standing room only crowd of geeks, bloggers, VCs, developers, and more!
Apply at www.sfnewtech.com/demo
10) Membership has its privileges!
Walk right into a year’s worth of SF New Tech events for less than $200. www.sfnewtech.com/membership Makes for a great gift for your favorite VC!
11) EventTech Con
If you can’t get enough of my endless blather, I’ll be speaking at Silicon Valley Bank’s EventTechCon on Friday, June 25th in Mt. View with all the big shots in the local event scene (McClure, Shipley, Pirillo, Forrest, Phillips, Zisk, to name a few). Care to join? You can get $10 off of the startup ticket ($70) with the code "10dollar" and $29 off of the regular priced ticket ($160) with the code "mtp2010b" More info @ eventtech2010.eventbrite.com
12) Big thanks!
We would like to thank our extended family: Bullivant Houser Bailey, Mylermedia, CALInnovates.org, Future-Works, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, NerdStalker, Justin.tv, our Annual members, Matthew Gonzales, Julie Blaustein, Matt Silvey, Conrad Wade III, Alli, Kelly Porter, El Toyanense, Mighty, Meetup.com, Eventbrite, TweetWallPro, Startup Digest, @webwallflower, and YOU!
13) Here’s the list of really smart people who RSVP’d for our Geo-Loco Smackdown.
* Aaron Barnes, Business Development, PlacePop
Website: www.placepop.com
Blog: twitter.com/placepop
* Adam Jackson, Community Manager, Brightkite
Website: brightkite.com
Blog: blog.brightkite.com
Twitter? www.twitter.com/adamjackson
* Adam Bridge, Business Development Manager, Archanics – Digital Marketing
Website: www.archanics.com
Blog: www.archanics.com/blog
* Adam Kane, Founder, Stealth Mobile Startup
Website: twitter.com/adamjkane
What an amazing night! I’ll tell you — us folks here in SF and Silicon Valley better watch out! We witnessed some real genius last night that could easily rival what we see coming out of our little techscene here.
I’m thrilled the Beligans made a pit stop at SF New Tech while on their "Webmission". I urge you to kick the tires of WooRank for your analytics, Beebole for a new, fresh approach to business apps (wish ‘em good luck at Google IO 2010 Sandbox today!), Knowledge Plaza for their super cool and robust collaboration tools, Raz*War for their new approach to SHAVING as a service (SAAS!), TweetWallPro, for their awesome Twitter wall (debuted for the first time last night!), and musescore.com for their truly amazing approach for musicians to share sheet music.
We would like to also thank the Belgian Trade Office for their sponsorship, as well as thank Belgium’s Minister-President Rudy Demotte, fresh off a trans-Atlantic flight, who joined in to support the awesome tech that’s coming out of his country.
In all, a really, really great group of companies led by a great group of guys.
Congrats — and thanks for a really insightful and educational evening!
Bet you never knew how well technology and tacos really went together, huh?
On Cinco de Mayo, we tested the theory and proved it to be very true.
Toss in a few free cocktails (thanks to Alcatel-Lucent), a bunch of killer demos, great people, and some good music before and after, and there you have one of the best tech events SF has to offer. But then again, I’m biased. But you can see for yourself… go check out the event ratings as they’re reported in real time right here.
The 60-second spot listings from the brave souls who took to the mic to make an announcement can be found right here.
Shawn Cunningham, VP, Marketing Snaptic presents the Android to lucky winner, Julie Kahng, CFA, Research Associate, Capital Research Global Investors.
Big congratulations to Julie Kahng, CFA, Research Associate, Capital Research Global Investors, who was the lucky winner of Snaptic’s Android phone give-away! Snaptic also gave away a few tickets to its forthcoming Move Your Apps Developer Conference on 5.27 with Marten Mickos, Former CEO of MySQL; Juan Enriquez, Excel Ventures; George Zachary, Charles River Ventures; Brian Chen, Wired; Cindy Alvarez, KISSMetrics, and others!. And we’ll be giving away more soon, so stay tuned. But don’t wait on a possible give-away! Register now and score a 25% discount with the code "SFNewTech". Go!!!
I want to offer up a BIG THANKS to everyone who joined us on Wednesday to celebrate our 4th year anniversary! How thrilling it is to be surrounded by high style, cool tech and great people!
It’s hard to believe we’ve evolved from a meetup of 8 geeks in a bar to a constant barrage of awesome standing-room-only events.
Have you seen the list of companies who’ve jumped on stage with us over the years? Like 200+ of ‘em. Check them out (and rate them!) here.
I’m really looking forward to jumping into year number 5 with y’all! Like maybe as early as May 5th when we take another deep dive in to mobile tech, Cinqo de Mayo style? Or perhaps when the Belgians take to the stage on May 18th? Tickets will go on sale soon. Stay tuned for discount codes!
OK, without further ado, here are some nifty links from Wednesday’s SF New Tech…Enjoy!
* So, Zuumer, Citizen Effect, Collaborize, Threadbox, Task Squid, Encoding.com, Apture .. who was the crowd favorite? Not so much? See the charts!
Thanks to all who braved St. Patty’s Day nuttiness with us!
There was a pot of gold at the end of the SF New Tech rainbow last night … and the little leprechaun running around was actually me.
We witnessed demos from 8 great companies each on their own mission to do something good for the world. Click here to see who the crowd favorites as they’re being tallied in real-time.
And the the 60 Second Spots (and lots of ‘em) are here.
Photos and video are coming soon.
Without further ado, we’re onto our next event — tonight! — to see and hear from a crop of french tech companies who are here to show the SF Tech scene what’s going down in France. Hope to see you there!
And even better, Allen Tatomer, who made this video for us invited everyone to make their own video for dirt cheap with BizVideosOnline.com. Reach him at (925) 439-0434 Email:allentatomer @hotmail.com
Without further ado, here are some raw links pertaining to last night’s shin dig…
It was hump day in the middle of Social Media Week and the tech scenesters (that’s you) came out enforce for one of the biggest and best SF New Tech’s to date. I’m still buzzing from it!
We’d like to give a big thanks to Superfeedr, Bonvoy, Soundtrckr, LikeMinds, Amadesa, Talenthouse for coming out to strut their stuff!
And, without question, we are thrilled to be working with some of the best companies on earth who’ve stepped up to sponsor our amazing event and community.
The next SF New Tech is scheduled for 2/17 and the theme is "working smarter". Final details coming soon. You’d be well-served to follow us on Twitter @sfnewtech if you’d like to be clued-in on how to score free or highly discounted tickets. (You’re also invited to follow me on Twitter @mylerdude for meaningless drivel and unsubstantiated blather on nothing in particular.)
Without further ado, here are some key links (and tidbits) from the big event on Wednesday night:
1) The "People’s Choice" Winners, only Geekier! See who won over our hearts and minds …. and who didn’t.
2) Check out the 60 Second Spots! Folks are hiring! Seeking partnerships! More!
3) Thanks to Matthew Silvey, photos are up on Flickr (tag: #sfnt) and are also posted to the SF New Tech Group on Facebook. Join the group and tag early and often!
5) See the night as it unfolded thanks to the archived live stream from Justin.tv
6) If you’d like to follow up with Amadesa, the good folks who picked up the tab for awesome El Tonayense tacos last night, please feel free to contact Jay Sahourieh, who did the demo, directly at jay@amadesa.com or 415-690-3425.
Also of note…
David Siegel, my good friend, fellow geek and author of Creating Killer Web Sites and Futurize Your Enterprise, has spent the last two years investigating the semantic web, asking what it is, why businesses need it, and how it will appear. The book is called Pull, published by Portfolio Press. It’s all about making the switch from pushing information at consumers to letting them pull it. Siegel combines his own vision for a web of data with a nontechnical overview of what’s happening today and how it will change our lives tomorrow. Business people, technologists, VCs, and entrepreneurs will find plenty of new ideas here. You’re invited to visit the web site for the book to read Siegel‘s blog and learn more about pull at www.ThePowerOfPull.com
And, be sure to check out Tech Search Party this Saturday (February 6, 2010) in SF. EA and Geeknet are offering prizes, and SF New Tech members get 25% off with Discount Code: SFNEWTECH. Get thee to www.techsearchparty.com today!
Finally …
Want to do a demo from the SF New Tech stage? Apply here.
Want to walk in to the next event like you own the place? Become an annual member and get your own comp code!
Want to sponsor this most-aweome event? Let’s tawk! Call me at 415-843-1850.
Imagine: we only announced this event a week prior and still, over 200 people found their way to Mighty to indulge in some great conversations, cocktails, tacos, and of course, tech demos from some awesome companies.
Big thanks to Bodukai, YourVersion, MeeHive, ZoomPool, FamiliLink, and Plurchase for taking to the stage to strut their stuff.
Thanks to our sponsors once again! Sun, Bullivant Houser Bailey, Mylermedia, Tractor, Future-Works, you help make SF New Tech what it is! And thank you Networks In Motion, too, for sponsoring the Taco Truck! And a special shout out to Jeff the Pizza Hacker for setting up shop outside and serving up some of his most tasty artisan pies! Come on back, Jeff, and do it again!
The next SF New Tech is on November 18th. Stay tuned for details, coming soon.
In the meantime…
It’s not too late! If you’re a tech company founder or CEO (or you’re in the VC community) and you’d like to be considered for an invitation to the exclusive Founder’s Feast on October 19th at Stonebook Court, one of the most majestic private estates in California, please let us know! More info here!
Or — if you have an interest in engaging in a thoughtful dialogue with some of the brightest online community thought leaders on how to best spark critical thought online, we still have a few seats left at the second of three "Lunch For Good" symposiums taking place on 10/22. Lunch for Good is an event series put together by myself, Chris Heuer, founder of the Social Media Club, and J.R. Johnson, CEO of Lunch.com. You can read more about the mission and participate in the conversation here. If you would like to be considered for an invitation to the next Lunch For Good event on 10/22, please click here.
Until next time … be well, be good, and stay cool!
