There are a ton of great events in the Fall in the Bay Area. Demo. Disrupt. If you’re not lucky enough to get into those events (or don’t have enough scratch) there is a new event coming named Pitch San Francisco 2011. They anticipate about 2,000 tech people and about 100 startups, and it’s within days of those other high profile events. Here’s the great thing about it. If you’re interested in attending I’ve got [...]
Many thanks to Michelle Greer for this guest post! “More and more, sound financial information is critical to our daily well being. As one economist put it, we aren’t just checking to see if we can make more money. We are checking to see that our money is still there. Enter 9W. 9W is the mobile app currently being built by Edgar Online founders Susan and Marc Strausberg. 9W will give you up-to-date information on [...]
If you’ve not been to one of our previous Dachis Group happy hours, you definitely need to swing by, say hello, and have a drink on us. We’ve got a bunch of people in town from other offices around the world, so it’s a great opportunity to share some ideas about what is going on in the world of social business. The event is Tuesday (tomorrow) at the Hangar Lounge downtown. That’s at 5th and [...]
Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Tina Cannon, co-founder of Booqoos. Give us the elevator pitch for you company? Booqoos is a next-generation online discount marketplace that simplifies the discounting process for local small- and medium-sized businesses. Based on a patent-pending, internet platform of do-it-yourself marketing tools, Booqoos provides a powerful solution for businesses to have complete control and self-management of deals to suit individual business goals, and a one-stop shop for consumers to find and [...]
Despite growing national concerns over a shortage of mobile technology talent, Mutual Mobile today announced the addition of 70 new hires in the second quarter. In response to increasing demand for best-of-breed mobile applications, the nation’s largest mobile strategy and development firm is expanding their team of experts to provide enterpise clients with a holistic approach to mobile. Mutual Mobile’s ability to understand disruptive emerging technologies positioned them as an early leader in the mobile applications space. However, the [...]
With unemployment still high and the U.S. economy still tight, it’s always a bit surprising to see companies struggling to staff up. But that’s exactly what Austin Technology Council’s recent survey results from more than a hundred CEOs showed. I looked at three of the top findings and tried to uncover some of the reasons why. 77% of respondents agree that there will be a shortage of technically skilled talent in the future. Attendees and [...]
Pre-registration has ended, but you can still walk up and pay $10 cash at the door. Everything is cool at tech happy hour tonight; the a/c, the drinks, and of course the people. When: Thursday August 4, 2011 from 6pm – 8pm Where: Molotov Lounge, 719 W Sixth Street Sponsors stripedshirt.com is fan-wear for women, kids and babies. Fun, fashionable 2 color combination striped T’s to let the rest of us fans show our colors, [...]
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich A couple of items that recently crossed my desk inspired today’s post. The first item was a wonderful list of incubator/accelerator programs, sorted by their respective deadline dates for participation, from the team at Launch. My own firm, Appconomy, had the opportunity to work with the Launch team and conference in February as we readied our first commercial app, Grouped{in}. It was a good process and while we got both negative and [...]
Most startups fail. Yes, you’ve heard it before, so we won’t repeat the dreadful statistics. But that statement has been true for over 30 years. What’s changed? Two words: Lean Startup. Lean Startup is a new, field-tested philosophy that provides you with a toolset to minimize failure and increase your chances of success. There are hundreds of companies using it, from financial services companies like Wealthfront to social companies like IMVU to large corporations such [...]
Kimbia, Inc. announced it raised more than $4 million in a Series 2 round of funding led by S3 Ventures to expand industry adoption of its Web-based fundraising and event management software. Kimbia’s innovative platform is designed to power the next generation of online fundraisers, event organizers and social advocates. Kimbia donation and registration forms are fully customizable through a Web-based control panel and are deployable anywhere on the Web via fully-secure form widgets — [...]
