David Weekly (founder of PBWorks) delivered a stellar and engaging presentation Wednesday night (12/02/09) at the latest StartUp SF (v2.2) to a crowded room. We were able to capture David’s presenting antics in video as well. In this post, there is a variety of information, including:

• Speaker Video & Presentation
• Charity
• Demo Companies
• Raffle Results

SPEAKER VIDEO & PRESENTATION

The full video of David giving his speech “Give Your Ideas Ex-Lax” is below:

David Weekly (PBWorks) Speaks at StartUp SF v2.2 from HighTechDad on Vimeo.

His presentation is available on SlideShare and is below:

CHARITY

Also, all of the ticket sales (over $400) has been donated to Toys For Tots!

DEMO COMPANIES

We also wish to thanks the various Demo Companies who introduced the audience to a variety of exciting products and services:

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.

RAFFLE RESULTS

Everyone who left a business card not only will receive a $120 voucher (not a gift certificate) for the Microsoft Employee online store. This will allow you to buy Microsoft products at Employee prices! Look for information on that coming in a few weeks.

We also raffled off 2 Xbox 360 games! The winners are below:

• Gears of War = Thuy Pham from eNovalink
  
• PGR4 = Caitlin Taylor Gilmour
  

Congratulations to both of those winners!

Be sure to bookmark StartUp SF as we plan on having more exciting events in 2010!

As if hearing David Weekly of PBWorks and Hacker Dojo isn’t enough, we added 4 great Demo Companies (Klout, DoTogether, Transactive & GridDynamics).

Date: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Microsoft, 835 Market Street, Suite 700 in San Francisco
Price: $10 online in advance / $20 at the door
Note: Food & Drinks included – You must be 21 years or older to attend

Well to give you yet ANOTHER reason to attend, both of the sponsors of StartUp SF (Microsoft and GoGrid) are giving away some items at the event!

From GoGrid

Every startup is looking for ways to save money from the beginning. Buying IT infrastructure should not be one of those things that you spend money on. Using Cloud Infrastructure instead will eliminate your CapEx and help you spend just what you have to on your IT. If you are at this event and talk to a GoGrid representative, they will outfit you with a $100 Service Credit for a new GoGrid Account. With that credit, you can spin up a few GoGrid servers for a few weeks!

From Microsoft

First, there will be a raffle for some Microsoft Xbox Games. We will collect your contact info (Name, Address, email, etc.) and have a drawing on-site!

Second, Attendees who provide their business cards or contact information with: Full Name, Company Name, Physical and Email Addresses will receive a voucher* to purchase up to $120 in merchandise at the Microsoft eCompany store. This is a great opportunity to do some holiday shopping at Microsoft employee prices! For example, you can buy Windows 7 for the same price that a Microsoft Employee would get!

* The voucher is not a gift certificate.

Registration

Tickets are on sale now. $10 online and $20 at the door. You can register here or fill in the form below.

Hope to see you there!