Contest Alert: Viadeo Dev Challenge

Build a Social App with Viadeo’s Graph API

  • Connect with 35 million professionals worldwide
  • Great prizes to win (including $15K cash!)
  • Enjoy widespread media coverage and become famous

Social APIs have yet to be used in innovative and fun ways, to create new services for users.

This was a hot topic amongst: Salesforce, Klout, SimplyHired, Gigya, Context.io, 3scale, Alcatel-Lucent and Viadeo when they talked qt SF New Tech’s Bring on the APIs.

Now Viadeo is kicking off its Dev Challenge, welcoming developers to tap into Viadeo’s API to create innovative apps. The contest started on September 7th, and will run until October 14th. The whole jury was at the API party last night, blogger Robert Scoble, SF New Tech’s Myles Weissleder, API evangelist Kin Lane, The Next Web’s Hermione Way, VC Richard Ling, Arturo Garrido and Viadeo’s CTO Christophe Thibaut.

If this awesome jury hasn’t won you over, the 20 000$ worth of prizes should do the trick! Have a look here.

You can also win cool USB flash drives by liking their Dev Challenge Facebook page & or tweet about it using the#viadeodevchallenge.

 

Apply to Demo On Stage at the 8th Founder Showcase

The Founder Showcase, Silicon Valley’s premier startup pitch and networking event, is taking applications to its Pitch Competition for a chance to present on stage at the event. We are not “pay-to-pitch” – any seed or early-stage company less than 2 years old and with less than $250,000 in funding is invited to apply for free – and the winners are not required to pay a dime. The deadline to apply is Sunday, October 9th, so apply today at http://foundershowcase.com/apply/. Over $20m has been raised from presenting companies – check out the Founder Showcase Hall of Fame here.

At the last event, Parisoma resident Vidcaster presented on stage. Here is their video;

This quarterly event brings together investors, founders, and members of the press for one action-packed night to network, hear talks from leading CEOs, and help launch a start-up company to greatness. The 8th Founder Showcase is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8th at the Mission Bay Conference Center, and will be our largest event to date – with over 500 in attendance. Guests will be treated to a Keynote Speech by a top technology CEO (TBA), an entertaining pitch competition judged by leading investors, and appetizers and drinks in a networking hall featuring a Demo Table Competition.

The event has sold out the last five times, and tickets start at just $55 so register today at www.FounderShowcase.com. Parisoma readers get 15% off using the discount code Parisoma 15.

Coworker Tips

Coworking from pariSoma? Don’t miss out on our tips & news!

The pariSoma team is using a new tool to help you (our community) have a better coworking experience – Scoop.it. Scoop.it is a curation tool that allows us to share important pieces of information with our community. On our page you will find pictures, announcements, coworker shout-outs, event listings, tips, tricks, and more. Be sure to check our page regularly so you don’t miss out!

Want to learn more about curation?

Check out our class: The Art of Curation: Be a Key Resource in the Digital Age, taught by coworker Axelle Tessandier.

Event Alert: DEMO: The Launchpad for Emerging Technology and Trends

The DEMO Experience

September 12th – 14th, 2011 @ The Hyatt Regency, Silicon Valley, CA.

Psst: for 25% off, get your tickets here.


 

Conference Format
The feel you get when you enter the ballroom at DEMO is unlike any other conference. Each company is given just six minutes on the DEMO stage to truly demonstrate how their product will change the world. No PowerPoint or flashy corporate presentations allowed. Just the founders and the technologies many are staking their careers on… it doesn’t get any more straightforward and fast paced than that.

 

Demonstrator Pavilion
While the DEMO stage is the place to see each technology unveiled, the Demonstrator Pavilion is where the real action is. It’s a perfect environment to network, research, form meaningful and strategic relationships, and—yes—even close some deals. Here, investors and potential partners can get a close up look at the latest trend-setting technologies. It’s not just a place for more face time but for more eyes-on-the-product time. Unlike at tradeshows, no demonstrator can dominate the conference with marketing collateral, signage, whiz-bang graphics, and alluring giveaways. The professionally managed and ergonomic Demonstrator Pavilion is a level playing field. And there is no bad spot on the floor. Everyone has the same visibility keeping the attention laser focused on the products, not on the size of the booth, funding, or corporate backing.

 

Networking Events
Opportunities abound to connect and interact with the DEMO audience on a more informal level throughout the show. Each DEMO is packed with a number of fun and rewarding networking events to help facilitate audience interactivity – including cocktail receptions every night; a CEO & Dealmakers dinner, where the CEO or founder from each presenting company and the investment community come together over dinner to discuss what the entrepreneurs have been working on; a rockin’ late night Jam Session and a special awards program.