Archives for June 2011

BeauteCam (https://www.myhada.net)
SF New Tech Appearance: June 28, 2011

BeauteCam is an iPhone app for analyzing human skin quality from photos taken with phone’s integrated camera. Using an aftermarket 27x macro lens that is attached to the service of the iPhone’s camera, BeauteCam analyzes a macro shot of the user’s skin and suggests ways to improve aesthetics and skin health.

It’s  likely that BeauteCam probably employs some form of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) algorithm to search for indicators of various skin conditions. According to their description, this seems to take place serverside.
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See what AT&T, Intrax, White Space Strategy, PROVECTUS-IT, Pitch ’11, NT Technology, Inc. I.s.d., EC studio, myGengo and others had to say last night on the 60 second soapbox!  Reach out and touch someone!

Listings below …

Haj Matsukata
hmatsukata @intraxinc.com
Intrax
http://intraxinc.com
We are cultural exchange program, looking for companies/organizations who can host non-paid interns for the summer.

Greg Ruff
greg@whitespacestrategy.com
White Space Strategy
http://www.whitespacestrategy.com
Market Strategy Consulting, Funding Strategy, VC Pitches

Greg Ruff
glruffii @gmail.com
PROVECTUS-IT
http://WWW.PROVECTUS-IT.COM
OFFSHORE Development centers, Product R&D by top fliter staff. Mobilization Specialty

Duane Nason
duane @pitchevent.com
Pitch ’11
http://www.pitchevent.com
Pitch ’11 is an expo event for Startups taking place in San Francisco at AT&T Park, on September 8, 2011. Lots of startups, and lots of fun. Only $20 to attend!

Ryan Iwasaka
ryan @nttec.com
NT Technology, Inc. I.s.d.
http://Nttec.com/isd/
Providing FREE hosting solutions for victims of an earthquake. Contact us and we’ll do our best to help you, and your company come back!

Ashley Arnwine
ash @ecstudioinc.com
EC studio
http://www.chatwork.com
Come by our IT Nomikai. We hold them once a month in 10 cities in Japan. 🙂 http://www.it-nomikai.jp/

Yoshitomo Fujiwara
higewara @gmail.com
Looking for JOB
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=51870659&trk=tab_pro
My name is Yoshi Fujiwara, MBA graduate at USF. I am looking for a job, mainly in Bay Area. My expertise is online marketing and advertising. Currently, My visa status is F-1, and OPT starting in July. Please take a look at my profile in LinkedIn, and If you feel matches to your company, send me a email. Thank you, Yoshi

Ryan McGrath
ryan @mygengo.com
myGengo
http://mygengo.com/
myGengo is a translation API startup based out of Tokyo, Japan that is always looking for great engineering talent!

Myles Weissleder
myles @sfnewtech.com
Private LTE lunch event with AT&T
https://sfnt.wufoo.com/forms/a-lte-lunch-with-att/
We’re working on scheduling a few private luncheons this summer with AT&T to discuss LTE and 4G development opportunities and challenges. Are you building apps for 4G? Do you see opportunity within the increased spectrum post AT&T/T-mobile merger? Click the link to tell us more and hopefully we can invite you to join the conversation.

See the talent of Japan’s emerging startups help the Japanese economy by going global.
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Looking to start a new mobile venture?

Looking for a co-founder?

Want to validate an idea?

SF New Tech is proud to announce  our partnership with Founder Labs here in SF. We are working with this wonderful group to help inspire a community focused on entrepreneurship. Please join them in their next pre-incubator lab, and then join us on stage to showcase all your talent! https://sfnewtech.com/demo/

Founder Labs (FL) is a pre-incubator for new mobile ideas.

FL is a 5 week pre-incubator focused on the first phase of launching a new mobile venture – building a co-founding team and validating a new idea.

20 founders form 5 teams, work for 5 weeks, 5 days a week (after-working-hours) to validate a new idea and build an initial prototype. Founders learn key startup lessons such as Lean Startup principles, Customer Development and more and present progress each week to Visiting Advisors. Founders also work closely with Mentors who have experience in the mobile space.

Supporters and Mentors in the program include: Dave McClure (500 startups), Eric Ries (The Lean Startup), Steve Blank (Customer Development), Theresia Gouw Ranzetta (Accel), John Malloy (Blue Run Ventures).

Founder Labs is for hackers, designers and hustlers. It will include 10 engineers, 5 designers, 5 sales/marketing mavens
More info: www.founderlabs.org
Meet the Visiting Advisors and Mentors: http://www.founderlabs.org/people.html

Apply now to Founder Labs SF: Aug 11 – Sept 15, deadline to apply is June 24
http://founderlabs.org/applysf.html

TC Coverage:  http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/22/founder-labs-coming-to-nyc
Xconomy Coverage: http://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2011/05/16/founder-labs-brings-its-silicon-valley-flair-for-fostering-startups-to-manhattan/

Our second Japan Night on 6/28 is gearing up to be fantastic.

Over 100 tickets are discounted (or free). Get them while they last!

Information & registration @ http://sfnewtechjapannight2.eventbrite.com/

Discount Codes:

2sfjn-seeyouthere = 100% off! (26 avail)
2sfjn-yeahbaby = 50% off! (25 avail)
2sfjn-whatadeal = 25% off! (25 avail)
2sfjn-isnoozed = 10% off (25 avail)

Good luck!

See what FailCon, International Boost, Provectus IT, Inc, White Space Strategy, Locally, app from Swiit Apps, LLC, Webplanner, Intrigma Inc. – medical staff scheduling solutions, Business Booster – FACCS, Onefeat, and GingerSquid were looking for as they took to the mic for SF New Tech’s very special, and very own 60 Second Spots!    We hope they find you … and we hope you find an opportunity!

Cass Phillipps
cass @webwallflower.com
FailCon
http://thefailcon.com
FailCon France is coming up September 22nd in Paris and we are on the hunt for sponsors, speakers, and promotional partners.  Email me if you want to get involved!

Eric Lindsey
ericlindsey @internationalboost.com
International Boost
http://www.internationalboost.com
We provide bidirectional business development for worldwide SME’s and startups to come to Silicon Valley or branch out from SV to the world.  And we sometimes connect you to funding!

Gene Galanter
ggalanter @provectus-it.com
Provectus IT, Inc
http://www.provectus-it.com
“We are a full service R&D Outsourcing Vendor who offers a complete software product manufacturing life-cycle for a broad range of software technologies. We offer ISVs accelerated product innovation cost effectively.”

Greg Ruff
greg @whitespacestrategy.com
White Space Strategy
http://www.whitespacestrategy.com
Strategy and Market Creation for stratups, Funding Pitches, Funding Strategies and VC/angel introductions….

Floyd D’Aguiar
swiit.apps @gmail.com
Locally, app from Swiit Apps, LLC
http://www.itunes.com/apps/Locally
Seed funding, technical co-founder (Mobile Hacker)

Sophia Elson
sophia @webplanner.com
Webplanner
http://www.webplanner.com
Webplanner is a new online collaborative project management application. We’re looking for beta testers. So far user feedback has been enormously helpful, and we’d love to hear what you think.

Tal Eidelberg
info @intrigma.com
Intrigma Inc. – medical staff scheduling solutions
http://intrigma.com
We deliver the state of the art, most advanced, time-saving, (and other buzzwords) medical staff scheduling software geared at Improved Clinical Performance and Time/Money savings. We are looking to change the world my friends!

Carole Granade
carole @faccsf.com
Business Booster – FACCSF
http://www.faccsf.com
Participants to the mentoring program

Julien Dao
julien.dao @essec.fr
Onefeat
http://www.onefeat.com
Foursquare of actions. Instagram with topics. A fun and simple way to show your greatness.  I am looking for insights, advices, and mentorship!

Alexis Agahi
aagahi @gingersquid.com
GingerSquid
http://www.gingersquid.com
Create exciting games