The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking
The time is once again upon us. Thousands of people submit their panels for SXSWi (South by Southwest Interactive) and only a handful will be selected to present. The best thing of all is that there are no judges! You be the judge and get to vote for who and what panels you want to see during SXSWi. SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space.
TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Give them all a quick look over and the ones you believe would be the best to see give them a vote. Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page.
Get your votes in quick because it all end on Friday, August 27th!
Bootstrapping:
Score PR for Your Start-Up, On the Cheap
Erik Deutsch, ExcelPR Group
Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. But what… READ MORE
Branding / Marketing / Publicity marketing, PR, publicity
Bootstrapped to Millions of Dollars in Profit
Spencer Fry, Carbonmade, LLC
We’ll use all the panel members’ experiences to tell a “how to story” about bootstrapping to million…
Bootstrapping bootstrap, Profitability, Startup
Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation
Jon Loyens, Bazaarvoice
Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too…
Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping
Agency Innovation Business: Creativity for the Masses
Jeff Reckseidler, tuuk
Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all…
Bootstrapping agency innovation, creative industries, creative thinking, anthropology
A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit
Jason Cohen, Capital Thought
After starting three companies, I’ve found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while…
Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups
Scratching Your Personal Projects Itch
Christopher Watkins, Formspring.me
Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: “I don’t have en…
Bootstrapping bootstrapped, Startup
Step by Step From Idea to Bootstrap Startup
Douglas Hackney, Enterprise Group, Ltd.
The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi…
Bootstrapping entrepeneurship, entrepreneur, startups
Ash Maurya, WiredReach
While not the same thing, Bootstrapping and Lean Startups are quite complementary. Both cover techni…
Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup
Avoid Freeloaders, Go For The Enterprise Gold
Michael Coté, RedMonk
Why cater to a market that makes you eat ramen when you can slap on a suit and get budget for sushi?…
Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales
Making Decisions as a Resource Starved Dev Team
Chris Henry, Behance
Starting a dev team is hard. Starting a dev team to build a brand new idea is harder. The constrai…
Bootstrapping development, team management
Your Web Developer Thinks You’re an Idiot
Babette Pepaj, BakeSpace.com
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” This famous line (spoken to Paul Newman in Cool Han…
Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content
Overcoming the Innovator’s Dilemma: Internal Start-Ups
Ed Brojerdi, Spies and Assassins / MDC Partners
How to create a technology start-up inside a large organization – based on how we are doing it right…
Bootstrapping marketing, Start-up, Technology
Minimally Viable: A Recipe for Early Startup Survival
Chris Ennis, OneRecovery
Many web startups enter the market facing an uphill struggle against naysayers, critics and skeptica…
Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups
Building Products While Serving Clients: Why and How
Brian Williams, Viget Labs
You work in (or run) a services company. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app…
Bootstrapping Bootstrapping, Entrepreneurism, products
Build Something, Build Anything
Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment)
Side projects used to be hobbies you did in your garage. And they stayed in your garage. But now…
Bootstrapping Bootstrapping, Side-Projects, startups
Bijoy Goswami, Aviri
Your Interactive Life Venture starts much earlier than the Ideation Phase (3). It starts in the YOU …
Bootstrapping awaken, discover, quest
Take Your Webapp from Spare-Time to Full-Time
Adam Howell, Mocksup
So, you’ve got a dayjob, but also aspirations of taking your own thing full-time. You’ve either laun…
Bootstrapping full-time, side-project, webapp
Christopher Hastings, Hastings Consulting Group / HindSite Analytics
Most entrepreneurs fail because they start the business the only way they know how – thinking about …
Bootstrapping design thinking, Entrepreneurship, opportunity analysis
Switch: from Freelancer to Entrepreneur
Matthew Smith, Squared Eye
So you’ve tumbled down the rabbit hole into the world of freelancing and you’re ready to make it…
Bootstrapping business, Clients, Profitability
How We Bootstrapped Our SXSW in South Africa
Gareth Knight, Technovated
I first attended SxSW in 2006, and was blown away. It opened my eyes, and I said to myself that one…
Bootstrapping Bootstrapping, business, Startup
Post-Launch: Marketing Web Apps on a Budget
Nick Francis, Brightwurks
Building a web app is the easy part. Launching usually brings some publicity and hype, but how can y…
Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications
Entrepreneurism / Monetization
Stop Listening to Your Customers
Nate Bolt, Bolt | Peters
A common assumption among startup entrepreneurs is that listening to potential customers is the best…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Customers, research, startups
Intrapreneurship: Embracing Disruptive Innovation Within Your Company
Nicholas Metzgar, MITRE
Entrepreneurs are everywhere. Today, an entrepreneur is just as likely to be found in a large multi…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Corporate, empowerment, Entrepreneurship
Radical Business Development: Three Guerrilla Strategies
Geoffrey Lewis, Topguest
The gifted product person has emerged as the true rockstar of the internet world over the last few y…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization
Removing the Middleman: Embedding Shopping on Your Blog
John T. Unger, John T. Unger, LLC
In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Advertising, ecommerce, monetization
Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of “Me-Commerce”
Matthew Trifiro, Bixbe & 1000 Markets
A revolution is afoot. The “old school” models of e-commerce, as dominated by bulky hosted storefron…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization e-commerce, monetization, Selling
Bad Romance: Exposing the Relationship between Girls & Tech
Rosilyn Rayborn, Smackages, Inc.
Many people view girls and tech like oil and water—two things that just don’t mix. But, with the…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization cosmetics, social media, women in tech
App Migration – the End of Browser Domination
jim spencer, media convergence group
Does the rise of premium markets like iTunes and the Android Market spell trouble for quality “fre…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Apps, content, mobile
The Personal MBA: Mastering Productivity, Happiness, and Wealth
Josh Kaufman, The Personal MBA
Running a business can be intimidating, frustrating, and stressful if you don’t really understand th…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, education, MBA
Startup Mixology: Startup Tales of Successes and Failures
Frank Gruber, TECH cocktail
For the past four years, TECH cocktail has been journalistically covering and helping rally together…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization community building, Startup, tech
Merch: The Other White Meat Of Monetization II
Joel Bush, Amplifier
How do successful web properties delight fans, earn revenue, and achieve self-sufficiency via a vibr…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization merch, monetization
Big in Japan: Outreaching to a Unique Market
Ryan Holmes, HootSuite Media, Inc.
Web and mobile technology have developed differently in Japan than any other country with hardware, …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, japan, Localization
Freelancing in the Future: When and Where Ever
Kevin Reeth, Outright
With the advent of geolocation and fantastic payment services such as Square, the future of freelanc…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization cloud, freelance, mobile
Build, Buy, Partner: Time is Money
Liz Strauss, SOBCon at SOBEvents LLC
Whether your business has one or one thousand employees, it is critical that you understand the basi…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Business Growth, collaboration, Partnering
Brian Gorbett, Microsoft
Join a conversation covering how to get your startup going both from a technical and business perspe…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepreneur, Startup, Technology
David vs. Goliath: Internet Startups Battle Money Giants
Sean Harper, http://www.transfs.com
The financial services industry has been shrouded in mystery for decades. The internet is finally tr…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization financial services, Technology, Transparency
Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas
Chuck Dietrich, SideRocket
The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration,…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup
A Look at Latam Media Startups
Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine
The last couple of years have seen a significant increase in IT and interactive companies placing be…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization
A Media-Based Economy for Detroit’s Future
Jeanette Lee, Allied Media Projects
Detroit is what the rest of the world has to look forward to. This panel will explain why there’s ho…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization community, detroit, media
3 Partners Vs 2 Partners Vs 1 Partner
Aidan Nulman, YouPhonics
The founders from Hobocans (3 founders), Art of Charm (two founders) and YouPhonics (one founder) di…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization founder, startups, Team
Porcine Aerodynamics: Getting your Startup to Take Flight
Jonathan Beilin, Koduco Games
If you want answers to startup questions other than “How do we scale our servers?” and “Where do we …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Bootstrapping, Social Entrepreneurship , Startup
Increasing Monetization Opportunties with Next-Generation Video Analytics
William (Bill) Lederer, Kantar Video
As the technologies aimed at aiding online video distribution expand, both content creators and adve…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization advertising effectiveness, content distribution, monetization
How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software
Kim Coalson, Mindflash
Cloud computing, rising standards in user experience (UX), and cost-conscious businesses are driving…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS
Tomorrow’s Interactive Business Models: Perspectives From Wharton’s GCP
Robert Mann, The Wharton School GCP
Many companies are first awakening to the high impact that “interactive business model innovation…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization gaming, innovation, mobile
Startup Success: Entrepreneurial Women Share the Team-Building Secret
Rynda Laurel, ryndalaurel.com
So you have an idea. The entrepreneur in you says go for it – and so do we. Start it up! How do you …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization PR & Marketing, Start-up, The Power Pie
Mexico’s Startup Scene: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities
Arturo Garrido de la Rosa, Twitea.me
This session will be presented in ENGLISH. SXSW Latin America programming hashtag: #sxswLatAm I…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization latin americaAs a podcaster for the last two years in Mexico, and one year focused exclusively on topics related to entrepreneurship and technology innovation in Mexico, Arturo Garrido he has come into contact with the who’s who of technology innovati, Mexico, Startups / Entrepreneurship
Loyalty 3.0: Fully Leveraging Your Raving Fans
Carol Roth, CarolRoth.com & Intercap Merchant Partners
The most underrated asset of any business is its enthusiasts- those customers and clients who buy th…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization community, Loyalty, monetization
Building Relationships — and Revenues — Through Twitter
Justin Goldsborough, Fleishman-Hillard
10 ways to profit off of Twitter participation without a book deal, sponsorship or selling your star…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization #pr20chat, Social Media ROI, twitter
Phil Libin, Evernote
Want 1 million people to pay for your product? Get 100 million people to love it. But how do you get…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization fan culture, freemium, User engagement
Tools and Processes for ADD Project Managers/Entrepreneurs
Jason Ford, FeedMagnet
Ever since grade school I’ve been told organization is my number one problem. Like most people …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management
How to (Ethically) Profit From Your Customer’s Insecurities
Michael Williams, Mementum LLC
If you’re an entrepreneur or software ninjette who wants to make a full-time income from your web …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Customer, marketing, research
Ditch the Book: Running a Business YOUR Way
Espree Devora, ZEXsports
The perceived wisdom for business success is that you need to follow the rules. Sure, there’s room…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization brand marketing, Entrepreneurship, monetization
Businessmodelology: No Business Model, No Problem
Brett Martin, AppFund
“Business model” is one of the most poorly defined concepts in business. Unfortunately, it is also …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business models, entrepeneurship, monetization
Make Millions: Re-Invent Global Sites for Local Markets
Eve Dmochowska, Digital Garage
The buzz word is “Innovation”. But sometimes, being innovative does not mean having to create from s…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepeneurship, innovation, monetization
Are Brands The New Tech Investors?
Bonin Bough, PepsiCo
The PepsiCo10 program in 2010 saw the company team up with Mashable and Highland Capital Partners to…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization brand, entrepeneurship, Startups / Entrepreneurship
Breaking Glass Ceiling – Fearless Women Entrepreneur
Amita Paul, ObjectiveMarketer
You don’t want to simply break glass ceilings and start in a negative fashion that has yielded mixed…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepreneur, social
Faris Yakob, KBSP
User generated content has exploded in the past decade, blah blah blah. Here’s the other side of …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, ugc
How To Get Paid for What You Know
Emily Su-lan Reber Porter, JustAnswer
Do you have a unique skill set or knowledge that others often seek? Do you enjoy sharing information…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization blogging, Entrepreneurship, monetization
That’s Not My Job: Being A Career Generalist
Poornima Vijayashanker, BizeeBee
In corporate America people say: “That’s not my job!” employees specialize and have a deep knowledge…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization design, Recruiting, Software development
Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce
Jules Pieri, Daily Grommet
A powerful revolution—Citizen Commerce—is forming. The increased, unprecedented affordability of…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization ecommerce, innovation, social media
In Analysis: The Psychodrama of Silicon Valley
Rachel Chalmers, The 451 Group
In psychodrama, participants explore internal conflicts through acting out their emotions on stage. …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc
Tweeting From the Top for Bottom-Line Returns
Rob Katz, Vail Resorts
Forget the MBA and textbooks – A new crop of leaders are relying on iPads and facebook for a new wa…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization branding, Management, monetization
Shop Blind No More: E-Commerce Re-Invented
John Caplan, OpenSky
It’s easy to assume that enjoying the convenience and comfort of online shopping (e.g. the ability…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization blogging, e-commerce, Relationships
Dane Hurtubise, JobSpice
Programs like Y Combinator have garnered much attention in the media. Many of the startups are high…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization startups, y combinator
Surviving the Hockeystick Growth: Blessing? Curse?
Ben Huh, Cheezburger Network
Rapid growth is a survival challenge that’s killed off many seemingly successful companies (Pointcas…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Culture, Growth, Survival
Name Your Price: Influencing Customer’s Purchasing Decisions
Mario Lurig, SurveyGizmo
Understanding the effect of perceived discounts, multiple product levels, price anchoring, and other…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization economics, human behaviour, pricing
Turning Your Community into an IT Hotbed
Jesse Davis, Entrustet.com
When we came to Madison, WI 6 years ago, it was your average Midwest state capitol dominated by gove…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, startup cities, startup communities
Selling Services or Products to Musicians
Noah Dinkin, FanBridge
Many web companies target the musician community for their first (and sometimes only) segment of use…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization music, Revenue, Sales
Jennifer Fremont-Smith, High Start Group
Don’t be a one-hit-wonder. Strategies for identifying your next product success. Attendees …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization customer-centric, innovation, product management
Social Shopping: The Future of Selling Art Online
Willo O’Brien, WilloToons
Markets are conversations. As the web continues its neverending voyage toward Social, indie merchant…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization e-commerce, small business, social media
Rules for Renegades – Breaking Rules for Success
Danae Ringelmann, CFA, IndieGoGo
You quit your 9-5 to build the next google or iBeer. Congratulations and welcome to the world of ren…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, start-ups, stealth
Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
Meg Garlinghouse, Yahoo! Inc.
Increasing entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging markets can positively transform lives, socie…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Emerging Markets , Middle East, Social Entrepreneurship
Size Matters: The Engaging The SMB Customer
Jennifer Lindsay, Crimson Consulting
The SMB market representing a sizable opportunity for companies to interact directly with one of the…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Engagement, SMB, Strategy
Worst Website Ever II: Too Stupid to Fail
Andy Baio, Waxy.org
In a highly-anticipated return to SXSW, eight all-star designers, programmers, and entrepreneurs com…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization derivative, evil, stupid
Mike McDerment, FreshBooks
Ever wonder how the magic that is your favorite web properties happens? More often than not, it’s b…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization design, systems, webapps
We’re All Salesmen – The Truth About Selling
Alun Rowe, Pentangle
The simple truth is that selling your service is hardwork, probably much harder than actually doing …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, Sales
Social Espionage and Selling to Customer 2.0
Umberto Milletti, InsideView
Monitoring. Listening. Tracking. Measuring. No, this isn’t a covert CIA operation: It’s the way bran…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization customer relationships, social business, social CRM
Hitchhikers Guide to Hypermonetizing the “3rd Wave”
Spencer Richardson, FanBridge
An exploration into the emerging principles behind affinity/engagement driven revenue models, throug…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization 3rdwave, monetization, userengagement
Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners
Sally Strebel, Page.ly
The old way of thinking tells small businesses to worry about competitors. Worrying takes the focus …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization collaboration, coworking, Entrepreneurism
It Can Be Done: From Banker To Founder
Sachin Agarwal, Dawdle.com
It’s generally thought that investment banking and management consulting are terrible backgrounds fo…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepreneur, founder, lean startup
Freelancers: You’re Five Products Away From Freedom
Thomas Myer, Triple Dog Dare Media
If you’re a freelancer, you know that your existence comes down to chasing after lots of client enga…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, income streams, information products
Crack for Entrepreneurs: Your Own Monetized Learning Community
Josh Little, Bloomfire
Finally. A way to become a thought leader, monetize your very own learning community, gain an audie…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization community, education, marketing
Micro-Business Rapid-Response Success-Failure Q&A
Becky McCray, Small Biz Survival
Three small business experts take your questions, and provide real answers about failure, operations…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, Entrepreneurship, Growth
From Freelance to Solo App Developer
Michael Jovel, Startapps, llc
Making the leap from working on client work to launching you own app can be a daunting process. This…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, monetization, Startup
Turning Your Blog Into a Revenue Generating Machine
Walter Knapp, Lijit Networks (www.lijit.com)
This session hits hard on one of the most engaging, controversial and interesting topics among mid-t…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization
DIY Online Workshops: Best Practices and Worst Mistakes
Bryce Longton, Self-Employed
You’re brilliant, and you have something to say, damn it. This presentation will discuss the ins and…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization content strategy, workshop
Ro Gupta, DISQUS
‘Freemium’ at its core has become rather widely known and accepted as a business model these days, y…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization freemium, monetization, networks
Being Cyber is Risky… Buy a Condom!
Ashley Hunter, HM Risk Group
There are so many technology entrepreneurs across the country and very few of them understand all of…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Business Start up Needs, Entrepreneurship, Risk
Jonathan Fields, Career Renegade Inc.
Ever wonder what keeps so many people from launching a new endeavor or scaling a creative venture in…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization creative, Entrepreneurship, fear
Can’t Find a Technical Co-Founder? Become One
Vinicius Vacanti, viniciusvacanti.com
You have the next big idea. It’s clever, elegant and HUGE. You just need a technical co-founder to h…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurism, founding, Startup
Habbo Hotel: Developing A Successful Virtual Economy
Sulka Haro, Sulake Corporation
Habbo Hotel, the world’s largest virtual community for teenagers, is celebrating its 10th anniversar…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization microtransactions, monetization, virtual goods
How to Avoid These Mistakes in Your Startup
Trent Krupp, SlangDang
Gain insights in starting different business models: Entrepreneurs with startup businesses in web ap…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization
From Jobbies to Businesses: Strategies for Irresistible Success
Terry Starbucker, SOBEvents, LLC
In this inspirational and educational interactive hybrid presentation, we will discuss what it takes…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization branding, business, Strategy
Beyond the Hype: Mobile App Opportunities In Africa
Justin Arenstein, Rest of the World Media (RoW Media)
Africa’s 1 billion people are the world’s fastest growing market for mobile phones. Sales of mobi…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization africa, mobile, monetization
Finally, Three Secrets for Becoming a Rockstar Consultant
Nemo Chu, Bloomfire
Did you know that top consultants can be paid tens of thousands of dollars for an hour-long keynote …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, personal branding, virtual goods
The Long Tail of Ecommerce: Small Giants
Ben Congleton, Olark.com
Amazon might be the Walmart of the Internet, but many “small” retail businesses are still thriving o…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization competition, ecommerce, small business
What We Can Learn from Small Town Entrepreneurs
Barry Moltz, Shafran Moltz Group
The economy for small business has changed. You can’t count on: a job, an income, a loan, the govern…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepeneurship, Online Communities, small business
Local Motives: Monetizing Mobile Discovery Without Traditional Ads
Marcus Wandell, Anttenna
Location-based services (LBS) and adding location as a feature – particularly in the mobile space …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization LBS, Location Based Advertising, Mobile Applications
Cashing Out: Start-up Successes in Latin America
Andes Barreto, Socialatom Group
The Latin American startup scene is blowing up. From Guadalajara to Patagonia, there is an exponenti…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization investment, latin america, startups
Collaboration Nation: How Side-Projects Can Keep You Relevant
Phil Coffman, Springbox (http://springbox.com) and Method & Craft (http://methodandcraft.com)
Side projects are crucial to remaining relevant in our industry. The web is constantly changing—ne…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization collaboration, Side-Projects, web design
News from the Transmedia Trenches
Daniel Lorenzetti, TransMediaMatrix
A one-on-one interview with a prominent Transmedia Producer Judging by the significant response t…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization interview, producer, transmedia
Your Online Organization is Creating Data: Use It!
Zach Steindler, Olark
Whatever you do or make, when you put online it’s generating data. We’ll talk about what data you ca…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization data, startups, usability
Adopting the Smart Grid: Where’s the Porn?
Len Hause, MashBrain
Utility companies and smart grid suppliers across the country are struggling to gain adoption of the…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization connected home, energy, smart grid
Bordering Incest: Turning Your Company Into a Family
Brittany Heidtke, SurveyGizmo
I was employee number 8. I’ve watched this company grow to a record of 30 people in a little over tw…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Culture, Growth, keepin it real
Innovating Value: The Formula for Repeated Market Success
Norman Winarsky, SRI International
Automatic check processing. The mouse. ARPANET. Speech recognition and Nuance Communications. The CA…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepreneur, innovation, SRI
Five Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch
Joshua Baer, Capital Factory
Everyone in a startup should be able to give the “elevator pitch”, even the programmers! Having the …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Pitch Session, Startups / Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital (VC) / Angels / Investors
Larry Weintraub, Fanscape, Inc.
How does one make money podcasting? What is the plan? There has to be strategy, it can’t be just luc…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization branding, monetization, podcast
Teen Impact on Business in the Digital Age
Jackson Fall, VelociTeens
Ever wondered why 75% of US teens want to start a business? It’s because we are living in the bigges…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepreneurs, gen-Y, teen
Transmedia: Transmonetisation — Getting Rights and Making Money
Alex Chapman, Sheridans
Transmedia is here, and it’s here to stay. More and more owners are looking to transmedia as a way o…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization monetisation, rights, transmedia
So I Want to Start a Software Company
Darin Siefkes, The Law Office of Darin Siefkes, PLLC
Many times entrepreneurs setup businesses that end up causing themselves difficulties and headaches …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Bootstrapping, business, Start-up
Brainstorm Your Way to Fun and Riches!
Chris Kohlhardt, Gliffy, Inc.
Brainstorming with a group of people is a powerful way to solve problems and generate new ideas in y…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization brainstorm, creative, ideas
Running a Web Business the Science Fiction Way
George DeMet, Palantir.net, Inc.
Can watching “Star Trek” help make you a better businessperson? Find out in this multimedia presenta…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, open source, science fiction
Your Blog, Your Brand, YOUR Business
Catherine Connors, Rabid Badger Media
It has become received wisdom in the blogosphere that the only way to make money is to build your bl…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization blogging, monetization, professional blogging
When the Family Business is a Startup
Jenn Deering Davis, Appozite
Some people dream of one day being to able to work with their spouse, sibling, parent or child – wha…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, family, Startup
Colby Graff, Acquity Group
As a leader in social commerce, we strive to stay ahead of what’s happening right now. You’ll u…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Facebook, social commerce, Social Networking
I’ve Never Met My Coworkers – Running International Teams
Jason Lengstorf, Ennui Design
I work with three other guys, and I’ve never met any of them. In fact, none of them live within…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization collaboration, International, team management
Whither the Female Tech Founder
Dina Kaplan, blip.tv
Is the boys club of Internet founders by coincidence or design? This panel will discuss the *real* r…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, gender divide, scaling
Abolish The Hourly: How Value Pricing Wins Clients.
Lee Dale, Say Yeah!
From an introduction to value pricing to case studies to client relationships, how value pricing can…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Clients, pricing, profit
Endurance and Entrepreneurship
David Morken, Bandwidth.com
Where does mental motivation meet physical motivation in the life of an entrepreneur? The qualities…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Entrepreneurship, fitness, Management
Khotan Shahbazi-Harmon, KOOP Radio 91.7 F.M.
Whether terrestrial or celestial, radio remains one of the most intimate forms of communication reac…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization convergent technologies, monetization, social entrepreneureurship
Tell Us How You Really Feel – Sentiment Monetization
Simon Baker, Baker Avenue Asset Management (www.bakerave.com)
Sentiment – the feelings, emotions and attitudes attached to something – is a powerful force. S…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization aggregation, monetization, sentiment
Making Money with WordPress (Without Working at Automattic)
Shane Pearlman, Shane & Peter In.
WordPress is free! It does astounding things out of the box. But it doesn’t do everything. Therein l…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization products, services, WordPress
How Founders Can Maintain Control Of Company Vision
Gene Kim, Gene Kim and Associates
There are now many resources to help company founders get funding and launch a startup. Less talked…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization founders, howto, vision
Personal Brands for Profitable Companies
Ed Schipul, Schipul – The Web Marketing Company
Personal Branding, defined by wikipedia as: “the process whereby people and their careers are marked…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Culture, entrepreneur, personal Brands
Teen Impact on Business in the Digital Age
Jackson Fall, VelociTeens
Ever wondered why 75% of US teens want to start a business? It’s because we are living in the bigges…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepreneurs, gen-Y, teen
Big Time: Managing Websites With Over 1MM Uniques
John Hargrave, ZUG.com
As a site passes the “million mark” in terms of monthly unique users, it faces new and unpredictable…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Architecture, community, server
How to Start a Social Commerce Bonfire
Kevin Hartz, www.eventbrite.com
From the NY Times and Craigslist to Facebook and Twitter, the Web’s underpinning is to connect peo…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization entrepreneur, social commerce, Social Graph
Blue Sky Thinking: Building & Selling Your Business
Ingrid Sanders, TARGUSinfo
The Internet has helped entrepreneurs innovate to build and sell businesses at scale faster than eve…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization acquisition, entrepreneur, internet
Birds of All Feathers: Creative Industry Incubators
Fátima São Simão, UPTEC – University of Porto’s Science and Technology Park
This panel will discuss various aspects of the recently proliferating Creative Industries Incubators…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, creative industries, Incubators
Creating “Monster” Value In Your Interactive Property
Divinia Knowles, Mind Candy Ltd
Too much legalese kills children’s games, but too little can massively de-value your brand and land …
Entrepreneurism / Monetization Business Value, Funding & Monetization, innovation
Location Based Monetization: How Can Geogames Make Money?
Zach Saul, Retronyms
The location-based services market has recently expanded from location-based utilities into the loca…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization geolocation, GPS, LBS
Building a Social Ecommerce Platform in Mexico
José Omar, e-fastbuy
Here at México City, our software developers Carlos Nuño and Jose Mosco are setting up an e-comme…
Entrepreneurism / Monetization ecommerce, marketing, social media
Zombies Must Eat: How Genre Communities Make Money
KW Low, Dread Central Media
Genre communities particularly the horror-themed ones are increasing seen by the entertainment indus… READ MORE
Case Study marketing, Online community, Social Networking
Funding / VC
Understanding Potential Investors: Divorce Is Not An Option
Jusin Fishner-Wolfson, 137 Ventures
Taking money is like getting married, so you better be sure of your suitors before you get into bed …
Funding / VC Company valuation, Investment terms and Investing, Termsheets
Marc Nathan, ChaiONE
Angels – investors that put both their time and their money into early stage companies – are taking …
Funding / VC angel, incubator, startups
Pitfalls & Opportunities: Five Tips for Talking to Investors
Randall Crowder, Central Texas Angel Network
The Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) is one of the most active angel networks in the United States…
Funding / VC entrepreneurs, Funding, investing
Traidmark.org = Not/For #Profit + #Institutional #Innovation
ed whyman, whymandesign
Who can I talk to about improving your service so you can do even more good and make even more mone…
Funding / VC creative, innovation, trade
Equity vs. Debt: What’s Best for My Startup
Jay Levy, Zelkova Ventures
The session will start with a 10 minute presentation / overview of the different financing instrumen…
Funding / VC Funding, Startup, Venture Capital
Ethan Kurzweil, Bessemer Venture Partners
If you’re starting a company, you’ll likely face the decision of whether to seek VC funding or s…
Funding / VC Funding, Startups / Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital (VC) / Angels / Investors
Crowd Funding Your Startup- Without Going to Jail
Fred Bryant, WealthForge
Crowd funding sounds pretty awesome. It gives entrepreneurs access to a huge new source of capital a…
Funding / VC Crowd Funding, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
Game On: Getting Funding For Your Games Startup
Hany Nada, GGV Capital
VCs are still funding games startups – but only a select few are successful at attracting venture do…
Funding / VC Games, gaming, Venture Capital
Eleven Key Mistakes Every Startup Can Avoid
Hank Heyming, Troutman Sanders
Starting a company is hard enough when you have a great idea, a rock-star team, and when you’re ad…
Funding / VC founding, start ups, Venture Capital
Startup Accelerators – Get Accepted and Excel
Rod Yancy, Innominate
This panel details what it takes to get into a startup accelerator like Ycombinator, Techstarts, Dre…
Funding / VC startups
Successful People-Based Acquisition: Buying People, Not Code
Bill Boebel, Rackspace Hosting
How do you retain startup employees long after an acquisition? Rackspace acquired Webmail.us in 200…
Funding / VC acquisition, merger, start up
Latin American Angel Networks: Evolution and Future Opportunities
Estuardo Robles, InversionistasAngel.com
[Session will be presented in ENGLISH. Sesión será presentada en INGLÉS – Redes Angeles en Latino…
Funding / VC Angel Investors, latin america, Tech Startup
Larry Chiang, Duck9
Normally, we pitch venture capitalists. Well for this panel, VCs will be pitching us. Top tier VC…
Funding / VC Bootstrapping, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
Smartphone Investments? There’s No App for That
Matthew Cowan, Bridgescale Partners
Cell phones are officially passe, and smart phones are all the rage. But are smart phones also prime…
Funding / VC investment, smart phones, vc
Funding Creative, Cause, or Entrepreneurial Projects Using IndieGoGo
Slava Rubin, IndieGoGo
Do you need to raise funds for your creative, cause, or entrepreneurial project? Come learn the tips…
Funding / VC Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Funding
The State of Latin American Venture Investing
Alan Colmenares, TropicalGringo
During the last 3 years, a number of interesting exits have taken place in Latin America Internet in…
Funding / VC investing, latin america
Un-Funding Innovation: VC, Bootstrap, Kickstart or NOT?
Anna Curran, CookbookCreate.com
When we are looking to fund our ventures, how do our financial choices impact our creative and innov…
Funding / VC
Show Me the Money: Doing the IPO Dance
David Meyers, Troutman Sanders LLP
Lots of entrepreneurs dream about taking their companies public in an IPO so that they will get rich…
Funding / VC Funding, IPO, monetization
The Five Startups You Meet in the Deadpool
Charlie O’Donnell, First Round Capital
Former entrepreneur, current investor and innovation community leader Charlie O’Donnell will discuss…
Funding / VC Entrepreneurship, innovation, startups
Creative Ways to Fund Your Awesome Project
Amye Scavarda, Function
You have a fabulous project, and you really want to be able to do it. But you really don’t have the …
Funding / VC Bootstrapping, Fundraising, Venture Capital
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