The A list turned out for Dealmaker’s Insider Party this week in San Francisco. Held at the very chic Varnish Art Gallery, the lovely, intelligent, and very influential team at Dealmaker Media packed the house with some of the most important people behind the new Web.
Julia French and The Deal’s Josh Jaffe
Valleywag‘s Megan McCarthy
Event sponsors, MediaRiver, TriNet, and Pikeo also helped fill the room with an incredible orchestra of bloggers, investors, CEOs, developers, reporters and other influential deal makers.
Jeff Clavier
Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera and Zoho’s Raju Vegesna
Wonder Twin Powers Activate: Peter Pham of Photobucket, Pascale Diaine of Pikeo and Maya Baratz of Flickr
Dealmaker Media operates at the intersection of business, technology, venture capital, and the future. They organize and run conferences, roundtables, blogs, and research, all designed to inter-connect CEOs, technology executives, investors, analysts and press. Dealmaker Media brings dealmakers together with one ultimate goal: to get the deal done.
Indeed, the team lived up to their tagline of “growing through connections.”
This invitation only event is definitely one of the most connected series in the tech industry and is only growing more relevant.
Dealmaker Media’s Alison Murdock (on right)
Debbie Landa of Dealmaker Media and David Shantz of Graphite
Ustream.tv’s Johnny Ham
Justin Kan of Justin.tv and Jeremy Toeman of Livedigitally
Troy Angrignon, Adventure Capitalist
Splashcast’s Michael Berkley
Was this on of those events that per Michael Arrington of TechCrunch was contributing to the need for a reset in Silicon Valley? Hardly…although it was a popular topic of conversation. Just for the record, we are nowhere near a need for a downturn and the “sky isn’t falling yet.” So far, the vibe is positive, encouraging, and people are generally supportive. There’s more money than people are willing to take. Companies are focusing on building communities, and for now, that is the levy that is keeping Silicon Valley from flooding.
Other notable guests included:
For more pictures, jump to Brian Solis‘ photoset on flickr.
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