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At our last SF New Tech event, Robert Scoble interviewed Myles. Check out what they have to say.Continue Reading

hacker-dude[Editor: Disclosure:  Mark Evans is a co-founder of BrandGarage, a new platform for connecting brands with startups.  He is also Managing Director of Converge Labs which puts on industry thought leadership events Mobile-Loco and Social-Loco.]

 

When I kicked off my conference business to bring thought leaders together onto one stage to discuss the convergence of social, location, and mobile, I knew we were just scratching the surface.  Through Social-Loco and Mobile-Loco I have watched startups and big companies take the stage and make their predictions about where the market would go.  Over the years, I saw more brands, agencies and retailers attend the events and engage with startups. It was frustrating to watch people from different industries trying to communicate — it was as if they were speaking two different languages.  Brands needed scalable technology solutions that could deliver the holy grail of 1:1 consumer engagement.  Startups needed to monetize with brand dollars but only had a few million users (at best).  Brands ultimately went back to Google and Facebook as they realized startups didn’t have the ability to deliver solutions that could scale or provide the perfect market fit.

 

Last year, I partnered up with BlueRun Ventures Operating Partner Cheryl Cheng to launch BrandGarage, an open platform for brands and startups to engage and start testing concepts and working together.  Our goal is to provide opportunities for brands to work with startups through deploying test budgets for proof of concepts and rapid in-market tests.  We work with a wide range of brands and retailers.

 

Sears, for example, has invested both internally and through BrandGarage to drive innovation in mobile commerce.  Their new mobile strategy group is led by Andy Chu (formerly of Microsoft).  They will reintroduce six of their mobile APIs this month at a brand challenge geared towards engaging startups and developers.  (Event details for August 24-25 developer challenge here)  Instead of traditional hackathon type prizes, Sears has committed marketing budget ($40K to start) to bring an idea to market for this holiday.

We’ve learned a few interesting things this past year:

1.  Brands are all over the spectrum in terms of how equipped they are to work with startups.  Some have investment funds, incubators, APIs, etc.  Others have nothing.  Regardless, every brand and retailer’s board is asking them the same things:  what are you going to do about mobile?  Big data?  Cloud?  Understanding the key business questions facing each brand is critical to its success as they adopt new technologies and strategies to stay current or try to carve out a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

2.  Analytics and data is king.  Although brands say they want to invest more in mobile and social, they need to justify the spend vis-à-vis traditional marketing dollars.  Startups need to be armed with the analytics that can help them make those comparisons and trade-offs.

3.  Solve the business problem.  Every brand has a pretty specific business problem that they are trying to solve:  generally category sales decline, maintain market leadership, explain new product benefits etc.  The startups that we have seen get “fast-tracked” with brands have solved business problems and used their technology platforms to show measurable business results.

Brand dollars are definitely moving more and more towards new and emerging digital media.  Startups and brands should be ready to roll up their sleeves and do some testing to find those next platforms that can really reach and engage customers.

 

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What do all these guys have in common? They founded a company that democratizes data. Andrew Fogg, CDO of UK based Importio will be pitching at our 7.24 event. Here’s what inspired David and his team of Big Data guys to create Importio:Continue Reading

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Meet Mark Thomas, CEO and Co-Founder of Reesio. Mark is going to tell us how they can help automate a real estate broker’s business at our 7.24 event. Here’s what inspired Mark to create Reesio. Continue Reading

SFNTBlog_GrasswireMeet an alumni from the New Tech Tour in Salt Lake City. Austen and Garrett have a way to make your Social Media more relevant, easy and in real-time. They  will be pitching Grasswire to our SF New Tech audience at our 7.24 event. Here’s why he created his service:Continue Reading

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Welcome to the second installment of the Summer Reading Series at our next 7.24 event. Robert Scoble and Shel Israel will talk about their latest book “Age of Context–How Mobile, Sensors & Data Will Change Your Life”. Here’s what Robert Scoble says about context.Continue Reading

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Tired of typing in passwords on your mobile device? Meet Julien Denaes, CEO of Logrr and he will present how to do that at our 7.24 event. Here’s some thoughts from Julien on why he created Logrr: Continue Reading

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Sometimes we feel disadvantaged when buying a used car, right? Meet Alexander Kiss of Vinny. We met him on the New Tech tour in Salt Lake city and he has a great app to show you at our 7.10.13 event – Vinny. Vinny is a free app which instantly shows you the wholesale price of a used car. So, never get ripped off again when buying or trading in a used car! Here is why Alexander created Vinny:Continue Reading

SFNTBlog_SPOTSMeet Nat and Georg, CMO and CEO of SPOTS App. They will be pitching at our 7.10 event and will demo their brand new iOS and Web app that connects you with locals to play the sports you love. Select the sports you’re into, browse locals who share your sports and interact with a community of passionate players. SPOTS is your local sports community.

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Wearable tech is coming, if not here already. Meet Redg and Kyle , Founders of Stained Glass Labs. Stained Glass Labs is the first incubator/accelerator focused on Glass and wearable technologies. They give entrepreneurs go-to market strategies, mentorship, and space to succeed in this new technology landscape. Here’s what inspired Redg and Kyle to start Stained Glass Labs:Continue Reading

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Need some space for your startup? Meet David Mandell, CEO & Founder of PivotDesk. He will be pitching his online marketplace for matching companies that have excess space with companies that need room to grow their business. Here is why David and his team created PivotDesk:Continue Reading

SFNTblog_sfciti2Want to have a better San Francisco? That’s exactly what you are going to hear at the next SF New Tech. Meet Jeremy Wallenberg, Director of External Affairs for sf. citi. San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation (sf.citi) is an organization created to leverage the power of the technology community as a force for civic action in San Francisco. sf.citi supports innovative policies and works collaboratively with government to find new solutions to historic problems facing San Francisco, and promote tech sector interests and growth. Over 600 San Francisco based technology companies and organizations are members of sf.citi.

Their sf.citi Chairman is Ron Conway and Vice-Chair Heather Harde, and their Board of Directors can be viewed here click here.
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Meet Shahar Nechmad, founder and CEO of Stagedom who will be pitching at our 7/10 event.  Stagedom is a re-marketing platform for live events, helping entertainment brands to up-sell and connect with their top, PAYING customers.. Let’s see why Shahar created this service:Continue Reading

Screen Shot 2013-07-01 at 2.51.51 PM Our friends at VentureBeat are gearing up for MobileBeat 2013, their sixth annual event on the future of mobile. It takes place on July 9-10 in San Francisco and we’re offering the SFNT community 25% off!

Click here for the discount and check out the details below:

Last year mobile design emerged as a key differentiator, but consumers continue to incorporate phones and tablets into their lives ever more deeply.

MobileBeat 2013 is gathering the industry’s brightest minds who are looking beyond design to implement a fully integrated Mobile Experience. New speakers include:

  • Young Sohn, Chief Strategy Officer, Samsung
  • Rich Riley, CEO, Shazam
  • James Barrese, CTO, PayPal
  • Anand Chandrasekher, SVP & CMO, Qualcomm
  • Lee Linden, Product Lead, Facebook
  • Dave Engberg, CTO, Evernote
  • Rich Miner, General Partner, Google Ventures
  • Sam Shank, CEO & Co-Founder, HotelTonight
  • Joanna Lambert, SVP Strategy & Innovation, Amex
  • Mikkel Svane, Founder, Zendesk
  • Pete Flint, Co-Founder & CEO, Trulia

See the full speaker list here.

Which upcoming releases and trends will help you make your design even sleeker, your technology stacks even faster, and your revenue streams even safer? Who is claiming the eyeballs and wallets by providing the best Mobile Experience? What are the top brands in the world doing to keep up with this shift, and who are they working with?

Find out, along side 500+ executives, during two days of high-level discussions, breakouts, exclusive announcements, and networking sessions.

Program sub themes include: brands/agencies & mobile advertising, consumerization of the enterprise, infrastructure/cloud, commerce, wearables by design, gaming, and mobile development tools.

Tickets are limited, and going fast. Register here and save 25%. We hope to see you next week!

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The tour is done but the comments still flowing. We had a great tour sponsor in Outlook.com. We sat down with Tony Stilling of Outlook.com and get his thoughts on the New Tech Tour which went through the cities of San Diego, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.


 

20130424_194849Check 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.

 

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

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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.”

If you want to know more about Directly visit their website | Follow them on twitter @directly
Even better, see Antony at our 4/24 event. Get your tickets here.

SFNTBlogPic_VenmoMeet 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.

SFNTBlogPic_MailupMeet 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.”

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.

SFNT_BlogPic_FoundersuiteMeet 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)  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!

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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!

 

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Meet C.J. MacDonald, one of the founders at Herdmark. He will be pitching us at our 3/20 event on their new collaboration tool – Herdmark. Herdmark allows you to create a library of great resources that you can use, share and add.

“We thought that there was no good way to share bookmarks with your team.  There are bookmarking tools, like delicious, but they don’t do anything for groups of collaborators.  And there are team collaboration tools but they don’t have much if any support for bookmarks, and anyway, they do so many things that we believe that they are not used for bookmarks.  We think that bookmarks hold a sort of “corporate knowledge” in an organization and for subgroups in an organization.  We wanted to make a focussed tool for bookmarks”

Check them out at http://herdmark.com  | Twitter: @herdmark |

Meet Manuel Acevedo – the CEO at Townten. He will be pitching a local search engine called Townten at our next 3/20 event. If you haven’t heard about Townten, Townten.com is a local search engine that helps you find better quality restaurants, bars and venues in San Francisco and the local Bay Area. It is currently in private beta and will be launched at SF New Tech.

There are plenty of high-quality places to be discovered in town, but unfortunately, current local search engines use a flawed star-rating algorithm that favors large standardized places instead of higher-quality authentic local businesses. With our new technology we get rid of star-ratings and we help people discover the true topten places in town.”

On pitch day you can find them here | Twitter - @townten |

Introducing Micha Benoliel – Co-founder and CEO of Open Garden. Micha was born into technology where he learned to code in basic on a Zenith PC. Well, back to Open Garden. Open Garden leverages crowdsourcing to create seamless connectivity across 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It enables users to create their own ad-hoc mesh networks with other Open Garden-enabled devices including smartphones, tablets and PCs. What’s a mesh network? Read a little about it here.

“The density of smartphones has attained a critical mass; there are now more devices to connect to the Internet than people. The ecosystem of applications gives developers access to hundreds of millions of users instantly.   Open Garden is leveraging mesh networking and peer-to-peer technologies to turn everyone’s phone into an Internet node in a few clicks. With Open Garden everyone can be connected everywhere as if they were at home.”

Learn more at  their website | Follow them on Twitter: @OpenGarden | Follow them on LinkedIn
See Micha live at SF New Tech here.

Meet Rafe Needleman – the Platform Advocate at Evernote. Rafe will be one of our presenters pitching at our March 20 event. Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small using your computer, phone, tablet and the web. We all need help with that, right? Well, Evernote has been known for the great apps that it connects to and Rafe will tell you more how you can get involved.

“On Wednesday I’ll be talking about the Evernote platform and the DevCup competition for 2013, which we just kicked off.  I will also discuss a new prize we’re doing with the guys from Honda Silicon Valley Lab.”

Catch them at  http://www.evernote.com | Follow them on Twitter: @evernote | Like them on Facebook
More on the Evernote’s DevCup 2013
If you want to see Rafe’s demo in person, grab your ticket here.

Meet Jeff Kirschner – Founder of the Litterati. Jeff will pitching at our March 20 event. For those who don’t know Litterati, they are an organization dedicated to cleaning the planet one piece of litter at a time. Basically, instagram a piece of garbage that you have found, throw it away(they trust you) and become a member – pretty simple. Their organization has already rid the planet of more than 6,000 pieces of garbage.

“I was hiking in the Oakland Hills with my two kids.  My daughter Tali (4 yrs) noticed that someone had thrown a plastic tub of cat litter into the creek.  She looked at me and said, “Daddeee, that doesn’t go there.” That was the eye-opening moment. “

Catch them at http://www.litterati.org / | Follow them on Twitter:  @litterati | Like them on Facebook
If you want to see Jeff’s demo in person, grab your ticket here.

 

Meet Katherine Hague from ShopLocket – our 3/20 presenter. Katherine oversees the day-to-day ops of Toronto-based ShopLocket and makes sure customers keep coming back to their service(aka Biz Dev). ShopLocket lets anyone start selling professionally online in minutes. Simply publish a product, embed it in any website, Facebook page, or blog post, and start seeing the green pile – well, maybe start to mound at the very least.

“ShopLocket was born out of an opportunity that I saw in the market while developing themes for Shopify. I realized that as awesome as storefront solutions are they require you to leave behind whatever platform you had originally been using and start from scratch. Quick alternatives like PayPal buy buttons and marketplaces just seemed unprofessional.”

Catch them at  http://www.shoplocket.com | Twitter: @shoplocket | Facebook

If you want to catch Katherine’s demo in person, go here.

Meet Matt Pacyga – the Chief Strategist at Canopy. He will be pitching Sensus and its API for developers at our next 3/20 event. If you haven’t heard about Sensus, it is a touch sensitive case for your smartphone that expands the functionality to your smartphone experience. Think of it as an accessory that enhances your apps. Gamers – watch out! You will probably see them on iPad – Tall & Grande and Android in the future.

“we heard from the development community… We want MORE! Developers told us that they wanted more inputs from the case into the phone. We created Sensus.”

Check out Sensus at http://developer.getsensus.com/ | Twitter - @canopyco | Facebook 

Meet Mathew Guiver, the “life-long entrepreneur” and tax-time friend at WeFile.it. He will be pitching us at our 3/20 event on their new service WeFile.it. WeFile.it makes filing easier and more affordable by cutting out the middlemen, and connecting clients directly with experienced Tax Pros. All Tax Pros are screened by a member of the WeFile.it team before their profiles can go live. They verify the experience and specialties, and also ensure they are responsive and friendly.
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The videos for each presenter - Blipboard, WalkMe, Pedicine, LoYakk, Bizzabo 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 weekend!

SF New Tech is morphing and growing!  And we’re crazy-excited.  We’ve got a lot of great things in the works on our mission to help the startup community thrive.

2013 will bring…

A Brand New Site!
We’re calling it SFNT 1.5.  We’re moving from WordPress to Drupal so we can better kick things up a notch.  Big thanks to our friends at AssureSoft for helping to piece it together.

A New Technology!
We’re building a better way for startups to show off their latest & greatest news and new features.

Which one of these domain names rocks it for you?

Interested in volunteering to hack it together with us?  Cool!  Please get in touch with your skillz.

A New Way For Startups To Raise Money!
We’ll be enabling crowdfunding to and for the SFNT community — and beyond.   We’re one step closer to the day you’ll be able to fund the demo you’re watching on stage via your phone. Super-exciting!

A New Way To Find Shared Purpose!
At our 1.23 event we’ll be introducing a way to Match-Connect-Transact with other attendees.  Those who sign up will gain access to relevant contacts based on shared purpose.  You’re looking for them and they’re looking for you… and we’re going to help you make magic.

A New Monthly Happy Hour To Talk Tech Over Cold Drinks!
Join us for our monthly “Belly Up” happy hours at Harlot (46 Minna).  The next one is on 1.29, 6-8 pm.  It’s free to join the fun.  Cash bar (unless we can find a sponsor).  RSVP here: http://bellyup29jan.eventbrite.com . Remember, amazing things happen when like-minded people meetup!

Office Hours, For Real!
Through our storied history, SF New Tech’s HQ has literally floated around the bay.  The SS SFNT has since been decommissioned but we’re still keen on keeping a light anchor.   That said, we’re proud of our new floating desk at WeWork at 156 2nd Street, one of the best collaborative working environments in SF (and NY an LA).  If you’re downtown on Wednesdays or Fridays, drop a line!

A New Approach To New Tech In New Cities!
Most startups worth their salt come to SF to make it happen.  But a lot of great things are happening in other cities too. We’re intent on drumming up innovators and people who love innovation to come together in other cities in 2013.  If you’re reading this from abroad and want us to come to you, drop a line!

Details Details
Needless to say we’ll be rolling out the nitty-gritty details on all these exciting developments as they emerge.  We’re going to need a lot of help from the community to pull all this off famously.  Thanks in advance for your support and understanding. 🙂

Your donations via our holiday party helped the Hands Together to Defend the Children (HTDC) Orphanage in Haiti rebuild classrooms that were destroyed by tropical storm Isaac in August. Way to go!

Check out the smiles you helped create!

Over the past few years thanks to the awesome organization, European Disaster Volunteers, we’ve done what we can to help provide a safe house for the kids at HTDC.

In addition to supporting these kids, your donations helped to:

* Provide dinner to 500 families in NY & NJ that were dislocated due to super-storm Sandy (via The River Fund Mobile Pantry);

* Provide 1 child in India with quality education for 1 year (via Non Formal Education Centres);

* Provide enough needles and syringes to vaccinate over 625 Somalian children (via Merlin USA).

Of course, big thanks to the Social Media Club and Outlook.com for helping us pull this off.

Here’s something to talk about at the table tomorrow!

SF New Tech is on the hunt for Mad Scientists & Amazing Inventions!

On Wednesday, December 5th, Get Ready For An Awesome Extravaganza of Amazing Inventions & Scientific Feats of Wonder!

We’re thrilled to bring to the stage some of the most fascinating inventions of our time!

Including:

* Brain-Controlled Helicopters (Puzzlebox Orbit)

* The First Satellite Launched by You! (SkyCube)

* Elegant, Wireless Activity Trackers! (Misfit Shine)

* Geek Rocket Science! (Darwin Aerospace)

* And More! Details coming soon!

Working on a cool invention you’d like to show off?  Know someone who is?

Reply to this email and tell us about it!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers,

Myles Weissleder

 

Upcoming SFNT events for your tech-lovin’ self:

11.20 – Giving Thanks & Talking Turkey with Livefyre, Traackr, Wheelz, Myte, Desti, aquoria, wHealthy Solutions, & more!

A few program notes for this event… First, Refer.ly had to bow out because Danielle will be heading home for Thanksgiving. Bummer for us! We’ll get her back soon.  Second, just added: wHealthy Solutions (who got pushed out of the way by the SF Giants in October), aquoria, and Desti.  In all, a fantastic line up of awesome new tech, just like you love it.  Register @ http://givethx2newtech.eventbrite.com (Note, this event is on a TUESDAY!)

11.27 – Belly Up with GREE!  

Join us for a free happy hour at Harlot from 5-9 pm and learn how you can score your dream job in mobile gaming! Admission is free.  And the beer is free while supplies last.  Sign up today @ http://bellyupwithgree.eventbrite.com

12.5 – Mad Scientist Night!

Get ready for your socks to be blown off on 12.5 at our own geeky science fair that’ll be chock full of awesome new inventions! Get ready for brain-controlled helicopters, personal satellites, wireless activity tracking devices and more!  We’ve got invites out to a bunch of awesome geeky inventors and will be announcing this event shortly.  Are you a mad scientist?  Working on a cool invention that needs some exposure? Hit reply and tell us about it!

12.11 – Awesome Holiday Party & Fundraiser

On the eve of Tuesday, December 11th, we’ll be taking over Harlot, one of San Francisco’s chicest boutique lounges and nightclubs, to usher in the holidays in high-style and to celebrate an awesome year of new tech. Expect free flowing drinks, munchies, dancing with DJ Derek Hena of Pink Mammoth, surprise giveaways (from Microsoft, others), and much, much more.  Tickets are $20 of which a portion will be dedicated to help others less fortunate via globalgiving.org.  Sign up with your dancing shoes @ http://awesomeholidayparty.eventbrite.com

Sponsorship Opportunities!

We love helping companies connect with the tech-set of SF!   Join us as a Community or Platinum Sponsor of our demo events!  Become an Exclusive Sponsor of a Belly Up!  Sponsor our Awesome Holiday Party and receive the benefits of mass exposure and a turn-key holiday party for your company.  Email me at events@sfnewtech.com for more info!


Hey now!

Lots in motion here in the land of SF New Tech.

We’ve got a busy few weeks and months ahead of us … and if all goes as planned, exciting developments in the hopper for a bigger, more resourceful “new tech” experience. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, we’re pleased to announce our October events. Hope to see you!

Cheers,

Myles

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10.10 SFNT: You’re So Money! With Stripe, CannedBanners, Spongecell, Lexity, and more.

We’re following the money and diving in deep with companies who are at the forefront of enabling the flow of cash online, as well as those who help convert clicks into sales. Whether you call e-commerce or just plain commerce — it’s money, baby.

Codes:
1010-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
1010-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
1010-yeahbaby = 50% off (25 available)
1010-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)

Register @ http://itsmoney.eventbrite.com/

Bonus: We had a lot of lines out for this one but conflicting schedules abound. That said, we’ve got a room on stage for another “money” demo or two. Ping me quickly if you think you’ve got what it takes.

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10.18 SFNT: Dutch Demo Night! Meet 13 of the Netherlands’ Best Startups!

SF New Tech and the Consulate General of the Netherlands are thrilled to present Dutch Demo Night, featuring 13 of the most promising Dutch startups. This event is the culmination of the 2012 Holland in the Valley Startup Bootcamp, a 4-day intensive program designed to provide a first-hand experience to dutch companies of the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

Companies include: Aito, Coocoolu, Clinical Graphics, EmulTech BV, Plantspot, Muzikool, Jet-Stream, PersuasionAPI, Prooflink, Screvo, Social Mining, Talmundo / Bedrijfssimulaties.nl, and Twitcident. Read up on them @ http://dutchdemonight.eventbrite.com/

Codes:
1018-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
1018-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
1018-yeahbaby = 50% off (25 available)
1018-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)

Register @ http://dutchdemonight.eventbrite.com/

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10.24: SFNT: Breaking out! With Refer.ly, TapCanvas, and others. Details coming soon.

Codes:
24-isnoozed = 10% off (25 available)
24-whatadeal = 25% off (25 available)
24-yeahbaby = 50% off (25 available)
24-seeyouthere = 100% off (30 available)

Register @ http://sfnt1024.eventbrite.com/

Bonus: Hit the Big Red Button to apply to part of this event!

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Future events:

11.7: Mobile & Apps, Apps & Mobile!
11.20: Open
12.5: Open
12.19: Holiday Party! (Wanna partner up??)

Apply to demo @ https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo

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Community Sponsor Love:

http://outlook.com/ – A great new approach to email from Microsoft
http://www.leclairryan.com/eric-ferraro/ – Eric is an awesome tech-friendly lawyer
http://www.calinnovates.org/ – Bridging the CA tech sector to lawmakers in Sac & DC
http://www.btrax.com/ – Serving up our live stream like a boss

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Friends of SF New Tech:

Application Developers Alliance, AssureSoft, AT&T, Big.First.Name, btrax, City of Buenos Aires, dot.tk, Flurry, GREE, HummerWinblad, JetJaw, Jones Lang LaSalle, Microsoft, MorganStanleySmithBarney, Nearsoft, OPOWER, Originate, PointBurst, Prometis, Rackspace, RocketSpace, SponsorHub, The Waldron Group, Turnstone, UBIFRANCE, vidcaster, Vitamin T, WalkerSands, Wufoo. You can become a friend too! https://www.sfnewtech.com/friends

Thanks, y’all, for being a part of our awesome community!

Spread the word!

SF New Tech is accepting applications to demo on the stage of SF’s largest, longest-running, and most-loved tech event series!

Join the ranks of 100s of other awesome companies who’ve braved the spotlight to show off their latest and greatest in front of the Bay Area’s coveted digerati: early adopters, investors, developers, media, and more.

We’re especially on the lookout for the best and brightest new tech in the following categories:

– e-commerce : $ thru the pipes!  (9/12 event – details in your inbox soon!)
– mobile : apps // x-platform successes
– social gaming
– crowdfunding
– big data: analytics // consumer
– cloud
– html5
– security
– food, glorious food (& beverages too!)

Apply to demo @ https://www.sfnewtech.com/demo

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We’re still buzzing from the special events we produced this summer for Microsoft (Outlook.com’s “Mystery Event” with the Lumineers) & Flurry (Big Data Summer Blowout). Definitely expect more special events coming down the pike this fall (Hint: pencil in 9/19 for a special night at Wish to celebrate the arrival of Walker Sands to SF!).

Interested in learning more about how SF New Tech can help produce a special event for your organization?
Interested in sponsoring one or more of SF New Tech’s famous demo events?
Interested in becoming a “Friend of SF New Tech” to realize the benefits of free tickets, exposure, and more?

Drop a line and we’ll take good care of you!

Lastly, check out this awesome video from Deutsche-Welle TV that highlights SF New Tech and proclaims something we already knew: San Francisco is the city for startups!

Cheers!

Myles

PS: Big love to Outlook.com, btrax, Application Developer’s Alliance, CALinovates.org, and LeClairRyan for your continued support!

Mark ’em down!

SF New Tech will commence on the following evenings …

4/11 – What’s the 411? with Storify, Planwise, PointBurst, AskOwls, Placeme, Mingly, inbenta, Vidcaster, and more
4/25 – Japan Night IV
5/9 – Details Coming Soon!  – Apply to demo!
5/23 – Details Coming Soon!Apply to demo!
6/6 – Best of the French Tech Tour!
6/20 – Details Coming Soon! – Apply to demo!
7/11 - Details Coming Soon – Apply to demo!
7/25 - Details Coming Soon – Apply to demo!

Of course, we’ll be showcasing new tech from great entrepreneurs at all these events and may even announce a theme or two along the way.

Stay tuned!

 

Wow!  What a party!

We rolled the dice at our big Casino Royale holiday party at Sandbox Suites in December, where over 300 of y’all joined the fun over blackjack, roulette, and craps to not only have a ton of fun and to win some cool prizes — but to try to make the world a little bit better for those less fortunate.

Although we didn’t raise nearly the same amount as last year (everyone paid to party last year, this year the party was free), we’re proud that through a percentage of proceeds from casino chip sales, we raised enough money to …

* Train one woman as a community health worker in Afghanistan, who will assist 9,000 women annually, in turn, saving thousands of women who would have lost their lives or the lives of their babies during pregnancy and delivery (via Creating Hope International).

* Help provide a health worker with enough needles and syringes to provide over 1,000 vaccinations to children in clinics in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia (via Merlin’s emergency response in East Africa).

* Purchase a water treatment system for 2 families in earthquake and Cholera ravaged Haiti (via Haiti Hospital Appeal).

* Pay for books and a uniform for 1 war-torn and impoverished South Sudanese child for 1 year (via Omdurman Family Project).

* Support to civil society movements in Egypt, and protect citizen media and other independent news sources, as well as circumvent internet censorship in Egypt, Syria, and Iran by helping Access keep its servers  running on the Tor Network (via Access).

* Conserve 5 acres of the Tanzanian rainforest (about the size of 4 football fields) for one year (via Tanzania Forest Conservation Group).

We also donated food to families in need via the Marin Food Bank, and provided a box of toys for less fortunate children of Northern California.

Woot!

A big shout-out to our sponsors who helped us pull it off :   Thanks to Mediastay and OPOWER for all your support!

Our friends at Rockwall Wines invite you to use the special code “SFNEWTECH” for 15% off your next order and to enjoy free shipping.   You’re also encouraged to check out the awesome selection of wines at Cellar360 for a wonderful selection.   And, the next time you belly up to your favorite bar, please patronize Asahi Beer & Blue Angel Vodka, and your thirst will be quenched and your mood lifted!

Thanks for a great 2011!

We’re really looking forward to seeing you all in 2012!

 

Bring On The APIs is SOLD OUT.

If you must be there (& we don’t blame you) tix avail at door 5:45pm for $30.

 

 

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Udemy.

We wanted to thank you for being our fan by providing you more ways to learn and hone in your awesome skills! Udemy is offering two really sweet deals, just for SF New Tech fans.Check them out!

(Please click on the links below to see each course special)

Deal 1:

Dave McClure, Adeo Ressi, and Naval Ravikant – teaching you how to Raise Capital for your Startup. These guys are investors in Twitter, Foursquare, Mint, SlideShare (list goes on… way on), and they’ve run dozens of companies themselves (i.e. they know both sides of the table).

The problem is, you can’t learn from folks like this unless you know them. Luckily, problem solved because the guys at Udemy have put together a killer online course called  “Raising Capital for Startups. The course features Dave, Adeo, Naval (and more), and this week they’re hooking us up with 60% off (making it $39… retail price $99). Grab it while it’s hot.

Deal 2:

iPhone, iPad, iOS. It’s getting a little crazy out there with 187 million iDevices, more than 300,000 apps, and dozens making over $1,000,000 in revenue. That’s why I’m very excited to announce a deal from the guys at Udemy on their online course “Learn to Develop iPhone & iPad Apps in 4 Weeks.”

The course is taught by Bess Ho, who is quickly becoming something of a silicon valley legend given her ability to take business folks (with zero programming skills) and have them build real functional apps in less than 6 hours. She teaches at places like Hacker Dojo, but if you can’t make it to a class she’s put together an awesome version of her course online at Udemy.com. It retails at $250, but the Udemy guys are hooking it up with 60% off making it $99 for this week only. Enjoy!


Hey all! Well, tonight’s event is all sold out and Mighty is expecting to be rockin’ tonight.   To capture all the action on-line on USTREAM,  you can watch us on https://sfnewtech.com/live/.  If you feel like interacting with us, use the #socialdata hashtag and/or login to USTREAM.  See you there or on-line!

Do you have any burning questions about social data? We may be able to help! Go ahead and tweet them with the #socialdata tag and we’ll try to answer them LIVE at our Social Data Revolution on 2/23.

Robert Scoble joins the SF New Tech advisory board!

If you were at our last event you already know this. Scoble, aka @Scobleizer, one the most respected voices and opinion leaders in the tech world (and a big fan of SF New Tech for years!), joined us via Skype last week to say hello and share some insight on how startups can make 2011 a year that matters. We’re thrilled to announce Scoble has agreed to lend some of his brain to help us make SF New Tech even better. Welcome to the family Scobelizer! Hope to see you when you’re in town!

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