Last week we announced the speaker (David Weekly from PBWorks & Hacker Dojo) for StartUp SF which is on December 2nd (Wednesday) from 6-9pm. Today, we have finalized the Demo Companies that will be showcasing their products or services at this event.

The companies that will be presenting are:

DoTogether – http://www.DoTogether.com

Do Together” is our mission. The web is growing and so are the choices we have. You can find lot of things only if you are good at searching with the right keywords or have the time to browse through endless search results. DoTogether lets you involve your friends to do things together, faster and better. Our collective wisdom at work. Deciding is much more than just finding something. There are design aspects to consider, convenience of a place or product, price/deals and most importantly our friend’s opinion about these things. All of that plays out in your DoTogether Showcase. Your Showcase presents your research to others so that they can benefit and arrive at quick decisions. So join us in this effort to make Social Recommendations more easy and creative.

Transactiv – http://www.transactiv.com

Transactiv is a new Cincinnati-based startup dedicated to enabling online commerce for businesses of all sizes. Founded by a team of experienced professionals from SAP, Microsoft, and i2, Transactiv addresses a fundamental need in online commerce to effectively connect millions of products and businesses online.

Klout – http://www.Klout.com

Klout is the standard for measuring online influence. We track over 5 million users across Twitter and other social sites to understand who the most influential people are. Our proprietary social analysis engine identifies key influencers for any topic. The Klout API is used by over 100 companies for targeting, customer service, filtering and engagement. Klout.com is the premier location for individuals to track and manage their personal influence.

GridDynamics – http://www.griddynamics.com

Grid Dynamics is the global leader in scaling mission-critical systems. We help customers architect, design and deliver business systems that handle peak loads, scale on demand and always stay up. Using the latest advances in grid and cloud computing, our customers turn monolithic applications into scalable services and static, underutilized server clusters into virtualized compute clouds. The results: better performance, higher availability, faster time-to-market and lower operational costs.

Ticket ordering can be done below or via the Eventbite page: http://startupsf1209.eventbrite.com/

Hope to see you there!

It’s been a few months since our last Startup SF where Loic Le Meur was the guest speaker. I’m pleased to announce that we have a new StartUp SF (version 2.2) coming on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009. And for your learning pleasure we have none other than David Weekly, founder of PBWorks (“online collaboration that just works” – formerly PBWiki) and Founding Director of Hacker Dojo (a community center for hackers & thinkers to meet, discuss, learn and create).

David’s presentation is titled “Give Your Ideas Ex-Lax“. Just the title alone is intriguing! He describes the theme as “you should find an uncomfortably quick way to launch your idea and iterate on it instead of building grand designs.”

Ticket orders are now on-sale! Scroll down for info.

As with every StartUp SF, our goal is to help startups begin, grow and become successful. The format is simple, for an hour, you network with technology peers, entrepreneurs, VCs, and other like-minded professionals, then you hear short “elevator pitches” from a few select Demo Companies. After the pitches, a Guest Speaker gives you first-hand experience on the Do’s and Don’ts of kick-starting your startup. Once the speaker has finished, there is a Question & Answer session and then more time for networking. We provide food, drink and engaging conversation.

About David Weekly

David Weekly started PBwiki (now PBWorks) back in 2003. His background is in engineering with a BS in Computer Science from Stanford where he was a President Scholar and a finalist in the ACM International Programming Competition. He is also the Founding Director of Hacker Dojo which is a non-profit community center designed to provide programmers in the San Francisco Bay Area a place to collaborate and innovate. Hacker Dojo continues to gain success and traction.

David is particularly appropriate for being a speaker for StartUp SF, as is outlined in this ValleyWag article titled “Everybody’s stalking: Accidental entrepreneur David Weekly sets a new record for startup failure“. From development to launch to being “TechCrunched” to receiving a Cease & Desist, just 12 days!

How to Order Tickets

Tickets are now on sale. They are $10 online and $20 at the door.

You can also register online on Eventbrite here.

Demo Companies

Demo companies at StartUp SF get 5-10 minutes of “open mic” time to give their company’s elevator pitch, as well as demo tables where they can showcase their product or service.

This page will be updated shortly with Demo Company information so check back!

More About the Event

At the event, you will hear some tips and tricks from a successful startup, find a good crowd, demos of some thought-provoking leading-edge products and drinks and light snacks.

You will leave better connected and educated AND with the following gifts from us:

• $100 GoGrid service credit which enables you to deploy, scale and load balance Cloud server networks instantaneously – More info about GoGrid
• Microsoft BizSpark will be providing information on how startups can save $10,000 in licensing fees with their program. Info at BizSpark

Bring yourself and your technology friends to meet likeminded, future-looking folks who may become your next colleague, customer, vendor or competitor.