BizTechDay - Technology Bootcamp for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

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

San Francisco, CA

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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

  • Christine Comaford

  • Tuyet Cong-Ton-Nu

  • Ion Constantinescu

  • Mark Cornish

  • Katherine Correia, Sagacent Technologies

  • Maria Costen

  • Allie Covarrusbias

  • Gina Covello, Habla Language Services

  • Alex Craddock, Visa

  • Laura Craig, Bulls-Eye Communications

  • Zachary Daily

  • lucian dang, HCT INC

  • Jackie Danicki

  • Elon Danziger

  • Judith Davis, Albin Engineering Services Inc.

  • Lynn Davis, Global ERP Strategy and Execution

  • Louise Dawson

  • Susan Dee

  • Maya Desai

  • Espree Devora

  • Margaret Di Maria

  • Hazen Grace Dircksen

  • Mike Doherty

  • Erica Douglass, Inspiring Innovators

  • Jim Dowling

  • susan edelman

  • Lina Egutkina

  • Leslie Ellis, eWomenNetwork

  • Rachel Estelle

  • Ann Evanston

  • Nancy Faass

  • Robert Fanini

  • Feleciai Favroth, Skincare by Feleciai

  • Lara Eve Feltin

  • Jeff Fenigstein

  • Griselda Fernandez

  • Gabrielle Feuersinger, Cake Coquette

  • Andi Fisher

  • Tashia Flucas

  • Laurel Flynn, Bayleaf Design Company

  • Jeni Fong

  • Tom Foremski

  • Roger Fornales, Fortify Consulting

  • Dan Forootan

  • Laura Forrest

  • Michele Fotinos

  • carmel franco, church group

  • Christine Friel

  • Eric Friis

  • Charles Fyffe

  • Amit Gadhia, Artyllect

  • Carmine Gallo

  • Adriana Gascoigne, hi5

  • Steven Gee

  • Roman Gelfer

  • Debra Giusti, Wishign Well Productions

  • Ian Griffin

  • Sandra Griffin

  • Edison Guerra

  • Crispin Guintu

  • Vishal Gurbuxani

  • Claudia Guzman

  • Neil Halder

  • Robyn Harris

  • Karen Hartline

  • Toshie Hayakawa

  • Scott Heiferman

  • Don Heinsen

  • Vieta Helmle, Beagletech

  • Karen Helten, bHIP Global

  • Daniel Henderson

  • Reggie Henkart, Isagenix

  • Carlos Hernandez

  • Lorena Hernandez

  • Christopher Hertz

  • Susan Hinch

  • PAUL HONG

  • Barbara Hoo, MatchBridge/United Way of the Bay Area
    Website: http://uwba.org

  • Helen Hsu, Balanced Life Consulting

  • Stewart Hsu

  • Michael Hudson, MBH Enterprises

  • Ewa Hugyetz, Ava Machining

  • Therese Hui, Balanced Life Consulting

  • Laura Hurd

  • Paula-Jo Husack

  • Kerry Inserra

  • nikolene isely, Staging by Design

  • Freeman Iverson

  • Ryohei Iwasaki

  • Jennifer Jaciw

  • Paul Jensen

  • Himanshu Jhamb

  • Jonathan Jiang

  • Lance Joe

  • Jodi Johnson, Process Cycle Solutions

  • Sarah Johnston

  • Deyon Jonson

  • Parnian Kaboli

  • Sophie Karet, Cambodian International Investment Group

  • Erik Katz, Adept Consulting

  • MaryPat Kavanagh

  • Nancy Kazdan, Market Share International

  • Michael Kazmierczak

  • Michal Kazmierczak

  • Roshan KC

  • Meghan Kennedy

  • Marianne Kent, Marianne Kent Music

  • Hamir Khandhadia

  • Omer Khawar

  • Kyung Khim

  • Terri Khonsari, Superstar Institute

  • Ki Young Kim

  • Thomas Kintner, Cisco

  • Anawat Kitthajaroenchai

  • Adam Krim

  • Julie Kronberg

  • Yann Kronberg

  • Garrett Krueger

  • Kate Krueger

  • Katherina Kulesova

  • Bonny Lai

  • Scott Lambert

  • Gabriel Lau

  • Winnie Lau, Fortify Consulting

  • Vincent Lauria

  • Joon Lee

  • Jeanine LeFlore

  • Pierre Letoublon, French American Chamber of Commerce

  • Lisa Lewis

  • Bin Li

  • Wai Lin Liao

  • Cindy Light, Making You Shine

  • Alicia Lin, Mashable.com

  • Cindy Lin

  • linda murray

  • Stefano Lindt

  • Janna Linsenmayer, Microsoft

  • Cheryl Liquori

  • Linda Liu

  • Vicky Liu

  • Peter Loose, The IT Guys

  • Marissa Louie, AD Village

  • Dabora Lovitt, Lovitt & Associates

  • Jon Lum

  • Leslie Lum

  • Pamela Lund

  • Raquel Lutz

  • Regina Lutz

  • Hannah Lynde, 18 Rabbits

  • Michael Ma

  • Rebecca Mackover

  • Daisuke Maeda, Sumitomo Corporation

  • Johanna Magnusson

  • sahab mahboyubi

  • Silvia Malaccorto

  • Alf Marcussen

  • Jack Mardack

  • Daniel Marshall

  • Gary Marshall

  • Daniel Martell

  • Brian Martin, Kestrel Ventures

  • Noah Martin

  • Angie Martinez

  • Don Martini

  • Gloria Mason, Kestrel Creations

  • Joan Mathis

  • Robin Matuk

  • Brad Maust

  • Mavis Anderson

  • Spencer McCall

  • Carl McCarden

  • Dan McComb

  • Dan Mechem

  • Rachel Meyer

  • Erin Michaela Brandt

  • Damon Miller

  • Stephen Miller

  • Antoinette Mobley

  • Ave Montague

  • Cedric Moore, Western Edition

  • Lone Morch

  • Diane Murk

  • Nish Nadaraj

  • Soleil Nelson Buckley

  • Ralph Nevchas

  • Caral Newman, CEO Space

  • Tan Nguyen

  • Thy Nguyen

  • Nicole Nicolay

  • Andrea Nielsen

  • Cathy Nielsen

  • Mark O'Leary, Comcast

  • Mark O'Leary

  • Dave O'Neal

  • kELLY O'Neil

  • Kelly O'Neil

  • Pam ODea

  • Shirin Oreizy

  • Dan Oshiro

  • Chris Pareja, B2B Power Exchange

  • Scott Parke

  • Cheryl Parker, West Wind Investments

  • Kelly Parkinson

  • Stefan Patashvili, Yael Designs

  • Michael Payne

  • Christian Perry

  • Kathy Perry

  • Craig Peters

  • Eve Peters

  • Cassie Phillipps

  • Cassie Phillipps

  • Anne Phoenix, Beagletech

  • Cesar Plata

  • Kimberly Pointer

  • Yolande Poirier

  • Julieta Pomares

  • Mark Porter

  • Jacob Rangel

  • Rekha Rao

  • Andrea Reichenbach

  • Jeremy Reither, R3R

  • Lisa Resse

  • herb rhee, device computing

  • Ricardo Ricardo

  • Rich Richon

  • Robert Anderson

  • Alan Robinson

  • Jini Rooney

  • Carla Rose

  • Patricia Rowe, Law Offices of Patricia Rowe

  • Greg Ruff

  • mahtab Sadrameli

  • Lusine Sargsyan

  • Yura Sargsyan

  • Josh Sauberman

  • Dror Schneider

  • Isabella Schwarzinger

  • Patrick Schwerdtfeger

  • Arielle Scott

  • Steve Sekhon

  • Rajesh Setty

  • Amanda Sharp

  • Shekinah Shepard

  • Marcus Siegel, Socialbees

  • Scott Sigler

  • Hubert Siu

  • Kenneth Smith

  • Al Sondag

  • Shelby Song

  • Keyser Söze

  • John Spanier

  • Stephan Spencer

  • Aaron Sperling

  • Thomas Steiner

  • Athony Stevens

  • Pam Strayer

  • Jed Stremel, Facebook

  • Jon Strishak