by Victor Karamalis Photo by Brian Solis
The weather isn’t the only thing that’s heating up in San Francisco this week. All day on Friday the 26th at the Yerba Buena Theatre, uber-producer extraordinaire Christian Perry and his crew will be hosting the Social Networking Application Platform (SNAP) Summit. The event is packed with the most innovative experts and entrepreneurs that swim in social apps on a daily basis.
With 200 people already signed up (and paid) for the event, I asked Christian recently how he came up with the idea for this event. “The idea came just before Facebook opened up its API in April. Of course there are other social networking applications and we wanted to talk about all of them as whole. However, given Facebook’s popularity, there is a significant emphasis on Facebook given the speakers and panel topics.”
With big names such as newbie father Robert Scoble (pictured with Christian below), I asked him “in your opinion, who do you not only see as a successful entrepreneur but a true visionary that your audience should take note?” “All the speakers are great with their own unique expertise. Keith Schacht is from Chicago and flying in to speak at the Summit. He has co-founded and sold two successful technology companies.” He’s currently co-founder of Chicago based 42 Friends LLC, a company that develops Facebook applications.
Michael Lazerow is CEO and founder of Buddy Media who have created Acebucks. As Christian briefly explained. “Acebucks is a marketing application that gives people incentives to play games, refer friends, and take surveys while gaining ‘bucks’ for real world prizes”. I personally just installed on my Facebook profile and I rarely install these types of apps. This is definitely a win-win scenario in my book for Buddy Media and Facebook.
With well-known sponsors like Citrix and one of my favorites, Bubblicious, I ended the interview with asking Christian what he wants people to walk away from the Summit. “All attendees should have a better understanding of the platforms. I also want developers to think about the technical issues. They’ll see and hear entrepreneurs that have succeeded. The conferences are also great to meet each other (aspiring entrepreneurs) and that’s why they come.”
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