Get your discount on for SF New Tech Mobile on 7.13!
Act fast, as these tickets will go QUICK!
See what AT&T, Intrax, White Space Strategy, PROVECTUS-IT, Pitch ’11, NT Technology, Inc. I.s.d., EC studio, myGengo and others had to say last night on the 60 second soapbox! Reach out and touch someone!
Listings below …
Haj Matsukata
hmatsukata @intraxinc.com
Intrax
http://intraxinc.com
We are cultural exchange program, looking for companies/organizations who can host non-paid interns for the summer.
Greg Ruff
greg@whitespacestrategy.com
White Space Strategy
http://www.whitespacestrategy.com
Market Strategy Consulting, Funding Strategy, VC Pitches
Greg Ruff
glruffii @gmail.com
PROVECTUS-IT
http://WWW.PROVECTUS-IT.COM
OFFSHORE Development centers, Product R&D by top fliter staff. Mobilization Specialty
Duane Nason
duane @pitchevent.com
Pitch ’11
http://www.pitchevent.com
Pitch ’11 is an expo event for Startups taking place in San Francisco at AT&T Park, on September 8, 2011. Lots of startups, and lots of fun. Only $20 to attend!
Ryan Iwasaka
ryan @nttec.com
NT Technology, Inc. I.s.d.
http://Nttec.com/isd/
Providing FREE hosting solutions for victims of an earthquake. Contact us and we’ll do our best to help you, and your company come back!
Ashley Arnwine
ash @ecstudioinc.com
EC studio
http://www.chatwork.com
Come by our IT Nomikai. We hold them once a month in 10 cities in Japan. 🙂 http://www.it-nomikai.jp/
Yoshitomo Fujiwara
higewara @gmail.com
Looking for JOB
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=51870659&trk=tab_pro
My name is Yoshi Fujiwara, MBA graduate at USF. I am looking for a job, mainly in Bay Area. My expertise is online marketing and advertising. Currently, My visa status is F-1, and OPT starting in July. Please take a look at my profile in LinkedIn, and If you feel matches to your company, send me a email. Thank you, Yoshi
Ryan McGrath
ryan @mygengo.com
myGengo
http://mygengo.com/
myGengo is a translation API startup based out of Tokyo, Japan that is always looking for great engineering talent!
Myles Weissleder
myles @sfnewtech.com
Private LTE lunch event with AT&T
https://sfnt.wufoo.com/forms/a-lte-lunch-with-att/
We’re working on scheduling a few private luncheons this summer with AT&T to discuss LTE and 4G development opportunities and challenges. Are you building apps for 4G? Do you see opportunity within the increased spectrum post AT&T/T-mobile merger? Click the link to tell us more and hopefully we can invite you to join the conversation.
I don’t want to believe that the tech industry is inescapably bound towards another dangerous bubble. I have been able to rationalize my denial with the idea that the Silicon Valley of the ’90’s is not the Silicon Valley now. We are smarter, more calculating, and led by veterans who know how to help nurture the sustainable growth of a global market.
Then I heard that among the panel of judges at Startup Weekend in Los Angeles were Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore.
More like "Dude, where's my bubble?"
FML.
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on how modern Silicon Valley is starting to look a lot like 1999. While the tech industry is more mature than we were 12 years ago, it’s hard to deny that tech’s rise from the recession could very well turn into another unsustainable bubble.
An array of advice, in various form factors, from those who’ve learned what works and what doesn’t, were presented at the one day “Biz Tech Day” in San Francisco. Through tell-all presentations and panels with representatives from successful companies and venture firms, tips were doled out on lessons learned about success.
Angel investor Naval Ravikant presenting The Rise Of The Angels at BizTechDay San Francisco 2010
BizTechDay 2010 San Francisco Highlights, Major Take-aways
- Getting funded: Don’t name drop or put pressure on because you’re already talking with others; models for funding startups have changed entrepreneurs are in the driver’s seat with less up front investments and more little fish succeeding
- When looking at being acquired, dissect your business pitch into easily understood pieces so they can see the fit within the bigger picture and be patient, it’s a slow process
- Building virtual teams take time, be around, treat it like being a parent: create a better workplace, write clear job descriptions, keep in touch with candidates you admire, use contractors as a testbed for permanent roles and always hire A players.
- Stay close to your customer through monitoring, analytics and talking directly to customers
- Be honest and build trust (any way possible, content, accuracy, acknowledging mistakes) the best way to keep a customer happy
- Use your site to create a customer experience
- Measure your marketing; find a process that works to analyze your business then invest in the right tools to evaluate the cost of acquiring customers profitably
- Repetition and regularity build brands; find a unique niche and fill it; know what drives your business
- Create loyalty in your customers to retain them
- Build your brand, make it unique, remarkable and be sure it solves a problem
Bottom line: Create your own path, learn lessons from others, especially those who continually reinvented themselves until they found a path that led to success.