San FranciscoのWebベンチャー社長が綴る ビジネスイベントの感想＋α
August 11, 2010
SVNewTechは毎月行われるスタートアップ企業のプレゼンイベントです。SFではなく、SV（シリコンバレー）NewTechです。今回のラインアップは以下の通り。 最初の1時間がデモの発表（パワーポイントは無し）で、後の1時間がネットワーキングです。無料ピザ、ビール、ワインあり。
Joe Robinson
レ ストランで食事、バーで飲む、コーヒーショップでお茶する、モールでショッピングなど、気軽に何かをしたいときに友達を集めるためのロケーションベースの ソーシャルツール。Facebookに投稿すると、友達がコメントをしてくれるのと同じ感覚ですが、Poigを使えば、いつ、どこで、だれと、なにをする かをカスタマイズできます。例えば「日曜日に、学校で１２時からバスケをしよう」とメッセージを友達に送れば、それに対してコメントが付いていくというシ ンプルなものです。
http://poig.com/
July 13, 2010
SVNewTechへ行ってきました。SV NewTech MeetupはSF NewTechと同じようなグループで、毎月第一火曜日に行われるインターネットベンチャー企業のためのプレゼン発表会です。場所はパロアルト(Palo Alto)でサンフランシスコから車で４０分位南に行った所にあります。今回出展した企業は以下の通り：
Scott Thorpe
以前にもMogoTix発足記念パーティーで ご紹介しましたが、MogotixはQRコードを使ったモバイルチケットサービスです。面白いところは、チケットであるQRコードがスキャンされるたび に、会場のプロジェクターのスクリーンに誰が会場に到着したかがリアルタイムで映し出されるというところです。なので入り口近くにスクリーンがあれば、そ の人の名前などが分かってしまうということですね。誰が来ていて誰が来ていないかもプロジェクターを見れば分かります。ちなみに「スマートフォンを持って いない人はQRコードが使えないのでは？」という質問がありましたが、実際にアメリカでは未だにインターネットアクセスのない携帯電話を使っている人は珍 しくありませんし、QRコード自体あまり知られていません。「そういう方は、（QRコードを）プリントアウトしてください」という回答でした。
July 11, 2010
ガイ・カワサキ～起業家精神2.0
Guy Kawasaki ~ Entrepreneurship 2.0~Sponsored by UCSC Extension
ガイ・カワサキ氏のセミナーへ行ってきました。「カワサキ」といっても日本人ではなく、ハワイ出身の日系アメリカ人です。設立当時のアップルコンピューター でマーケティングを担当していたことでとても有名な人で、元アップルのエバンジェリスト（evangelist）でアップル・フェロー（Fellow）で もあります。エバンジェリストとはもともと「（キリスト教の）伝道師」という意味ですが、この場合「アップル（Mac）の伝道師。「なぜWindowsで はなくMacを使った方がいいのか？」など、アップルコンピューターのマッキントッシュの良さを世の中にいわば「布教」した人で、アップル・フェローと は、アップル社の特別アドバイザーのような存在でアップルが認めたエキスパート（専門家）に与えられる称号のことです。つまりアップルの偉い人ということ ですね。現在ではアップルを離れ、VC（Venture Capitalist）として多くのベンチャー企業に投資をし、その経営コンサルティングをしてベンチャー企業を育てるなど多岐に渡る活躍をみせています。
彼のセミナーですが、主催のUCSC（カリフォルニア州立大学サンタクルーズ校）側のインタビュアーによるガイ・カワサキ氏へのインタビュー形式で行われました。
まずは彼の略歴ですが、彼はスタンフォード大学で心理学を専攻。その後、弁護士を目指し法律学校に通うも2週間で辞めてしまったとか。そのことにつ いてカワサキ氏いわく「人が20年かけて学ぶものを、2週間で学んでしまったよ（笑）」。その後は、UCLA（カリフォルニア州立大学ロサンゼルス校）で MBAを取得。この時にマーケティングを学ぶ。
July 5, 2010
June 23, 2010
50% off – Partners for Growth & Innovation Tuscany 2010 Conference
June 27 – 30
Viareggio, Italy
A unique opportunity for international Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Techs and VCs to meet, share and build successful bridges. A high profile global conference, including a start-up school, a cloud camp, panels on hot topics like Social Gaming with US Digg Brian Wong and French Kobojo Vincent Vergonjeanne, vibrant keynotes by VC Mounia Rkha or Social Media favorite Adventure Girl and many more (http://www.pgi.vc/speakers/)! Join us in this inspiring environment where generating in-depth business rhymes with enjoying local life. Enter GEEKS while registering to get a 40% discount! http://pgi.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
$10 / $29 off – EventTech
June 25th, 8:30a – 6:00p
Microsoft, Mountain View
Shai Goldman & Dave Nielsen are working together to create an event industry conference to highlight new technologies, formats & business models used to create todays most popular events. We’ve invited the upstart innovators & Rock Stars of the event industry to share their stories and lessons so that our events may benefit from their experience. Info and tickets at http://eventtech2010.eventbrite.com/
$10 off of the startup ticket ($70) with code 10dollar
$29 off of the regular priced ticket ($160) with code mtp2010b
$350 off – iPad Summit
June 28th, All Day
South San Francisco Conference Center
Perfect your Apple mobile device strategy. The iPad Summit is the only event of it’s type, providing you the detailed insight you need to create not just your iPad strategy but your entire Apple mobile device strategy (iPad, iPhone and iTouch). You’ll get market insight from Flurry Analytics, M2 Research, Interpret LLC, Chitika, AdMob and Aurora Feint and others. You can’t get this much market research and data anywhere else- – so don’t miss out. The summit takes place June 28, 2010, and conveniently located at the South San Francisco Conference. Register now for just $350 using the âfail-vipâ discount code. Details are available here: http://www.ipadsummit.com
15% off – Social Developer Summit
June 29th, 8:30a – 6:00p
The Palace Hotel
Whether it’s social games, social news, social discovery, social search, or other forms of social solutions, developers today are facing new hurdles in building instantly scalable products. As new technologies emerge to address the challenges faced by social application developers, it’s increasingly important to come together for knowledge sharing purposes. The first Social Developer Summit will bring together social application developers to discuss the challenges, solutions, and best practices for building applications in the rapidly expanding social web economy. At the Social Developer Summit, industry experts will share tips and case studies for building high performance social web products. More info and 15% off at: http://www.mediabistro.com/socialdevelopersummit/?c=sdsbate with the code SDSBATE
20% off – PR Summit BootCamp
July 22, All Day
LGBT Community Center
The PR Summit Boot Camp is a one day conference focused on providing up-to-date tools for professionals working in media. Conference attendee’s will have the opportunity to listen, connect and follow the insights and conversation of media experts in a wide variety of vertical markets and industries. The PR Summit Boot Camp Conference addresses the changing media & public relations landscape. Industry professionals in a variety of vertical markets and industries will provide attendees with latest case-studies, insights, fresh ideas, tools, and best success practices that can be applied can be applied to a person’s skills set. Information and a 20% discount at http://prconferencebootcamp-sf.eventbrite.com/ (PS: I’m speaking so check it out!)
15% Off – The Founder Showcase
August 3, 4:00 – 10:00pm
Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, Mountain View, CA
See Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com, speak at the The Founder Showcase on August 3rd in Silicon Valley. This quarterly start-up pitch and networking event brings together over 275 investors, founders, and members of the press to hear talks from leading CEOs, and pitches from 10 hot technology start-ups in an open Pitch Competition. A panel of investors will provide critical feedback of the pitches, and the two best companies will face off in a “Showcase Showdown” lightning round to determine the Grand Prize Winner. There is also a networking and table area where investors and start-ups will convene with food and drinks. WebWallflower readers get a 15% discount by using the code web_wallflower. For more information or to apply to the Pitch Competition, go to www.FounderShowcase.com.
20% – BlogHer ’10
August 6-7
The Hilton, New York City
Building on the momentum of five consecutive sold-out annual conferences, BlogHer ’10 will bring bloggers from every corner of the blogosphere together for hands-on learning, rich discussions, opportunities to meet with the brands that support them and plentiful networking opportunities. BlogHer ’10 will be at the The Hilton New York from August 6 – 7, 2010. We will kick off on Thursday August 5 with our fourth annual BlogHer Business Conference, a “crash course” on best practices for reaching the most influential and powerful consumers — women online — in the quickly evolving social media world. And Girls in Tech attendees can receive 20% off BlogHer Business registration by using the discount code GIT.
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Rev3 Fifth Anniversary Party
June 25th, 8:00pm – 2:00am
Mezzanine
Revision3 is celebrating its 5 Year Anniversary and we want YOU to join us in San Francisco with the best party we could put together. We’ve got Brian Brushwood of Scam School and Alex Koll of ROFL performing LIVE as well as the first LIVE Diggnation in San Francisco in over 2 years! Doors open at Mezzanine in SF at 8 PM, but you’ll want to get in line early as this one is going to be packed! The party is 21 and over (don’t blame us – this is due to San Francisco City age restrictions at venues). More information up at their Facebook Event!
$350 off – iPad Summit
June 28th, All Day
South San Francisco Conference Center
Perfect your Apple mobile device strategy. The iPad Summit is the only event of it’s type, providing you the detailed insight you need to create not just your iPad strategy but your entire Apple mobile device strategy (iPad, iPhone and iTouch). You’ll get market insight from Flurry Analytics, M2 Research, Interpret LLC, Chitika, AdMob and Aurora Feint and others. You can’t get this much market research and data anywhere else- – so don’t miss out. The summit takes place June 28, 2010, and conveniently located at the South San Francisco Conference. Register now for just $350 using the âfail-vipâ discount code. Details are available here: http://www.ipadsummit.com
15% off – Social Developer Summit
June 29th, 8:30a – 6:00p
The Palace Hotel
Whether it’s social games, social news, social discovery, social search, or other forms of social solutions, developers today are facing new hurdles in building instantly scalable products. As new technologies emerge to address the challenges faced by social application developers, it’s increasingly important to come together for knowledge sharing purposes. The first Social Developer Summit will bring together social application developers to discuss the challenges, solutions, and best practices for building applications in the rapidly expanding social web economy. At the Social Developer Summit, industry experts will share tips and case studies for building high performance social web products. More info and 15% off at: http://www.mediabistro.com/socialdevelopersummit/?c=sdsbate with th
e code SDSBATE
Social Media ROI
June 29th, 6:30 – 9:30p
Sandbox Suites
Our June speaker is a true evil genius when it comes to converting visitors to customers using social media. His latest startup, Flowtown, has gained more than 10,000 customers and grew its Facebook page from 0 to almost 3,000 fans in a matter of months. Discover which of your customers are using social media. Demystify the world of social media in 3 simple steps. Learn Tips & Tricks around Blogging, Facebook and Twitter. Convert visits into customers from your social profiles. Information at http://flowtown-efbevent.eventbrite.com/
Opinno Open Office
July 1st, 12:00n
Opinno, Pier 38
Join Opinno this summer to work in downtown San Francisco, right in the heart of the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem. From July through September, we will be hosting entrepreneurs from all over the world, including from the United States, in our incubator on Pier 38, home to more than 100 entrepreneurs and investors. Each week, you will be able to attend networking events, tour startups, meet investors, and experience life in San Francisco, a city renowned for its entrepreneurship, culture and natural beauty. Information at http://www.opinno.com/openoffice/ and Eventbrite.
Social Media Marketing 2010
July 8th, 8:00a – 6:00p
Hotel Nikko
Social Media Marketing 2010 San Fransisco will bring together leading brands and marketing experts to explore the viral power of social networks. During this one-day event, a team of renowned marketing experts will provide guidance on how to effectively engage with customers via social media, give tips on how to maximize the impact of your campaigns and offer insights into new services to try and trends to watch out for. This is the ultimate event for anyone involved in social media or digital marketing. Info at http://socialmediamarketing.co.uk/sanfrancisco
SF Beta 4.3
July 13th, 5:30 – 9:30p
111 Minna Gallery
SF Beta is San Francisco’s largest and longest-running startup mixer. Hundreds of founders, developers, investors, and geeks are joining us. Will you? Our loosely structured event attracts over 350 people from across Silicon Valley. We provide tasty gourmet appetizers and a full cash bar, along with live demos from startups throughout the night. Registration: http://sfbeta4p03.eventbrite.com/
Startup Job Demo
July 17th, 10:00a – 2:00p
Citizen Space
Instead of lurking around and begging for attention, be inspired by the cool projects startups are working on and find the right fit. 30 hiring companies will present Ignite style for 5 minutes each on what they are working on & the culture of their company. If you like what they are about, you can interview with them in real-time during a 10 minute interview slot directly after their talk. For more information check out http://startup-job-demo-1-fb.eventbrite.com/
Geo-Loco Conference
July 21, All Day
Mission Bay at UCSF
Geo-Loco is the next big thing in advertising, social media and discovery. On Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, in San Francisco, investors, brands and technology providers will gather to explore what the new breed of Geo-Location-enabled services and applications is doing for brands, for businesses and for consumers. Information at http://geoloco.tv/
20% off – PR Summit BootCamp
July 22, All Day
LGBT Community Center
The PR Summit Boot Camp is a one day conference focused on providing up-to-date tools for professionals working in media. Conference attendee’s will have the opportunity to listen, connect and follow the insights and conversation of media experts in a wide variety of vertical markets and industries. The PR Summit Boot Camp Conference addresses the changing media & public relations landscape. Industry professionals in a variety of vertical markets and industries will provide attendees with latest case-studies, insights, fresh ideas, tools, and best success practices that can be applied can be applied to a person’s skills set. Information and a 20% discount at http://prconferencebootcamp-sf.eventbrite.com/ (PS: I’m speaking so check it out!)
Startup Weekend SF
July 23rd – 25th
KickLabs, San Francisco
That’s it we are back for a very special Startup Weekend! This Startup Weekend is going to be focus on Mobile (any mobile you can go crazy!!) For the ones who donât know Startup Weeekend, this is a chance for you to go from idea to business in a weekend! For the ones who has been to a Startup Weekend , this is a good way to experiment new things to be a better entrepreneur (Learning by Doing!) Information posted regularly at http://bayarea.startupweekend.org/
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Startup Waffles
June 24, 8:00a – 11:00a
776 University Ave, Palo Alto
Startup Waffles provides founders and hackers with free waffles (and coffee and OJ) and a place to mingle, network, and get your day started right. Check out their Meetup page for more information.
EventTech
June 25th, 8:30a – 6:00p
Microsoft, Mountain View
Shai Goldman & Dave Nielsen are working together to create an event industry conference to highlight new technologies, formats & business models used to create todays most popular events. We’ve invited the upstart innovators & Rock Stars of the event industry to share their stories and lessons so that our events may benefit from their experience. Info and tickets at http://eventtech2010.eventbrite.com/
JobNob Happy Hour
June 29th, 4:30 – 7:30p
Illusions Supper Club, Palo Alto
Come “Jobnob” with cool new startups and talented job seekers at this information networking happy hour where you can find startup jobs. Be flexible on commitment and compensation – bootstrapped startups may be offering *alternative compensation: reduced rates, equity, internships, part-time, etc. Get in on the ground floor with these great startups and meet cool tech companies! Funded and larger tech companies should be offering traditional compensation. Registration required: http://www.jobnob.com/happy-hour/PaloAlto-jun-29-2010
SV NewTech Meetup
July 6, 7:00 – 10:00p
DLA Piper, Palo Alto
Learn about hot new web technologies and mingle with 200 fellow entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts. This meetup fills up quick, so be sure to RSVP 2 weeks early each month. Check out their Meetup page for more information!
Consumer Internet: Pillsbury and PricewaterhouseCoopers
July 13th, 8:00 – 10:00am
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto
For many years, VCs shied away from consumer deals…too hard to predict consumer whims…big marketing budgets usually required…hard to build a brand. With the wild success of some consumer plays (e.g. Amazon, eBay, Google), now many VCs do consumer plays and some even focus on them. Now there are thousands of consumer plays, angling for a bigger share of eyeballs, wallets, and advertising revenues. Are there still big consumer plays or is the field already saturated? Who will be the winners and losers? Come hear our panelists answer these questions and more as they discuss the consumer landscape and how they expect their companies and others to navigate it. Information at http://www.sdforum.org/venturebreakfast
Cleantech Entrepreneurship: Can it get the nation back to work?
July 22, 8:30a – 5:00p
DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose
Amidst the recovery from the recent recession, seeds of a brighter future are being developed by entrepreneurs with âgame changingâ clean technologies. This innovation is not unprecedented, but what is different this time? We are competing on a global scale against corporations and governments that have a multi-year head start, while struggling to finance our major infrastructure projects with venture capital investment or capital markets. Faced with these challenges, we bring the brightest and most engaging minds together to discuss how we can ensure that cleantech leads the economic recovery, and that our most innovative entrepreneurs receive the support they need. Info and registration at http://cleantechopen.org
15% Off – The Founder Showcase
August 3, 4:00 – 10:00pm
Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, Mountain View, CA
See Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com, speak at the The Founder Showcase on August 3rd in Silicon Valley. This quarterly start-up pitch and networking event brings together over 275 investors, founders, and members of the press to hear talks from leading CEOs, and pitches from 10 hot technology start-ups in an open Pitch Competition. A panel of investors will provide critical feedback of the pitches, and the two best companies will face off in a “Showcase Showdown” lightning round to determine the Grand Prize Winner. There is also a networking and table area where investors and start-ups will convene with food and drinks. WebWallflower readers get a 15% discount by using the code web_wallflower. For more information or to apply to the Pitch Competition, go to www.FounderShowcase.com.
PlugandPlay TechCenter Events
Daily!
So PlugandPlay TechCenter has a ton of awesome events, and it would take an entire newsletter just to share them all. Skim their calendar regularly to see what they have to offer. http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/calendar/
SVASE Series
Weekly
SVASE, the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping early stage tech entrepreneurs. They hold events regularly in the peninsula, and occasionally the city itself. There are too many to name in my brief email, but be sure to check them out for advice on investment, team development, financing, corporate leadership, and much more: http://www.svase.org/
SDforum
Weekly Not to add another list of events to my list, but SDforum also has something every other day. Essentially “SDForum is the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit organization providing an unbiased source of information and insight to the technology community. SDForum provides a venue for engineers, executives, researchers, technology leaders, and venture capitalists to exchange information on emerging technologies and best practices.” Info on their events at www.sdforum.com.
Founders Space
Founders Space brings together founders, angels, VCs, attorneys, CFOs and other experts to answer the questions all founders have. We’re focused on developing new ways to connect founders, advisors and investors around the world. Our vision is to build a global platform, where startups and advisors work as virtual teams to enter and grow new markets, and where investors can efficiently discover the best matches for their investment goals. So join us in this grand adventure, and let’s build something truly great!
