STIRR 1.4

Wednesday July 12th, STIRR Mixer

STIRR Mixers are a blend of tech-social mixer with a forum for tech entrepreneurs to present new products and services in an innovative format (the 60 second spot). This is not a sit-down event.

60 Second Spots

There will be 4 early stage companies presenting on-stage at 7:30pm. The pitches are a compact 60 seconds or less. The speakers and their teams will be available to talk with right after the presentations.

Presenting:

• CrowdFactory, Alexander Mouldovan, CEO
• EchoSign, Jeffrey Zwelling, Co-Founder
• Gliffy, Chris Kohlhardt, Co-Founder
• Jajah, Jakob Snilsberg, VP

Have your company present at STIRR

Details

When: Wednesday July 12th. Gathering begins at 6:00pm, presentations at 7:30pm.
Where: Blue Chalk, 630 Ramona St, Palo Alto [map]. Cash bar.
NOTE: $10 with RSVP. No walk-ins accepted, you must RSVP to attend. Pre-printed nametags will be ready at the door.

Sponsors

This month's STIRR Mixer is sponsored by CommerceNet. CommerceNet invests in groundbreaking ideas that go beyond the scope of traditional venture investments. CommerceNet: From ideas to impact.

By Invite Only

Due to limited space, this month's event is by invitation only. Spaces usually free up before the event, so please join the waiting queue to get first priority.

[Update: Brian Solis (PR 2.0 blog) has a SOLID wrap-up of STIRR 1.4. Thanks Brian!]

STIRR's first Podcast

Mike Macadaan & Tami Zhu from AOL dropped by STIRR and podcasted our event. Those interviewed are:

• Dorrian Porter, Mozes
  
• Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC
  
• Tara Anderson, Valleyschwag
  
• Jessica Hardwick, SwapThing
  
• Jakob Snilsberg, Jajah
  

Wedding Reception Damage!

10 guests, 11 bottles, 1 wedding reception table. Ah! Thanks Nancy and Long...we had a great night!

Artifacts from the Future

Business 2.0 wrote a story about some of the work that we do at the Institute. My colleague, Alex, provides his thoughts on the story.

Web 3.0 kills startups?

At work last week, the word/phrase "Web 3.0" came up in a serious conversation. My co-worker, Mike Love responded with a phrase that we turned into a t-shirt. I wore one last night at Valleywag's Infinity Plus One Sloshcon and handed out a few to some folks. Will it become a meme? Will it fade away? We shall see. If you want one, go ahead and buy yourself one.

[Thanks for the picture, Jeremiah!]

[Update...Nick Valleywagged the shirt!]