Archives for July 2008

 

Early-stage startups strut their stuff at Geek-Out

"Six companies presented five-minute demonstrations for an audience of VCs, media, peer startups and advisers at last evening’s Big Summer Geek-Out, presented by SF New Tech and held at Mighty in San Francisco. Some are nascent ideas, some are already backed with millions of dollars, and all are considering raising capital soon…"

Big thanks to Paul Bonanos for joining us!

Interested in seeing what people thought of the Big Summer Geek Out last night?

Click here to view real time ratings for Event, Host, Venue … and to see what Demos people thought were the best.

Here are the 60-spot from last nights SF New Tech "Big Summer Geek Out".

  1. Want to demo at a future event?   Go to https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo –  Natch!
  2. I need a user experience consultant for a 3 month gig in NYC.  Thanks!
  3. Looking for startups that are importing images or video into their service (for example from youtube or flickr)
  4. If you need help approaching angels and vc with super investment materials or just help understanding and succeeding in the process, let me know!!
  5. I have two start-up ideas. One by myself for online college travel and one with two partners that is a guide to the internet. I am looking for a internet engineer to partner with us on both of these projects. let me know if your interested.
  6. BestGiraffe is an online forum for user-generated ads. Freelancers can upload ads onto the website, and companies and ad agencies can buy them off the website.
  7. The only problem is that none of us code, and we’re looking for someone  who is good at coding, who wants to join a start up team. Feel free to contact us.
  8. Looking for a freelance journalist with interest in workplace / industrial health and safety, for gig with our online media company for the EHS community
  9. Need a Ruby on Rails rockstar?   We have programmers available on a retainer-basis that will integrate into your team and your processes.
  10. We’re looking for developers/hobbyists/UI designers to create your own home automation system according to our International ISO standard 24752.  We’ll give you $300 piece of hardware that will take IP packets and translate them to IR/RS-232 that your stupid Consumer Electronics stuff can understand.  Email me if your interested.  We’ll start this up in September 08.
  11. We are a virtual law firm of US attorneys living in Israel, offering attorneys with 10-30 years of experience for a highly discounted price.
  12. All our lawyers are attended top US law schools and practiced in the US for many years prior to moving overseas.  We specialize in startups and tech companies, handling all matters from formation to liquidity events, including funding and financing, IP, licensing and more.
  13. Atelier Partners is a bi-coastal advisory firm focused on early-stage companies on the funding path.  Our services range from developing investor presentations to guiding companies through the funding process. 

If you’d like to track any of these folks.  Click HERE and use the password "geekout" to view their contact information.   GO!

 

 

 

 

Turns out Vinnie from Lefora was called away on a very important business trip and can’t make it on Wednesday.

But no fear!

In Vinnie’s place we’re thrilled to welcome Ivan Kirigin, Co-Founder/CTO of Tipjoy.  

Tipjoy is a micropayments service that makes it easy to leave tips for stuff you love online.