Twiistup 8 includes a full one and a half day program with top notch speakers, top notch startups, and a great crowd. Approx 300 people have registered as of Feb 7, 2011.Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90049The Twiistup 8 agenda begins Wednesday evening February 9th 2011 at Skirball with Wildcard Demo night at 6:30pm.From 6:30pm to 8pm, the runner-up startups will pitch the crowd to see who will be voted to join the official Twiistup Showoffs the next day.
We’ll break for a bit and then re-convene at local watering hold (TBD) for a reception to announce those that made it to the next round, and to do some socializing and networking from 930pm to as late as you want to take it.
February 10th 2011 starts at:
8am – Arrival, Registration and Breakfast in Twiistup Tent
9am – Welcome and Introductions by Owen Stone
9:10am – Presentation and Q&A “Lessons Learned from Doing More Faster” by David Cohen (TechStars)
9:40am – Panel “Can the next big tech company be built in LA?” moderated by Jason Nazar (DocStoc) with David Travers (Rustic Canyon), Brian Norgard (Namesake), Fouad ElNaggar (Redpoint) and Demian Sellfors (Media Temple).
10:15am – Presentation “I Love your Startup, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” by Suneel Gupta (Groupon)
10:35am – Presentation “Social, Non-Anonymous, Public Feedback and it’s implications…” by Farhad Mohit (Gri.pe)
10:55am – Presentation “Inbound Marketing for Startups in 2011” by Rand Fishkin (SEOMoz)
11:20am – Presentation by Loic Lemeur (Seesmic)
11:40am – Presentation “Gamification 101: Designing the Player Journey” by Amy Jo Kim (ShuffleBrain)
Noon – Lunch in Twiistup Tent
1:30pm – Presentation “Opportunities in the future of email. ” by Matt Blumberg (ReturnPath)
1:55pm – Presentation “The Rise of the Angels” by Naval Ravikant (Angel List & Venture Hacks)
2:25pm – Panel “Freemium: Business Model or Marketing Tactic?” moderated by Sean Ellis (FreeJit) with Ranjith Kumaran (YouSendIt), Gil Ebaz (Factual), Julie Schoenfeld (Perfect Market).
2:55pm – Panel “Celebrities as the Value Drivers for the Consumer Web” moderated by Sean Rad (Ad.ly) with actress Eliza Dushku, Chris Ovitz, [additional panelists waiting-to-be-confirmed].
3:15pm – [10 min break]
3:30pm – Twiistup Startup Showoffs: Addroid, Badgeville, Chromatik, Foodme, Nevolution, Sonic Angel, Wanelo, Sharethrough
Judges: Naval Ravikant (Angel List), Scott Sangster (TechCoast Angels), Matt Thompson (Microsoft), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), Jim Andelman (Rincon Venture Partners)
5:30pm We break for dinner in Twiistup Tent.
7:30pm Winner of the Twiistup Showoffs announced and the legendary Twiistup party starts!
Twiistup 8 event passes also include meals:
Breakfast Mixer
Lunch
Dinner Bar
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