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San Francisco Bound

by Laura Fitton on July 16, 2008

Excited to be heading out to the Bay Area tomorrow for BlogHer, to meet some really amazing people around the area and to reconnect with friends. I’d really love the chance to meet you while I’m there. Here are some of the fun things going on. I hope you’ll consider saying hi.

(“Tweet-up” just means we’ll use Twitter to coordinate getting together for fun and networking. These are public events and all are welcome. RSVP at the links provided, or for HMB Ritz, just show up. Thanks!)

Friday & Saturday, July 18-19
San Francisco: BlogHer08 at the Westin St. Francis hotel. Very happy to meet this strong community of women bloggers to listen and learn.

Sunday, July 20
StartupDrinks SF 2-4 PM at the Medjool rooftop deck. Come support startup culture through this really fun decentralized networking phenom started by my buddy Andrew Hyde. RSVP and more information here.

Monday, July 21
Palo Alto Tweet-up: Breakfast in Palo Alto Joanie’s Cafe, 8 am. Yeah, it’s early but that will only make it more intimate. Please come wish Erica Douglass a HAPPY birthday. RSVP here
San Mateo Tweet-up: After Work Drinks at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse. 5:30-7:30 pm. Sponsored in part by www.Qik.com (THANKS Bhaskar!) RSVP here

Tuesday, July 22
Half Moon Bay Tweet-up: Cocktails with Kathy Sierra, Robert Scoble, Francine Hardaway, JJ Toothman and YOU at the Half Moon Bay Ritz fire-ring by the ocean, 5:45 pm. (no RSVP link yet, just show up.)

Thursday, July 24
San Francisco Tweet-up: Coffee at Citizen Space, 9-11 am. I can’t wait to see Citizen Space, which is SF’s own entrant into the co-working revolution. Huge thanks to my friend and hero Tara Hunt for letting us all use the venue to meet and greet. RSVP here

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Mediacasters.tv a living breathing social media experiment

March 22, 2008

So, I’m bouncing around Startup Weekend Boulder2 all weekend streaming, tweeting, recording & hosting as much social media as we can usefully create. There is a method to the madness. We want to bring anyone in the world into the Startup Weekend experience and let them actually engage with the live event and share their [...]

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More Fun With Startups

June 20, 2007

Rick Segal spotted this gem by Stanley Bing.
Marc Andressen continues to thwack it out of the park with a few more thought-provoking entries on VC:
The PMarca Guide to Startups, part I: Why NOT to do a startup
Navigating an asteroid field is evidently quite tricky.
But seriously, you have to be ok with the overwhelming likelihood [...]

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The truth about Ventures and Capitalists

June 9, 2007

Starting a business? Go subscribe to Marc Andreessen’s feed. Now.
So, you’re an entrepreneur. And you think you want Venture Capital. Because, you’re a venture. And you need capital. Right?
Marc Andreessen, stepping profoundly onto the blogging stage just this past week, has written an eloquent pair of posts on the truth about venture capitalists. Read Part [...]

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Vator.tv Pitch early, pitch often: Five tips for your startup

June 8, 2007

Attention (non-stealth) startups! Go check out Vator.TV (“the YouTube for entrepreneurs”) and then start working on a pitch for it. Is the Angel you dream of going to find you this way and end all your money problems? Yeah, right. But even if nobody ever *found* you there, this is a great chance to [...]

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The many flavors of VC meetings

May 30, 2007

Going after VC? “Must-read” posts from Attorney/former VC Suzie Dingwall Williams at Venture Law Lines and Rick Segal at Post Money Value:
Why VCs Take Meetings; The “Great Meeting” With Money
Why’d you get the meeting? Fine-tune your objective, and ergo, your pitch.
Notice how little they talk about your company’s story, and how much they [...]

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Speedpitching

May 9, 2007

Get to the point. Or else.

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Pitch Better: 10 “Rules” to BREAK

April 12, 2007

(nod of thanks to Seth Levine, Gordon Whyte and David Teten for blogging about these tip sheets when I first put them on my site)
1. Don’t say “Um.” Look, don’t freak out over bad verbal habits. Minimize them, but trying too hard can blow your cool.
2. One slide per minute. If you have even [...]

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Ten things you MUST do in your next pitch

April 12, 2007

(nod of thanks to Seth Levine, Gordon Whyte and David Teten for blogging about these tip sheets when I first put them on my site)

1. Get to the “ah-ha” immediately: Why is your business a great investment? What’s in it for investors?
2. Attend to audience and desired results first. Everything you say and show serves [...]

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