Last Wednesday afternoon, after all 56 companies had demonstrated their products and each of the 14 Alpha Pitch companies told their stories, after 15 outstanding entrepreneurs accepted their Lifetime Achievement Awards and seven companies collected DEMOgod trophies, after Liaise and Emo Labs received grand prizes totaling $1M in advertising and marketing support, after two-and-a-half days [...]
Continue Reading →This morning, I kicked off my 24th and last DEMO conference. By the end of the day tomorrow, Venture Beat’s Matt Marshall will be the sole executive producer of the DEMO Conferences and I’ll be on to something new.
History shows that companies created in down economies are just as likely to [...]
Continue Reading →Who could ask for a better job? For the past 13 years, I’ve spent my days talking with some of the smartest people on the planet. People passionate about technology and the art and science of molding that technology into products and services that address real challenges and bring new capabilities to people’s lives.
I’d [...]
Continue Reading →We’re back after a week away, half of which was spent in the Dublin airport. I love Dublin and we met some fantastic companies, but when I go back to see them, I’m taking a boat.
News from the Social Media Vortex
-The previously mentioned Shorty Awards, for great achievement in Twittering, [...]
Continue Reading →There is so much to share from this week that I’m literally giddy. In such a busy week, though, there have been no standout tweets. I may just nominate myself. We’ll see how I feel at the end of the post.
News from the Social Media Vortex
-Hutch Carpenter developed a handy chart to delineate [...]
Continue Reading →I let ‘The View’ posts slide during the holiday malaise but the first work week of 2009 brings a bevy of technosphere fun. And apparently it also brings a rise in my snark quotient. I’ll try to be nicer next week.
News from the Social Media Vortex
-Several celebrity Twitter accounts, including Obama and Britney [...]
Continue Reading →For the first time in a long time, companies – young and established – have a range of venues to choose for their product launch. There is DEMO, of course, with its 18-year record of catapulting companies to market success. Newcomers, such as SVASE’s Launch: Silicon Valley and TechCrunch 50, try to [...]
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