Live Podcast: Dave McClure, Founding Partner 500 Startups and John Ramey, CEO iSocket

Dave McClure

This one is a must-listen for entrepreneurs and those that aspire to be.
Join us for a joint interview with Dave McClure, Founding Partner and CEO of 500 Startups and John Ramey, CEO of iSocket.

John Ramey

Dave McClure is a venture capitalist and founding partner at 500 Startups, an Internet startup seed fund and incubator program headquartered in Mountain View, CA. Dave has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor and investor, blogger, and internet marketing nerd.
Dave’s passion is helping startups with product and marketing strategy, and he is a vocal and notable industry speaker on lean startup metrics. He has invested in over 70 startup companies including iSocket.com.
John Ramey, the Founder and CEO of iSocket.com has been a successful Web and marketing entrepreneur for over 10 years. He previously co-founded Maven Ventures and Lythargic Media. With iSocket.com, he is passionate about making advertising suck less.

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Live Podcast: Preview of Startup PR Summit 2010

Join me this weekend at the Startup PR Summit 2010 this Saturday, October 16 in San Francisco at Atelier. I’ll be joining a stellar group of PR professionals to speak about the ins and outs of pitching to the media for your startup.   This is an exclusive opportunity to learn from accredited members of the national, local and technology press.

Learn more about the conference and what you can expect to learn by joining our preview podcast:

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Remember that this show is by you, not just for you! Your questions are an essential part of the program and included in this show! Remember you are always welcome to tweet, Facebook or email in your questions before or during my shows.

Live Webinar: Socially Enterprising

I presented a webinar today for Internet Evolution, sponsored by IBM, that just about every business looking to use social media strategically can benefit from.

Overview:
Enterprises have moved beyond Sharepoints and intranets; this Webcast takes a closer look at the social-networking tools that enterprises are using (Facebook, Twitter, and wikis, to name a few) to empower employees, disseminate information, and keep tabs on customer requirements and feedback. We look at how these new tools foster collaboration and create new ways to share enterprise data, allowing end users to unlock value and insights that were previously inaccessible.

Live Podcast: Featured Guest David Skok, VC and Blogger, Matrix Partners

David Skok

David Skok is the rare entrepreneur that not only actively seeks feedback on emerging technology and trends, but he shares his perspective on his brilliant blog.

As an experienced and successful entrepreneur himself, it is a fantastic addition to The A-List. There’s a lot to learn here:

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Jai Decker Co–Founder and CEO of DrivenTide

Jai Decker

What can analytics really tell you?

To hear Jai Decker speak, a lot more than you might think.

In fact, thinking back on his contributions to many deep discussions on the topic, solid analytics analysis and reporting might just be the ideal way to optimize search and find community that matters to your business.

It’s data-driven decision-making at it’s best. We’ll talk with Jai about that and much more. Don’t miss it, listen here:

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Seth Godin, Writer, Speaker, Agent of Change and Author of the New Book Linchpin

Charlie Rose with Seth Godin at MIXX

Seth Godin is our very special guest this week. He’s on a web tour to discuss his new book, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? We’ll talk about the book’s release on Tuesday, how Seth defines his role in society at large, what keeps him writing – and much more.

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Dave Morgan, CEO Simulmedia

Dave Morgan

The A-List is back and better than ever!

After a rather long winter’s nap – following our coverage of LeWeb conference – we return with Dave Morgan, CEO of Simulmedia (dontcha just love the name?).

The company, which launched in March last year, aimed to improve the impact of TV program promotions by lifting the effectiveness of their tune-in programming spots. But how, especially  in an increasingly on-demand world?

We’ll ask Dave, whose imense success includes developing and selling TACODA and Real Media. Listen to the archive here:

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Richard Binhammer, Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs at Dell

Richard Binhammer, Source: Brian Solis, http://www.briansolis.com, bub.blicio.us

It’s the case study everyone points to – Dell.

Some of my A-List guests described Dell’s early efforts to deal with the advent of social media discourse as ‘ignoring it,’ while still others said they had their ‘head in buried in the sand’ – but all point to them as an example of a company who has course corrected and is now reaping the benefits of doing social media ‘right.’

Today, I interviewed one of the key people responsible for that shift from ‘hate’ to ‘great,’ Richard Binhammer (case in point: Richard’s T-shirt in the photo, right). Listen to the archive here:

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Veronica Belmont, Co-Host of Revision3’s Tekzilla

Veronica Belmont, Photo ©Paco and Betty http://pacoandbetty.com / http://pacoandbetty.com/blog

I have a double-hitter on The A-List for you this week, starting with someone once named Sexiest Geek.

It’s none other than Miz Veronica Belmont who joins the program to talk tech, gadgets, games and I’ll ask where she’d like to see all this acclaim eventually take her.

In the meantime, you can listen to the archive of the September 17th show using the player below or this link:

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Free Live Webcast: Tweeting For Business 101

You’ve probably heard of Twitter, but if you’ve visited Twitter.com – or even gone further and signed up – it might not be clear what the business value is of this real-time communication channel actually is.

This free informational webcast aims to change all that and show you how to grab the power of Twitter for (fun) and profit!

The webcast began at 3 PM PDT, September 15th and is archived here. Free BrightTALK registration is required. The image below may take a few moments to load.

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