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The much anticipated second edition of the Gaming Mixer goes live on Dec 15! Our first edition of this Gaming Mixer was so successful — with over 100 attendees and 15 demoing companies — that we couldn’t resist the urge of hosting it again! So come on over to rub shoulders with cutting edge game designers, producers, and VCs in our trendy loft.

Teams from the hottest startups will be pitching the next groundbreaking games and providing demos and Q&A sessions. From iOS fanboys to Android aficionados to console freaks, all platforms will be represented. Join us and indulge in some drinks, a night of gaming, and enjoy some great networking opportunities at the beautiful pariSoma Innovation Loft!

As always, followers of our blog will get a promotional code: use pariSoma for 15% off your tickets. And hurry, the early bird discount ends on December 1.

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Your friends here at pariSoma are giving away two tickets to Geo-Loco: The Future of Brands, Advertisers & Tech in the Location Revolution. This event is going to be amazing — there’s going to be keynote speakers from Google, Facebook and Starbucks! Event details can be found here: http://www.parisoma.com/2011/10/nov-event-alert-geo-loco-the-future-of-brands-advertisers-tech-in-the-location-revolution).

We thought it’d be fun to have a twitter contest for the tickets. So here’s the deal: to have a chance at winning, tweet @pariSoma and tell us what makes you most excited about geolocation or this conference. Make sure you include @pariSoma and #geoloco in your tweet. We’ll award a ticket to each of the two best tweets.

Tuesday, May 21st

7:30pm-9:30pm

Join us for an evening of Lean Startup talks with a twist. Each brave presenter gets five minutes and 20 slides–which advance automatically every 15 seconds. Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. Also: booze.

The evening’s slate:

• 20 Ways to Not Build Stuff
  Cindy Alvarez. Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. @cindyalvarez
• Petabytes on a Budget – How to Beat the Big Guys (and Build Cheap Cloud Storage)
  Gleb Budman. Co-founder, Backblaze. @budmang
• Conquering Madison Avenue as a Lean Startup
  Rob Fan. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. @rfan622
• How listening to customers helped us raise $700K in seed funding
  Mariya Genzel. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. @mashagenzel
• How $40 Saved Us Nine Months and $2MM
  Paul Howe. Founder, BlueSpark. @phdc
• Making Good Use of Fake Doors
  Jess Lee. Co-founder, Polyvore. @jesskah
• Lean Startup Savvy from Ice Road Truckers
  Michele Lisenbury Christensen. Founder, Working With Power. @lisenbury
• UltraLean: Building Products Without a Dev Team
  Sandeep Sood. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. @soodsandeep
• How I Set Out to Kill E-Mail but Ended Up Building An E-Mail Client
  TK. Founder, Tout. @tawheed

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Your MC: Tony Stubblebine. Founder, Crowdvine. @tonystubblebine

Sunday, May 19th, 2011

@ pariSoma 7pm

Come join a group of professionals interested in the edu-tech space in an evening of discussion and sharing.  This month we will be focusing on gaming in education and its implications for students, teachers, and entrepreneurs.

There will be time for networking from 7:00 – 7:20 pm, with a series of short presentations by content experts to follow.  From 8:00 – 8:30pm there will be time for debrief, questions, and further discussion.

Antone Johnson, founder of Bottom Line Law Group, will host “Ask The Startup Lawyer” office hours again at pariSoma on Thursday, May 16th.

A veteran business and intellectual property lawyer, Antone has served as an attorney and executive for technology and media companies at all stages of growth, from incorporation and seed funding through venture capital financing rounds, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions. As the former head of worldwide legal affairs for eHarmony, and one of the original lawyers at MySpace, he is particularly well versed in legal and business issues related to social media, Web 2.0, digital media, e-commerce, online advertising and marketing. pariSoma startups and San Francisco community members are welcome to sign up for free consultations.

This event always fills up quickly, so reserve your spot now!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

6:30pm @ pariSoma

Ideakick Trailer from Trevor Goss on Vimeo.

WHAT IS IDEAKICK?

“Startup ideas on steroids!”
- Ideakick attendee

Ideakick is a community that springboards budding entrepreneurial ideas and concepts.

Think of Ideakick as a thinktank for your business ideas. You can pitch a business idea that you’ve been thinking about or are currently working on. Gain valuable feedback, industry insight, and/or connect with someone interested in working on the same idea.

SCHEDULE:

• 6:30 – 7:30 Networking
• 7:30 – 8:30 Ideakicking*
• 8:30 – 9:30 Hanging out

Ideakicking: Anyone who is interested may present an idea they have been thinking about or working on to the group. The presenter gets a total of 10 minutes and will typically use 2-3 minutes discussing the idea itself. For however much time is left, others in the room will ask questions, provide feedback and actively brainstorm. We’ll time each presentation and at the end of 10 minutes, we’ll move on the next presentation.

WHO SHOULD COME:

• You have an idea: People who have an idea, want to share it with others, and would like to get some feedback
• You have a skill set: People who have a specific skill set and are looking for a project to get involved with where they can apply it
• You have a desire to build REAL relationships: People who are interested in doing more than just networking. It’s better to have 1 friend than 10 acquaintances.
• You’re an Angel Investor or VC!

Find us here:
Twitter: @Ideakick

IdeakickSF is brought to you by the following:

IdeakickSF is the San Francisco chapter of Ideakick.org and is organized by Trevor Goss, Nicole Imhof and Dana Rosenberg. Currently, there are other chapters of Ideakick in Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Vancouver, and we’ve got more on the way.

Ideakick was started by Trevor Goss in August 2010 in San Francisco as a way for people with ideas for new products or companies to present them in a group setting and get some early feedback on their concepts.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @pariSoma

6:30pm – 8:30pm

Join pariSoma and TechCentralSF as we host “60 second spots” mixer. Listen to elevator pitches, network with the startup community, and have some drinks. We’re currently looking for startups to pitch at the event – so contact us asap to secure your chance to pitch

Demoing companies include:

VidCaster is an easy way to create a video site on your domain. It gives you an intuitive interface for adding videos, customizing your site, and distributing your videos to other devices and sites.

Tupply is the micro ads service that helps you to find or supply anything in a natural, social way. Do you really know all you want…

Stanzr is Interactive short-message chat for Businesses seeking to host conversations for customers and prospects online.  Our goal is to deliver real-time conversations for businesses struggling to get and keep a captive, excited audience.

Giftdrop is a social gifting tool that empowers users to effortlessly leverage their social network to raise funds for any occasion- weddings, birthdays, social causes, or if your laptop got stolen and you need some money quick! It’s the perfect substitute for the traditional wedding registry. Most couples would rather receive cash from a five minute process than waste all the time needed to fill out a registry only to receive a bunch of china and a collection of serving trays , most of which they’ll never use. Also, Giftdrop supports the creation of surprise group gifts, perfect for the birthday of a friend who would rather have their friends chip in for one big ticket item than another pair of socks from grandma.

TryMyUI is a simple, remote usability testing tool that deliver videos of real users navigating your website.  It takes 5-10 minutes to setup a test, and within an hour or so, you get a narrated video and written answers to your survey questions.  You see the user’s screen, mouse movements, and key strokes.  You hear the user “think aloud”.  It’s web-based so no software download needed.  PC and Mac supported.

JetJaw is the easiest, fastest, most accurate way for you to engage customers – at the moment of their experience.

JustShareIt is an eco-friendly company facilitating peer-to-peer vehicle sharing such as cars, boats and recreational vehicles with keyless exchange. By encouraging sharing, we create a trusting community while reducing ones’ carbon footprint – with less wasteful consumption, less congestion and less pollution. Our patent pending hardware and software technology includes a webcam that integrates with mobile platforms, allowing us to be adaptable and scalable to our members’ needs. We provide a secure framework that includes seamless technology, comprehensive insurance and an integrated monitoring system. To us, access to vehicles is more than transportation – it’s about adventure.

betwyx is a social media address book designed to help you “get your life together.”  Our iPhone app automatically organizes all of your friends’ social feeds making betwyx the fastest, easiest and most convenient way to stay connected with your friends.

Gunshot Digital – Digital Marketing Agency in Los Angeles servicing clients in LA, San Francisco, New York and Chicago. Our interactive boutique stands for its rare and actual marriage of both front-end splendor and back-end technical wizardry. We leave the jargon out, get the brilliance in and execute to perfection. You can be assured of Big Agency work without the Big Agency Price Tag. Our services include: Creative Graphic Design, Social Media Marketing, Strategy & Analytics and Websites & Applications.

pariSoma will be hosting another great Mobile Mixer for startups in the mobile industry. See demos from top iOS, Android, and WP 7 developers.  Over 20 apps being demoed! If you are creating mobile tech, we want to see it!

Attendees will mix with hot bay area startups and great people. Want a demo table? Contact us to reserve one!

Demoing apps/companies include:

Soundtrackr is a free music service that blends Internet radio, social networking and location-awareness. Listen to more than 10 million songs, create & share personal stations, play music with your friends in real time, find music playing near you, and connect with friends through a built-in chat feature.

PapayaMobile is Android’s leading social gaming network offering tools and features that enable true mobile viral marketing, a diverse set of monetization tools, and Android’s fastest 2D OpenGL engine. Papaya also just recently launched Papaya farm for iPhone and iPad.

TriviaTunes for the iPhone is a version of the multiplayer musical quiz Blindtest.com, published by Chugulu in September 2008 for the French market. For the first time, music played in-game is not simply retrieved from the iPod library but actually streams from the Blindtest.com servers. This is unique in giving all players an equal footing to compete. The app has over 500,000 downloads worldwide.

Layar leads the mobile augmented reality space with thousands of developers creating layers that offer people new ways to interact with their environment. Through it’s open platform, the company is aiming to democratize physical space by encouraging people to create, play and interact with their world through augmented reality.

Box is transforming the way organizations ranging from SMBs to Fortune 500s share and manage all their information in the cloud. Box’s cloud content management platform makes it easy for its nearly 6 million end users to share and collaborate from anywhere, on any device, while also providing the security, visibility and reporting capabilities required by IT departments. The Box Apps Marketplace includes integrations with leading cloud solutions like Salesforce, Google Apps, NetSuite and Jive, making Box content accessible across business applications.

Turnstone. Space matters. It can inspire people to do great things. To engage one-another. To think more deeply. To innovate and make a difference. That’s what inspires us at Turnstone. Because great companies don’t just happen. They’re crafted. For unique culture and brand. For tech-enabled mobility. For collaboration and attracting and engaging great employees. Great spaces are part of great companies. Let us make your space matter.

LiveShare by Cooliris is a new and hyper-personal way to communicate with friends across mobile and web through live group photostreams. LiveShare makes it easy for you and your friends to snap photos at shared experiences and see them all in one place. Whether it’s a private bachelor party or seeing what your best friends are doing right now, you can create groups anytime and invite as many or few friends as you like to participate in your shared photo streams. LiveShare is available for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7. For more information, visit www.liveshare.com.

TuneIn (formerly RadioTime) is the global leader in delivering free local, international and Internet radio. Our TuneIn applications help people find and listen to live content from over 50,000 local, international and Internet stations on over 150 products. TuneIn makes it easy for listeners to access radio through websites, mobile devices, home entertainment centers, connected desktop products and even auto in-dash receivers. TuneIn is the #1 paid iOS app and among the most popular apps on Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Palm, and Samsung. The company is based in downtown Palo Alto and scaling a world-class team.  More information is available at www.tunein.com.

Colorize. Get creative. Make your pictures unique by colorizing them! Convert an image to black and white and then bring back a pop of color wherever you choose by brushing or flooding the color back on with your fingertip. You can zoom in and rotate the image and change only the smallest details or you can enlarge the brush size and swipe across it sloppily. Your creation is sure to be unique and it’s super easy to do. You can grab an image from the Picture hub by simply viewing it and selecting the colorize option from the extras menu or you can start in the app and take a new picture or find an existing one. You can start your work and leave it half done by saving it as a project and when you get back to it, you just continue. When finished, you simply save your new creation as an image and you’ll find it back in your Picture hub. Don’t forget to email or post it for others to enjoy.

MyPad is redefining the mobile social graph and is the fastest growing iPad app, having been downloaded more than 3 million times in 10 weeks.

BuzzBox is making Android notifications better by optimizing the delivery of notifications while giving controls to the end user.  BuzzBox is the Safe Notification Company. BuzzBox has launched a Notification SDK that provides standardized settings interface, notification analytics & enhanced features like Smart Notification Engine, In-App Notification Feed & Stylized System Notifications.  In the first month since launch, BuzzBox has sent 1million notifications. Get the SDK at http://hub.buzzbox.com and read our blog at http://blog.buzzbox.com.

Gabagool Games creates premium App Store games and will be expanding to various other platforms and new unique IP’s. Our first game is Ghost Ninja: Zombie Beatdown (GNZB), a homage to classic 90′s 2D retro arcade action with various unique modes of gameplay, voice acting, in-depth storyline, vivid level art and much more. It is available at the App Store and we are working on an HD version for tablets. Our game development goal is to create a unique art form that takes advantage of our powerful mobile devices and appeals to hardcore and casual gamers. We also want to re-introduce a personal experience with our customer/users by engaging them in emails, game forums, Facebook, and Twitter, and encouraging/rewarding feedback. Essentially we provide the quality of large game corporations with the personable experience of a smaller studio.

tappr.tv is visual scratching for iOS. DJs scratch audio records, VJs make visuals to music, tappr.tv that lets you create and record your own dynamic visuals using over 100 particle-based instruments. Each instrument uniquely respond to the your touches and tilts with bursts of particles and light. Version 3 now offers you the ability to record and replay dynamic visuals to your favorite songs from your iPod library. Learn more at http://tappr.tv

May 6th @pariSoma

Startup Weekend is a 54h crash course about Entrepreneurship! We are back in SF, for another great Weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to build communities, companies and projects.

Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, bay area, DC and more.

The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours. Sound intense? It is!