BizTechDay - Technology Bootcamp for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA    Share this event


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Event Details

 

Join Tim Ferriss. Put the Web to Work For You.

October 25th, 2008 | San Francisco, CA



Thank You to
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It's show time! BiztechDay kicks off in San Francisco this Sat, October 25th 8am!

 

Take charge and attend this packed 1 day of education, keynotes and genius hour exploding with the latest Web 2.0 business ideas with 500+ business owners in two rooms. It is the must-attend entrepreneurs and small business event of the year.

 

 

Over 30 "been there, done that" business owners, entrepreneurs, technologists and strategists including Tim Ferriss (4-Hour Work-week), Nish Nadarja (Chief Editor of Yelp.com), Christine Comaford (Google Angel Investor), Scott Heiferman (Founder of Meetup.com), Megan Casey (Cofounder of Squidoo.com), are coming together for 1 day to answer all your technology questions:

  • How to Collect Money Online
  • How to Create Your Web Presence
  • How to Create Your Own Social Network
  • How to Promote Your Event & Get Hundreds of People to Show Up
  • How to Create an Effective Marketing Campaign
  • How to Create Your Own Podcast/YouTube Video
  • How to Bring People to Your Website
  • How to Leverage Social Network to Promote Your Business
  • Any many more!

 

And if that wasn't enough our sponsors have donated some really cool prizes you will want to take home!

  • Two $100 Visa Gift Card
  • ViewSonic FlatScreen HDTV
  • HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One Printer!
  • Microsoft Zune
  • Microsoft Office
  • 4-Hour Workweek signed by Tim Ferriss
  • Rules of the Renegades signed by Christine Comaford
  • And many more!

 


 

Here is the agenda on Sat:

 

Continental 4&5

Continental 2&3

8:00 a..m

Registration

8:45 - 9:30 a.m.

Welcome & Keynote Interview - Tim Ferriss & Edith Yeung

9:30 - 10:25 a.m.

Email Marketing 101 - 10 Secrets to a Successful Email Marketing Campaign

  • Stu Carty, Constant Contact

Money 101 - How to Collect Money Online Using PayPal, Google Checkout & Amazon Payment

  • Allen Weinberg, GlenBrook Partners
10:30 - 11:25 a.m.

Website/SEO 101 - Setup a High Traffic Business Website & Basics to Search Engine Optimization

  • Stephan M. Spencer, Netconcepts.com

Online Branding 101 - Use Linkedin/Facebook/Yelp to Create Your Web Presence + 20 More Sites

  • Nicole Nicolay, Effektive Solutions
  • Rick Rochon, AdSymetrix.com
11:30 - 12:25 p.m.

Ning 101 - How to Create Your Own Social Network

  • Ann Evanston, eWomenNetwork

Multimedia 101 - How to Develop Your Own YouTube Video & Podcast?

  • Ian Griffin, Pro-Podcaster, NSA
  • Pam Strayer, Media Creator
12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 - 1:55 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote - George Wright, Will It Blend?/Blendtec

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Social Networks Panel

How to Use and Leverage Social Networks for Your Business

  • Hazel Grace Dircksen (Moderator)
  • Yaniv Bensadon, Fixya
  • Megan Casey, Squidoo
  • Alex Craddock, Visa
  • Scott Heiferman, Meetup
  • Dan McComb, Biznik
  • Nish Nadaraja, Yelp

Business 2.0 Panel

How to Run Your Business on the Cheap?

  • Gwyneth J Borden, IBM (Moderator)
  • Udi Chatow, MagCloud/HP
  • Mark O'Leary, Comcast
  • Paul Jensen, Microsoft
  • Jim Carrillo, Public Wi-Fi Project
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Event Marketing Panel

How to Promote Your Event & Get Hundreds of People

  • Alison Covarrubias (Moderator)
  • Angie Chang, Women 2.0
  • Elsa Chang, Yahoo!
  • Ann Evanston, eWomenNetwork
  • Vincent Lauria, Silicon Valley NewTech
  • Jack Mardack, Eventbrite
  • Christian Perry, SFbeta
  • Nancy Tubbs, FullCalendar
  • Myles Weissleder, SF New Tech

Viral Panel

How to Make Your Blog, Video, Podcast, Social Network Viral?

  • Kelly O'Neil (Moderator)
  • Jason Billingsley, Elastic Path Software
  • Adriana Gascoigne, hi5
  • Chris Pareja, B2B Power Exchange
  • Scott Sigler, Pro-Podcaster
  • George Wright, Will it Blend? / Blendtec
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Genius Desk - Ask the Expert Round Table

5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Keynote - Scott Heiferman - Founder of Meetup & Wrap Up

6:00 p.m. till late

No Host Happy Hour & Networking

 

 

It's this Saturday!

 

 

 

Attendee List
  • Lisa Accardi

  • Kelly Adelekan, Blue Moon Associates

  • Donna Agoitia, Donna Agoitia Graphic Design

  • Nan Andrews Amish

  • Calle Anderson

  • David Anderton, Keller Williams Realty

  • Raphaël Arbuz

  • Matthew Arndt

  • John Atanasio

  • Tracey Awad

  • Leo Bakerian

  • Amit Bakshi

  • Alan Barsky

  • Lucy Beard

  • MICHELLE BEATY, MBID

  • Madeline Behrens-Brigham

  • Yaniv Bensadon

  • Douglas Berrios

  • Sneha Bhavan, Chic Papier

  • Jason Billingsley

  • Melody Biringer, the CRAVE Company

  • Doreen Bloch

  • Jean Blot

  • Marilyn Bobbin

  • Lise Bodine

  • Steffany Boldrini

  • Steve Book

  • Gwendolyn Booze

  • Gwyneth Borden

  • Arthur Bouchara

  • Cheryl Bower

  • Jessica Bowman

  • Shemy Boyer, The Dog House Inn

  • Betty Brandon

  • Claudia Brenner, Makor

  • Juston Brommel

  • Stuart Bronstein

  • Crystal Brooks

  • Kathy Brozek

  • Donielle Buie, Bonora Paper & Inc

  • Robert Burnson, InlinePlanet.com

  • Ken Burnstein

  • Betty Burr

  • Len Burt

  • Andrzej Buszko

  • Pierce Buxton

  • Candy Campbell

  • Michael Cargian

  • Tim Carney

  • Anne Carpenter

  • David Carranza, Edward Jones

  • James Carrillo, Public WiFi Project

  • Stu Carty

  • Megan Casey

  • Nancy Castelli, Balance

  • Arthur Castiloo

  • Fernando Cely, Monterey Bay Bouquet

  • Bonnie Chambers, Bonora Paper & Inc

  • Sharra Chan

  • Angie Chang

  • Elsa Chang

  • Lauren Chang

  • Philip Chang

  • Jennifer Chatfield

  • Udi Chatow

  • Nicholas Chu

  • Carol Chui