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!

Thanks to all who attended our most recent StartUp SF v2.1 on 6/4/09. We had well over 100 attendees who heard Seesmic’s Loic Le Meur speak about “How to Launch a Product with your Community.” We also raised about $580 for GreenPeace which is fantastic!

Loic’s presentation is available on SlideShare but you can view it below as well. (Thanks to Dennis Mojado for recording and sharing the audio.)

Also, if you want to listen to just the audio, it is broken up into 3 sections:

• StartUp SF Introduction (Demo companies)

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We hope to see you at future StartUp SF events. If you have suggestions for speakers, topics or demo companies, please feel free to leave a comment or fill out the Contact Form.

Thanks to all who attended StartUp SF v1.3 on September 10th, 2008. This was by far the largest turnout that we have had to date. Over 100 people enjoyed the food, drink and engaging content coming from the attendees, demo companies and guest speaker. Also, all proceeds from this event are donated to a different non-profit charity. For SUSF v1.3, we raised around $600 for Doctors Without Borders so thanks to all who bought a ticket and attended.

To quickly recap, StartUp SF v1.3 had:

• Scott Nazarian, principal designer from frog design discuss how to understand, evaluate and choose designers
• Lee Diamond from StartUpAgents give an introduction to his matching service that helps companies and talent meet and engage
• Kord Campbell from <splunk> talk about taking the pain out of IT stat crunching
• Justin Thorp from ClearSpring show how to create, distribute, track and monetize widgets

Presentation Download >> Scott’s vibrant presentation is available for download here [pdf document].

The next StartUp SF will be within the next 2 months. If you are interested in being a demo company or a speaker, please fill out this form.

This event is hosted by:

• Orrick – a global law firm
• GoGrid – providing cloud hosting services with Windows/Linux/Load Balancing
• ServePath – managed hosting and colocation services

StartUp SF v1.2 is a wrap and another successful meetup is under our belts. For those who attended, we hope that you walked away with some new PR ideas for your war chest. For those who were unable to attend, hopefully this post will give you a bit of what you missed.

Brian Solis, of PR 2.0 and Bub.blicio.us, presentation on “Conversational PR for Start-ups” was well received by all. Much of the information that he covered is included in his eBook, “The Essential Guide to Social Media“. Further information can be found in his article titled “PR Tips for Startups – Director’s Cut“.

During the event, I tried to Twitter some quick highlights and points from his presentation which can be tracked via Twitter hashtags (#startupsf) here. (By the way, it’s HelpaReporter.com which is fantastic!)

Also on hand were several demo companies:

Mosio Project – http://www.mosioproject.com – “Mosio is a mobile question and answer community enabling you to text any question from your phone and have it answered by real people. Harnessing the power of helpful people, mobile technologies and the internet, Mosio gives users access to information anywhere.”

Nirvino – http://www.nirvino.com – “Nirvino is, simply, the easiest way to find great wine. Our innovative technology combines wine reviews and ratings from print, online, and broadcast wine critics into one score. Get all of the information you need to make an informed purchasing decision with just one click. If the Nirvino Rating says a wine is great, look no further!”

Inveneo – http://www.inveneo.org – “Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT into the hands of organizations and people who need them most: those in remote and rural communities in the developing world.”

Over $500 was raised from the sale of tickets to StartUp SF for Inveneo. Each StartUp SF event donates all proceeds to charity.

Bub.blicio.us not only photographed and covered the event, they taped an interview with iJustine as well.

The ServePath Flickr photostream has a few more photos as well. Be sure to also join the StartUp SF Facebook Group.

Attendees also received:

• $100 GoGrid service credit which enables you to deploy, scale and load balance server networks instantaneously – More info about GoGrid
• Orrick’s Startup Kit CD which includes legal documents critical to every startup Venture – More info about Orrick

The next StartUp SF is planned for early September 2008. We hope we will see more of you there then!

About: Once again it is time for San Francisco’s bi-monthly (that’s every other month, folks) meetup designed to help Web 2.0 and Start-Ups “kick-start” their business. StartUp SF brings together technologists, entrepreneurs, developers, technologies, services and solutions in an environment designed to further your learning, meet like-minded professionals and promote networking in order to make you successful!

The next StartUp SF is schedule for Wednesday, June 18^th from 6 to 9 PM in the 8^th Floor Café at the offices of Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe (@ 405 Howard Street, San Francisco). The format is simple:

6-7 PM –> Networking and Demo Companies (Demo companies will present for 2-3 minutes)
7-8 PM –> Guest Speaker (presentation with Q&A session)
8-9 PM –> Networking and more Demo Companies

StartUp SF is a not-for-profit event with all proceeds going to charity. All proceeds from this event will be going to Inveneo (http://www.inveneo.org), a demo company at this event. The last StartUp SF raised $400 for Habitat for Humanity.

Speaker

With the success of the inaugural event behind us, we have lined up another stellar speaker, Brian Solis, of Bub.blicio.us and PR 2.0. To quote:

“bub.blicio.us is here to help capture the excitement and insight behind everything two point oh providing a lense into the social landscape that’s energizing and shaping the new tech economy.”

Following the StartUp SF theme of providing helpful information to becoming a successful start-up, Brian’s presentation is titled: “Conversational PR for Start-ups”.

Demo Companies

Throughout the evening, the following companies (subject to change/additions) will be providing hands-on demos and answering questions about their product or service:

Mosio Project – Noel Chandler – Co-Founder
http://www.mosio.com

About Mosio – “Mosio is a mobile question and answer community enabling you to text any question from your phone and have it answered by real people. Harnessing the power of helpful people, mobile technologies and the internet, Mosio gives users access to information anywhere.”

Nirvino – Phil McGarr & Meli James – Partners
http://www.nirvino.com

About Nirvino – “Nirvino is, simply, the easiest way to find great wine. Our innovative technology combines wine reviews and ratings from print, online, and broadcast wine critics into one score. Get all of the information you need to make an informed purchasing decision with just one click. If the Nirvino Rating says a wine is great, look no further!”

Inveneo – Kristin Peterson – Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer
http://www.inveneo.org

About Inveneo – “Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT into the hands of organizations and people who need them most: those in remote and rural communities in the developing world.”

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 server networks instantaneously – More info about GoGrid
• Orrick’s Startup Kit CD which includes legal documents critical to every startup Venture – More info about Orrick

Please join us for StartUp SF and tell your friends about it.

When: Wednesday June 18th 6 – 9PM

Where: Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, 405 Howard St. San Francisco at the 8th Floor Cafe

What: StartUp SF Meetup, networking, knowledge, friends and schwag to kick start your startup.

Who: Technologists, Entrepreneurs and interested folks who are over 21 years of age

Bring: Business cards, elevator pitch, curiousity, legal dilemmas and server needs

How Much: $10 in advance / $20 at the door (all proceeds go to charity)

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

Thank you all for making StartUp SF’s inaugural event a dramatic success! We were extremely happy with the turnout and the response to the event.

Jonathan Cobb’s (CTO and Founder of Kiptronic) presentation is available as a PDF download here.

Also be sure to visit the companies who had demo tables:Triggit, Askpedia, and MotivePath.

More photos from the event are on the ServePath Flickr photostream.

This event was co-hosted by Orrick and ServePath (makers of GoGrid). If your company is interested in having a demo table, speaking or being a media sponsor, please use the Contact page to submit your information.