Just a gentle reminder that next week, on Tuesday, August 31, it’s SF New Tech time again!
Demos and discussions with : appbackr, iVdopia, Membase, Surfmark, 4delite, and more. Free Tacos. Cold drinks. Awesome tech. Come on down! Details: http://aug31sfnewtech.eventbrite.com/
Also — grab your pencil and your calendar to mark down these future SF New Tech dates:
October 13, 2010
A *very* special SF New Tech… it’s Japan Night! In collaboration with Btrax Inc, we’ll be showcasing the best and brightest from the land of the rising sun. See http://sfjapannight.com/en/ — cool huh?? (A great sponsor opportunity! Hint!)
In other news:
Help catch a pirate!
When the weather is agreeable, I sequester myself out in the middle of the bay to get work done out on SF New Tech’s floating HQ. Unfortunately, these waters are littered with tweakers and pirates who tend not to respect the property of others. Just ask my poor anchor line that was cut not too long ago. Little do they know, we’ve got an eye in the sky! (Actually, the potential of ~10,000 eyes in the sky!) If you see anything funky going on with the little white boat with the red stripe– the one that looks like a VW bus welded to a Boston Wailer– sound the alarm! Tune in @ http://www.justin.tv/sfnewtech
Lost in space.
We had a minor server glitch last week and any mail sent to me at myles@sfnewtech.com is floating around somewhere in the interwebs. They may be too far gone to retrieve, but we’re working on it. That said, if you emailed me recently and I haven’t replied, this is probably why. Gulp. Sorry.
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
Wokai Ilyssa Lu, Wokai San Francisco Chapter President
Wokai is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that enables Chinese people to lift themselves from poverty. Wokai is Chinese for “I start,” demonstrating the commitment to helping the impoverished help themselves. Wokai.org connects contributors worldwide with entrepreneurs in rural China to help them start businesses. All contributions made through Wokai will be perpetually used to help fund these entrepreneurs. The organization is headquartered in Oakland, California, bases core operations out of Beijing, and has active chapters in Beijing, Boston, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, NewYork, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Toronto, and Vancouver. http://www.wokai.org.
MaestroConference
Brian Burt, Founder & CEO
MaestroConference is a dynamic conference call service offering all the convenience of your current service, plus an array of unique features that enable you to facilitate your call just like a live workshop. Participants (up to 2,000) dial in from regular phone lines. You conduct the call from a computer using our simple web interface. You direct the action, create learning opportunities and inspire commitment — to turn your solos into symphonies. http://www.maestroconference.com
Where’s Lulu, a free online community where people with disabilities can get reliable information on accessibility, and provide that information to other users by reviewing their favorite (or least favorite) local businesses. http://www.whereslulu.com
ServiceLive
George Coll, SVP of New Services, Sears Holdings
ServiceLive is the first true online services marketplace, taking the
headache and hassle out of home improvement and maintenance. http://www.servicelive.com
Rentcycle
Tim Hyer, Founder
Rentcycle is the place to discover, compare and book goods for rent online. We connect consumers with a community of over 30,000 rental businesses in the first online marketplace purely for rental goods. http://www.rentcycle.com
argumentclinic
Gary Valan, Chief Argumentative Officer
argumentclinic.com is neutral place on the Web where you go to have real-time arguments and debates on a variety of topics. Either argue on our carefully curated daily content by our editorial staff or add your own topics. Get a real feel of what the opposition thinks without fear of your point of view being deleted. http://www.argumentclinic.com
Mashape
Augusto Marietti, Business Sniper
Mashape is a Dead Simple Mashup Engine that enables people to create web applications; without coding and in real time "almost". http://www.mashape.com
GoodNewsForPolarBears.org
Dave Ingram, Founder
I loved Freecycle but I stopped using it because I got too much email for irrelevant stuff. Why couldn’t Freecycle be more like ebay; but for free stuff. We set out to create a ‘better freecycle’ with images, a better search, location maps, feedback, alerts, and more. Instead of ‘bidding’, you say you ‘want it’, then the giver chooses the winner on merit. http://goodnewsforpolarbears.org
WITH FREE TACOS FOR THE FIRST
150 PEOPLE IN THE DOOR!!
We’re on a safari mission in search of sponsors to help raise the roof for The Big Summer Geek Out Party in July. We want to share the love with companies who wish to get out in front of SF’s tech scene and early adopter crowd. Our last party was nuts — all had a blast and the sponsors were thrilled. Let’s do it again. It’s turnkey. Just show up. You’ll be up to your ears in SF tech love. Promise. Also — we’re always welcoming new sponsors who wish to support the community (and their bellies) by sponsoring the famous El Toynaense Taco truck and/or pick up the bar tab. Please email "myles at sfnewtech.com" for more information.
As I mentioned from the stage (and in a previous blog post), with the launch of our Annual Membership Program, you no longer have to worry about scrambling for tickets to SF New Tech. With annual membership to SF New Tech you can just now show up and join the fun. We’ve made it simple to join, and cheap too… especially, considering how membership is your golden ticket to any of at least 12 events a year. We’ll probably offer some cool "members only" benefits in the future, too. We’re offering membership plans for individuals as well as packages for companies that want to provide easy access for staffers and colleagues … all while eliminating the hassle of those pesky post-event expense reports! Also, it’s no secret that clients and portfolio companies love being entertained at SF New Tech. With membership, you can treat them to a good time, lickety split! See the plans: www.sfnewtech.com/membership
Tired of racing to your computer to cash in on a discount codes when SF New Tech events are first announced? Don’t want to risk getting shut out of SF New Tech events? Want to be able to boast to your friends and family that you’re an upstanding member of the Bay Area tech scene? Now you can!
Introducing SF New Tech Annual Membership!
By becoming a bona fide SF New Tech member you’ll guarantee yourself admittance to SF New Tech events and parties (at least 12 per year).
At this point in time, we’re offering three types of annual membership packages:
1) Individual. Good for 1 free ticket to SF New Tech events for an entire year. Only $150.00.
2) Corporate Lite. Good for 4 free tickets to SF New Tech events for an entire year. Only $1000.00.
3) Corporate Full. Good for 6 free tickets to SF New Tech events for an entire year. Only $1500.00.
The corporate packages are perfect for agencies and firms (PR, Ad, Law, VC) who want instant access to events for their staff and/or clients.
Mobile ratings from the night of the eventare here.
Here’s a hack video from the event. The quality is pretty lame. Actually, it’s really lame. But thought you may want to see it anyway. Please stay tuned for some more polished footage… coming soon.
We’ll use it on the event registration page and on event collateral, etc. Any takers? (Deadline is Wednesday 6/30)
