43 Articles match "Technology","Twiistup"

The Latest from the Southern California Tech Central Community

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Still it’s something that most managers need to learn how to do better. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Vince: Always On Paid Content TwiistUp DealMaker Events Digiday Events And many private events. Tony: So how do you do this and still have dinner at home? What was the best one you've been to recently? Vince: Digiday Mobile and Digiday Social Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? Vince: Jim Jonassen - [link] Mark Suster - [link] Kurt Daradics - [link]
 
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene.  We First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley.  I But we have a great city for building technology companies. Los Angeles.  People People either love it our hate it.  All
 
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Many of us in the technology, media and VC world sit on panels at lot.  Many photo from left to right: me, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers and Brian Zisk – most of whom I got to know through Twiistup panels) Many of them are painfully boring.  It’s It’s a shame since it’s such a golden opportunity for you to build awareness with your audience for who you are and what you do.  And
 

The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community

We have received notice that the much celebrated Twiistup brand is changing hands. Conference founder Mike Macadaan (disclosure: a colleague) started Twiistup and quickly turned it into THE Los Angeles tech event. few years ago I attended my first Twiistup, it was a very small and intimate event. One of the worst keep secrets in Los Angeles tech is finally ready for public viewing. A
Twiistup , the popular Los Angeles technology showcase and networking event started by Mike Macadaan, is announcing today that the event has been sold to a undisclosed, private investor. According to Twiistup, it will expand beyond its showoff events to include a full conference agenda, and also be expanding to similar events in other cities. Twiistup said its next event will Financial details of the ownership change were not disclosed. The event's new producer for the events is Francisco Dao.
The word went out today that Twiistup is now accepting applications for their coveted show off spots. The upcoming Twiistup, which takes place this July, is in its sixth year and continues to grow and evolve with the communities ever changing needs. The people behind Twiistup may have changed but the judging of the showoff’s has stayed the same. There are a total of 10 slots available for innovative startups to showcase their products at this one of a kind tech event . The organizers have realized the necessity of a larger venue and have secured the biggest location
Twiistup 6 took place last week and this time around, under new management, the event went through a few changes. This part of Twiistup was entirely new, previously the showoffs only had the ability to connect with the attendees at their booths.  Each The Music and Technology session with Chamillionaire was the last panel of the day and was a big hit. Instead of a one evening mixer that highlighted the showoffs and gave people a chance to mingle and get to know the companies, it was expanded to a two day conference with panels, and plenty of time for mingling. Day one
TwiistupTwiistup is kind of like LA’s answer to the TechCrunch50. Tags: Technology Web Startup Advice CTO internet startup los angeles marketing networking startup army tech networking technology networkin My friend Mark Long recently asked me about networking in Los Angeles. Mark is a CTO, see, and his company, PortBlue , was recently acquired (congrats, Mark!).
Twiistup , the Los Angeles area technology conference run by Francisco Dao, has named its last two showoffs for the event later this month, Collecta and YourVersion. Tags: event conference showoff technology twiistu The firm said that the list of companies presenting at the event also include Geodelic, Lunch.com, Mingly, nsyght, NutshellMail, qlipso, Ranker, and Rippol. In an interesting twist, only a small number of the firms this year are based in Southern California, including Geodelic, Rippol, Ranker, Lunch.com and Mingly; Collecta, YourVersion, NutShellMail are in the
Twiistup 007 – Casino Royale takes place in just two weeks. Robert Scoble – Technology Blogger Tags: Events twiistu This time around the conference will run for one and half days, starting in the evening at UCLA on Wednesday, January 27th and will continue at the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday, January 28th for a full day with the mixer ending the evening. We have a special discount code that will give you $50 off of the ticket price but it is only good for a limited time. When
Twiistup 007 – Casino Royale takes place in just two weeks. Robert Scoble – Technology Blogger Tags: Events twiistu This time around the conference will run for one and half days, starting in the evening at UCLA on Wednesday, January 27th and will continue at the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday, January 28th for a full day with the mixer ending the evening. We have a special discount code that will give you $50 off of the ticket price but it is only good for a limited time. When
In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. LA CTO Forum Dealmaker Media Digital Family Reunion Startups Uncensored Social Media Club, LA Twiistup Mindshare LA LA Hadoop Meetup Dorkbot Geek Dinners LA Cloud Computing LA Web Application Developers LA PHP Developers In addition to these, I'd recommend looking at: Technology Council of Southern California – Surprised John didn't mention this one.
Friday, July 31, 2009 -- Twiistup 6. Twiistup connects people from technology, media, and entertainment. Unlike traditional conferences, Twiistup mixes it up with tunes, video, beverages, swag and the unexpected. Our events features an eclectic stage agenda representing leading innovators and 10 startups chosen to ��showoff�� their products and services to influential bloggers, fellow tech-heads, investors, the media and those interested in learning about what��s hot in tech. See [link] (mor