Ronjon Nag (Stealth), Don MacLennan (Bluenose), Martin Westhead (Ning, Glam)

What's new this month?

New venue - Glam Media, best office tower between SF and San Mateo with stunning Bay views Time for members to introduce themselves Discuss business models and pricing for apps and SaaS implementations with:

Dr Ronjon Nag (http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronjonnag/), a serial entrepreneur working on a secret startup, former VP App Store Blackberry (http://www.blackberry.com/); Don MacLennan (http://www.linkedin.com/in/donmaclennan/), founder Bluenose Analytics (http://www.bluenose.com/), another secret startup, formerly SVP AVG (anti-virus software); Dr Martin Westhead (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-westhead/1/75a/248), executive director Ning engineering, Glam Media (http://www.glammedia.com/). Sign up now to reserve your spot (please change your reply to No if you later decide you can't make it).

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Ronjon Nag (http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronjonnag), Entrepreneur at stealth startup and former VP Storefronts, Payments & Location Based Services for BlackBerry (http://us.blackberry.com/)

@RonjonNag (http://twitter.com/RonjonNag)

At BlackBerry, Dr Ronjon Nag was responsible for strategies and deployment of the company's app store. He founded Cellmania, an apps store infrastructure company that he sold to RIM (now BlackBerry). He sold Lexicus, a handwriting recognition company that he co-founded, to Motorola. He holds patents in the development of wireless applications and user interfaces. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, was a Harkness Fellow at Stanford, has an MSc from MIT's Sloan School and a BSc in electrical engineering from Birmingham University, UK.

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/2/b/0/event_260338032.jpegDon MacLennan (http://www.linkedin.com/in/donmaclennan) is co-founder and CEO of Bluenose Analytics (http://bluenose.com/), a stealth startup focusing on customer analytics and big data.

@DonMacLennan (https://twitter.com/DonMacLennan) @BluenoseInc (https://twitter.com/BluenoseInc)

Don is helping companies analyze customer data across systems at Bluenose. He has worked at many software companies including AVG, RSA, SAP, EMC and Computer Associates, as well as startups. He has led software companies into consumer, SMB and enterprise markets. He has transformed business models using SaaS and Freemium approaches. He has a BA in Economics from Acadia University.

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/5/c/2/event_260353762.jpegMartin Westhead (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-westhead/1/75a/248), executive director Ning (http://www.ning.com/) engineering, Glam Media (http://www.glammedia.com/).

@Ning (https://twitter.com/Ning) @GlamMedia (https://twitter.com/glammedia)

Martin leads engineering at Ning, the leading provider of customizable social websites, which was acquired by Glam Media. He is an expert in subscription business models and has lectured on online communities for Stanford Continuing Studies. At Avaya he was a lead architect for enterprise software. After gaining a PhD in modeling, artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Edinburgh he spun out a company with Cisco to simulate quality of service features in Cisco routers.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/5/2/4/event_249526372.jpegCynthia Typaldos (http://www.linkedin.com/in/typaldos), Founder & CEO Kachingle (http://kachingle.com/)

@typaldos (https://twitter.com/typaldos) @kachingle (https://www.twitter.com/kachingle) @FreemiumSFBay (https://twitter.com/FreemiumSFBay)

Kachingle (http://www.kachingle.com/) is a bundling and billing platform for applications and content built on a usage-based micropayment engine. Cynthia is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded RealCommunities and GolfWeb, acquired by CBS Sportsline. Prior to this she was director of software management and marketing at Sun Microsystems. She started her career as a software developer at BofA in SF. She has an undergraduate degree in science from UC Berkeley, where she also attended grad school in computer science. She also has an MBA from MIT.

AGENDA

6:00 p.m. Networking and refreshments

7:00 p.m. Introduction with updates from Cynthia Typaldos, sponsor messages, introduction of attendees

7:30 p.m. Speakers - Ronjon Nag (http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronjonnag), Don MacLennan (http://www.linkedin.com/in/donmaclennan), Martin Westhead (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-westhead/1/75a/248)

8:30 p.m. Speaker panel discussion, audience questions, challenges and answers

9:00 p.m. More networking

10:00 p.m. Meetup closes

MEETUP GOALS

The goal of the Freemium SF Bay Area Meetup Group (https://www.meetup.com/Freemium/) is to expand, illuminate, educate and foster relationships in the Freemium/Premium pricing arena. We focus on mobile application and software as a service (SaaS) businesses. Top quality speakers share business model and pricing experiences with entrepreneurs, developers and service providers.

ATTENDEE SURVEY

If you've attended our Meetup, please fill out our attendee questionnaire (http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditorFull.aspx?sm=4fM0_2FnnSoLpi5MysPu6jLtNMcP6_2B3xMDI97Mr1N6LY0_3D), if you haven't done so. For those who have filled it out, thank you. Our survey to date tells us people come to the Meetup, first to make new business contacts and secondly to learn from the mistakes of others.

DETAILED DIRECTIONS

Car (free parking)
• From 101 – take the Sierra Pt Parkway exit 426 (or 426b) towards the Bay

Bicycle
• From BART @ Powell Street 5:03 pm, S San Francisco BART 5:28 pm, bike 26 min, via Grand Avenue and Bay Trail arrive 5:54 pm
• From So. San Francisco Caltrain 5:27 pm, S San Francisco Caltrain 5:48 pm, bike 14 minutes via Bay Trail arrive 6:02 pm

From San Francisco
• Caltrain 268 (274) @4th Street 4:56 pm (5:27 pm) to S San Francisco Caltrain 5:08 pm, 5:48 pm, walk 2.2 miles, 44 min. via Dubuque Ave and Bay Trail or bike 14 minutes via Bay Trail
• BART @Powell Street 4:35 pm to S San Francisco BART 4:57 pm, bus 130 Bay 9 to Airport Blvd/Butler Ave 5:34 pm, walk 36 min 1.8 miles Airport Blvd, Oyster Pt, Bay Trail arrive 6:10 pm
• Bus 292 from Mission/5th 4:36 pm (4:51 pm) to Airport Blvd/Butler Ave 5:21 pm (5:41 pm), walk 35 min 1.8 miles, via Oyster Pt Blvd, Bay Trail arrive 5:55 pm (6:15 pm)

There is a new 7.5 mile long Bay Trail in South San Francisco which has markers every half mile for those who want a walk before the Meetup.

CALLS FOR ENGAGEMENT - SPONSORS, SPEAKERS & ORGANIZERS

Our meetup is run by volunteers. To continue providing quality events we need sponsors, speakers and organizers.

Companies, we are looking for food and venue sponsors. Check out our Call for Sponsors (https://www.meetup.com/Freemium/pages/Call_for_Sponsors/).

Speakers, share your ideas on business models and Freemium pricing. If you would like to speak or can suggest speakers that you would like to hear, please check out our Call for Speakers (https://www.meetup.com/Freemium/pages/Call_for_Speakers/). We are particularly interested in hearing from app vendors, SaaS vendors, industry analysts, venture investors and marketplace operators.

Attendees, many hands make light work. This month we would like to find individuals or companies who can do one or more of the following tasks:

Edit the Meetup page, adding bios and pictures of speakers Create and print a flyer for each Meetup, taking pictures and bios from the Meetup page Purchase, print and handout at the Meetup name badges (you will be listed as a sponsor) Help us announce the Meetup. Don't forget to email a link to this Meetup to invite your colleagues and coworkers. Share the link on social media sites and with your networking groups. You can use the #freemium search term or @freemiumsfbay tag on Twitter.

Check out our Call For Meetup Organizers and Helpers (https://www.meetup.com/Freemium/pages/Call_for_Meetup_Organizers_and_Helpers/).