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VentureBeat Announces Winners of First WinSXSW Startup Competition

15 mai 2013 By jp Laisser un commentaire

With 129 Startups Participating From Around the World, Citybot Wins Fan-Voted Overall Prize, Cloudabilty and FarFaria Win Investors’ Pick, and Cloudabilty Also Wins VentureBeat Pick, Amongst Others

VentureBeat, a media company that covers disruptive technology and explains why it matters in our lives, today announced the winners of the WinSXSW.com competition featuring over $100k in prizes and meetings with more than 20 investors/venture capitalists. Powered by viral content sharing and promotion platform, Fandrop, the competition took place in Austin during SXSWi and allowed startups to pitch their companies in “30 seconds or less” while fans voted for their favorite startups in several different categories.

Best Overall (fan-voted): Citybot
Best Mobile: Dealflicks
Best Seed-Funded: FarFaria
Best Bootstrapped: Jobhuk
Best Product Video: Sharewave
VentureBeat Pick: Cloudabilty
Judge’s Pick (Investors’ Pick – tie): Cloudability and FarFaria

“We’re very excited to announce the winners of this year’s competition that allowed so many diverse startups from around the world to showcase themselves,” said Matt Marshall, VentureBeat founder & Editor-in-Chief. “It’s often hard for startups to make their mark early on and we feel that these startups deserve the acclaim.”

Over 30,000 votes were cast through social media sharing, while the contest was viewed by more than 220,000 people. Best Overall, Best Mobile, Best Seed-Funded, Best Bootstrapped, and Best Product Video were all voted on by fans. The Judge’s Pick was chosen by a group of over 20 investors (shown below) and the VentureBeat Pick was chosen by the staff at VentureBeat.

The Resumator Named SIIA Software CODiE Award Finalist

3 avril 2013 By jp Laisser un commentaire

The Resumator, the hiring solution for fast-growing businesses, today announced that its hiring platform was named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Software CODiE Awards for Best Human Capital/Talent Management Solution. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier award for the software and information industries, and have been recognizing product excellence for 27 years. The awards have over 75 categories and are organized by industry focus of Content, Education and Software.

This year there were 27 software categories, including twelve new and updated categories that reflect the continued growth and evolution of cloud computing, mobile, big data, and video. Winners will be announced during a special Awards luncheon on May 9 in San Francisco during the industry’s most comprehensive ISV conference, All About the Cloud.

The Resumator solves the unique recruiting challenges of small and fast-growing organizations. Its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform makes tedious and complex recruiting tasks easy for anyone to complete, making the entire recruiting process more collaborative and more likely to result in a great hire. Every day, over 6,500 employers trust The Resumator’s innovative approach to recruiting software for sourcing, screening, interviewing and hiring great people.

Hundreds of Digital Marketers to Converge for Inbound Marketing Summit

20 mars 2013 By jp Laisser un commentaire

The Pulse Network today announced that the firm’s Inbound Marketing Summit (IMS) series will be attracting hundreds of digital marketers to the Big Apple on April 3-4, 2013, to network with peers, and learn from experts in brand strategy, content marketing, social media and the latest Web tools.

Originally launched in Boston, the IMS series now includes stops in New York and San Francisco, and attracts some of the industry’s top thought leaders, influencers, brands and solution providers.

Program Highlights

Hosted by broadcast and digital media personality Butch Stearns, IMS New York 2013 features more than 40 speakers, expert panels, and unique “Executive Brief Live!” case studies showcasing brands and their innovative campaigns. Keynote speakers and session moderators in New York include:

Michelle Andres, Vice President of Digital Media for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, kicking off day one;
Rick Bakas, founder of Bakas Media, moderating a panel on the Future of Advertising;
Allen Bonde, Chief Strategist at The Pulse and Digital Clarity Group (DCG) Principal Analyst, moderating a panel on the State of Inbound Marketing and presenting a day two keynote;
Ginger Conlon, Editor-in-Chief at Direct Marketing News, leading a panel on Search, Email and Mobile Marketing;
Mila D’Antonio, Editor-in-Chief at 1to1 Media, moderating a panel on Measuring Influence;
Neil Glassman, social media strategist and journalist, leading an expert panel on Social CRM and joining our all-star panel on the Future of the CMO;
Shwen Gwee, VP at Edelman, moderating a panel on Social Media in Regulated Industries;
Jim Howard, CEO at CrownPeak delivering a keynote to kick off day two;
Trip Kucera, Senior Analyst at Aberdeen Group, who will be sharing highlights from his firm’s new Content Marketing study;
Cathy McKnight, Partner and Principal Analyst at DCG, moderating expert panels on Open Source CMS and Big Data Strategies;
Mike Proulx, SVP and Director of Social Media, Hill Holliday, sharing the latest Social TV trends;
Julie Roehm, Chief Storyteller at SAP, delivering a keynote on storytelling in B to B markets;
Stephen Saber, CEO of The Pulse Network, who will share thoughts on the New Enterprise Marketing; and
Larry Weber, CEO and Chairman of Racepoint Group, discussing the Future of Agencies.

Stephen Saber, CEO of The Pulse Network said, “We are excited to bring IMS back to New York in a new, larger venue, with some great new presenters as well as some IMS favorites. The program we’ve assembled is awesome, and the response to our pay-what-you-want pricing has been overwhelming, with only a handful of tickets remaining more than a month out from the event.”