If you landed here from the feedback survey — thank you! 

Who won over SF’s tech community?  See the charts!

It was great seeing everyone last night!   Diddit, HearPlanet,  tmeet.me, Sonar6 and Nileguide — you all rocked!

Here’s a quick recap of important links and news:

And …

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

 

 

A quick showcase of what went down at SF New Tech on March 25th and April 11th, 2009.  (You’ll see just about everything but the actual live demos.)

 

Can you please drop everything you’re doing right now and eyeball this?  You’ll be glad you did.   Serious.

1)  The Next SF New Tech is on May 6th – First 100 Through The Door Get a Free Drink!
2)   A June Double Header.
3)   July Big Summer Geek Out!
4)   Annual Membership Has Arrived!
5)   Sponsor Love
6)   Miscellany

1)  The Next SF New Tech is on May 6th – First 100 Through The Door Get a Free Drink!

Holy moly.  Like a freight train of tech, here we go again.  On Wednesday, May 6th, come on down to Mighty to see some of the best of the best.  Live demos on tap include: Diddit.com, HearPlanet,  tmeet.me, Sonar6 and Nileguide.  All great — and fun — tech.  Special bonus: the first 100 people through the door will get a free cocktail courtesy of Diddit.com!  Woot!  Event info @ http://56sfnewtech.eventbrite.com

2)   A June Double Header.

Come June, we’re going to throw down two great events.  On June 10th, none other than Guy Kawasaki will be dropping in to demo Alltop.  He told me he’s going to have a hard time keeping it to 5 minutes.  Can you help me reel him in?   Also on tap on 6/10 are Chartbeat (super-slick tools to monitor the heartbeat of your site) & Blurb (awesome book self-publishing that kicks iPhoto’s ass) and a few others.  Then just one week later on 6/17, it’s Widgets Up The  Wazoo III!  Yep — widgets are back and Sexywidget.com’s Lawrence Coburn is going to moderate the evening.  Expect nothing but killer demos, to be announced soon.

3)   July Big Summer Geek Out!

You know we love to party, right? The plan is to have a *huge* party in July.   Tacos, DJ, and more.   If you’d like to sponsor a good ol’ bad-ass Geek Out — let’s talk.  This can only work if we can get enough sponsors.  (Imagine a turn-key party with your name on it for less than a Sushi dinner for your BOD.)  More info coming soon on this one.  Stay tuned.

4)   Annual Membership Has Arrived!

Yes!  Now you don’t have to worry about getting your tickets in time!   With an annual membership to SF New Tech you can just show up and join the fun.  Just like the Old School, baby.  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.  Who knows, we may do "members only" events and serve up other 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 and eliminate 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.    For more information on our Individual and Corporate membership plans, simply visit https://www.sfnewtech.com/membership

5)   Sponsor Love

– Big shout out to Sun Startup Essentials.  Tap the wisdom and resources of Sun for your Startup. Simple and free.  (http://bit.ly/Gotum)

– Who’s got your back?   Your emerging tech company needs the keen legal counsel. Bullivant Houser Bailey has your back. (http://bit.ly/EMyev)

– If you’re not sure about all this social media revolution chatter, get in touch with Brian Solis @ Future-Works.  Brian doesn’t sleep, call him anytime. (http://bit.ly/QYF3M)

– What’s about 3 feet tall, brown, has four legs but doesn’t move, and stands around all day getting pecked on?  It’s Mylermedia Global Headquarters … aka my desk! (http://bit.ly/D2Fib)

6)   Miscellany

I always hated that word.  Miscellany.  Don’t know why.  It’s creepy.  Anyway …

 – SF New Tech has Forums where you can post stuff and promote events, jobs, resumes, etc @ http://bit.ly/tALBN
 –  Ratings and photos and more from our last event @ http://bit.ly/Hymc6
 – Sponsor SF New Tech!  It’s a great thing to do!  Email me @ myles @ sfnewtech.com

 – We’ve been broadcasting "Live from San Francisco!".  Tune in on event nights @ https://www.sfnewtech.com/live – Pre-warning: The stream looks and sounds like shit.  Worse than an elevator security cam.  But tune in, it’s fun!  (Don’t worry! We’re got plans for HD quality footage coming soon!)

 – Follow on Twitter!  SF New Tech: http://www.twitter.com/sfnewtech …  Me: http://www.twitter.com/mylerdude

 – Big Congrats to @Twittfilter & @Adcause for attracting the attention of Bloomberg News after doing demos at the last #sfnewtech!  http://bit.ly/kbp7k
 – Venture Out!  Join 300+ leading technology entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and investors at a unique philanthropic event, Venture Out, a half day of high-impact volunteering organized by HandsOn Bay Area.  Participate in Palo Alto from 1 to 4pm on Wednesday, June 3rd (http://hobaventureoutpa.eventbrite.com) and/or in San Francisco from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, June 6th (http://hobaventureoutsf.eventbrite.com).
 

 

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.

To register for your membership please visit https://www.sfnewtech.com/membership

 

 

 

 

Thanks to all who came out to the April "Spring Jubilee" SF New Tech this week!   

Three cheers for all!  Pixelpipe, Lil’Grams, Twittfilter, MightyBrand, AdCause & Yield Software — you all rocked it!

Don’t tell me innovation has been scared of by the Big Recession!

Here are some nifty links …

  • 60 Second Spots are posted here.
  • Real time ratings (post-event) are here.
  • Mobile ratings from the night of the event are 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.
  • And photos!  Thanks to Brian Caldwell and to Kenneth Yeung!

 

 

 

 

 (Got any pictures of your own? Tag them "sfnewtech"!)

Thanks again to Yield Software for the Tacos!  And Big Thanks to Sun Startup Essentials for another fun give away of the Flipcam (Congrats Hyle!) and to Bullivant Houser Bailey for their continued support.   Also, big thanks to Future-Works PR and Tractor for being by our side and helping us grow.  And of course to Mylermedia (my gig) for letting me come out to play.

The next event is on May 6th… stay tuned!  (Those of you who received the special comp code via SMS during the event can use them now!)

 

Track down that lead!   Here are the 60 second spots from last night’s event.

 *********************
    
Myles  Weissleder
    
myles@mylermedia.com

Mylermedia
    
http://www.mylermedia.com/about

I want to make your startup famous. Email me if you’re looking for a hotshot PR person to help raise your exposure.
    
*********************

    
brian caldwell
    
canative@gmail.com

polar rose
    
http://www.polarrose.com

check out polar rose to see the latest thing to do with facial recognition and photos and identity.
    
*********************

    
Alexander Davis
    
alexdavisspecial@gmail.com

NextBus
    
http://www.nextbusnews.com

ways to improve getting information to users
    
*********************

    
Victor Karamalis
    
victor@argstudios.com

ARG STUDIOS
    
http://www.argstudios.com

Projects. Web/Design/Mobile/Strategy
    
*********************

Mattias Swenson
    
mattias.swenson@bloglovin.com

BLOGLOVIN’
    
http://www.bloglovin.com

Bloglovin’, scandinavias most popular RSS-reader with 94% women. We’re looking for bloggers who want to make a bunch of money.
    
*********************
 
    
Christopher Peri
    
perivision@yahoo.com

twittfilter
    
http://www.twittfilter.com

anyone like to help build the iphone and BBerry UI for twittfilter, let me know.
    
*********************

    
John SEYER
    
JOHNSEYER@COMCAST.NET

ALLIANCECLOUD    
 
ENABLE SOFTWARE FIRMS/SERVICE PROVIDERS TO DRIVE REVENUE VIA PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES. CONTARCT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
    
*********************
 

 

THE NEW TECH
SPRING JUBILEE!
 
WITH LIVE 5 MINUTE DEMOS FROM:

 

Yield Software

Matt Malden, CEO & Founder

Yield Software recently debuted its Web Marketing Suite—a fully automated, completely integrated search marketing system that optimizes paid search (including PPC campaigns), natural search (SEO), and landing pages (including multivariate tests).  A secure cloud application accessible via a web browser, it is a complete, easy and profitable way for businesses to manage search marketing strategies. http://www.yieldsoftware.com 

 
 

AdCause

Andrew Arnott, CEO

AdCause is an ad netowrk for Twitter that connects twitter users with businesses looking to advertise in their feeds. Saving the world… one tweet at a time. http://www.adcause.com

 
 

MightyBrand

Ryan Waggoner, Co-Founder

MightyBrand is a platform that helps brands monitor and engage in social media conversations.  http://www.mightybrand.com

 

 
Twittfilter
 

Christopher Peri, CEO
Twittfilter is a web based application to help manage your incoming tweets, and new follower emails.  http://www.twittfilter.com

 

Lil'grams

 
Gregarious Narain, Founder
Lil’Grams provides the simplest, easiest solution for parents to organize and share their baby’s precious memories with loved ones.  http://lilgrams.com 
 
 

Pixelpipe
 
Brett Butterfield, El Capitan & Founder
Pixelpipe is a content gateway that allows mobile desktop and server applications to publish once through Pixelpipe and have that content (photo, video, audio, text, file) distributed out to over 75 different social networks, photo/video sites and blogs around the world.  http://pixelpipe.com   
 

  
Tickets:
 

$15.00 for the first 150 early bird online tickets

$20.00 for all other (late bird) online tickets
$25.00 cash at the door, if not sold out
 
Mighty is a 21+ venue.
 
 
Schedule:
5:30 pm – Doors & Bar Open
5:30 -7:30 pm – Schmooze and Free Tacos!
7:30 – 9:00 pm – Live Demos
9:00 – 11:00 pm – Schmooze
 
 
 

&

 

FREE TACOS!


 

 

Thanks to

Yield Software

Register at http://48sfnewtech.eventbrite.com

Quick update on some good news, some great news… and some sad news, too.

First, the great news…

If you’re looking to hire folks, find a job, promote an event or discuss all-things-SF New Tech we’ve created some brand new forums for the SF New Tech community so we can continue to help each other out. You’re hereby invited to chime in! The SF New Tech forums can be found at our newly made-over presence at Meetup.com (what do you think?). Visit http://www.meetup.com/sfnewtech and click on "Message Board" on the left. GO!

And here’s some really good news…

SF New Tech is proud to announce we’ll be working with geekSessions, led by geek extraordinaire and all-about-good guy, Shon Burton. Stay tuned for some really great events we’re scheming for the coming months… Starting with a can’t miss event, "geekSessions 1.5: Cheaper, Better, Faster, Stronger" taking place TOMORROW (Tuesday, February 24th, 6:00pm-10:00pm) at our favorite haunt, Mighty. As a member of SF New Tech, you’ll get a hefty 50% discount on your ticket when you sign up! (See below).

geekSessions 1.5: Cheaper, Better, Faster, Stronger will look at how startups are doing more with less. How smaller teams and are getting more done in less time with less money. From development to infrastructure –nature is demanding more efficiency across the board. We’ll look at how startups using modern frameworks, automation, sane capacity planning, and solid analytics to do more with less. Way more. Panelists include Justin Kan, Founder & President, Justin.tv; Daniel Lieberman, Founder & CEO, Bitpusher; Gary Swart, CEO, oDesk; Zachery Coelius, CEO, Triggit, Richard White, CEO, UserVoice, and will be moderated by Jason Hoffman, CTO, Joyent.

6:00pm – Registration, open bar, and dinner
7:00pm – Panel discussion and Q&A (bar closed)
8:30pm – Open Bar, and networking

Get your 50% discount code by clicking here: http://gs15-sfnt.eventbrite.com/?discount=SFNewTech

Hope to see you there!

And finally, some really sad news…

Last week on Thursday 2/19, Brandt Cannici, SF New Tech member and demo alumni, was tragically killed in a car accident. You may remember Brandt from our 10/07 SF New Tech Rocks event when he demo’d his company Strayform, which provided services and tools to help artists get paid for their work. Brandt always had exciting things going on. His most recent endeavor was starting MedicareSaver.com, a company designed to help lower prescription drug costs for the 35 million people on Medicare. Brandt came out to our events regularly and touched me in a way few do. He inspired me greatly and he always exhibited a level of graciousness and sincerity few people can match. Although I only knew him from our tech-centric world, Brandt was kind of enough to snail-mail my wife and I a handwritten card after the birth of our daughter. He was that kind of guy. It’s with great sadness and sorrow we’re off to the races without Brandt. If you knew Brandt (or even if you didn’t) and you’re a member of Facebook, you’re invited to share your thoughts at this special Remembering Brandt Facebook group: http://bit.ly/DXQkL

RIP, Brandt. We’ll miss you.

Thanks to everyone who made it out to play with us on Wednesday!

Big thanks to AdoRoi, OneRiot, Metaio, Carticipate, SonicLiving, and Ricoh’s iCandy who all did a stellar job!

Check out some photos ….

 

 

… and this fun video clip I mashed together.  It almost feels like you’re there!

 

Other fun notes and links from Wednesday’s event :

* 60-Second Soapbox Spots: http://sfnt.wufoo.com/reports/21109-60-second-spots/
* Photos up on Facebook: http://bit.ly/4iJbG (Go tag your friends!)
* Photos up on Flickr too: http://bit.ly/16obHh
* A taste of what it was like last night — in under 8 minutes: VIDEO: http://bit.ly/rv599
* Big thanks to http://www.buzzconnect.com for the famously awesome El Toyanese Truck tacos! (If you’d like to sponsor tacos at one of our events in the future – let’s talk!)
* Tweet’d up! http://search.twitter.com/search?q=sfnewtech
* Follow SF New Tech on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sfnewtech
* Follow Myles on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mylerdude
* Apply to do a demo at a future event: https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo

Posted!

Lots of folks looking for work.   Help ’em out if you can.

http://sfnt.wufoo.com/reports/21109-60-second-spots/

Dear SF New Tech friends –

It’s rare form for me to send a note like this but here goes:  SF New Tech is on the hunt for sponsors for 2009. 

It’s safe to say SF New Tech is San Francisco’s largest and longest-running monthly technology event series and community group.

Here are the numbers:
* 4500+ members (C-level executives, VPs, developers, marketers, and more.)
* 3 years of consistent monthly events
* 35 of which have been "sold out"
* 160+ companies have taken to the stage to present live demos of their new tech
* 1800+ companies have attended through the years

That said, SF New Tech is seeking to connect with forward-thinking companies who want to build relationships with some of the Bay Area’s best early adopters.

As we make our way in to 2009, one of the best ways for companies to connect with early adopters, technology buyers, and the like, is through on-the-ground relationships.  Forget big ad buys on big web sites or magazines.  The real — and as far as I’m concerned, ONLY — way to really connect with present and future customers is by building experiential relationships with them.   Tactile, with a smile — not a poster on the wall or a piece of glossy advertising.  (If you’re not investing in building relationships with your customers because you’re nervous about the economy, you may want to reconsider.  Now’s the time to get on the ground and into the community.  Now’s not the time to go "dark".  Unless, of course, you still want it to be dark for your business when all the dust clears.)

We’ve got a number of wonderful opportunities available.  From our top-of-the-line Platinum Sponsorship package right on down to our "Drinking Buddy" Sponsorship package.   Or something in between: we’re all about working with companies to help them achieve their objectives.

Here’s what Platinum Sponsor Sun Microsystems has to say:

"Our long-standing sponsorship of SF New Tech has been a great asset in our arsenal to expand awareness of and increase membership in our Sun Startup Essentials program.  We have gotten great exposure and access to the SF startup community, and have established Sun’s dedication to this community.  For Sun, the ROI has been very high, and we plan to continue our sponsorship well into the future!"  — Joann Yates, Sun Startup Essentials

If you’d like to sponsor SF New Tech — now is the time to jump into the fray. 

Or, if you’d like to earn a few dollars, consider working with us to find new sponsors and we’ll toss you upwards of 20% of net proceeds.  Sometimes all it takes is a single introduction and wham-o, you’re in the money.

Please email myles@sfnewtech.com if you’re interested in learning more about our sponsorships.

Thanks and regards,

Myles Weissleder
Founder, SF New Tech.
415-332-3205
myles @ sfnewtech.com

PS:  Wednesday’s big event (2/11) is almost sold out!   Check out Augmented Reality, QR Barcode wizardry, neat-o Web 2.0 efforts, and yes: free (sponsored!) tacos!  See http://feb11sfnewtech.eventbrite.com  Hope you can make it!  

 

 

And some photos …

 

60 Second Spots are posted!

To view the announcements from …

Myles Weissleder  –  Mylermedia
Stephen  Sorrow  –  Self Employed
Mark Plakias – Orange Labs Drupal Project 
George Barnett  –  BlueGreenWorld
Michael Agustin –  GameSalad
Yaacov Silberman – Rimon Law Group
Alex Khomenko  –  23andMe
Jason Houck – Ohmji

… visit

https://sfnt.wufoo.com/reports/sf-new-tech-60-second-spots-111808/

(The password is "seabird")

 

 

 

 

Hey All –

We’re seeking to depart from the standard demo event at Mighty in December in exchange for a throw-down bash where we can all come together and drink up, dance, have fun and just party for the sake of it… and, oh yeah, celebrate the "holiday" season while we’re at it.

We’re on the hunt for 3-5 companies who’d like to sponsor drinks at the bash.  

We’ll give you full signage on site, mentions in emails and during registration, big logo flashing on the big screen, and even a table to set up your wares if you’re interested.  

SF New Tech, as you know, is a cornerstone of the Bay Area Tech scene.  If you’re interested in making nice with and impressing upon the tech community here by buying them some cocktails — let’s talk.

Please email me at myles [at] sfnewtech.com

Party on!

-Myles

PS:  Stay tuned for a more exclusive demo event to take place on 12/17 at the famous state-of-the-art Dolby Labs theater.  I’m putting the program together now.  It’ll be moderated by someone smarter than me and will only accommodate ~80 people.   (If you’re working on something that would look good on a big crispy screen with Dolby surround sound, now’s the time to hit:  https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo )

 

Team chi.mp will be in town for the Web 2.0 Summit and partnered up with SF New Tech for a very special Belly Up on Thursday @ 6pm.  (I’m a co-founder of chi.mp so a mutual belly up was a no brainer.)

We’ll be celebrating the Open Web … and holding court at The House of Shields Saloon, right next to the Palace Hotel where the Summit is taking place.

No MC. No name tags. No presentations. No pressure.

Come join us belly up to the bar… hangin’, drinkin’, and talkin’ about the Open Web … with chi.mp!

RSVP here

and/or on Meetup.com.

 

About The SF New Tech Belly Up:

The Belly Up isn’t meant to replace our regular SF New Tech events where you see and hear from the latest and greatest new tech. This is just a celebration of the community. Why not a regularly scheduled hang-time over cocktails with no pressure? Cheers! Now there is!

 

*

Have you been wondering how to generate revenue from your unsold ad inventory?  

Learn how.  Now.

SF New Tech is proud to partner with AdRevenue08 taking place at the Golden Gate Club on November 14, 2008.

And we’re doubly-psyched to be able to offer our members (and all you lucky voyeurs!) a whopping 50% off the normal $799.00 ticket for this amazing event.

Here’s the scoop.   Hope you can make it!

AdRevenue08: Improving Unsold Ad Inventory Strategies
Friday, November 14, 2008
Golden Gate Club, SF, CA

"70% of online ad inventory goes unsold. With the uncertainty of the economy and its possible impact on the digital advertising industry, companies and independent publishers should re-evaluate their ad monetization strategies to ensure maximum yield. AdRevenue 08 is the first open conference totally dedicated to improving the monetary value of ad inventory for online publishers and ad networks so you can go from having unsold ads to revenue."

Opening Keynote by Barry Parr, Analyst, Forrester Research who’ll speak on "Online Advertising: A Volatile Ecosystem.  The future of online advertising requires the creation of value for advertisers, media, agencies, networks, and other services. How can we build an industry in a time of difficult transitions, while keeping it in equilibrium?"

Speakers Include:

    * Adam Gerber, CMO, Quantcast
    * Anand Subramanian, CEO, ContextWeb
    * Barry Parr, Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.
    * Brian Morrissey, Digital Editor, AdWeek
    * Chas Edwards, CRO, Federated Media
    * Chris Moore, General Partner, Redpoint Ventures
    * Geoff Katz, Director of Advertising Services, Razorfish
    * Jarvis Mak, Global Director of Research & Insight, Havas Digital
    * Jeff Green, COO, AdECN
    * Joe Zawadzki, Founder and CEO, Media Math
    * Martin Green, COO, Meebo
    * Matthew Boyd, Head, North America, ValueClick
    * Michael Rubenstein , Director, Ad Exchange, Google, Inc.
    * Omar Tawakol, CEO, Blue Kai
    * Nick Johnson, VP Digital Media Sales, NBC Universal
    * Rajeev Goel, Co-Founder and President, PubMatic
    * Ravi Belani, Analyst, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
    * Rick Vorhaus, Senior VP of Business Development, Six Apart
    * Russ Fradin, Co-Founder and President, Adify
    * Sam Wick, GM Userplane, & VP, AOL
    * Steve Polsky, President and COO, Flixster
    * Troy Young, CMO, VideoEgg

SF New Tech members receive 50% off regular ticket prices.

Event registration with discount code "SFNT":   http://www.adrevenue08.eventbrite.com/?discount=SFNT

 

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After every event we ask those who registered for online tickets what they thought of the event.

In case you were wondering, here’s what folks thought about the demos from our October shindig.

 

https://sfnewtech.com/images/oct8demoratings.jpg

 

An SF New Tech for the ages …  Check out these rock stars!

 

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYPEoxF8IQg]

SF New Tech : Apture Demo

 

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRc7mNQWfUE]

SF New Tech : chi.mp Demo

 

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_nlQx5l9pA]

SF New Tech : Lefora Demo

 

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGA8V2BwW_I]

SF New Tech : Goldmail Demo

 

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ8k_YLv50U]

SF New Tech : Snappr.net Demo

 

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDGK3Leqx4c]

SF New Tech : PBWiki Demo

 

Someone’s gotta keep cheering — may as well be us …

Check out SF New Tech in Monday’s San Francisco Chronicle!

  

 October 20, 2008

Full steam ahead: That was the takeaway from SF New Tech’s event earlier this month, when the stock market had just started to crash. Attendees, mostly from the Web 2.0 world, were spilling out the doors, I’m told. Featured exhibitors, like social networking startup chi.mp, publishing platform provider Apture and wiki toolmaker PBwiki, were greeted like rock stars. "When they got on the stage, the crowd went nuts," said SF New Tech’s organizer, Myles Weissleder.

How to explain, given the gloom descending on the tech sector – not to mention the shellacking administered by the likes of Internet pioneer Tim O’Reilly for some of the Web 2.0’s "stupider and stupider ideas." Weissleder, who’s been in the tech event business for three years, has heard it all before, and he doesn’t buy it. From where he sits, there’s been some damage but the sky isn’t falling.

"There’s no slowdown in people thinking they’ve got the next big thing, that they can become the next Google," he said. "And that’s great. They’re in the trenches, feeling like they’ve got nothing to lose – at least until the rug is pulled out from under them or the money dries up."

Given the tenor of the times, his next get-together in November "could be a flop," he concedes. "But I don’t think that’s going to happen."

— Andrew S. Ross

Link

Here are some hack videos from our SF New Tech Rocks event that took place on September 4, 2008.  

We partnered with The San Fran Music Tech Summit to bring some of the best and brightest stars from the world where music and technology merged — and the outcome was phenomenal.  

Check out the videos …. and if you like what you see you’d be well-served to reserve your spot for the main event on October 20th.   In fact, enter "sfnewtech" upon registering at http://www.sanfranmusictech.com and score a 10% discount!

 

 

 

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTSjGJBbqx0]

SF New Tech Rocks:  Blip.fm Demo

 

 [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xur8VPivwxw]

SF New Tech Rocks:  JamLegend Demo

 

 [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG1E8XrFAck]

SF New Tech Rocks:  Project Playlist Demo

 

 [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CmQqAiNKAU]

SF New Tech Rocks:  Artist Force Demo

 

 [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPI9yFCe2QU]

SF New Tech Rocks:  Imthemusic Demo

 

 

 

Check out the slide show of recent pictures from SF New Tech!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As promised here are the 60 Second Spots from the 10/08 Event.  

Track down that lead from …

  • Polar Rose
  • Ohmiji
  • CribQ
  • BuzzBox.com
  • Qcon Conferences
  • Rimon Law Group
  • PariSoMA
  • VarsID
  • Popego
  • Autolicio.us
  • BiztechDay 2008 – Oct 25

 

Click here to view details and to obtain contact info.

Password is "sfnewtech"

GO!

 

 

We’ve added another great company to the demo line up for Wednesday’s SF New Tech event.  Joining us will be Tristan Harris CEO of Apture , a very cool tool for publishers to easily add rich media to their online content.  It’s VERY cool stuff if you ask me. 

Hope to see you there!

 

 

 

Took me long enough… but here we have videos of demos from the SF New Tech’s Widgets up the Wazoo … Part Two!

It’s a hack job but I think you’ll enjoy ’em …

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3Ki6ZSc9bM]

SF New Tech: Widgets up the Wazoo II – Pre-event networking

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=lsqox4Jldj4]

SF New Tech: Lawrence Coburn (SexyWidget.com) Intro

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=02Tw2TUgchg]

SF New Tech: Glam Apps Platform

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=hCv8MiwISrw]

SF New Tech: iWidgets Demo, Peter Yared

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=GyOoXW4bZIE]

SF New Tech: Widgetbox Demo, Giles Goodwin

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=BbDYckYP0P8]

SF New Tech: Gigya Demo, Eyal Magen

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=ESUlVAvQpmU]

 SF New Tech: Musestorm Demo, Ori Soen

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=AtzGMihd2ik]

SF New Tech: Zembly Demo, Todd Fast

 

 

 [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=N5kWWBm17xA]

SF New Tech: Widgets up the Wazoo II – Panel Discussion

 

Wow!  Widgets up the Wazoo was AWESOME last night.   It was literally standing room only and the demos were world class.    Thanks to all who joined us .. and big thanks to Lawrence Coburn for his moderating prowess. 

Those who attended the event were asked to send in their feedback.   If you’re interested in seeing what they thought of the: Event, Host, Moderator, Venue … and what Demo they thought was the best, check out the ratings here.  The password is "wazoo".

Some more post-event notes:

1) 60 Second Spots are posted!  Password is also "wazoo".    Note, for some wack reason only two people are listed there.  Not sure if there was a bug in the form or if only two folks took advantage of it.  If you gave a 60-second spot and are not listed here you can hit the form now and you’ll be added. Just visit the form here.   (If you didn’t give a 60 second spot but would like to post a need/want/desire you can go ahead and post it now.  No worries!

2) For our September 4th event, we’ll be working with the SanFran MusicTech Summit to showcase some of the greatest tech plays in the music space. Working on something we should be aware of?  Hit this now:  https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo

3) Smile!  You’re famous!  See photos from last night here.
Got any of your own?  Tag ’em "sfnt" on Flickr and they’ show up in the sidebar!

4) I’m off on a biz trip tomorrow but I’ll try to post video from the event before I split.

5) And finally, if you want to hang with a bunch of geeks, the SF New Tech Belly Up (to the bar) happy hour is on Wednesday, August 13th @ the Mars Bar.  Details @ http://augustbellyup-blog.eventbrite.com/

 

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.

Widgets up the Wazoo rocked!

Lawrence Coburn, Grand Poobah of SexyWidget.com and Rateitall presided over a full house and a star-studded line up of some of the best widget companies on earth.

We’ll be posting some hack video of parts of the event soon.

In the meantime, 60 second spots from the open mic have been posted.  Go track down that lead!  (password is widget)

And ratings are in!  How’d we do?  How’d they do?  Not too shabby from the looks of it! 

We’re brewing up another Widget up the Wazoo event for August.  Stay tuned.

If you have a widget or two you’d like to show off, apply to demo here.
 

Communication Arts, the preeminent publication for creative types everywhere says SF New Tech is "very cool"!

 

"We just came across another very cool, and ongoing, event for the San Francisco tech community—SF New Tech. Next up: Widgets up The Wazoo!"

 

If you landed here from Communication Arts — welcome!

Hope to see you at our events!

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So, the good people who attend SF New Tech events are a smart, connected, well-heeled, and influential bunch.

They like new tech and they like to talk about their experiences back at the office and on their blogs.

If you’d like to buddy up to them, you may want to consider jumping on board as an official "drinking buddy" sponsor and buy them some drinks. It’ll be worth your while!

SF New Tech is always on the lookout for great sponsors… and a stable drink sponsor missing from our family.

Do you want to gain muster with the SF New Tech community? Become a drink sponsor!

Email me (myles) at myles at sfnewtech.com to learn more!

 

 

 

We may be a little late to the party — but since we are the party, that’s OK!

 

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So last night was quite an adventure!  

As many of you know, most of Potrero Hill was in the throes of a power outage most of yesterday afternoon.  

Derek from Mighty called me while I was enroute — speeding down Van Ness — to notify me that we may have a challenge on our hands…  I arrived at 4:45 and the whole neighborhood was dark.  

PG&E was rumored to get the lights on in "30 minutes".  So, with that intel we were all systems go… we set up in the dark and crossed our fingers.   30 minutes came and went.  And then another 30 minutes.  Still dark.  

I twittered out our status and word about the power outage bubbled through the twitter universe like wildfire.  

People started to arrive only to learn that we were in a holding pattern. 

I had to make a decision to choose a time that would be the make it or break it time of whether we’d have to cancel — and I chose 7pm.  If the lights weren’t on by 7pm we’d have to cancel the event that over 200 people RSVP’d for.   Wonderful.  A SF New Tech first.

More people arrived — and we brought the sushi outside for all to enjoy while we waited.    It wasn’t looking good.   T-minus 5 minutes before pulling the plug and then, boom!  At 6:56 the lights came on!  Yeehaw! 

We scrambled to get everything in order (now that we could see!) and started to let people inside.    The event started a little late but folks were happy to belly up to the bar and hang out.   The demos began @ 8pm and by that time we had a VERY full house.  

To keep things interesting, our famous 5 minute clock decided to fritz out for the night.   It was par for the course!   In all, though the event was one of our best.   

I want to thank everyone for hanging in there … and I want to thank the good folks from Nirvino, Zivity, Razz, Mymeemz, and Ribbit for their most excellent demos.    

Rock on SF New Tech!   (Stay tuned to the Flickr box to the left for photos!)

 

Another great night had by all.

 

Here are some relevant links …

1) Check out the Qik Video of Pleo!
http://qik.com/video/52052 (Thanks to Kevin Rose!)

2) 60-Second Spots from 4/8. Track ’em down here:
https://sfnt.wufoo.com/reports/40808-60-second-spots/ .

3) 4/23: Chi.mp and Mashable Present: EVOLVE (with a little help from SF New Tech!)
http://evolve.eventbrite.com/ (Comp code for SFNT peeps: "chimpme")

4) 5/4-5: Time to go to camp!
Join Om Malik, Pete Cashmore, Matt Marshall, Jonathan Schwartz, and others at Sun’s Startup Camp!

It’s FREE: http://www.sun.com/startup/ .

5) 5/7: Belly Up! @ Mars Bar!
RSVP: http://maybellyup.eventbrite.com/ (it’s also FREE)

6) 5/13: Wine, Women, and … SF New Tech!

See next month’s line-up is hot, hot, hot!

On tap: Zivity, Razz, Ribbit, Nirvino, AddtoAny… and more.

Details, coming soon!

 

 

Just added to the Tuesday event (4/8)…

 

Splunk
Kord Campbell, Splunk Evangelist
Splunk is inventing large-scale, high-speed indexing and search technology for IT infrastructures. Splunk indexes and makes it possible to search and navigate data from any application, server or network device in real time. Logs, configurations, messages, traps and alerts, scripts and metrics. If a machine can generate it – Splunk can eat it.  http://splunk.com

AND

OQO
Shane Bediz, Enterprise & Strategic Accounts
OQO invented the umpc, the smallest computer in the world that runs full windows XP or Vista w/ embedded cellular broadband.  "Best of CES 2007"  http://oqo.com

Yes!

See you there!

 

If you (or someone you know) are interested in doing a demo at a future SF New Tech event — we’re building out the schedule for the next few months.

Dates for future SF New Tech events @ Mighty in SF are:

4/8
5/13
6/11
7/8

Interested? Please hit the simple form at the link below and tell us more about what you’re up to! (In your description you can state a date preference if you have one.)

Demo

Also — if you’re interested in sponsoring our events, please email me @ myles@sfnewtech.com for more information.

What some folks are saying about SF New Tech (March 2008):

"I had a great time last night and met lots of wonderful people. The new tech meetup is a great networking tool; I look forward to the next one! I also want to mention that I downloaded the surfcanyon product and it’s wonderful!" — Heather Dorso (Mar 13, 2008)

"It’s the best tech event in the Bay Area for staying abreast of new software startups and networking with others. It’s also reasonably priced." — Mariva (Mar 12, 2008)

"Very well run. Excellent organization." — Mark Cramer (Mar 12, 2008)

"Always a worthwhile, entertaining, and educational event and the best way to socialize and broaden your mind while networking with technology industry colleagues. Keep it up!" — Scott P. (Mar 12, 2008)

"Glad I came to my second SF New Tech Belly Up Meetup. Great people and great startup tech ideas! I enjoyed telling contacts about our new tech at www.gogrid.com and hearing about other startups." — Richard (Mar 10, 2008)

"I enjoy meeting a bunch of interesting people in so short a time." — Shannon -jj Behrens (Mar 7, 2008)

"This was my very BellyUp! Great people with great attitudes! Nice laid back time." — Lydia Sugarman (Mar 6, 2008)

It’s a new look for SF New Tech! We thought it was time for a new look and feel—and thanks to our friends at Tractor.tv, we’ve got a great new home! Now we need to keep the content flowing and the conversation going. But that’s easy. We’ll soon be introducing new folks to the SF New Tech family so please stay tuned for more voices. Be sure to grab our feed to get announcements for all our events, and more.

Onward ho!