DEMO leaves Boulder, hits Boston, Chicago, LA, Austin, Singapore and more (photos)

As part of our mission to find the most exciting, disruptive tech for this season’s DEMO, we recently stopped off in Boulder, Colorado to check out the coolest startups in the region. Below are some photos from the meetup we had there.

Then we flew back to SF on Thursday, where we invited some exciting new companies to pitch at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, and found several we expect to invite to launch at … Continue Reading

Boston companies: Last chance to meet with the best mentors in town

Just a friendly reminder that we’ll be in Boston next Tuesday, February 14, and we’re still looking for the best local companies to come meet with us.

We’ll be there as part of our global DEMO tour, and we’ll be partnering with three of the top mentors Boston has to offer. Antonio Rodriguez (partner at Matrix Partners), Katie Rae (head of Techstars Boston and Project 11), and Fred Destin (partner at Atlas Venture) will all … Continue Reading

Bay Area companies: Meet with Kleiner Perkins Thursday – Last chance to apply!

If your company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and you want to meet with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers on Thursday, this is your last chance to sign up.

We’ll be heading down to the KPCB Menlo Park offices in three days to meet with 10 local companies as part of our global DEMO tour. If you’d like to be one of those 10, fill out this form by Tuesday at noon, … Continue Reading

SoCal companies, get feedback from VentureBeat & LA’s newest startup specialists, Science

VentureBeat is headed to Southern California on February 23 as part of our ongoing quest to find the most promising companies to write about and to invite to participate at our next DEMO conference in April.

If you’re working on the next big tech product, come meet me and Mike Jones and Peter Pham of Science, the new group in Los Angeles focused on building profitable new startups. We’ll be offering feedback to early-stage companies. … Continue Reading

Upverter launches paid accounts for private hardware hacking

Upverter, the fascinating open-source hardware hackers’ tool, has just launched paid accounts.

With these accounts, users can hack away at their designs away from the public eye. It works a lot like Github’s private offerings, where paying users can shield their code repositories from outside eyes, if they so choose.

Upverter won hearts as a DEMO Fall 2011 company; its blend of cloud-based collaboration and hardware-hacker focus hit the market at just the right time.… Continue Reading

Silicon Valley and Colorado companies — Do you sizzle? (Reminder)

Just a reminder to Silicon Valley- and Colorado-based companies: VentureBeat is joining up with two great venture capital firms to offer feedback on your product.

Yes, there’s something in it for VentureBeat. We’re on the prowl to find the most exciting products to write about (eventually, when your product is ready), and also to invite to launch our upcoming DEMO conference. The next DEMO takes place April 17-19 in Silicon Valley.

And yes, there’s something … Continue Reading

Silicon Valley companies: Get feedback from VentureBeat and Kleiner Perkins

If you’re based in the Bay Area, and are building the next tech product that will change the world, consider joining me for a feedback session with one of the city’s most respected venture capital groups, Kleiner Perkins.

Kleiner has offered to give feedback to your idea before it comes to market, including on your technology, business model and go-to-market strategy. And if there’s a fit, we can also discuss your launching opportunities at DEMO … Continue Reading

Boston companies: Get feedback on Feb 14 from the best mentors in town

If you’re an entrepreneur based in the Boston area and are building the next big disruptive tech company, join us for a private feedback session with three of the top tech mentors in town.

VentureBeat is on a world tour. We’re prowling to find the most exciting products to write about and to invite to the upcoming DEMO conference. The next DEMO takes place April 17-19 in Silicon Valley.

The free pre-DEMO Boston session will … Continue Reading

Denver-Boulder companies: Get feedback from VentureBeat and Foundry Group

Are you in the Boulder, Colorado area and have the next big disruptive tech idea?

If so, you’ll want to apply to join a special meetup we are hosting with one of Boulder’s most respected venture capitalists, Foundry Group.

Basically, we’re offering awesome, free feedback about your idea.

Here are the details: We’re inviting 10 companies who plan to launch products soon to pitch their ideas to a few key members at Foundry as well … Continue Reading

Leonard “Mr. Spock” Nimoy speaks at DEMO (video)

We were honored to have Leonard Nimoy, best known as Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, as one of our speakers last night.

VentureBeat and DEMO produced the event, which was hosted by Fusion-io, a leader in efficient server technology.

As we gathered to discuss large-scale innovations and future-focused technologies, we were joined by Mr. Nimoy, who shared some of his thoughts on how science fiction of the past is becoming the scientific and technological reality in … Continue Reading

Student startups show off business solutions at Demo Enterprise

There’s money in the cloud, and some college students are already wise to the opportunity.

Three early-stage, student-led startups and one more-established startup hit the stage at the first-ever DEMO: Enterprise Disruption event this evening to show off their best efforts at reinventing the enterprise.

Teamitt describes what it does as combining people, processes and data to produce more effective results. It’s a sort of dashboard for enterprise resource planning that can give managers better … Continue Reading

How to tell your story in 2-4 minutes…and win

One of the things I’ve learned over the past two years years while leading the DEMO conference is that great entrepreneurs are able to pitch their company stories clearly and engagingly in about two minutes.

I’ve now seen thousands of pitches, and it’s surprising how few entrepreneurs have mastered this. A flat or unfocused pitch can cause serious harm to your chances. Potential investors give up trying to see magic in you. Potential business partners … Continue Reading

Leonard Nimoy to join Woz at our DEMO Enterprise tomorrow

I’m delighted to announce that Leonard Nimoy will joining us at our special event tomorrow that focuses on technology innovation that is hitting the enterprise.

The event, “DEMO Enterprise Disruption: An Evening of Change & Innovation,” which takes place in San Francisco, is already full, so we can’t take anymore registrants. However, we’ll be running a live feed of the event on our home page. So tune in to VentureBeat starting at 6:15 pm PST … Continue Reading

Are you a student, with a sexy enterprise company? We want to hear from you

Here are more details on VentureBeat’s special event in SF on January 5 focused on innovation in the enterprise. Why enterprise? Well, it’s one of the sexier areas for entrepreneurs right now.

Sure, the consumer companies — Facebook, Zynga, Twitter — led the revolution. But now the disruptive social media and cloud computing trends are hitting the enterprise — and there’s a lot of action there.

As mentioned, the first part of the event in … Continue Reading

College students (and other tech startup addicts): We want you!

VentureBeat, as mentioned, is kicking off 2012 by co-hosting a special event in San Francisco on January 5, focused on disruption in the enterprise.

Among other things, we’ll feature an on-stage demonstration by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and currently chief scientist at Fusion-io, which is co-hosting the event. Can’t say more at this point, but it will be pretty cool (press can request access here). That is a closed-door, invite-only event. But we’ll follow … Continue Reading

DEMO Asia is holding auditions — beginning today!

In Feb-March of next year, I’m heading to Singapore to attend DEMO Asia, a new event we’ve created to showcase the most disruptive technology companies in the Asia Pacific region.

Our DEMO partners in Asia are doing an excellent job revving up for the event.

Now they’ve opened the application process for companies seeking to launch there Feb 28-Feb 2. Many of these will be startups from Singapore and from surrounding countries such as Indonesia … Continue Reading

NYC companies: Get feedback from VentureBeat and RRE Ventures (Reprise)

If you’re based in New York and looking to launch your next big tech product soon, join me for a private feedback session on December 13 with one of the city’s most respected venture capital groups, RRE Ventures.

VentureBeat is on a world tour, going country-to-country looking for exciting products. We’re looking for great stories to write about, of course. But we’re also on the prowl to find companies we want to invite to launch … Continue Reading

Celebrate DEMO Enterprise: a blowout evening with Woz and more

We are thrilled to announce that VentureBeat will be kicking off 2012 by co-hosting a special event in San Francisco on January 5, focused ostensibly on disruption in the enterprise. But one of the real reasons we’re doing this is to throw a massive holiday party.

Among other things, we’ll feature an on-stage demonstration by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and currently chief scientist at Fusion-io, which is helping underwrite this event. We’ll follow that … Continue Reading

NYC companies: Get feedback from VentureBeat and RRE Ventures

If you’re based in New York and looking to launch your next big tech product, join us for a private feedback session on December 13 with one of the city’s most respected venture capital groups, RRE Ventures.

VentureBeat is on a world tour, going country-to-country looking for exciting products to be launched at the upcoming DEMO conference, held on April 17-19 in Silicon Valley. I’ve just been to London, and am currently in Istanbul, Turkey. … Continue Reading

London, here we come! Our world search for entrepreneurs hits this week

Are you based in the London area and think you may have the next big disruptive tech product?

Well, we’d love to meet you. London is the next city in my global search for great technology products. I’ll be arriving next week to attend the Tech City UK Entrepreneurs Festival on November 17 – 19.

I’ll be arriving from my visit to Istanbul, the latest stop in VentureBeat’s prowl around the globe. A similar trip … Continue Reading