Here’s the first interview I grabbed at the opening reception… it’s with Charlie Savage, CEO, and John Kanarowski, president, of this Denver-based startup.
• Download or listen to Graeme’s interview with the founders of Kerista (MP3)”
Category: DEMO 2010 (Page 3 of 3)
Well, it's that time again. Twice each year, I cover the DEMO conference — and this time around it's DEMO Spring, in warm, sunny Palm Desert. It's been a long, cold winter! I'm excited, because, as I noted in my previous post, 65 really exciting new ventures will be launching! The event will be hosted by new executive director Matt Marshall, the CEO and editor-in-chief of VentureBeat.
Here's the page where my live-blogging posts will appear, in real time as they are published. To do this live blogging, I'm using a great tool designed
just for this purpose called "ScribbleLive." 
My on-site coverage will begin soon after I arrive on Sunday March 21 (the opening reception is that evening), and will run through late Tuesday afternoon March 23, when the conference wraps up.
Before my last DEMO event (Fall '09), I always live-tweeted the proceedings, rather than
doing live blogging. That changed as of last fall. The tweeting had worked okay, but this live-blogging approach I decided I like better, for a
number of reasons: (1) I'm not limited to 140 characters per post… (2)
I find it a nice middle ground between doing short, often hard-to-write
(and understand!) tweets and the more rambling long-form blogging…
(3) it's as fast or faster than tweeting… (4) it's way faster than me
trying to post quickly on my own Typepad blog here… and (5) it
prevents many of my Twitter followers from getting mad and unfollowing
me when I'm doing so many rapid-fire tweets at events, which for a DEMO
can be upwards of a couple hundred! Another cool thing is that I can
attach a photo to any of my live-blog posts as well. (Though I will also
upload all my pix to a Flickr set during and right after the event.)
The tool also allows me to attach an audio or video file, if I wish, but
I don't expect to do that.
For me, as a longtime event reporter,
this ScribbleLive tool is really an ideal solution. Here's my live-blog archive of DEMOfall '09. And here's another example of how myself and three other blogger colleagues used this tool simultaneously for the first
time: it was at the the Blogwell event at General Mills in Minneapolis last year.
I
look forward to DEMO Spring 2010, and hope I hear from you — whether during the
event, before, or after. I will likely be publishing some other,
stand-alone posts here on this blog while at DEMO — namely, audio
interviews, as I did starting at DEMO Spring '09. To communicate with me,
you can always post comments here at my blog. Or, talk to me via
Twitter by putting @GraemeThickins at the beginning of your tweets —
since I will be monitoring Twitter search closely as I live-blog the
event. Get this — if I want to tweet once in a while, those will appear automatically in this live blog, too. Pretty cool.
Look for me in the DEMO ballroom — I'll be in my usual spot in row three of the press section,
right down in front.
As is
my custom, I’m publishing the list of DEMO presenters as soon as it’s
released. What follows is an
excerpt from the press release that just hit the wire:
———
The
DEMO conference, the world-renowned launch platform for some of the most
notable emerging technologies introduced over the past two decades, today
announced the lineup of 65 companies that will share their never-before-seen
products and value propositions to the technology community at DEMO Spring 2010
on March 21-23 in Palm Desert, California (JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort).
The
DEMO conference opens a window into technology's future, and this year the
event will feature some of the most promising new products and prototypes from
a variety of different industries including Social and Media, Cloud,
Enterprise, Mobile, and Consumer Technologies.
DEMO
Spring 2010 is also excited to have VentureBeat Founder and CEO, Matt Marshall,
on board as DEMO’s new executive producer, who has evaluated and selected
leading-edge innovations to launch on the DEMO stage.
In its
second year, sitting alongside the demonstrating class of DEMO Spring 2010, the
Alpha Pitch program will feature 13 early-stage entrepreneurs and pre-launch
mode companies that will have 90 seconds in the spotlight to share their
prototypes to the critical DEMO audience. To have qualified for the program,
each company must be pre-revenue, and have received no more than a seed round
of funding.
You can
still register to attend by going to the DEMO web site. Live broadcast
over the web will be available through a partnership with DEMO 08
demonstrator and former DEMOgod award winner BitGravity,
for registered qualified members of the press. Qualified members of the
press may request live viewing access via www.etouches.com/demovideo. Videos from
live DEMO Spring 2010 presentations will also be available within 24-48 hours
after each presentation on DEMO.com.
———
As
always, I will be covering the event on-site, posting some audio interviews as
I can, and also live-blogging the entire proceedings, as I did for DEMOfall
’09.
And now, ta-dah! Here’s the just-released list….
DEMO
Spring 2010 Demonstrators:
ABJK
NewCo, Inc.; Austin, Texas; www.zosh.com
AirSet;
Berkeley, California; www.airset.com
AppVoyage;
San Jose, California; www.appvoyage.com
AppWhirl,
Inc.; Mountain View, California; www.appwhirl.com
bloson;
Cambridge, Massachusetts; www.bloson.com
BlueSkies
Hospitality Management Systems (HMS); Pendleton, Indiana; www.blueskieshms.com
BrandFolium
Corporation; Sunnyvale, California; www.brandfolium.com
CalendarFly;
Pelham, New York; www.calendarfly.com
Closely,
Inc.; Denver, Colorado; www.closely.com
Cloudscale,
Inc.; San Mateo, California; www.cloudscale.com
Democrasoft;
Santa Rosa, California; www.democrasoft.com
DigitalScirocco;
Seattle, Washington; www.digitalscirocco.com
Everloop;
Danville, California; www.everloop.com
eXaudios
Technologies; Ramat-Gan, Israel; www.exaudios.com
FathomDB;
San Francisco, California;
Fliptop;
San Francisco, California; www.fliptop.com
General
Inspection, LLC; Davisburg, Michigan; www.generalinspection.com
Genieo
Innovation; Herzlia Pituach, Israel; www.genieo.com
GlideTV,
Inc.; Pleasanton, California; www.glidetv.com
GreenNurture;
Tempe, Arizona; www.greennurture.com
gwabbit;
Carmel Valley, California; www.gwabbit.com
Hillcrest
Labs; Rockville, Maryland; www.hillcrestlabs.com
InfoDome;
Oakland, California; www.InfoDome.com
Infusionsoft;
Gilbert, Arizona; www.infusionsoft.com
Invested.in;
Thousand Oaks, California; www.invested.in
InVisage
Technologies, Inc.; Menlo Park, California; www.invisageinc.com
MightyMeeting,
Inc.; Setauket, New York; www.mightymeetings.com
MiniMash,
Inc.; Oakland, California; www.minimash.com
my6sense,
Inc.; Herzeliya Pituach, Israel; www.my6sense.com/
NetToons,
Inc.; El Cerrito, California; www.nettoons.com
Network
Hippo, Inc.; Ottawa, Ontario; www.networkhippo.com
nyoombl,
Inc.; Palo Alto, California; www.nyoombl.com
Phone
Halo; Santa Barbara, California; www.phonehalo.com
Pi
Mobility; Sausalito, California; www.pi.pngmobility.com
Rebtel;
Stockholm, Nacka Strand; www.rebtel.com
Sharetivity;
Palo Alto, California; www.sharetivity.com
SocialWish;
Brooklyn, New York;
Solvate;
New York, New York; http://solvate.com
Supercool
School; San Francisco, California; www.SupercoolSchool.com
Sutus,
Inc.; Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; www.sutus.com
Tastr,
Inc.; San Diego, California; http://xpenser.com/
Teneros;
Mountain View, California; www.teneros.com
Value-Centered
Solutions, Inc.; San Pablo, California; www.inoutcash.com
VenueGen;
Morrisville, North Carolina; www.venuegen.com
ViaCLIX;
Los Gatos, California; www.viaclix.com
VIC
Wave Communication, Inc.; Victoria, British Columbia; www.vicwave.net
VISIARC;
Stockholm, Sweden;
www.visiarc.com
and www.mobiledocuments.com
Vivox; Natick,
Massachusetts; www.vivox.com
Voxofon,
LLC; Houston, Texas; www.voxofon.com
Widgetbox;
San Francisco, California; www.clickturn.com
Zerista,
Inc.; Denver, Colorado; www.zerista.com
DEMO
Spring 2010 AlphaPitch Companies:
flinc;
Dieburg, Germany; www.flinc.mobi
Immitter;
Los Angeles, California; www.immitter.com
KarmaKorn;
Lindenhurst, Illinois;
MEDL
Technology Co., Ltd.; Mongkok, Hong Kong; www.medltech.com
neverend
media; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; www.neverendmedia.com
R3
d.o.o.; Maribor Slovenia, Europe; www.mmatcher.com
PERMISSIONtosend;
Denbigh, Wales, UK;
SocialOrbits,
LLC; Chicago, Illinois; www.SocialOrbits.com
Systems
Thinking Institute, LLC; Cedar Creek, Texas; www.systemkey.net
TicketPlayground.com;
Plantation, Florida;
ThickButtons;
Palo Alto, California;
Yumit;
Madrid, Spain; www.yumit.com
UppyMedia.com;
Alameda, California;
ZURB;
Campbell, California;
An
additional excerpt from the press release: In addition to the exciting
companies that will take the stage, DEMO will host some of the single most
influential entrepreneurs, organizations, and venture capitalists in the industry
to participate in panel sessions on the key themes for the show, including:
– Social
and Media
– Cloud
–
Enterprise
– Mobile
–
Consumer Technologies
Matt
Marshall, Executive Producer of DEMO, will lead these panel discussions
throughout the multi-day conference.
———
I'll be at DEMO for the entire event, which starts late afternoon Sunday and goes through Tuesday evening. If you'll be in attendance, I look forward to
meeting you!
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