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What Should You Make of the Web Summit Controversy? A View Behind the Scenes

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a big conference and all big conferences charge money, make money and serve a diverse set of needs. I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. I hate attending big conference. So what will you get out of Web Summit or any big conference?

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DMW: LA Game Conference, Workshops and Free Tix For Our Readers!

Tech Zulu Event

We have partnered up with DMW for the LA Game Conference and their Gamification and Transmedia Workshops. With a grand total of over $2400 worth of tickets we are sending 4 lucky (1 to each workshop and 2 to LA Game Conference) TechZulu readers to these amazing events. I want LA Game Conference). FREE tickets of course!

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How to Nail a Group Presentation

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It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. So I thought I’d write a piece on how not to suck when you give a presentation. Show some energy!

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A Great Discussion with @skupor @davemcclure @msuster on Changes in the VC Industry

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I recently attended and presented at Dave McClure’s PreMoney conference in San Francisco. I wrote my version here and Scott wrote an excellent write-up of his views here. tl;dr version. I don’t totally agree with that view. Most of those industries are fee-based and are competing on revenue growth.

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Trade Show Guerilla Marketing – Booth Babes With Beards

InfoChachkie

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference.

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum | Shifting Perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT

Tech Zulu Event

He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. He spends a great deal of time and energy shaping customer and industry direction with regular conference keynote appearances, discussions with customers, and even the occasional foray into writing code.

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Biotech Roundup: ASCO, BIO, Drug Setbacks, Incubators & More

Xconomy

—At the annual BIO conference, which gathered in San Francisco for the first time since cops battled street protesters in 2004, industry bigwigs took to the stage to defend themselves. Not against street riots this time, but against political, financial, and social pressures that are changing the way America pays for drugs.