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DEMO 09 – Interview With DEMO Presenter Always Innovating

March 4, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Gregoire Gentil, CEO, and Marivi Lerdo de Tejada, PR strategist, of Always Innovating at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

On the second and final day of DEMO, I continued in the Pavilion area (during the breaks from the conference sessions in the main room). There was no way I’d have time to interview all 39 presenters, but I just had to catch Always Innovating to hear more about their “Touch Book.” I chatted with Gregoire Gentil, CEO and founder, and PR strategist Marivi Lerdo de Tejada to learn more after seeing their very excellent pitch on Monday afternoon.

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DEMO 09 – Interview With DEMO Presenter Gwabbit

March 2, 2009 / / 1 Comment

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Todd Miller, CEO of Technicopia, about its product called “Gwabbit” at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

I thought one of the most effective on-stage demos today was one from Technicopia, for a product called “Gwabbit.”  It got some of the best reaction from the audience, as in noticable oohs and ahhs.  It lets you grab contact info that appears anywhere in email messages, instantly — and quickly get that data into your Outlook contacts, with just a click. Pretty cool. In this interview, the founder and CEO, Todd Miller, tells me the story of how it all came about.

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DEMO 09 – Interview With DEMO Presenter Ensembli

March 2, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Mike Wheatley, CEO, and Ian Pringle, CTO, of Ensembli at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
I stopped at the station where a UK company was showing off its new technology to do web search using “relevance analysis.” As they like to say, search engines, feed readers, and aggregators can’t sense who you are and what interests you, and they certainly don’t anticipate what will excite you. Instead, they overwhelm you. CEO Mike Wheatley (pictured) and CTO Ian Pringle tell me more about what Ensembli is doing to make web search better.
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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 8: Coveroo

March 2, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Keith Jacob, head of business development for Coveroo, at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

As I was leaving the outdoor setting of the reception, heading for the press dinner, I ran into my buddy Chris Gammill from LA, who’s here with TechZulu.com covering the event. He introduced me to Keith Jacob of Coveroo, another presenting company, based in San Francisco. Coveroo replaces the original back cover of your mobile device or MP3 player with a custom version featuring laser-engraved artwork from your favorite brand, TV show, movie, or artist. (I apologize, my volume goes down towards the end of this one, but does come back up.)  I forgot to grab a photo of Keith, so I’m including here a wide shot as the party was wrapping up.
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