Check out Nerd Stalker’s Post Event Show with Nerd Stalker’s Greg Viloria (aka “SocialGreg”) and Liberty Madison (aka “That Tech Girl”) for some comment on their “favs” of the night for April.
Archives for April 2013
We had fun at the April event and we hope you did as well. In case you missed it or want to catch a demo that really caught your eye, here is the video in the raw. Our video ninjas are creating the individual demos videos as we speak. Enjoy!Continue Reading
Here’s who took to the stage last night and braved the spotlight for 60 seconds.  Check what they’re looking for or needing help with ….
Richard Steel
rich @steelmediainc.com
STEEL MEDIA
http://www.steelmediainc.com
We are growing and looking to hire people, invest in more tech, and talk around investing. Fun times around here!!
Frank H Vial
hello @flux21.net
flux21:group
http://www.flux21.net/decode
help you get traction for your start up brand, early on. let’s get to work together?
Stephanie
stephanie @sixdoors.com
SixDoors
http://sixdoors.com
We’re currently raising a seed round and interested in speaking with content curators and creative writers.
Gonzalo Vazquez
gonzalo.segura1 @gmail.com
Developer
http://gonzalovazquez.ca
Network and meet like-minded people.
Brian Zisk
brian @sfmusictech.com
SF MusicTech Summit
http;//sfmusictech.com
People into the convergence of Internet Music and Technology
Jim Chase
james @jamesschase.com
VP Engineering opportunity
http://jameschase.com
Sold my last of four start ups. Mobile and web. Looking for next great exciting opportunity.
Ingo Renner
ingo @typo3.org
TYPO3 CMS, T3CON North America
http://t3con-na.typo3.org
If you’re looking at finding a CMS that is right for, you might have found it with TYPO3. TYPO3 is an Open Source CMS build for any size of website, small to large. References are local as the Bay Area Discovery Museum and global as Sony Entertainment Network. As a good Open Source citizen we are part of Google Summer of Code for the third time this year, come check us out. T3CON North America is returning to San Francisco 30-31 May. Please join us and get to know our community.
Rong Wang
rong.wang.99 @gmail.com
Self
I am a converter from Fortune 500 to start-up. After my first experience with start-up world, I fully understand now what an inspiring and brave sport it is. Love to talk to you if you need help in business plan, reporting to board and investors, cost structure containment, financial and strategic planning, and accounting controls. No problem signing an NDA with you to learn your passion, brilliance and courage. Best regards, Rong
Great show yesterday and we hope you all enjoyed it! Here are some pics from our Twitter feed.
Meet Antony Brydon, CEO founder and CEO of Directly who will be pitching at our 4/24 event.  True Ventures backed Directly helps you bypass inefficient customer service and go directly to the best experts in a company for help. Let’s see why Antony created this service:
 “I worked for several years with customer service and call center startups that build the technology that drives you crazy by making it almost impossible to speak to someone smart and skilled. I even helped Sprint set their average hold times for broadband support at 11 minutes – yikes, I’m sorry!. When smart phones took off, I realized we finally had a platform to get around the bottleneck of the call center and connect customers directly to experts. “
 Antony talks about how those experts are vetted:
“Experts authenticate company and industry experience via LinkedIn. Once they’re in the community and helping customers, they develop a reputation and helpful score based on how customers and other experts rank them. The best experts earn more tips and testimonials, the less helpful ones sink to the bottom and get limited interaction with customers.”
Even better, see Antony at our 4/24 event. Get your tickets here.
Meet Juan Benitez, CTO of Venmo Touch who will be presenting at SF New Tech on April 24. Venmo Touch is an easier way to pay on your mobile device. Consumers save their credit card in one mobile app and can checkout across any other app in the network with just one touch. Here’s Juan’s take on Venmo:
“Venmo Touch was created to bring merchants and consumers together. More and more people are shopping on their mobile phones, but it’s a pain to type a credit card number on a tiny touch screen. With Venmo Touch consumers enter their credit card information one time in an app, that information is stored in the Braintree Vault, and can be used to complete any future purchases from merchants on the network. It’s a win-win for everyone because it increases the business’s conversion rates for mobile purchases as well.”
Visit their page below and check out the team page. Cool Gifs going on there.
Check them out at https://venmo.com | Follow them on Twitter @braintree |
If you want to hear Juan pitch, get your tickets for our 4/24 event here.
Meet Massimo Arrigoni, CEO of Mailup who will pitch at our 4/24 Event.  Mailup demonstrates how an ecommerce merchant leverages customer data and gets a higher ROI: using MailUp’s unlimited filters to create highly targeted and automated post-purchase messages. Massimo tells us why they created Mailup:
“MailUp started as a Web agency in Italy back in 2003. Clients kept asking for a good newsletter management system, so we built one “
Massimo tells us how different they are from a service like MailChimp:
“First of all, we’ve got our Italian roots, which show in things like beautiful, fashion inspired email templates (see above) and a very appealing admin interface.”
“Secondly, in MailUp you can create triggered messages (not just notifications) based on multiple conditions, something that cannot be done in a system like MailChimp and that can really make the difference in terms of sales. For example, an ecommerce store could automatically send a message to somebody that has purchased over $500 in the last year, but has not purchased in the last 90 days.â€
Visit them at www.mailup.com | Follow them on Twitter @mailup_us | Like them on Facebook
If you are interested how their Italian roots made their service possible, get your ticket to our 4/24 event here.
Meet Nathan Beckord – Founder of Foundersuite who will be pitching at our 4/24 event. In a nutshell, this service helps founders with “tools to get startup sh*t done.” Don’t we all want to get sh*t done. Nathan talks about the motivation for this service suite for startup founders:
“I’ve been advising and consulting to startups for the past 10 years on BD, Finance, and Ops; after solving the same challenges over and over again, I decided to productize this work into a SaaS startup called Foundersuite.”
“Foundersuite is based on the idea that the best startup founders focus on building product and making customers happy; we want to help with all the “other stuff” like planning, operations, fundraising, investor relations, etc.”
“Our goal is to: 1) Make complex tasks simple and easy; 2) Â Streamline unpleasant tasks (like Turbotax does for filing tax returns); 3) Codify silicon valley best practices; and, 4) Bring process and structure to the messy job of starting a startup.”
The suite is in beta but I think if you reach out to Nathan, he can fix you up.
To find out more visit foundersuite.com | Follow them on Twitter at @foundersuite | Like them on Facebook
If you want to ask Nathan a few questions come to our 4/24 event to hear his pitch!
Meet Heidi Darling – Founder and CEO of Songnote. She will be pitching us at our 4/24 event on their new app – Songnote. Songnote allows you to share a song with a hand crafted note. Heidi reflects on starting Songnote:
“Songnote began with the realization that there was no good way to let someone know when a song reminded you of them.  There were several music discovery services like Pandora and listening platforms like Spotify but there was no mobile tool designed to share the song that moves you.  The emphasis was on discovery and access not conveying sentiment.  Music is universally appealing and an incredible communication tool.  A fast, fun way to share a song+note from your mobile device, Songnoteâ„¢ harnesses the power of music as a way to communicate.  Simply put, it lets your music do the talking.”
Check their app out at http://www.getsongnote.com | Follow them on Twitter @getsongnote | Like them on Facebook
If you want to see Heidi pitch live, come to the 4/24 event. Get your tickets here!
The videos for each presenter - Evernote, Litterati, Townten, Open Garden, Sensus, Shoplocket, WeFile.it, and Herdmark are now live.  Check them out here. Also, the videos are available on our SF New Tech YouTube channel. Give them a view and rate them. Have a great week!
Videos for  Damn, it’s getting hot in here!  With Evernote, Litterati, Townten, Open Garden, Sensus, Shoplocket, WeFile.it, and Herdmark