Startup One Stop

Good morning, All, and hope you enjoyed your Columbus Day.

Speaking of discoveries, this blog will give you 36 places where you can submit your startup for reviews, mentions or at least some backlinks: http://bit.ly/9sIbTB Our thanks to Perks Consulting (http://bit.ly/ayGKZj) for bringing it to our attention.

‘Find A Co-Founder3′ is next week – Tuesday, October 19, and over 50 developers have already registered! Vinod Khosla said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the single most important fact about doing a startup is being clear about your vision and not letting it get distorted by what pundits and experts tell you. “But the second most important thing is finding the right team.” And here’s your chance! The good news is: over 50 developers have already signed up to be there. Our VC/entrepreneur panel will feature Silicon Valley VC 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 entrepreneurs Joe Chin (sourcepad.com, Guidester -now Searchandise Commerce – et al) and Beth Schoenfeldt (co-founder, Collective-e and Ladies Who Launch). Next up: a speed-dating session to make it easier for you to partner up. Note to developers: As it is extremely important for ventures to have an experienced Technical Co-Founder, can you please forward resumes for review to findacofounder@gmail.com. Once your resume has been received and reviewed, you will receive a confirmation email of your complimentary ticket to ‘Find a Co-Founder 3.’ If you decide to attend as a regular participant, please go to http://fac3.eventbrite.com To register for the early bird rate: http://fac3.eventbrite.com. Read More...

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 Read More...

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. Read More...

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. Read More...

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! Read More...

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! Read More...

Good morning, All, and speaking of New York, anyone who knows me knows that I’ve always detested the name ‘Silicon Alley.’ Silicon Valley was so designated because there were suddenly chip manufacturers where no real industry existed before. New York has always been a center for business and an alley is a place wherein resides – dumpsters. Silicon Alley? WHY would an industry in one of the greatest cities in the world suddenly want to be called THAT?

I will never forgive Mark Stahlman for having saddled us with the term, but I do want to thank Therese Poletti for her piece in the WSJ last week, “New York’s Tech Start-Up Scene Comes of Age (Just stop calling it ‘Silicon Alley’)” http://bit.ly/cRUrGE. I’ll fess up: I was quoted. Ms. Poletti was writing about how investment money was suddenly flowing into Silicon Alley and I asked her to please stop calling it that. It’s New York and we did name it twice, in case you didn’t hear the first time. I thank her for setting the record straight.

Ok, I’m fine now. Back to our regularly scheduled program: Read More...

Good morning, All, and we know some of you have startups in the education space, sooo – your bonus today is Kaufman Labs Education Ventures bootcamp for – of course, education startups. Deadline for consideration is September 20. An SOS member brought it to our attention, and we believe in sharing. When appropriate. Don’t touch my coffee in the morning. Don’t even think about it.

Seriously.

Details and application forms for KLE is here: http://www.kauffmanlabs.org/?gclid=CKWCpYHIiaMCFRNO5QodajRWew Read More...

Good morning, All, and an SOS member brought these guys to our attention – and they’re on David Lerner’s early stage investor map – yet. Good news: their focus is primarily on NYC and the surrounding NE and Mid-Atlantic area companies, in software, IT, Internet, tech-enabled services, business services, digital media, mobile and health care IT. Average investments are $100k-$500k. More info on their website: arcangelfund.com.

Read on: there’s an investor on the list who’s looking for startups to fund.

Next, Bootstrapper Summit is October 5, and they’re looking for startups who want to present to the angel and investors who will be there in the room. Here’s the link to apply: http://bit.ly/bRmhth. Yes, there are associated fees. Exact size of these fees depends on the stage of the company and the size of the proposed raise. BUT, do make sure to mention that you’re a StartupOneStop member for an additional 20% discount. Read More...

Good morning, All, and yes, David Lerner has mapped the whole venture
ecosystem for us – and others – in New York, Silicon Valley and Boston.
You’ll find it here and he even includes twitter handles, when possible.
http://bit.ly/9wTCJL. So, anyone out there wants to do a Saul
Steinberg-style Entrepreneur’s View of the US Venture Community? If you need
a reference point: http://bigthink.com/ideas/21121- and if only moi could
draw. Hint: The Flatiron District, Sand Hill Road and Route 128 should all
be prominently featured, for the artists on the list who don’t get around
much.

That was fun, now on with the show. Congratulations to list members Pixable
on their write-up in Time Out New York last week. The piece is here:
http://pixb.ly/timeout.

Update: our next ‘Find-A-Cofounder’ III event will not be until early
October. Still, if you need one in the meantime, you’re always welcome to
post to the list, because we’re always here to help. Read More...