GSP West AppNite

Dave McClure (500 Hats), Jim Scheinman (Charles River Ventures), Nick Gonzalez (SocialMedia)
7:00pm - 8:00pm Monday, 03/03/2008
Event
 Location: San Diego Ballroom B

AppNite features 10 awesome developers doing lightning-fast 5-minute live demos, with prizes for the 2 best apps (as determined by audience vote).

Developers may enter their apps in one of two categories: * Facebook-compatible apps (Facebook, Bebo) * OpenSocial-compatible apps (MySpace, Hi5, Orkut, Friendster, Ning)

Five apps from each category will be selected to present at AppNite, and the top app in each category will win a new Apple MacBook Air portable.

NOTE: ALL developers who apply to enter AppNite get a discount code for 50% off normal registration.

Click here to enter your app now!

(must enter by midnight, 3/1/08)

Photo of Dave McClure

Dave McClure

500 Hats

Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for almost twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, & internet marketing nerd.

Dave is the conference chair for Graphing Social Patterns, and a co-chair for Web 2.0 Expo. For more info see Dave’s blog: Master of 500 Hats

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Jim Scheinman

Charles River Ventures

Jim joined Charles River Ventures as Entrepreneur in Residence in 2007. His focus is on the consumer Internet, social networking and social media sectors.

Jim is one of the early pioneers of the social networking phenomenon, and was previously the head of business development at Friendster, and a co-founder of Bebo and served as vice president of business development and sales.

Scheinman is an attorney and entrepreneur, and has a BSc in Neuropsychology from Duke University and JD from UC Davis School of Law.

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Nick Gonzalez

SocialMedia

bio coming soon.

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

  • Yahoo! Inc.

Gold Sponsors

  • CollegeNET
  • Friendster
  • Google
  • introNetworks
  • Podclass.com
  • RockYou
  • Userplane

AppNite Sponsors

  • Charles River Venture
  • Facebook
  • SocialMedia

Premier Media Partner

  • BNet

Sponsorship Opportunities

For information on exhibition and sponsorship opportunities at the conference, contact Yvonne Romaine at yromaine@oreilly.com.

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