Here is the presentation Shashi Bellamkonda gave at the Small Business Tech Summit New York March 16th 2010. The summit has over 500 folks registered and you can see the details of the conference at http://www.smallbiztechsummit.com. Also follow te conversation live at on Twitter by following the conference hashtag #smallbizsummit

This upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX will be my fifth time attending this must-go conference for the digital techset. Originally, SXSW began and still is a music festival (that starts on Mar 17) and a little over 10 years ago the interactive portion started. The interactive portion (Mar 12-16) has evolved into the can’t miss conference of the year.

We will be covering the event from the road and bringing back video interviews with thought leaders, entrepreneurs and other cool stuff we think you will like.

Some of the things you can look forward to:

- Interviews with Entrepreneurs – Last year we met great entrepreneurs and thought leaders like Dave Delaney, Jonathan Fields and Alex Hillman. This year we will be

- Coverage of the Small Business Brunch – This year is the first anniversary of the Small Business Web and its launch at SXSW at a brunch at the amazing Moonshine Cafe.

- Exploring the SXSW parties to find cool people – Like we need a reason to go to a party to suffer for our art. The SXSW parties are great and the best ones are the impromptu one’s that are more intimate and have the best conversations. We will bring back some great videos so you can share in the fun.

Lastly, if you are going, I would recommend taking a read of these two posts on how to plan for and survive what is an amazing, fun, informative and exhausting conference:

Ken Yeung’s Survival Tips for SXSW

Technosailor’s Crash Course on Surviving SXSW

Next Tuesday, March 16 in New York City, Ramon Ray of SmallBizTechnology.com and many other talented people are putting on the annual small business technology summit at Digital Sandbox in downtown Manhattan.

The event is being keynoted by famous author and marketing guru, Seth Godin. Other speakers include Shashi Bellamkonda of Network Solutions, Angus Thomson of Intuit, Grant Wickes of Wasp Barcode, Mel Parker of Dell Small Business, many others and your’s truly giving an updated version of my rules for killer business cards (2010 edition).

It is an all day event that covers the most relevant and high impact topics and issues that small businesses are dealing with today.

To see the entire list of speakers and agenda, head to http://www.smallbiztechsummit.com/index.php

We Are Giving Away 10 Tickets for FREE Admission to the Event!

Since Shashi and I are both speakers at this event, we have been given 10 tickets to give away to small business owners that can make it to the event.

How to enter the contest:

To be eligible, we need you to do the following:

1. Go to our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Network-Solutions/190173166019
2. If you are not a fan, become one. You must be a fan to win.
3. Talk about your small business and one issue you are facing as a small business owner.
4. Mention your business name and include a link to your business.
5. Mention the Small Business Tech Summit.

THAT’S IT!

We will award the tickets to the first 10 small business owners that put something on the wall with those details above. Good luck!

If you win or not, here are the details on the event:

Date
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Time
8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location
Digital Sandbox
New York Information Technology Center
55 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

Web Site: http://www.smallbiztechsummit.com/index.php