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DEMO 09 – Interview With Christine Herron, First Round Capital

March 2, 2009 / / 1 Comment

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Christine Herron, principal, First Round Capital, at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

Christine Herron has been active in the VC industry for several years, and is now with the very well respected and active seed-stage firm First Round Capital. I chatted with her on the Pavilion showfloor here at DEMO, just as the lunch hour was approaching. We talked about her take on early-stage investing, some of her firm’s recent investments, and the panel she was about to participate in at DEMO this afternoon.

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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 7: Sobees

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Francois Bochatay, CEO, and Nicholas Helke, chief communications officer, of deskNET about their “Sobees” social desktop aggregator at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

I went on the lookout for more presenting company teams, and struck up a chat with two fellows who’d come at the way from Switzerland. Their company, deskNET SA, is introducing Sobees, which is a social desktop aggregator. I spoke with Nicholas Helke, chief communications officer (shown at left), and Francois Bochatay, CEO.
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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 6: Gazaro

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Sam Zaid, CEO, and Dominic Plouffe, VP-R&D, of Gazaro at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
One of the presenting companies I ran into as the party started to wind down was Gazaro, based in Ottawa, Canada. I talked with Sam Zaid, CEO (pictured at right), and Dominic Plouffe, VP of R&D.
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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 5: Mike Garity

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Mike Garity, VP-marketing of Network World Events, at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
Mike Garity is one of the executives in charge of DEMO at Network World Events, a part of IDG, which owns DEMO. I chatted with him about his take on this year’s event, how it compares to last year, and how people who can’t be here can watch a live stream of the entire conference.
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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 4: Golden Capital Network

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Alan Chamberlain of Golden Capital Network at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
I ran into a a guy who recognized my name as somebody he’s following on Twitter, so I just had to stop and talk with him…  🙂  Alan Chamberlain is with Golden Capital Network and is a co-promotion partner with DEMO. AlanChamberlain-DEMO09-350w

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