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Pitches for SEO for New Websites event – March, 2010

Name
Website
Compete

Vinicius Vacanti
Yipit
5304

Julie Grotto
Caudalie
4721

Nate Berkopec
The Factionist
2234

Joe Chin
SourcePad
1941

Timothy Ericson
CityRyde
1805

Edward Sussman
Buzzr
1581

Brett Hine
GIRLS ROCK!
1549

Stephen Smyth
http://twigmore.com
1366

Thomas Farrell
PEO Spectrum
1188

Darren Peck
Accolades.com
1112

Ray Bernaz
Socialibrium
955

dean collins
www.LiveChatConcepts.com
895

Amanda Hofman
Urban Girl Squad
343

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Pitches for Designing Social Websites event – February, 2010

Name
Website
Compete

Nora Abousteit
BurdaStyle, Inc.
101780

Loren Appin
Pixable
52859

christine batten
The Media Incubator
10869

Chris Becker
FIlemobile
3414

Jon Brause
Startup Officer, Inc.
2594

Chaitanya Challa
p2w2 LLC
2275

dean collins
live chat concepts inc
2229

Pierre DeBois
Zimana
1869

Ezra Gildesgame
Growing Venture Solutions
1808

Peter Douma
Spotburn
1837

Matt Friedman
The Tuned Inn
1579

Seth Front
Jewish Zodiac
1212

Aaron Harvey
Purple, Rock, Scissors
1166

Marjorie Kase
MarKyr Media
763

Eitan Magid
eMagid.com
673

Shaneal Manek
Postabon
588

Ursula vonRydingsvard
YouHere
371

Jan Morgan
CSRwire
0

Gene Plotkin
Creation of Success
0

David Pollak
Seeyu.com
0

David Porter
8tracks
0

Faraz Qureshi
MeetOnCruise
0

Jonathan Rosen
Give.bz
0

Joseph Rosenberg
Taffytaxi
0

Antony Seeff
21hippos
0

Aaron Sylvan
TrustWorks, Inc.
0

Jennifer [...]

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The February Ultra Light Startups Entrepreneur’s Forum will be on the topic of Designing Social Websites.  The panel will cover topics including:

What is a social website? What makes a site social?
Why people participate online. Why some social sites work and others don’t. The psychology of online social interaction.
An overview of interactive design patterns for online [...]

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Dennis Mortensen is the only person to have appeared on two Ultra Light Startups panels (on Web Analytics and on Bootstrapping vs. Venture Funding) so it’s no secret that I’m a big fan. When he heard of our February event on Designing Social Websites he passed along this post of his from 2007. [...]

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Name
Company
Compete

Summer Nemeth
Imagine Election
13173

Lauren Porat
Urban Interns
9841

James Moran
Yipit
4474

Margot Tohn
Park It! Guides
4345

Eric Chang
The Swell Syndicate LLC
2854

Sott Wolpow
Discount Jewelry
2684

Tom Deryckere
Siruna
1930

Kent Krekorian
Simple.PR
1724

Nigel Wright
Pitch New Business
1659

Ed Sussman
Buzzr
1543

Marc Alter
FreshMalt
1445

Ray Bernaz
Socialibrium
1212

Joe Chin
SourcePad
1151

Brett Hine
GIRLS ROCK
784

T.C. Coleman
Upward Action LLC
741

Vasu Kulkarni
Krossover Intelligence
673

Gennady Borukhovich
My Grocery Buddy
0

dean collins
Live [...]

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I’m in the process of naming a startup. I decided to do a bit of research on “industry best practices” for this task. Here’s what I found:
1) Qualities of a good name.  The following is a list of qualities of a good name for your startup.  The prioritization of these qualities is highly [...]

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I just ran across this post by Jason Calacanis from last August on On How To Get PR For Your Startup: Fire Your PR Company.  As could be expected, he’s got some great (and unconventional) tips.  He talks a lot about his experiences with his early company, Silicon Alley Reporter magazine, which could definitely be [...]

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InSITE is an organization of Columbia and NYU MBA and JD (law) students who help startup companies develop their business plans and seek funding.  InSITE leadership has presented at Ultra Light Startups meetings many times and a number of ULS members have been involved in their programs.  Their program follows the academic calendar – they [...]

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Brands, agencies, publishers and service providers from around the country are converging on the Javits Convention Center in New York City this week for the premier gathering of Online Marketers. The event runs from November 4-6 and brings together a top-notch pool of experts to share, network, learn and do business with one another.
SCHEDULE OF [...]

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