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Pass the Mic: Charles Beeler with Bay Partners’ Eric Chin

John Furrier — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:01:07 +0000

Eric Chin, partner at Bay Partners, takes time out from DEMO networking to talk with Charles Beeler. Chin and Bay Partners may not have had any investments on display this time, but at the Fall conference, they were the talk of the show, with Wallop, which has since made inroads in Hollywood….

Tags: Eric Chin, Charles Beeler, Wallop

Furrier At DEMO: Charles Beeler, of El Dorado Ventures

John Furrier — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:36:32 +0000

Before he handed off the microphone to Charles Beeler, PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier spoke with Beeler about life at El Dorado Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, located in the heart of Silicon Valley VC territory, on famous Sand Hill Road.

Tags: Charles Beeler, John Furrier

Pass the Mic: Granite Global Ventures’ Hany Nada

John Furrier — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:20:28 +0000

Hany Nada, from Granite Global Ventures, talks about the expansion-stage firm’s interests at DEMO 07, and their track record in China.

Tags: Hany Nada, Granite Global Ventures

Pass the Mic: Charles Beeler with Paul Holland at DEMO 07

John Furrier — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:28:29 +0000

El Dorado Ventures General Partner Charles Beeler continues his man-on-the-street interviews at DEMO 07. Paul Holland was impressed with a few of the companies he saw at the conference, as well as with the spinach salad at a VC dinner. It wasn’t just the spinach, actually. It was the whole salad.

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Tags: El Dorado Ventures, Charles Beeler, DEMO 07, Paul Holland

Pass the Mic: Charles Beeler with Steve Hall at DEMO 07

John Furrier — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:57:30 +0000

Venture capital investor Charles Beeler speaks with fellow-VC Steve Hall (his DEMO observations can be found here), from Vulcan Capital, at DEMO 2007 in January. Another positive mention for Zink, and agreement that lots of small steps are being taken in the direction of improving search technology. Hall also gets in a plug for one of his investments….

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Tags: Charles Beeler, Zink

“Too Many VCs!” Jean-Louis Gassée, at DEMO 07

John Furrier — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:30:26 +0000

PodTech CEO and Founder John Furrier spotted a real-life legend milling around at DEMO 07. Jean-Louis Gassée has played important roles at Hewlett-Packard and Apple Computer, he’s a blogger (you can test your French), and he confesses here that this is his first podcast, at least this year. Asked about the entrepreneurial climate in Europe, he says things are exciting there, but adds that he’s always stealing European talent for Greater Silicon Valley.

Photo: Rob Lee via Flickr/Creative Commons

Tags: Jean-Louis Gassée, Silicon Valley

DEMO Mixer: Who Says Tech Folks Don’t Know How to Unwind?

John Furrier — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:00:39 +0000

How does smalltalk sound at DEMO? PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier was wearing his media hat and his technology hat when he spoke with Alcatel-Lucent’s Dor Skuler and others at the DEMO Day 1 mixer. Among the issues they discuss: controling security in the workplace while allowing users the freedom that productivity requires.

Photo: Rob Lee via Flickr/Creative Commons

Tags: PodTech, John Furrier, Alcatel-Lucent, Dor Skuler, DEMO

DEMO 07: Blerts - The Next Step in RSS?

John Furrier — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:00:58 +0000

One of the companies with something big to announce at DEMO 07 was ThePort, which premiered Blerts. Here, PodTech Founder John Furrier talks with ThePort Network CEO and Chairman Robert Cramer about the future of social media.

Photo: Rob Lee via Flickr/Creative Commons

Tags: ThePort, Blerts, Robert Cramer

DEMO 07: VCs in a Cab

John Furrier — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:00:15 +0000

What do a bunch of elite venture capital folks do after a long day at DEMO 07 in Palm Desert, Calif.? They pile into a cab to have a chat about the day’s highlights. Here, PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier goes over the shows’ greatest hits with Craig Syverson, Christine Herron, David Hornik and Vivek Mehra, all from the inside of a taxi. (One highlight of the everyone agreed on, by the way: a technology called ZINK — it stands for “zero ink.” You can see the demo here.)

Photo: Doc Searls via Flickr/Creative Commons

Tags: John Furrier, Craig Syverson, Christine Herron, David Hornik, Vivek Mehra, ZINK

Alex Iskold: Adaptive Blue at Demo

John Furrier — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:09:38 +0000

Alex Iskold - a big PodTech fan and an exciting entrepreneur - caught up with PodTech CEO John Furrier at the evening event prior to Demo, in Los Angeles. Alex talked about his new company, as well as Web 2.0 and the new technology trends in the infrastructure.

John’s Notes: After having such a great time talking with Alex, I realized that I need to get a Computer Science podcast going again. I wish that I had a person to help me do a weekly Computer Science show….
- John Furrier

Venture Capital: Josh Kopelman and Howard Morgan of First Round Capital at Demo

John Furrier — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:02:33 +0000

At Demo in Los Angeles, PodTech CEO and Founder John Furrier had a chance to speak with Howard Lee Morgan and Joshua Kopelman, two prominent early-stage venture capitalists from First Round Capital. Although Josh is now deeply involved in the world of venture capital, the Half.com founder still has a sharp eye that betrays his entrepreneurial drive. (more…)

Tags: Howard Lee Morgan, Joshua Kopelman, First Round Capital

Venture Capital: Jim Lussier of NorWest VC at Demo

John Furrier — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:06:20 +0000

Jim Lussier is a general partner at Norwest Venture Partners. The highly-regarded venture capital firm has invested in more than 300 companies, including Tivoli, Documentum, Peoplesoft and Collabnet. PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier caught up with him at the Demo Conference in San Diego. (more…)

Tags: venture capital, John Furrier, Demo Conference

‘Solid’ Showing at DEMOfall 2006

Matt Kelly — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:33:14 +0000

LOS ANGELES, September 27, 2006, (PodTech News) — DEMOfall 2006 is underway in San Diego this week. Billed as the premier launch venue for new products, technologies and companies, the invitation-only event includes a presentation by Solid State Networks. (more…)

DEMO2006 - HP’s Satjiv Chahil - Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Personal Systems Group

John Furrier — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:50:42 +0000

At DEMO 2006 Jason Lopez spoke with Satjiv Chahil, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for HP’s Personal Systems Group about HP’s multimedia laptops and on where HP is going with wireless home and mobile entertainment technology.

For more information on Hewlett Packard’s Pavilion click here.

Bud Colligan and Mike Boich - New Venture Opportunities

John Furrier — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:44:55 +0000

A lot of people say we are in the middle of another Internet based Tech Bubble, because many opportunities appear too good to be true. But Bud Colligan and Mike Boich say that it is a solid market. If you know how to decode it, an entrepreneur can capitalize on a growing demand for web based services and products.

DEMO2006 - Vertical Search - Part 1 of 2: Kaboodle, Inc., Plum, RawSugar, Riya.com

John Furrier — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:35:35 +0000

From DEMO2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. “As the library of freely available information grows, purely computational methods will fall short of finding the most reliable sources that are exactly what you want. People, on the other hand, continue to act as extremely effective librarians. Aided by good technology, people collaborating around information may prove to be the only way that Internet-based information remains relevant.” Part 1 of 2 Vertical Search.

DEMO2006 Vertical Search Part 2 of 2 - Transparensee System, Nexidia, Kosmix, America Online

John Furrier — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:31:00 +0000

DEMO2006 - Disruptors - Gravee, LocaModa, Inc., eVoke TV Corp., iGuitar, Inc.

John Furrier — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:21:56 +0000

From DEMO2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. A sampling of the companies which, “disrupt markets, challenge conventional thinking, or threaten existing business structures.” Part 1 of 2

DEMO2006 - Unique & Exciting New Business Models, Part 1 of 3 : CNET Channel, GarageBand.com, The Multiverse Network, Inc., Tiny Pictures, BiggerBoat

John Furrier — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:20:44 +0000

From the DEMO conference in Phoenix, AZ . Listen to Executive Producer, Chris Shipley’s chosen “products that offer unique functionality, exciting new capabilities, or thought provoking new business models.” This is the first of three parts in this series.

DEMO2006 - Unique & Exciting New Business Models - Part 2 of 3: Blurb, Inc., Mp3Car.com, Ugobe, Inc., Bones in Motion, Inc., Digislide Holdings, Pty Ltd.

John Furrier — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:19:32 +0000

DEMO2006 - Unique & Exciting New Business Models - Part 3 of 3: Accomplice Software, Grass Roots Software, Zingree, Pty Ltd., Interprise Solutions, GuardID Systems, Inc., Network Streaming, Inc.

John Furrier — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:18:28 +0000

DEMO2006 - Virtual Meeting Platforms - Polyvision, VSee Lab.

John Furrier — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:43:32 +0000

DEMO2006 - Virtual Meeting Platforms - Polyvision, VSee Lab.

For more on Vsee Lab click here.

DEMO2006 New Media - Vizrea, SmileBox, NewsGator Technologies, SimpleFeed, Vivid Sky, BroadRamp, Inc.

John Furrier — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:41:58 +0000

DEMO2006 - New Media

“… Women with children at home, they want to send something really powerful and creative; they want something compelling and personal …” We’ve heard about New Media for so long, seems like it is time to take the word “new” off the name, but not if you ask Newsgator or Vizrea. I’m Jason Lopez for Podtech News. JohnFurrier, Michael Johnson, and Steve Wilhelm take look at “new” New Media a the 2006 DEMO conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

DEMO2006 - Network Technology - Level 5 Networks, Avokia, Extricom, LogLogic

John Furrier — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:39:48 +0000

DEMO2006 - Network Technology - Level 5 Networks, Avokia, Extricom, LogLogic … “keeping information networks in strong running order”.

DEMO2006 - Network Security - Shimon Systems, Cesura, Fortify Software, Iron Port Systems, Front Porch, Tested Technologies

John Furrier — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:37:04 +0000

DEMO2006 - Network Security - Shimon Systems, Cesura, Fortify Software, Iron Port Systems, Front Porch, Tested Technologies.

It might be said that the only good network is a safe network. This is Podtech News. John Furrier, Jason Lopez and myself, Michael Johnson spoke with several presenters at DEMO 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona as they offered their solutions for network security.