Good morning, All,

CrowdPitch is coming to NYC October 28th and it’s about connecting angels and entrepreneurs – deadline to submit: October 14 and it’s 100% free: free to pitch, free to just come watch – and free food, too! 5 to 6 entrepreneurs will have 4 minutes to pitch their company to both a panel of experts & a live audience, followed immediately by a 3-minute Q&A session with the audience. Finally, we unleash the panel of experts to offer up constructive feedback. The audience chooses the winner by investing ‘FUN’ money in the venture of their choice. Prizes: The winner gets $4,800 of services from the sponsors:
NOWAdvisors:
12 hour of financial & accounting services
$1,800 value

FundingUniverse:
startup services
$2,500 value

Amazon:
web services
$500 value
For more information: http://bit.ly/c49j0y

Speaking of next week, Media Cross Media is October 12 (training) and 13 (conference) and we have a 20% discount code for SOS members. With ever-smarter portable devices, the line is blurring as to What is Mobile and What is Online. By 2013 more then 50% of web usage will occur via Mobile. This growth will require marketers and media companies to combine their approaches to mobile and online.

 ADObjects and InternetMarketingConference (IMC) have joined forces to bring this first in a series of unique mobile cross-media events that will discuss how Brand Marketers, Agencies, and Publishers can efficiently enter a strategy of mobile and online convergence. 

This must-attend event will answer critical questions that are key to your converged future.
 Hear from 30+ experts from leading companies including iCrossing, Insight Express, Google, MTV, Strawberry Frog and Tweetdeck as they cover major issues such as:


• How can I leverage a mobile strategy efficiently with my existing online resources?

• Should I not just design my existing website to be accessed by Mobile?

• Who are the best online partners to consider?

• How can I evolve my online customer acquisition and retention strategies for mobile?

• How to I manage analytics and social media strategies to include mobile?

• What should I do about transferring my online rich media assets and video to mobile?

• How do I incorporate my existing ecommerce strategies with mobile?


For more on the program or to register go to www.mediacrossmedia.com and your 20% off SOS discount/promo code MXMVIPBH

Find A Cofounder 3 is also coming up – early bird rate still available – and fyi, we’ve had quite a few potential technical co-founders already register. We know that they’re in high demand – and hard to find! We’ll also have speed networking to make it easier for you to find them and talk to them. RSVP: http://fac3.eventbrite.com.

And keep reading, especially if you’re living in or heading to the Lone Star State…we’ve posted some events happening in Texas next week.

Finally, something a little different today – cautionary tales. Not everyone in this industry becomes a multi gazillionaire, and it’s amazing what you can learn from losing. Chubbybrain.com has compiles the 25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time (http://bit.ly/cEXF2x) Actually, there are 32 tales, with Nate Westheimer’s and investor Roger Ehrenberg’s among them. Woulda coulda shoulda.

If you have help to give or want to offer your services, feel free to do that too. And keeping all of this in mind, onward and forward and help is on the way…

Our little island was flooded last week and, yes, I mean Manhattan. We don’t get away much (can’t you tell) and it sounds so much more exotic to call it that. And true!

Good morning, All, and if you’re a New Yorker – or not – and ready to get out of Dodge, even for a little while, how about a business trip to Buenos Aires? Because of the interest for the event and Argentina’s possibilities Philip from mappyfriends.com has decided to arrange a “Business” trip to Buenos Aires in November. We will be leaving Tuesday November 9th for a 12* day trip to the Paris of the South where he will personally ensure a great mix of entrepreneurial and leisure activities for the people joining us. It will be entrepreneurs week in Buenos Aires 15-20 and a Palermo Valley meetup is already planned on the 16th. We will visit certain key industry companies here and on request he will arrange for meetings with the companies you are looking for. And of course there will be soccer, Spanish, tango, art, music and a lot of steak! We will all stay in a Hotel in the Palermo neighborhood, the top design and culinary part of Buenos Aires. Apart from wifi in the hotel, we will have the use of a fully equipped office for you to use during your stay. Cost: between USD 1,750 – 2,500 per person, depending on departure date and lodging preferences. Note that this is not a commercial trip for him; it is about connecting with other entrepreneurs and sharing his Argentina experience. There is a 7 days alternative leaving November 14th. For more information, shoot him an e-mail philip@mappyfriends.com and he will set things up for you and/or give you advice on and customize any of your itinerary if you would like to stay longer or travel to different parts of Argentina.

If you decide you need to be on our little island here, well, great timing! It’s New York Entrepreneur Week, November 8 – 12. We’re giving you fair warning as there is a special discount for the SOS Community. Input code SOS345 for a limited time and receive 66% off the entire event!!! The discount – and the early bird rate (only 200 tickets available) are good until 10/15.

Hey, you know that old Danish saying: everything has an end, except for a sausage, which has two.

But it’s not over yet: ‘Find-A-Cofounder3’ is scheduled for October 19th. This time we’re going to get the Silicon Valley VC perspective. Our guest investor is Vishal Shah with GGV Capital, who recently relocated to NYC and has a different take on what investors look for. We’ll also have serial entrepreneus Joe Chin (sourcepad.com, Guidester -now Searchandise Commerce – et al) and Alex Jacobson, Developers get in free and will also be tagged at the event, and we’ll have their contact information available afterwards, to make those elusive potential technical cofounders easier to find. There will be a panel discussion; then we’ll hear from people who’ve successfully found their co-founders through this event. We’ll also do speed networking, so you can talk to several potential partners. Brought to you by Entrepreneurs Roundtable, StartupOneStop and Cozy Wallet. To register (early bird rate now available as well): http://fac3.eventbrite.com.

Applications are due this week for the Open Angel Forum. Open Angel Forum NYC is being held on 10/13 and applications are due this Thursday. Get your application in now.
And don’t forget that next Monday evening is CTO School, session 2. RSVP here: http://nextny.org/CTO-School-F2010, and pay attention: Remember – FAC3 will be the following week. Take good notes. Charlie O’Donnell has organized this, and he’ll also be speaking at NYU Startup Week, which is all this week. To register and for more information: http://techatnyu.com/nyu-startup-week

Finally, get your posts ready – need help? Have help to offer? Have an elevator pitch you want to make or beta testers to round up? We’re going back to our twice weekly schedule. We know why you’re here and not to worry: help is on the way…

Oops, and yes, we know: they already have, and busy week in tech on both coasts…

Good morning, All:

On this side we have…Advertising Week, Web 2.0 Expo, OMMA and MIXX in NYC this week.
On this side we have…Techcrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this week.

Speaking of West Coast, we’re changing it up a bit – even more – for “Find-A-Cofounder3.” This time we’re going to get the Silicon Valley VC perspective. Our guest investor is Vishal Shah with GGV Capital, who recently relocated to NYC and has a different take on what investors look for. You’d be surprised, but come hear for yourselves! New date for the event: October 19, and developers get in free. Developers will also be tagged at the event, and we’ll have their contact information available afterwards, to make those elusive potential technical cofounders easier to find. There will be a panel discussion; then we’ll hear from people who’ve successfully found their co-founders through this event. Brought to you by Entrepreneurs Roundtable, StartupOneStop and Cozy Wallet. To register (early bird rate now available as well): http://fac3.eventbrite.com.

Speaking of tech leads, CTO School started yesterday evening and yes, we did tweet it. Gotta start somewhere, and good to get a few pointers. Session 2 is Monday, 10/11: Key Technical Decisions

Talk #1: Creating a technology environment for building a startup
Talk #2: Key Technology Decisions

RSVP here: http://nextny.org/CTO-School-F2010, and pay attention: Remember – FAC3 will be the following week. No worries, there won’t be a quiz. That we know of.

Finally, speaking of the future of technology being in your hands, it literally will be on Thursday. September 30th, DigitalFlashNYC presents POPSCI LIVE – and we have a 15% discount for SOS members. DigitalFlashNYC Productions in conjunction with Popular Science magazine will present this one-of-a-kind event at Location 05 Studios and for the first time in New York. As part of Advertising Week, this event will be the only place that will be providing an interactive forum for you to hold the gadgets you’ve always wanted to touch and handled without being reprimanded by some sales wonk – from phones and cameras to next-gen 3-D televisions – and to ask tough questions about where it’s all headed. Popular Science Deputy Editor Jake Ward will be on hand to discuss these amazing devices in an interactive Q&A about the future of electronics, and what they mean for the future of media. As an added bonus, there will be an interactive sweepstakes where they’ll be giving away an iPad and other prized goodies. RSVP: http://www.digitalflashnyc.com/ SOS discount code: scipop1872

A note on the first query. Mashable did a story on Twisplays today: LED Signs Turn Twitter Streams into News Tickers (http://mashable.com/2010/09/28/twisplays/). Congratulations, Joshua and not to worry – help is on the way…

Good morning, All, and why is it that, thanks to technology, what used to take a week now takes a day, but industry conferences now go on for a week?

Which means, of course, that it’s Advertising Week in NYC, September 27-October 1. Register here: http://www.advertisingweek.com/ and of course it coincides with the nearly-a-weeklong Web 2.0 ExpoNY (September 27-30; http://bit.ly/bbs6g8) and if you don’t think it’s going to be insanely busy, just consider: they’re followed, soon enough, by Spa Week (spaweek.com). Coincidence? We think not, BUT if you have the fortitude and desire to keep going, well, then head to Boston October 4-8 for FutureMis, the first ever week-long, collaborative, multi-location conference in that fair city. Leading innovators will come together to share and explore how the newest technologies and insights are changing the way marketers think, create, engage and measure. And it’s free.

But wait! There’s more!

Social Media Week LA is this week: September 20th- 24th (http://bit.ly/bguJuo) with dozens of free events.
Look, we had two tornados touch down here AND the new twitter redesign was released, all in the last week: bring it on. We can handle it.

Still, if you just can’t wait for the games to begin here in NYC, BizTechDayNY is September 24, which is the Friday before Advertising/Web 2.0 Expo Week. More info below; there is an SOS discount – and you can also think of it as good practice for next week!

‘Find-A-Cofounder III’is now officially scheduled, and it’s luckily just one spectacular evening. October 4, and developers get in free. Developers will also be tagged at the event, and we’ll have their contact information available afterwards, to make those elusive potential technical cofounders easier to find. There will be a panel discussion; then we’ll hear from people who’ve successfully found their co-founders through this event. And more info to come. To register (early bird rate now available as well): http://fac3.eventbrite.com.

Last but not least, there’s the nextNY AWARDS! Get your nominations in!
To help make @shakeshack 3 possible, nextNY is working with a select group of partners on some very special community awards. Nominations are open until Thursday for the following, and don’t forget to nominate SOS in the email startup category!

NYC Entrepreneur of the Year http://shakeshack.nextny.org/entrepreneur-of-the-year
Best Technology at a NYC Startup http://shakeshack.nextny.org/best-technology-at-a-nyc-startup
Most Buzzworthy NYC Startup http://shakeshack.nextny.org/most-buzzworthy-startup
Most Valuable New York City Angel Investor http://shakeshack.nextny.org/most-valuable-angel
Best Email Driven NYC Startup http://shakeshack.nextny.org/best-email-driven-startup
Best Company Culture: NYC Tech Company http://shakeshack.nextny.org/best-company-culture

Before you go off and book all of your time and submit all of your nominations, take a breath. And keep reading. Help is on the way…

Good morning, All, and we did urge you to participate, we’re very happy – and proud! – to announce that one of our members, Boston-based zazu.com (they’ve posted today, too) is one of the winning tech startups Pepsico selected for their program, which fosters brand communications innovation. For the announcement and more details about the program: http://bit.ly/9n9feG. And our congratulations to Punit Shah and the zazu.com team.

Startup Weekend was this past weekend and 27 groups presented as many new startup ideas. And the winner is…adoptahacker.com, which makes it easier for hackers from around the country to visit NYC, plug into the tech scene here and find a couch to crash on. Congratulations to Jonathan Wegener and Ben Fisher and thanks, guys, on behalf of (soon-to-be-in-NYC) hackers everywhere.

Speaking of winner, if you’d like to hear – and possibly have a minute or two – with some (other) successful tech entrepreneurs – et al – BizTechDayNYC is coming up September 24, and we’ve got a 20% discount for StartupOneStop.com members who’d like to attend. BizTechDay, an intensive one-day experience where entrepreneurs meet to inspire and be inspired by each other. And hopefully learn from some of the best. Speakers include Scott Heifferman (founder, Meetup), Peter Shankman (founder, HARO), Clay Shirky (Social Media Theorist), Lisa Gansky (founder, Ofoto), and Seth
Godin (Author), to name a few. More information: http://bit.ly/bf3hye and your discount code is SOS! Hope to see you there!

Next, Get Ready to Pitch: Women 2.0 Startup Competition. The competition is open to early-stage ventures around the world, and each startup must have at least one woman on the founding team. Applying companies must be in beta stage and have not received significant funding. Deadline to apply to PITCH is October 1st, 2010. A handful of startups will be chosen to pitch live in San Francisco at the 4th Annual PITCH Night on November 4th, 2010. For more information and to apply: http://www.women2.org/pitch-competition-2010/

Mark your calendars: October 4 is our ‘Find-A-CoFounder III’ and the last barbeque of the season will be October 6, sponsored once again by 1099partners.com. More information on both coming soon.

Two last goodies for you today: if you’re looking for things like insurance, payroll services, HR, employee benefits, etc. or even all of the above for your company/startup, ping me at hello@startuponestop.com. We’ve been approached by some companies and can arrange an SOS discount for you, and every bit helps, what, eh?

And, since it seems there are never enough angels, here’s a new source for you: hackerangels. We kid you not. They’re hackers who are also angel investors and you can find them at hackerangels.com. Or, you can post a brief elevator pitch, which we’re happy to share – and there are investors on our list. Many of them, in fact.

Speaking of posts, yes, it’s that time again and help is on the way…