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Come Win a N97 and learn "Funding and Scaling" - July Facebook Meetup

Jul 27
Mon 6:30 PM
Location
Nokia

313 Fairchild Drive
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 625-2000

Estimated attendance
 142  people attended.
4.50 4.5017

Who organized?
Shuchi,  Sudha Jamthe,  and Waleed Abdulla

Hi All,

Please note the speaker/agenda change.

We are going to focus this meetup on Facebook's fbFund. Learn about the fbFund Rev experience from 4 fbFund companies.

Please update your RSVP. We have a space limit of 100 and want to accommodate people who would like this new topic.

Why: You should come because this meetup rocks!!!

6.30pm: Pizza (Thanks to our new sponsor Nokia, Offerpal is sponsoring Tamsin Cakes, Yummy Cupcakes)

7pm: Facebook - Scaling and Funding - How to make facebook Apps Successful

Update: We have a change in speakers due to some human frailties from Playfish


Main Presentation: FBFund Rev Success Stories - Waleed Abdulla
How do you get into fbFund, and how do you raise money for facebook apps?
Do you need to build and scale an app before you get into FBFund?
Who are the startups in FbFun Rev, what support do they get to build and scale successful business in facebook economy.

fbFund Companies Presenting:

NetworkedBlogs (Ninua, Inc.)
Bring your blog to Facebook, and Facebook to your blog. Pull your Feed to your profile and business pages, add widgets to promote your network, and read the news from blogs you follow on the largest community of bloggers and blog lovers on Facebook.

NutshellMail
Simplify the way you manage Facebook and other social networks through your email inbox. NutshellMail consolidates activity from all your accounts into a single email digest delivered on your schedule. Don't let email alerts clutter your inbox. NutshellMail keeps you connected and productive at the same time

GroupCard
GroupCard lets users rally their friends to sign the same printable online card to celebrate any occassion. Each friend can add a message, upload photos or audio, and even make a gift contribution. GroupCard started at Stanford, and is already used by thousands of groups worldwide.

DropPlay
DropPlay is your social music player: listen to your friends' music, evangelize your favorites, and make requests. DropPlay is all about discovering new music while learning more about your friends.

Demo: Facebook Connect Success Story by Taylor Norris of @Govit

He is back by popular demand. Taylor will demo Facebook Connect on Govit.com and share his experience of the implementation and how it has helped him scale.

If you want a refresher on how to build a Connect implementation, check Waleed's 101 fr our Sep08 Meetup http://www.vimeo.com/...

Special Giveaways:
Nokia is going to give away two N97 Phones
Clara Shih is giving away :Facebook Era book 4 copies (its your real key to succeeding with Connect for business)

Best Wishes
Sudha

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Heidi
    Posted Jul 27, 2009 5:36 PM
    Heidi
    Cool!
  • Perrine Crampton
    Posted Jul 27, 2009 4:09 PM
    Perrine Crampton
    Organizer & BrandTweeter
    WOW! This meetup just keeps getting better! Now we have 4 or 5 demos and a great speaker!! Check it out.

Who attended?

  • 142 attendees
    • “ Interesting people with interesting apps. Liked the idea of FB Fund group of developers. :-) Thought it was supposed to be Playfish. :-( Most focused on the features, and some identified the user experience of the app, and one or two talked briefly about technical infrastructure to support and development of the app. What was missing however were the financials that keep them running -- whether that was saved money, ad revenue, mom & dad & friends & family, angels, or FB fund. "How is their financing working" and "How do they balance money issues with development efforts?" these are some of the question and answers missing from discussions of dev'rs from FBfund. Would like to see different sessions for the next consecutive meetups: 1. developing your technical infrastructure, 2. best methods of churning through app ideas, 3. dos and donts developing apps, 4. incubator versus angel versus garage/apartment startup - (3 different startup experiences presented in panel format). ”
    • “ It was a perfect event. It was professionally planned, especially with last-minute speaker changes, and each speaker was well prepared. The pizza, drinks, and super cupcakes were thoughtful and welcome additions for a free event. The video projection was well done. The organizers paid a great deal of attention to timing, pacing, and audience involvement. ”
    • “ I had a great time and thanks to everyone. Haven't been in front of the projector for a long time so it was a treat to be invited to speak about a product I've put alot of time and energy in and that I truely believe in. I made some new friends and I will definitely attend, and even help out at, the next one. Thanks again.. ”
    • “ This meeting was more about demos and gear for introductory folks new to FB and building apps. If there was a rating that could gauge the type of users and level of depth of the conversation. ”
    • “ Excellent presentations/demos, difficult to beleive that it was lined up only today. ”
    • “ Terrific presentations and wonderful hostesses. ”
    • “ Great presentations. ”
    • “ nice meetup - lots of demos, and some honest feedback on facebook platform etc... ”
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