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Sunday, June 5, 2011

One Location, Camping Out


These decisions have a tendency to change. I was planning on doing one, then two, then most three events during Social Media Week in February, I ended up doing seven. But for now my decision for Internet Week is to camp out in one location and do as many events as possible in that one location, and to spend more time in the hallways wildly shaking hands than sitting obediently in halls as panelists pontificate.

Monday is my oh so important immigration court date, and that takes priority, and since my hearing is scheduled for 1 PM, and I am meeting my lawyer at 11 to prepare, and court hearings have a tendency to start late and drag on, I have no Internet Week plans until 3 PM Monday, and I am at peace with not even showing up until 4 PM, maybe 5 PM: no soup for you. But once I am done with the court stuff, which might be in the late afternoon, I hope to drop by and inaugurate my Internet Week. I am seeking refugee status, kind of like Einstein.

My Plan For Internet Week
The Internet Week: The Thing To Do
The Internet Week Is Mumbojumbo

Monday, June 06, 2011

Rallying to Restore Sanity in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Presents – The Thread
03:00 PM — 03:30 PM Internet Week HQ

Will Tweet for Food: Writing Your Own Ticket in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM HQ Classroom

The Onion’s Team of Three
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Finance Presents: Cross-fire: The Daily Ticker and Breakout!
04:00 PM — 05:00 PM Internet Week HQ

How to Survive Internet Week: Using Social Media to Make Offline Connections
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM HQ Classroom

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Yahoo! PROVOKE Summit
10:00 AM — 01:00 PM IWNY Theater

The Webby Debates: Don't Mess with Success
10:00 AM — 10:50 AM AOL Stage

UGC, Copyright & Jail Time
10:00 AM — 10:50 AM

Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM Internet Week HQ

Yahoo! News Presents: Trending Now
10:30 AM — 12:00 PM

Keynote by the New York Times' Nicholas Kristof
11:00 AM — 11:50 AM AOL Stage

Some Like it Mobile…How Brands are Embracing Mobile Advertising
12:00 PM — 12:45 PM HQ Content Stage

Your Personal Finances from LearnVest
12:00 PM — 12:45 PM HQ Classroom

The Future of Online Video
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Entertainment/Fashion Presents: The Thread
12:30 PM — 01:30 PM Internet Week HQ

Local is More than Location
01:00 PM — 01:50 PM AOL Stage

Social Food Apps: How they’re changing your mind at point of sale
01:30 PM — 01:50 PM HQ Content Stage

Can ‘Viral’ Be Bought?
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! News Presents: Upgrade Your Life
02:00 PM — 03:00 PM Internet Week HQ

Idea to Product to Traction
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM HQ Classroom

Local is the New Global
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM HQ Content Stage

How to Love Digital Publishing Again
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM HQ Classroom

Monetizing a Mobile Social Audience
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM AOL Stage

Love on the Go -- How Mobile is Changing Modern Dating
04:00 PM — 04:20 PM HQ Content Stage

Make it Happen! Creating a Successful Web Series — From Page to Screen and What Comes After
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM AOL Stage

Demystifying the Cloud
04:30 PM — 05:30 PM HQ Classroom

Mobile Startups and The New York Effect
04:30 PM — 04:50 PM HQ Content Stage

Using Mobile/Social to Engage TV Audiences
05:00 PM — 05:30 PM HQ Content Stage

The UK and the East-London Technology Cluster
05:00 PM — 06:00 PM AOL Stage

Using Mobile/Social to Engage TV Audiences
05:00 PM — 05:30 PM HQ Content Stage

Are Angry Birds the New Spider Man?
05:30 PM — 06:00 PM HQ Content Stage

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

IAB Innovation Days @ Internet Week
08:00 AM — 05:00 PM IWNY Theater

Keynote Presentation by Joan Young and Lauren Cornell
10:00 AM — 10:50 AM AOL Stage

Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM Internet Week HQ

The Future of Digital Video Distribution
11:00 AM — 11:50 AM AOL Stage

The Industry that Knew Too Much
11:00 AM — 11:50 AM HQ Content Stage

Sex, Hair & Chicken: What Busy Women Want Online
11:00 AM — 11:45 AM HQ Classroom

Yahoo! Entertainment Presents: Daytime In No Time
11:30 AM — 12:30 PM Internet Week HQ

The Future of Sports and Social Networks – Moving From a Social Relationship to an Active One
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM HQ Content Stage

Women as “Tribal Leaders” – The Democratization of Influence & The Social Video Network
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM HQ Classroom

Social Commerce: Hype vs. Reality
12:30 PM — 12:50 PM HQ Content Stage

Master Your Domain
12:30 PM — 12:50 PM HQ Classroom

The Partners Project with Shira Lazar and Rocketboom
01:00 PM — 01:45 PM AOL Stage

Master Your Domain
01:00 PM — 01:20 PM HQ Classroom

Data Drives Success for Leading Brands– Insights from Dell, Kellogg’s, McKinsey & Company and PepsiCo
01:00 PM — 01:45 PM HQ Content Stage

Why Do Mindsets Matter?
02:00 PM — 02:50 PM HQ Classroom

Everyone’s a Comedian
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Entertainment – omg! NOW
02:30 PM — 03:30 PM Internet Week HQ

How Mobile Advertising is Impacting Brands and Consumers
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM HQ Content Stage

Mobile? We Have an App for That!
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM AOL Stage

Creative Content Calendaring
03:00 PM — 03:20 PM HQ Classroom

Data Drives Consumer Reach:
03:30 PM — 04:15 PM HQ Classroom

The Lebrons
04:00 PM — 04:20 PM HQ Content Stage

Bringing Smart and Sexy Back: Pay-Per-Success Model in Social Media Advertising
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM AOL Stage

What Women Want Online -- And How to Make Them Want More
04:30 PM — 04:50 PM HQ Content Stage

The Evolution of Online Advertising
05:00 PM — 06:00 PM HQ Content Stage

The 24/7 Online Newscycle & Reaping the Rewards of Real Time Reporting
05:30 PM — 06:00 PM AOL Stage

Thursday, June 09, 2011

IAB Innovation Days @ Internet Week
08:00 AM — 05:00 PM IWNY Theater

Keynote Presentation by Robert Bowman
10:00 AM — 10:50 AM AOL Stage

Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM Internet Week HQ

The Art of the Side Project
11:00 AM — 11:40 AM HQ Content Stage

Narrowing the Social Web
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM AOL Stage

The BajillionHits Way: Internet Content Mass-Manufacturing
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM HQ Aol Broadcast Stage

How To Stop Sucking at Email, Meetings, and Calls with Investors and Customers
11:30 AM — 12:10 PM HQ Classroom

Stars of TechStars
12:30 PM — 12:50 PM HQ Content Stage

How to Buy and Sell Digital Media
01:00 PM — 01:50 PM HQ Classroom

The Death of Cookies... What's Next?
01:00 PM — 01:30 PM AOL Stage

Pop! Goes the Bubble
01:30 PM — 01:50 PM AOL Stage

Startup City
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM HQ Content Stage

Finding the Keys to the Kingdom: Getting People to Use Your Product
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM AOL Stage

SOCIAL COMMERCE: Insights from innovative leaders who are reshaping the commerce experience
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM HQ Content Stage

The Evolution of Communication
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM AOL Stage

We Are NY Tech: How a strong tech community in New York is driving the success of the industry in the city.
04:00 PM — 04:20 PM HQ Content Stage

Online Advertising is Broken. Can We Fix It?
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM AOL Stage

The New Economics of Collaboration
04:30 PM — 04:50 PM HQ Content Stage

Where will the digital trail take us?
05:00 PM — 05:50 PM AOL Stage

All these events are listed on one page at the Internet Week website itself. I paid good money to get thus listed.

I get the impression the parties in the evenings are going to be unnecessary. And there seem to be only three or four halls where all the events are at. I don't think it is going to be hard to figure out. I might look a little lost the first day, but then it is a good thing I am doing only a few events the first day. Lade Liberty beckons.

Hello people. I think I am going to at least peek into all events I have listed for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. See if you can beat me. And Brett Martin is buying me lunch, I just don't know which day.

No Alzheimer’s For Me
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Monday, May 30, 2011

The Internet Week: The Thing To Do

The Empire State Building.Image via WikipediaI think you show up less to soak up the knowledge and more to meet people. And I just discovered something that makes Internet Week look like a better deal than Social Media Week. For the most part you stick to one location. Get a 15 dollar pass, and stick to one location.

125 W. 18th Street

The Internet Week Is Mumbojumbo

Monday

Where Social and Impact Intersect: Lessons for Brands
01:00 PM — 01:50 PM
Official IWNY Ford Opening Party with music by Noisey.com
07:00 PM — 10:00 PM
OMMA's Tablet Revolution
08:00 AM — 05:00 PM
Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM
ShareThis & SMG present: Social Media Sharing
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM
VICE Speed Interviewing
11:00 AM — 11:50 AM
The Rise of the Daily Email Newsletter
11:30 AM — 12:20 PM
Facebook Marketing Best Practices
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM
Mobile Engagement 101
01:00 PM — 01:45 PM
The Neighborhood Experience (Beyond Hyper-Localization)
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Your Startup's Technology: The First 60 Days in Examples
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Social Media & Hospitality: Driving Traffic, Boosting Sales & Upping Engagements
02:30 PM — 03:00 PM
Rallying to Restore Sanity in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM
The Onion’s Team of Three
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM
How to Survive Internet Week: Using Social Media to Make Offline Connections
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM

Tuesday

Yahoo! PROVOKE Summit
10:00 AM — 01:00 PM
Local is More than Location
01:00 PM — 01:50 PM
Demystifying the Cloud
04:30 PM — 05:30 PM
Using Mobile/Social to Engage TV Audiences
05:00 PM — 05:30 PM
Using Mobile/Social to Engage TV Audiences
05:00 PM — 05:30 PM
USA TODAY Pulse of America Series
08:30 AM — 09:45 AM
Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM
Your Personal Finances from LearnVest
12:00 PM — 12:45 PM
Some Like it Mobile…How Brands are Embracing Mobile Advertising
12:00 PM — 12:45 PM
The Future of Online Video
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM
Social Food Apps: How they’re changing your mind at point of sale
01:30 PM — 01:50 PM
Can ‘Viral’ Be Bought?
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Idea to Product to Traction
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Monetizing a Social Audience
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM
Make it Happen! Creating a Successful Web Series — From Page to Screen and What Comes After
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM
Love on the Go -- How Mobile is Changing Modern Dating
04:00 PM — 04:20 PM
Mobile Startups and The New York Effect
04:30 PM — 04:50 PM
The UK and the East-London Technology Cluster
05:00 PM — 06:00 PM

Wednesday

Why Do Mindsets Matter?
02:00 PM — 02:50 PM
The Evolution of Online Advertising
05:00 PM — 06:00 PM
IAB Innovation Days @ Internet Week
08:00 AM — 05:00 PM
USA TODAY Pulse of America Series
08:30 AM — 09:45 AM
Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM
Sex, Hair & Chicken: What Busy Women Want Online
11:00 AM — 11:45 AM
The Industry that Knew Too Much
11:00 AM — 11:50 AM
Women as “Tribal Leaders” – The Democratization of Influence & The Social Video Network
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM
The Future of Sports and Social Networks – Moving From a Social Relationship to an Active One
12:00 PM — 12:20 PM
Master Your Domain
12:30 PM — 01:15 PM
The Partners Project with Shira Lazar and Rocketboom
01:00 PM — 01:45 PM
Data Drives Success for Leading Marketers:
01:00 PM — 01:45 PM
Everyone’s a Comedian
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Creative Content Calendaring
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM
Mobile? We Have an App for That!
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM
How Mobile Advertising is Impacting Brands and Consumers
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM
Data Drives Consumer Reach:
03:30 PM — 04:15 PM
Bringing Smart and Sexy Back: Pay-Per-Success Model in Social Media Advertising
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM
The 24/7 Online Newscycle & Reaping the Rewards of Real Time Reporting
05:30 PM — 06:00 PM

Thursday

Web 2012 and Beyond: Redefining the Internet of Tomorrow
05:30 PM — 05:50 PM
IAB Innovation Days @ Internet Week
08:00 AM — 05:00 PM
Digital Archaeology
10:00 AM — 06:00 PM
The Art of the Side Project
11:00 AM — 11:40 AM
The BajillionHits Way: Internet Content Mass-Manufacturing
11:30 AM — 11:50 AM
How To Stop Sucking at Email, Meetings, and Calls with Investors and Customers
11:30 AM — 12:10 PM
Stars of TechStars
12:30 PM — 12:50 PM
How to Buy and Sell Digital Media
01:00 PM — 11:00 PM
Pop! Goes the Bubble
01:30 PM — 01:50 PM
Finding the Keys to the Kingdom: Getting People to Use Your Product
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
Startup City
02:00 PM — 02:45 PM
The Evolution of Communication
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM
SOCIAL COMMERCE: Insights from innovative leaders who are reshaping the commerce experience
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM
Online Advertising is Broken. Can We Fix It?
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM
We Are NY Tech: How a strong tech community in New York is driving the success of the industry in the city.
04:00 PM — 04:20 PM

The location has been chosen right. This is the heart of the tech scene in the city.

Me In The New York Times
New York Times: Manhattan’s Tech Start-Ups Settle in the Flatiron District and Chelsea

Talking of the New York Times, I think I am going to be in an article on June 2, fingers crossed.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Getting To Meet Mark Suster In Person



So I got to meet Mark. Suster. In person. It was a great feeling. I had read enough of his blog posts that I really wanted to meet in person and make it real.

Mark is the most visible VC in Los Angeles. One time years ago I happened to be in downtown Los Angeles. I made a point to go see the bank where the bank robbery scene in the movie Heat was shot. Heat is one of my favorite movies.

Mark is passionate about blogging. Some people are like, but he writes long posts. I actually like it that he writes long posts. He really puts himself into it. You can almost hear the thought process come through. Did I touch all bases, or did I touch all bases? He is also a regular on TechCrunch.

He is a VC. He used to be an entrepreneur. That is why his blog is called Both Sides Of The Table. Very few VCs are like that. I guess Andreessen Horowitz also fall into that category.

If you read enough of his blog posts you get a pretty good idea of what he might be like in person. But also not everything comes through. Not everything is supposed to come through. Like his sense of humor. Every slide came with a joke. I was shaking in my seat with laughter. I was roaring, howling a few times.

He made some great points. Don't become a "Conference Ho," he said. If you are always hopping from conference to conference as a Founder CEO, that can sap the morale back at the office. Don't swap building a great product for building hype, he said.

It was a great slideshow that covered all the bases. I wonder if it is online somewhere. Maybe not.

Some of the things he said I remembered having read at his blog.

I got to ask the first question, I believe. Later I got to meet one on one. It is great to meet you in person, I said. You have a unique name, he said. When I google it up, noone else shows up, I said. He asked what I was working on.

We want to be a for profit, high tech Kiva, I said. The complete description would have been a for profit, high tech Kiva that does the last mile under its own brand name through the franchise concept. I am pre launch, I added. I hinted at my past failures.

I am honored to be part of the same tech ecosystem as you, I said.

One thing I really liked that he said and that I had read at his blog too a long time ago was that he is not looking for entrepreneurs who will fit into this vision or this business concept he has. No, I am just looking for the entrepreneur, he said. That is liberating to hear as an entrepreneur.

99.9% of my job is saying no, he said. My firm does two deals per year, and we hear thousands of pitches. We look for billion dollar companies, he said.

I got one, I thought.

The person who did the one on one right before me talked about her idea. It sounded like video creation, but also creating the platform to host the videos. Mark impressed me with his bluntness. He said, why try to recreate YouTube? Why not focus just on content creation? YouTube already gives you the audience.

He sure speaks his mind when people approach him with their business ideas. I liked it. He was blunt. You asked for his opinion and he gave it to you. And he is not claiming he is right. He is taking a chance he might be.

Mark sang praises of Jonathan Hefter. Jonathan is out of General Assembly, he has Neverware.

I found myself sitting next to Shafqat Islam.
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