Web 2.0 Expo and Stage 2
The Yugma team had a great time at Web 2.0! We greatly appreciated the many people who stopped by! It was great meeting you all. We want to also thank all of the many individuals and companies that participated in our Stage 2 event we hosted at the Web 2.0 Expo. The Stage 2 event, we used our booth to become a virtual stage for companies and individuals who wouldn’t otherwise have had a presence at the Web 2.0 Expo. Thanks to:
- Aaron Greenspan, President & CEO of Think Computer Corporation: Think has created Exponent, which is an all-in-one CRM, accounting, and tax solution for small to medium-sized businesses that works entirely over the web, and integrates with your site.
- Phil Torrone, Senior Editor of MAKE Magazine, MAKE zinc: In addition to being Senior Editor of MAKE, Phil is also a contributing editor to Popular Science magazine. He will be demonstrating how to make a USB charger that fits inside an Altoids tin.
David Coleman, Managing Director, Collaborative Strategies: This insightful presentation will take a high level view of how collaboration technologies have impacted the Web (or vice versa) and are helping to cause the second (and possibly third) economic bubble (Web 2.0).
- David Yu, CEO of MyUlist: MyUlist is a new social media center on campus where college students share news, post ads and get help.
- Michael McDerment, President & CEO of FreshBooks: FreshBooks delivers painless UnAccounting (TM) services like online invoicing and timesheets to teams, freelancers and service providers that helps them save time and look Fortune 500 professional. FreshBooks users report shorter payment collection periods, increased revenues and improved client satisfaction.
- Roger Courville, Principal of 1080 Group: Giant Killers: How Small Business Can Use Web Conferencing to Compete and Win. Even for local businesses thar are not global, there is no escaping the impact of a global economy. Level the playing field: learn the value drivers every business can use to win in a 2.0 world.
- David Annis, Co-creator Designer & Jason Striegel, Co-creator Developer at Meshly: The key features of Meshly will be presented, as well as how to interface with it and build communities.
- Adrian Ho, Partner at Zeus Jones: Web 2.0 Marketing. Using the Zeus Jones launch as an example, they will show ways that companies can use Web 2.0 tools to create more innovative and more effective marketing programs.
We're really glad to have hosted the Stage 2 event. We are planning now to turn Stage 2 into a recurring weekly forum with the focus on promoting and showcasing Web 2.0 companies and startups. Stage 2 will be a great place to promote your products, formally launch a new business, or share ideas of value to the Web 2.0 community. If you would like to submit your company to the Stage 2 schedule, please send an email with company name, web page, summary of business, topic to be presented, contact name and contact details and we will contact you shortly.
