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Monetization Meetup

May 18

Mon 6:30 PM

Location: Googleplex (Bldg. 43)

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Tunis Conference Room
Mountain View, CA 94043

Estimated attendance: 107 people attended.
3.5014

Monday May 18th
6:30-9pm
Network for the first 30-45 minutes then have four speakers speaking for 10-15 minutes each with Q&A time after each speaker.

We will be meeting at Google for some networking, pizza and speakers. We will have a few speakers so you get a feel of the different monetization options out there. There will be plenty of time for questions so please bring yours.
- Michael, the CEO at Justin.tv, will speak on business models of Justin.tv, specifically monetization and advertising strategies at the company (http://www.justin.tv/...)
- Ali, the COO of Peanut Labs, will discuss the monetization available for sites with incentivized traffic (www.peanutlabsmedia.com)
-We will have two other speakers as well, but I wanted to let you know what we have so far so everyone can plan. I will update when they are confirmed.

Thank you to Google for providing a space for us. Google thought that our members might be interested in this as well:
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Posted May 19, 2009 11:52 AM

Alex Dempsey

The panel was great and the group was really engaged. Google provided a great space to meet (though myself and a few others had to stand). @Ron Wolf, good feedback. I too wanted to hear more about each panelist's view. Look forward to a little more focus next time. I think the introductions were fun since it got some engagement from everybody, but we should have a poll.
Pre-Meetup comments below
Posted May 14, 2009 4:35 PM

Former Member

We are excited to announce that Shanti Bergel, the Vice President of Business Development at Three Rings will now be speaking as well. Three Rings produces that games Puzzle Pirates, Whirled and Bang Howdy.
Posted May 11, 2009 3:03 PM

Former Member

We now have four speakers - Jonathan (EA), Michael (Justin.tv), Ali (Peanut Labs) and our new speaker: Sergio Monsalve a Principal with Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). Sergio is focused on investments in the software, Internet, and media sectors. His current investments and board seats include Center'd and myYearbook. He is also a board participant and actively involved with M-Factor, Lending Club, and Picateers. Prior to NVP, Sergio was VP of Product Marketing at Photobucket.
Posted May 7, 2009 3:13 PM

Former Member

We now have Jonathan from EA speaking as well.

Who attended?

107 attendees
- Paul Gonchar
  
  “ I didn't know the meetup was more about monetization of online games rather than Web 2.0 which is actually much more than games and media. However, it left a very good impression and I would definitely be on the next one. ”
- Ron Wolf
  
  “ The meeting organization was terrible. The meeting wasn't called to order until nearly 7:30. And the ridiculous idea of having 100 people introduce themselves 1 by 1, so we didn't get to the panel for another 15-20 minutes. A largely wasted hour for 100 people, really inconsiderate. And not at all cute as the meeting leader seemed to think. Beyond that the panel was simply too large. A panel of 3-4 gives time for each member to articulate a position. A panel of 6-7 just provides time for sound bites. Beyond that I didn't come out of the meeting with anything new. Selling advertising and game enhancements - this is old news. The need to support 75+ payment gateways - a pain, but hardly strategic. And why do a bunch of techies think they know anything about consumer behaviour? IIf getting an emotional hook is so important, then where are the psychologists? Negative, yes. But the many attendees show the intense interest in the topic. Too bad that not much value was provided. ”
- John
  
  “ Nice panel discussion. ”
- Alvin
  
  “ Waste of time. They also changed the location without updating the MeetUp description. It was supposed to start at 7pm but the speakers didn't start until after 7:45PM when I lost my patience. ”
- ak2consulting
  
  “ 10 out of 10 on the Panel (Honest, Rich Info , Great & Knowledgeable Audience) Moderator Useful Audience submitted Pointed Questions. ”
- Gregory Haardt
  
  “ Interesting subject, good panel. ”
- Esfandiar
  
  “ The change of buildings was a last minute, and I am sure some people missed it. There was not enough pizza and people ran out of a place to sit! It was too game focused, and too geared to peanut labs. ”
- Marcel Diallo
  
  “ it was cool. it's all about the monetization baby! ”
- Angie (+1 guest)
- Mikko Alasaarela
- N.G.
- Ali Mojo
- Andrew Rondeau
- Mei
- Tom C
- Allen Lee
- John Yen
- nishant
- Rosa Mengesha
- Ray Valdes
- Sachin Rekhi
- David Cao
- Doug Goldie
- Craig Mullins - Pleasanton SEO
- Jay Kilachand (+1 guest)
- Dave
- art fernandez
- Debra
- Josh Payne
- Laura Klemme
- Brian zhou
- Kiam Choo
- Jasmine Nguyen
- Ron James
- Luke Kilpatrick
- TaeWoo Kim
- Johnny Vega (+1 guest)
- Tom Vellaringattu
- Vijay Sajja
- ludmil trenkov
- James West
- Sachin Anand
- Ed Prentice
- Rich Reader
- Paul F : - )
- nick
- Mia Dand
- Grace Hu-Morley
- Tolu Akinola
- Phillip Jain (+1 guest)