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Just in time for the 4th of July weekend, SF New Tech is here to help you get in the festive mood with the Big Summer Geek Out event. Taking place on 7/2/08 at Mighty (as usual), SF New Tech promises to deliver a fresh round of technology and Web 2.0 companies for your listening pleasure and demo experience. Tickets are $15 in advance online or $20 at the door (21 and over only). The event starts at 6:30 pm and goes till 11:00 pm.

This event is sponsored by GoGrid & ServePath. Come visit our table and get $100 off your next GoGrid Cloud Server!

Demo companies at the July ‘08 New Tech include:

SnappyStuff
Brook Eaton, Founder/CEO
SnappyStuff provides a snap shot of what you own and a system to help sell, trade and share it.  http://www.snappystuff.com

MyDogSpace
Robert Yau, Founder/CEO
MyDogSpace is a social network for … dogs!   http://www.mydogspace.com

Govit
Taylor Norris, Founder/CEO
Govit brings direct democracy to US citizens, helping voters learn about, discuss, and vote on active legislation.  Members can vote on active legislation and have their vote sent instantly to their elected representatives.  http://www.govit.com

Lefora
Vinnie Lauria, Top Dog
Lefora brings forums from the dark ages to the present by providing easy to use free forum hosting, forum software, forum installation,  and help promoting your forum.  http://www.lefora.com

Spongecell
Nik Bonaddio, Creative Director
Spongecell makes online media more engaging, by applying vertical solutions to standard marketing techniques.  Spongecell’s new Rich Media Ad, allows promoters to embed social, viral, and event-based functionality into their ads. http://www.spongecell.com

Backblaze
Gleb Budman, CEO/Co-Founder
Backblaze provides the “easiest” online backup service to enable everyone to backup. TechCrunch says Backblaze provides “Online Backup With Time Machine’s Finesse” and Ars Technica writes the company is “Making off-site backups brainless.”  http://www.backblaze.com

Hope to see you there! Be sure to drop by the GoGrid booth for instant savings on your next GoGrid Cloud Server!

If you are a San Francisco Bay Area Start-up, Web 2.0-er, Developer, Investor, Entrepreneur or just want to attend an extremely informative and useful meetup, then look no further. The next StartUp SF meetup is just around the corner. Join us hearing Brian Solis of PR 2.0 and Bub.blicio.us talk about “Conversational PR for Startups.”

About: StartUp SF brings together technologists, entrepreneurs, developers, technologies, services and solutions in an environment designed to further your learning, meet like-minded professionals and promote networking in order to make you successful!

The next StartUp SF is schedule for Wednesday, June 18^th from 6 to 9 PM in the 8^th Floor Café at the offices of Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe (@ 405 Howard Street, San Francisco). The format is simple:

6-7 PM –> Networking and Demo Companies (Demo companies will present for 2-3 minutes)
7-8 PM –> Guest Speaker (presentation with Q&A session)
8-9 PM –> Networking and more Demo Companies

StartUp SF is a not-for-profit event with all proceeds going to charity. All proceeds from this event will be going to Inveneo (http://www.inveneo.org), a demo company at this event. The last StartUp SF raised $400 for Habitat for Humanity.

Speaker

With the success of the inaugural event behind us, we have lined up another stellar speaker, Brian Solis, of Bub.blicio.us and PR 2.0. To quote:

“bub.blicio.us is here to help capture the excitement and insight behind everything two point oh providing a lense into the social landscape that’s energizing and shaping the new tech economy.”

Following the StartUp SF theme of providing helpful information to becoming a successful start-up, Brian’s presentation is titled: “Conversational PR for Start-ups”.

Demo Companies

Throughout the evening, the following companies (subject to change/additions) will be providing hands-on demos and answering questions about their product or service:

Mosio Project – Noel Chandler – Co-Founder
http://www.mosio.com

About Mosio – “Mosio is a mobile question and answer community enabling you to text any question from your phone and have it answered by real people. Harnessing the power of helpful people, mobile technologies and the internet, Mosio gives users access to information anywhere.”

Nirvino – Phil McGarr & Meli James - Partners
http://www.nirvino.com

About Nirvino – “Nirvino is, simply, the easiest way to find great wine. Our innovative technology combines wine reviews and ratings from print, online, and broadcast wine critics into one score. Get all of the information you need to make an informed purchasing decision with just one click. If the Nirvino Rating says a wine is great, look no further!”

Inveneo – Kristin Peterson – Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer
http://www.inveneo.org

About Inveneo – “Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT into the hands of organizations and people who need them most: those in remote and rural communities in the developing world.”

More about the event

At the event, you will hear some tips and tricks from a successful startup, find a good crowd, demos of some thought-provoking leading-edge products and drinks and light snacks.

You will leave better connected and educated AND with the following gifts from us:

• $100 GoGrid service credit which enables you to deploy, scale and load balance server networks instantaneously - More info about GoGrid
• Orrick’s Startup Kit CD which includes legal documents critical to every startup Venture - More info about Orrick

Please join us for StartUp SF and tell your friends about it.

When: Wednesday June 18th 6 – 9PM

Where: Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, 405 Howard St. San Francisco at the 8th Floor Cafe

What: StartUp SF Meetup, networking, knowledge, friends and schwag to kick start your startup.

Who: Technologists, Entrepreneurs and interested folks who are over 21 years of age

Bring: Business cards, elevator pitch, curiousity, legal dilemmas and server needs

How Much: $10 in advance / $20 at the door (all proceeds go to charity)

Bring yourself and your technology friends to meet likeminded, future-looking folks who may become your next colleague, customer, vendor or competitor.