Archives for November 2013

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Before you turn off for the long weekend, grab your calendar and save these important SF New Tech event dates to close out the year!

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Another great night of SF New Tech demos!

Including:
* HOT SmartWatch – The only SmartWatch that allows you to use the palm of your hand as a speaker, plus gesture controls and more!
* Swapbox  – Where packages wait for you!
* Ribbon – A payments app that lets you send money, without requiring either party to download an app or the sender to have an account!
* go fetch it – Effective data gathering and communication!
* … and much, much, more!

We’ll officially announce this event next week but act NOW and you can score a Super Bird $10 ticket with the code “superbird” @ https://1211sfnt.eventbrite.com (Limited to the first 25 Super-early Birds.)

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
SF New Tech & Macworld’s Holiday Party!

We’ll be celebrating the holidays in classic San Francisco style at this party-of-the-year!  Juicy details to be released soon.  Join us for the fun — sponsorship and tabletop demo inquiries are encouraged! Get in touch – email myles at sfnewtech.com.

Until then, enjoy the long weekend and don’t eat too much!

SF New Tech is proud to present an opportunity to anyone who has the next big idea in sustainability. Presidio Graduate School, based in San Francisco, is asking for submissions to its Big Idea Prize. The prize – a full ride scholarship to its sustainability graduate program and a potential of receiving some seed money. Get your idea in by December 1. Get more information by checking out the video from our media partners at Nerd Stalker.

Check out the interview of Hong Bui, CEO of Polkast who will be pitching at our 11.20 event.

 

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We held our very first (but certainly not last!) #NewTechCrawl last week to celebrate Innovation Month in SF and got to visit innovation where it lives in San Francisco.  It was AMAZING!  Over 400 people participated throughout the day to crawl the city’s best hotspots for innovation.  Needless to say, we had a TON of fun and got to see and meet some amazing people and companies along the way.

See all the amazing photos here!

Check out the #NewTechCrawl on ABC News!

 “Entrepreneurs, techies gather for SF Tech Crawl”

Also, check out the Twitpictorial of the #NewTechCrawl via Storify!

 

BIG THANKS TO:

NewTechCrawl Sponsors & partners who helped this become a reality!

The Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation (InnovateSF), Scoop.it!, Aruba Networks, Sigma West, Rackspace, Runway, Propeller Labs, Dice, PandoDaily, Uber, Nerd Stalker, TeacherBus, Mosey.

Participating companies who opened their doors!

1-Page, AppDirect, FlexScore, Foundersuite, geekdom, Globant, grio, justinmind, Mashery, Mosey, NextSpace, Parisoma, RocketSpace, Tame, SET, Startup Product Academy, SpiderOak, FreeSpace, Prezi, Startup Basecamp, darkforeigner.

SHOUT OUTS:

Mayor Ed Lee and the Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation!
For sparking this in the first place!  Thanks!

Propeller Labs!
For helping us with our site @ http://www.newtechcrawl.com.  We highly recommend you dial them up for your iOS dev needs as they’re truly experts in conceiving, optimizing, iterating, and delivering amazing results. Visit http://www.propellerlabs.co and ask for George!

Scoop.it!
For investing in us!  Scoop.it wants to help startups to cure their blogging blues! Check out this video with a hidden offer just for startups inside!  http://unbouncepages.com/scoop-it-for-startups-2/

Uber!
Uber has extended the SFNT community of first-time Uber riders a great discount.  To enjoy $20 off your first Uber ride, new users can text promo code NewTechCrawlSF to 827222 OR simply visit http://www.uber.com/go/newtechcrawlsf to get started.

Aruba Networks!
Check out what Cloud Wifi is all about @ http://cloud.arubanetworks.com – let ‘em hook you up!

Runway!
For hosting our happy hour and keynotes!  http://www.runway.is

Dice!
For hosting our After Party!  http://www.dice.com

Sigma West!
For supporting us, and for moving our firm and more venture money from Sand Hill to SF… and not being ashamed to boast about it ! http://www.sigmawest.com

Rackspace!
For fanatical customer service and for the free lunch!  http://www.rackspace.com

TeacherBus!
For busing us around the city in your very, very cool biodiesel and solar powered bus, complete with a DJ booth!  http://www.teacherbus.com

Mosey!
For mapping out and making sense of our multi-stop crawls!   http://www.mosey.com

ThatTechGirl!
For keeping us on schedule and corralling our volunteers!  http://www.libertymadison.com

What an awesome day!

If you’d like to help us get the first #NewTechCrawl of 2014 off the ground via sponsorship — get in touch!