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NewGen Tech: Conversation with 3 young entrepreneurs - chalk2.me and api.gy
This week we had a great conversation with Rob, Paul and Cameron,
3 young and up and coming entrepreneurs from the burgeoning Boulder
tech scene. As they finish up their senior years at the University of
Colorado, they somehow find the time to pursue their passion for
building startups on the side. Clearly, this generation knows how to multitask.
Their first endeavor is the group messaging tool, Chalk2me, which
allows easier communication between groups and categories of groups.
The team is now taking their platform one step further and launching
Api.gy, which is a great tool for small retailers. Api.gy will provide the
infrastructure for Mom and Pop shops to
establish a rich web presence with a lot of flexibility. Through their
common API, developers will have the ability to create novel applications
for selling the retailer's products through the Api.gy service. Great tools for tough times, and we love that the focus is on small community shops.
Learn more on the show!
Posted at 09:59AM Apr 01, 2009 by Danny Holland in Podcast | Comments[0]
Holiday Gadget Guide (and so much more)
New Gen Tech has been on a 3 week hiatus, and during our downtime, we've been playing around with some good, and some not so good, gadgets. Monday's New Gen Tech show also briefly talks about a cool tech camp that Christian helped out with last Fri (more info after the swag)...
GADGETS (GOOD)
These aren't your traditional gift cards. Best Buy and Target are both offering some neat-o twists on these holiday staples. Best Buy cards double as portable speakers while Target's got a killer low-res digital camera built in to the cards. Only caveat is a $15 min. load on each card---but if ur gonna spend it anyways than its a great deal)c anyways than its a great deal) 
The Nokia n97 may be the iPhone / STORM / G1 killer (though its not slated for early Spring).
Joyce likes the new HD Flip . For those parents out there, Paypall has, effectively, created an allowance system that parents can control for their virtual kids to shop till they drop (or at least until their weekly pay pall dollars are gone)
Christian had a chance to play with the Blackberry STORM, and needless to say, he wasn't very pleased with the performance...all to clunky for his speedy fingers, the tactile feedback was just too slow for him and his emailing patterns.
Finally, Joyce tipped the team to some (terribly) overpriced Dr. Dre sponsored Monster headphones. At $350 a pop, its a little too out of our league for sub-par performance.
Finally, Christian spent his Friday afternoon helping fellow New Gen Marketing colleague Colin Cupp carry out his latest tech camp at our Santa Clara campus. ~120 eager kids were soaking up some interactive demos and talks about Project Darkstar, Sun's gaming initiative, Project Wonderland, Sun's interactive world initiative, and learning about Atmosphir.com 
Creative Director Dave Werner from Atmosphir showed us how easy it is to make your own drag-and-drop style videogames on the fly (and for FREE)
Tune in next Monday, Dec 15th at 10AM PT as we chat with JavaFX ppl Eric, David, and Jenn. These 3 are all involved with the marketing of this great new product (JavaFX.com)
Posted at 09:12AM Dec 09, 2008 by Christian Mudgett in Podcast | Comments[0]
A Startup for Students by Students - InternshipIn.com Founder Arielle Patrice Scott
Monday, November 17th at 10am PT on New Gen Tech we talk wtih Arielle Patrice Scott one of the 3 founders of http://internshipin.com.
InternshipIN is a startup connecting interns and employers to the right information prior to the interview process. All three founders are students at UC Berkeley, are under the age 20 and started InternshipIn on a shoe string. Read more about the three founders of InternshipIN. Learn more about Arielle Patrice Scott
Join us for an interactive conversation on Monday at 10am PT- http://snurl.com/newgentech
Come learn about their history, lessons and future plans!
Christian, Danny and Joyce
Your New Gen Tech hosts.
Posted at 02:30PM Nov 14, 2008 by Danny Holland in Podcast | Comments[1]
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