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7 Mar

TwestivalSF Returns for 2011

Logo by @alliepal

TwestivalSF Returns in 2011 Locally Contributing to Juma Ventures

SAN FRANCISCO – What happens when individuals from all over the world employ the power of social networking for a very good cause? Twestival happens! (Twestival = Twitter + Festival) – 100% volunteer run – 100% of proceeds go to charity.

Twestival local, the biggest fundraising event promoted and fueled by Twitter will happen on March 24, 2010.

TwestivalSF is focused is helping the nonprofit organization, Juma.org

Juma Ventures empowers youth to make successful transitions to independence in adulthood, through an innovative program that integrates employment in social enterprises and essential support services. Juma’s program provides the foundation for youth to fulfill their inherent potential to transcend challenging circumstances and impact their communities.

Over 200 cities around the world will gather in their hometown venues to help create awareness and raise money for the charity of their city.

Special guests include:
• @MilesTheDJ LIVE 105 radio host and DJ in the mix
from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
•Sioux City Kid – San Francisco’s newest hickabilly jazzgrass band
•John Vicino – Songer, songwriter, and talent
•Featuring products from companies such as: EyeFi, PopChips, PretzelCrisps, TruBlood, and more!

Taking place at
Atmosphere and Lounge
447 Broadway Street
San Francisco, CA

Times: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Tickets are $10
More information: www.sftwestival.com all proceeds go directly to the charity.

Here’s a preview of what you may have missed in previous years, that you won’t want to miss this year!

TwestivalSF Recap – Thanks to @landinimedia

TechSeen 2010

12 Jul

SFBeta 4.0.3

SF Beta returns for yet another round of excitement! 8 great startups, 1 great night!
• July 13, 2010
• 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
• 21+ venue; no minors admitted
• 111 Minna Gallery

Startup Demo Theme: The Future of Media

Startups demo throughout the venue, all night long. Stop by to check them out! Here’s the list of participants:

Doochoo
Doochoo is much more than just another application think tank — the Doochoo project is about revolutionizing the way opinions on the web carry meaning, starting with some applications, followed by a proprietary platform that will give opinions on the web tangibility and critical weight.

Envolve
Launching at SF Beta! Envolve lets you have topical group chats, private one-on-one conversations, and can do real-time translation in over 50 languages; all of these give your visitors an engaging experience that promotes your brand while increasing time-on-site.

Cisco Eos
Cisco Eos is a hosted software platform that enables Media & Entertainment companies to more economically deliver and effectively monetize social entertainment experiences around branded content.

Reachoo
Reachoo is a revolutionary, free, video classifieds website that connects the local community and assists sellers and buyers within the community to make transactions with ease.

Spreaker
Spreaker is a social service which lets anybody create his own radio show (talk, music, entertainment) and broadcast it live on facebook, mobile phones and internet-enabled radios. Listeners can enjoy single streams or create their personal radio station stitching together several shows.

LazyFeed
Lazyfeed is a unique service that provides a super-lazy way of blogging by actually “feeding” you stuff to talk about. Just follow any topics you want, and watch Lazyfeed deliver all the articles, videos, and photos related to those topics. Never worry about running out of inspiration. Endlessly talk about everything you love.

Diffbot
Diffbot is a seed stage web startup focused on leveraging statistical learning algorithms to achieving the holy grail a truly personalized newspaper that is not limited to structured data sources.

Loudcaster
The future of radio is online, not satellites or towers. Loudcaster enables anyone to create and DJ a interactive on-line radio station. We believe the next generation of broadcasting will come from giving people the power to easily create radio and interact with their audience.

SF Beta is San Francisco’s largest and longest-running startup mixer. Hundreds of founders, developers, investors, and geeks are joining us. Will you?
Our loosely structured event attracts over 350 people from across Silicon Valley. We provide tasty gourmet appetizers and a full cash bar, along with live demos from startups throughout the night.
Details:
• 21+ venue; no minors admitted
• Free appetizers from 5-6pm. (Early birds get the worm — or in this case, the hummus)
• Tickets are non-refundable, but can be transferred
• No formal presentations or talks. Instead, startups give demos at tables across the venue, throughout the night.
• For more information, visit our website at www.sfbeta.com

24 Apr

Wyclef Jean Rocks the SF Barrel House

words and pictures by Brian Solis

I have to admit that I’m listening to Carnival Vol. II Memoirs of an Immigrant while I write this post.

Wyclef Jean is someone who moves me musically, philosophically, and personally. His story from Haiti to the Fugees to producer to global superstar to humanitarian is nothing short of amazing and inspirational. His message is humbling and humanizing.

I had the privilege this week to attend a private show hosted by Pereira & O’Dell during ad:tech (thank you Cathy Brooks) at the Barrel House in SF.

Surely someone of Wyclef’s status could have simply played a few songs and then scurried off into a limo to enjoy the remainder of the night with his entourage – it was certainly hot enough in the venue to motivate him to keep it short. Instead, he invested his time, passion, and energy into creating a memorable experience for everyone by playing almost every song he’s ever written, moving the dancefloor as DJ, and finally mingling with guests after the show. If you didn’t know any better, you would swear this was his most important and personal show ever.

Wyclef dedicated the evening to the Yele Haiti foundation, an organization that creates small-scale, manageable and replicable projects to contribute to Haiti’s long-term progress. Each initiative is imbued with Wyclef’s passion, as Yéle Haiti’s founder. Whether utilizing local hip-hop musicians to deliver awareness messages in forgotten neighborhoods or bringing his famous friends to Haiti to support the movement, what Wyclef radiates is profound wishes for the country. Each of Yéle’s projects is conceived to renew hope for Haitians to rebuild their nation. Please help if you can.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Wyclef sends his first tweet with the help of Chris Sacca

Smoke break

Sharing the love

Cooling off the crowd

Picture of a picture

For more pictures from the Wyclef performance, please visit my album on flickr.

Please see the SF Weekly for additional coverage.

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1 Mar

San Francisco @Night

by Brian Solis

The other night, I co-hosted the Bi-Coastal Birthday Bash for Julia Allison & Randi Zuckerberg in San Francisco with Sarah Lacy, and Dave Morin. The night was clear, still, warm and intimately lit by the city lights and the moon. I was inspired to take a detour to and from the party to capture a memento of the night.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Bay Bridge

Ferry Building

For additional pictures from San Francisco @Night, please view the album on Flickr.

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3 Jan

Microsoft and TechSet Wrap-up Startup Tour in San Francisco

by Brian Solis

Microsoft Startup Zone, in partnership with Stephanie Agresta and yours truly of The TechSet, hosted a special event for tech innovators in Silicon Valley and San Francisco to celebrate the launch of BizSpark, a new program designed specifically for those who contribute to a dynamic ecosystem that helps startups flourish.

While glamorous and absolutely one of the best stops on our four city tour, it was also bitter sweet. San Francisco was the last Ignition event of the current series that spotlighted and introduced us to amazing entrepreneurs, founders, leaders, and influencers in Austin, New York and Los Angeles.

Ignition-San Francisco was hosted 52 floors above San Francisco at The Carnelian Room. The view and the company was nothing less than incredible.

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…