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DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With Primal About “Thought Network” Publishing

September 15, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Primal-PeterSweeney+DerrickCho I heard last week about a company that was returning to DEMO to introduce something new.  I'd seen Primal at DEMO '09 in Palm Desert (they were called Primal Fusion then), so I was interested in getting an update. The company introduced on stage today a product called "Primal Pages for Publishers," based on a very interesting semantic technology they call "Thought Networking."  When you're a blogger or a writer, you pay attention to this stuff, a big part of the promise of Web 3.0.  Primal-logo With Primal, you build a topic, kind of a dynamic outline of sorts, and it essentially fills it in as you go along. As Peter Sweeney, founder & co-president says, "publishing gets easier."  Hey, that future can't come too soon for me!  With Peter in the photo is Derrick Cho, director of sales & marketing.

 

• Download or listen to Graeme's interview with Primal about "Thought Network" publishing… (MP3)"

 

DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With SocialSmack About a New Way to Engage with Brands

September 15, 2010 / / 0 Comments

SocialSmack-MattCurtin Get ready to hear the phrase "Props and Drops" a lot, at least if SocialSmack has anything to do with it.  I heard last week these guys would be here at DEMOfall, and I knew I'd have to interview them.  SocialSmack-logo This startup, based in Austin, TX, is all about giving consumers a better way to express themselves about the brands they interact with on a daily basis.  I had a great chat with Matt Curtin, founder and CEO.

• Download or listen to Graeme's interview with SocialSmack about a new way to engage with brands… (MP3)"

 

DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With Rocky Mountain Ventures About Their Mobile Scanner

September 15, 2010 / / 0 Comments

DEMOfallReception-250w  At the opening reception Monday evening, I ran into the folks from Rocky Mountain Ventures, and learned about the new product they would introduce the next day: the CaptureID Mobile Scanner. This company, based in Fort Collins, CO, is headed by a long-time HP engineer and inventor, Gordon Nutall.  And I also spoke with Ranjit Singh, COO, who’s a former Xerox executive. The beginning of my interview got cut off (duh, I missed hitting the on button in the glare of the sun!), so we join it in progress.

In the photo I took of the company’s on-stage pitch on Tuesday, that’s Gordon Nutall on the right, and marketing manager Lisa Milner on the left.  RockyMtVentures-OnStage In the interview, Gordon and Ranjit also refer to the company’s previous consumer-market product, the FlipPal portable scanner. The new CaptureID product being introduced at DEMOfall takes the company into a new direction: B2B and professional markets.

• Download or listen to Graeme’s interview with Rocky Mountain Ventures about their new mobile scanner… (MP3)”

Best Team Get-Up at DEMOfall – BizEquity.com

September 9, 2008 / / 0 Comments

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So, how does a presenting company stand out at DEMO? Ask BizEquity.com, led by DEMO returnee Ami Kassar (on the far left). This new site helps you find out what any small business is worth — so they all dressed up like, you got it, small business owners. Ami is in pizza shop garb, complete with tomato sauce stains… 🙂

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