NY Tech Meetup

October 2007 NY Tech Meetup

Oct 3, 2007 · 7:00 PM
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** Note that the October NY Tech Meetup will be on Wed, Oct 3rd, NOT on our usual first Tues of the month. We will resume on Tuesdays in Nov.** 5 (or 7) people get 5 minutes to wow 500 members of the NY tech community. The line-up -- followed by discussion break-out groups... 1. Robert Tolmach demos ChangingThePresent Facebook App meaningful $1 gifts
http://www.facebook.c... 2. David Kidder demos Clickable next-generation online ad management
http://www.clickable.... 3. Patrick Questembert demos Digicash digital currency - with a twist
http://www.digicash.c... 4. Steven Krein & Unity Stoakes demo OrganizedWisdom human-guided, doctor-guided search service for health
http://organizedwisdo... 5. Jing Chen demos Yoinkd delicious for video
http://www.yoinkd.com... 6. Mike Mendoza demos MushyGushy photo-personalized animated e-cards w/ 2MM YouTube views since 7/07
http://www.mushygushy... 7. Kunal Gupta demos Styky next generation mobile phonebook
http://www.styky.com... 8. Greg Galant & Adam Varga demo News Groper the network of fake blogs by newsmakers
http://www.newsgroper... We thank the law firm of Wilson Sonsini and the VC firm of DFJ Gotham for supporting this community. We ARE the NY tech community, and we organize the NY Tech Meetup so we can help each other out.... See ya tonight!

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Alain B.

Much better with the old lineup format!!! Great presentations.

0 · October 6, 2007
Dock

No more "What's your business model" questions! AMEN to that!!!

0 · October 5, 2007
Tom S.

It was my first event, i enjoyed seeing the presentations. I thought it would be more about mingling, perhaps in another forem.

0 · October 4, 2007
peter k.

As a business person, these tues (wed) eve sessions are starting to take on some of the things that sunk silicon alley last time- 2 of the 5 pitches I think had decidedly altruistic/non profit make the world wonderful themes- the others we'll make money from advertising, stupid- Not to say these are not good goals, but I wonder if these are representative of the community or filtered by the team a bit- Its a huge entreprenaur audience ( good ) and maybe its not meetups role to coach and educate but (opinion) shaping their minds and attitudes a bit might be a service to the community... ergo do the 5 business startups but add an adult component- maybe a speaker at the end on one or two topics-- good to hear scott set the you can't ask revenue model goals--

if we want to grow tech in ny, then reach out- I am sure some of the SUN,IBM, execs would volunteer to speak on days they are in the city- Is someone reaching out to them?

0 · October 4, 2007
A former member

it's good to know new start-up people!

0 · October 4, 2007
Gregory S.

The NY Tech Meetup was awesome as usual. Check out my review and photos at http://www.sourban.net/node/69.

0 · October 4, 2007
Chris M.

The night was kind of lame. Presenters should NOT be allowed to continue without a real life demo of their product. No more videos with corny animations and a lame voiceover by the founder. Also the crowd has been too quiet the past few months, there used to be a lot more heckling and speaking up. This is New York, when did everyone become so quiet and domicile? I didn't notice a name change, but this has become the Business Pitch 2.0 Meetup, it would be great to have the companies actually talk about some of the technologies they are using and not just go on and on about potential business partnerships they are hoping/wishing to form. Seriously do we need another site to organize videos?

0 · October 4, 2007
Jerold W.

very well organized and very professional

0 · October 4, 2007
Rebekah S.

some presenters were dry.

0 · October 4, 2007
Andrew B.

Would really like to see more networking

0 · October 4, 2007
Bianca

lots of good companies - some like the mushy gushy and styky had obvious privacy and photo rights issues but hey, it was interesting. The digicash product seemed interesting but the very thick accent of the presenter made it hard to understand. Since there are a lot of non-american tech entrepeneurs out there, perhaps Scott can gently (as gently as Scott can :-) convey that the presenter need not be the founder but someone who has a clear speaking voice that can be understood easily by a largely american audience.

0 · October 4, 2007
Maya M.

Better quality of demos this time. Still think the "networking" part is awkward at best in this venue and due to numbers of demos, meaningful Q&A is not really possible in time alloted.

0 · October 4, 2007
A former member

A couple of things:
First, clearly the event wasn't sold out and yet the website claimed 500 people were scheduled to attend. Would suggest more truth in advertising.
Second, the idea that you can only ask one question in an evening is silly. BTW, a few people asked more than one question.
Lastly, business models or revenue generation is an important part of the entrepreneurial process. Excluding this question is strange to say the least.

0 · October 4, 2007
Jill Bressler D.

Always great presentations. Very inspiring.

0 · October 4, 2007
Mike L.

Better organized than previous events. I like the timer as well as the question guidlines. I just wish people would stop showing movies and show a demo of the actual product!

0 · October 4, 2007
jack p.

great event! presenters were well selected, brisk pace helped keep it interesting! good networking afterwards...

0 · October 4, 2007
A former member

This time it was much better and well organized. Even the applications that were demo-ed also very good.

0 · October 4, 2007
A former member

good event... seems like the perfect place to show case and network.

0 · October 3, 2007
A former member

Great presentations, well moderated.

0 · October 3, 2007
A former member

The lectures weren't interesting enough

0 · October 3, 2007
Jonathan W.

The guy got too much flak for showing a video rather than a true demo!

0 · October 3, 2007
John W.

Very, very well organized - great control of the individual speakers... and great encouragement of good atmosphere from the guy doing the event - instills a good vibrancy to thing...

0 · October 3, 2007
David P.

Great, but too many company showcases.

0 · October 3, 2007
A former member

car troubles

0 · October 3, 2007

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