Taking Crowdsourcing to a Grandeur Level. It’s City Sourced.

October 1, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, got excited about this company – and business & technology reporter Sarah Lacy even said that it was on the road to being something that could have changed the world. One of the cool new technology startups that launched a couple of weeks ago belongs to City Sourced – a [...]


Experiencing DEMO Fall 2009 & Living To Tell About It.

September 30, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Yet another technology conference took place along the West Coast. This time it was DEMO, a long-standing tradition in the industry where companies got the opportunity to compete for a $1 million prize. This year seemed to be a little bit more concerned with celebrating an individual as much as the winners. For the past [...]


GrowSmartBiz Conference Recap: Integrating Traditional Marketing with Social Media

September 29, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

The last panel of the day at the GrowSmartBiz conference, panelists discussed how they could integrate traditional marketing with social media. Moderated by Jill Foster, the panelists included:
- Terri Holley (Creative Marketing Solutions)
- Brent Leary (CRM Essentials)
- Danilo Bogdanovic (Loudoun Scene)
- Joanna Pineda (Matrix Group International)
This is the first time ever that the amount of [...]


GrowSmartBiz Conference Recap: Raising Capital with Effective Finance Strategies

September 29, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Panelists:
- Jeremy Brown (RapidAdvance)
- Edward Tuvin (Capital Bank)
- Denise O’Berry (The Small Business Edge Corp)
- Shannon Nash (Nash Management)
Where does small business get financing?
According to Jeremy Brown,  the Wall Street Journal said that in 2004, 46% of small business owners used credit cards to finance their business. He suggests that there isn’t a one best [...]


GrowSmartBiz Conference Recap: Driving Small Business Performance with Marketing & Innovation.

September 29, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

The first panel of the 2009 GrowSmartBiz Conference addressed how small businesses could increase their productivity and performance through sound marketing and innovation. The panelists included folks like:
- John Arnold (Contant Contact)
- Marissa Levin (Information Experts)
- Ramon Ray (SmallBizTechnology)
- Bob London (London, Ink)
What are some important steps needed for a brand? Some small businesses think [...]


TechCrunch50: Where Startups Are Made & Heavily Promoted.

September 24, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Last week, the tech and startup community around the world gathered in San Francisco for what has become a tradition over the past three years. During this two-day period, startups took center stage. No panel discussion. No preaching. No learning about how Twitter was going to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. In fact, [...]


Eye-Fi Technology Lets You Share Photos Instantly & Virally.

September 16, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Some of you may know that I’m an avid photographer. I like to carry around a nice professional camera when I know I’m going to events simply because I love to take pictures of things, people, art, etc just for the memories. I probably don’t do anything with them except post them online, but I [...]


How To Promote A Product When PR, Marketing & Advertising Sucks.

September 14, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

On August 27, the San Francisco chapter of the American Marketing Association held an interesting panel discussion entitled “Advertising, PR and Marketing Sucks! Now What?” which featured notable speakers such as venture capitalist and founder of AllTop, Guy Kawasaki, technology evangelist Louis Gray, Renee Blodgett, Steve Patrizi of LinkedIn and Loic Le Meur, founder of [...]


Organized By Social Media, A Festival For Social Good.

September 10, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Social media has been a big source for those interested in helping out others. One particular tool that has been especially helpful is Twitter. Yes, this is going to be another post surrounding how 140 characters has become a big help in raising awareness and donations for a particular charity. What exactly am I talking [...]


Getting Your Karaoke On With Midomi & SonicLiving.

September 9, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Have you ever caught yourself singing in the shower? How about belting out loud while driving to a song on the radio? Are you one who loves to showcase your vocal talent while being accompanied by the actual song? That’s exactly what services like Midomi and SonicLiving aim to provide with their new iPhone app.
Perhaps [...]