NJ Tech Meetup

NJ Tech Meetup 16 (Hoboken)

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September 19, 2011 · 6:45 PM
Howe Center - Stevens Institute of Technology

Feature Speaker: Dean Levitt, Chief of culture, MadMimi.com

Topic: Stay Simple: how to maximize email effectiveness by keeping it simple

Schedule:
6:45 (sharp!) - 7:15: Speed Networking
7:15-8: Welcome/Startups present
8-9: Feature speaker/q&a
9+: Closing remarks/head to Trinity (local bar)

Startups:
artsicle

peerbelt

talisman guidance

special guest: www.screenplayinteractive.com

apply to pitch your co at a future NJTM.

Raffle For Good, prizes (money goes to Hoboken Boys & Girls Club)
- $20 at Dozzino
- $50 at Clinton Social
- Free legal session with SorinRoyerCooper

More about Dean Levitt:

Born and raised on a 30 acre farm in Knoppieslaagte near Johannesburg, Dean Levitt moved to the US in 1999 with his brother Gary Levitt (Mad Mimi's CEO) to pursue a career in music. It was while trying to promote their music production company, Gary had the idea that would later evolve into Mad Mimi, a powerful email marketing application. Dean Levitt has been nurturing the culture of Mad Mimi since it's inception, changing customers into fans for true organic viral growth.

MadMimi is home to over 85,000 customers, sending out over 30 million emails per day. That's even more than that mailmonkey company...all while spending $0 on marketing.

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0 · October 1, 2011
Jimi Olaghere

Great Speaker!

0 · September 23, 2011
Avneesh Vig

It is always great to hear a veteran entrepreneur!

0 · September 22, 2011
Timothy Alexander

Very good. Artsicle are my heros!

I would love to have the guys from Dogpatch come over to talk about what an excellorator does, what they look for in start ups, etc.

0 · September 21, 2011
Hermann Mazard

Format is excellent. Very well run.

0 · September 21, 2011
Jeff

Interesting presenters, and great networking opportunity. Drink specials are the icing on the cake!

0 · September 20, 2011
Michael Carrano

Don't forget to take up Dean Levitt's offer of a free for life account for 5K subscribers at Mad Mimi.

1 · September 20, 2011
Jason Scherr

Great meet-up, very informative. Looking forward to the next one.

0 · September 20, 2011
Jay Boucher

Cool presentations last night. Here's my drawings. Please don't hurt me Aaron! http://j.mp/qRRbye

2 · September 20, 2011
Rao Venu

Great meetup. The talks started a bit later than I expected but overall very good presentations. Dean Levitt's presentation was terrific

0 · September 20, 2011
Oren Bennett

Speaker was entertaining.

0 · September 20, 2011
Nick K

Highly informative and a fun environment.

0 · September 20, 2011
J.J. Colao

Really enjoyed the keynote. Email marketing is something everybody has to do and few do well so it was nice to hear from an expert on that subject.

0 · September 20, 2011
Tom Giannone

Excellent meeting. Speed networking could be a bit faster.

0 · September 20, 2011
Alan Wheeler

Great group of startup presentations and a terrific featured speaker (Mad Mimi). It was great to see an up and coming email business embrace a practical view of business and marketing that un-complicates things and streamlines process and expenses.

0 · September 20, 2011
Aaron Price

Some very interesting startups and good tips and stats on email marketing management. Great to see everyone.

0 · September 20, 2011
Stephen Lagano

I enjoyed the mad mimi email presentation. It certainly raised my email effectiveness and mistakes to consider awareness. Thanks

0 · September 20, 2011
Kevin Codey

Very informative and great networking event

0 · September 20, 2011
Jack Speece

Great speakers, interesting company presentations, good crowd.

0 · September 20, 2011
Esther Surden

This was my first visit and I thought it was a great networking opportunity. Suggestion: publicize names of startups who will be pitching beforehand and have them available for networking afterwards or before the meetup begins.

0 · September 20, 2011
Jessica Harrington

Great interactions and presentations!

0 · September 20, 2011
A former member

The NJ Tech Meetups are always good, and I enjoyed this one.

Some areas for imporvement:

Pitchers for companies should get a watch and prepare their presentation. The guy from Horizon squandered his time. With a little preparation he could have given a much more interesting preseantation.

It would have been nice if Dean Levitt had included a few examples (sample ) with his talk. Again, a bit more preparation from him would have made a good talk into a great talk.

0 · September 20, 2011
Michael Carrano

Learning about email marketing is very helpful.

0 · September 20, 2011
Dan Rubin

Excellent presentations last night. Great experience for this first time attendee.

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Thanks again for a great meeting last night.

0 · September 20, 2011
Charles R. Parmele IV

A lively group of entrepreneurs and angels. I met some new friends with great ideas and saw a few familiar faces from past meetups.

0 · September 20, 2011
Manish Gurbani

Great Meetup as always. Aaron does a fantastic job in bringing innovative startups each time. Also the guest speaker of Mad Mimi gave the audience great insights into email marketing.

0 · September 20, 2011
Pavan

Freaking awesome. Met some awesome entrepreneurs and made some connections that are probably going to really pay off.

0 · September 20, 2011
James Parmele

It was awesome! I've been to the last two, 15 & 16 and they were both inspiring. Alot of interesting entrepreneurs and great ideas.

0 · September 20, 2011
Serge Loncar

while e-mail marketing presentation was informative, I would have liked to hear more "stories" from people about how they build their company and lessons learned - I felt that the e-mail presentation was more suitable for a workshop session format; don't think the presenter was of the caliber of the previous few

0 · September 20, 2011
Lauren Kozy

The meetup is really fun. I especially loved hearing about Artsicle! Even the boring speakers had interesting ideas and inspiring intelligent questions. It's also a great place to network.

0 · September 20, 2011
Dan Rubin

First time attendee, and I found the whole night useful and enjoyable. Great tips on email marketing, and interesting presentations from the startups in the room. The phone-based trivia was a great way to end the night.

0 · September 20, 2011
Ward Sandler

I liked how this speaker actually gave useful tips and practical advice as oppose to lecturing us about the intricacies of their business.

0 · September 20, 2011
Chris

Email Marketing Benchmarks by Industry

Useful stats based on tonight's discussion

http://mailchimp.com/resources/...

0 · September 19, 2011
Pete Verrone

Great presenters tonight! MadMimi presentation was invaluable to anyone who wants to do email marketing...that is, ALL of us.

0 · September 19, 2011
Marco Giunta

Sorry. Can't park anywhere

0 · September 19, 2011
Aaron Price

Please note the room for Monday's NJTech Meeetup, the Howe Center>4th Floor (it may not be the same building you're used to, though we've been in there before). I was able to open up 30 more seats (thank you Stevens!), but there are still 20+ on the waitlist. If you can't come, please update your RSVP now and not at the last minute. You can work at Mission Fifty for free on Monday before the event. Have a great weekend. - Aaron

0 · September 16, 2011