415TECH Sponsors
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Acteva, The Marketplace For Activities
www.acteva.com
1550 Evans Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-442-4849
Fax 415-243-4095
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Acteva is The Web's Marketplace For Activities. Acteva, formerly
TixToGo, uses the power of the Web to help organizations and
individuals reach millions of people who will register, buy tickets,
donate or sign-up for activities. We increase the activity community's
marketing presence while reducing its administrative load.
Administaff
www.administaff.com
1825 S. Grant Street, Ste. 600
San Mateo, CA 94402
650-357-9930
650-357-7542 (fax)
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Administaff is one of the nation's leading Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), serving as an off-site, full-service human resources department for small businesses throughout the United States. Administaff's Personnel Management System provides business services that include benefit management, government compliance, employment administration, employer liability management, recruiting and selection, performance management, training and development, and owner support.
Administaff is one of the nation's leading Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), serving as an off-site, full-service human resources department for small businesses throughout the United States.
Adobe Systems Inc.
www.adobe.com
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110
408-536-6000
fax 408-537-4031
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Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems is a leading provider of graphic
design, publishing, and imaging software for Web and print
production, and the second largest desktop software company in the
world with annual revenues approaching $1 billion. The company
builds award-winning software solutions for Web and graphic
designers, professional publishers, document-intensive organizations,
business users, and consumers. Adobe's products enable customers
to create, publish and deliver visually-rich images and documents
across all print and electronic media. The company employs over
2,800 employees worldwide and has operations in North America,
Europe, the Pacific Rim, Japan and Latin America. Adobe's worldwide
headquarters are in San Jose, California.
The San Francisco Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals (AIP-SF)
AIP is the premiere association for Internet professionals worldwide. AIP's mission is to unify, support, and represent the global community of Internet professionals. AIP's vision is a self-sustaining, inclusive community of Internet Professionals that operates in a codified and equitable professional environment. The organization serves as the meeting place, representative body, and certification board for these professionals, enabling each to gain for their own betterment and the betterment of the Internet community. As an AIP chapter, our goal is to provide organized support to the interests and priorities of our local members. We do this through a combination of local meetings, local communications, local networking, educational events, special interest groups and resource sharing. AIP-SF presents a panel discussion on cutting edge Internet topics on the first Tuesday of every month at the Transmission Theater, 314 11th Street in San Francisco.
Business Radio 1220 KBZS
Business All Morning - Success All Day
Business Radio 1220...the Bay Area's radio station dedicated to business, technology and financial news and information. Business Radio 1220 delivers up-to-the-minute reports with information partners like CNN, Associated Press, CBS Marketwatch.com, Forbes ASAP, Dow Jones Report and our local staff keeping tabs on all that is happening around the bay. Plus...we don't miss a beat in the technology news arena with Cotelligent's Techwatch with Skip Sanzeri. When the market closes we switch gears to our unique and innovative personal achievement programming with top authors like Harvey Mackay, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, Jay Abraham and many more.
The Business Times
The Business Times covers the five-county Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties), while its sister paper in
San Jose covers Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.
Readership chiefly consists of high income, successful business owners
and senior managers who are decision-makers and are active in their
communities. Indeed, according to proprietary research, readers of
American City's newspapers have demographic features that are superior
to those of most national business publications.
American City Business Journals Inc. is the nation's largest publisher of
metropolitan business newspapers, serving 41 of the country's most
vibrant markets.
Craigslist is a Web site and family of mailing lists,
serving a population of some low tens of thousands
of people in the Bay Area and beyond. It's very much
like a community bulletin board, where people address
their down-to-earth needs using simple technology.
People use craigslist to perform routine, everyday tasks
like: Finding a job - Selling a sofa -Finding a place to live
- Finding a roommate. Currently, craigslist has nearly
8,000 subscribers, and receives nearly three million page
views per month.
Serving the Financial Retail and SOMA Districts of Metro San Francisco
San Francisco Downtown, a free monthly business/lifestyle magazine
for people who work and/or live in the Downtown area, visitors to San
Francisco Downtown and the advertisers seeking to reach them.
San Francisco Downtown circulates 35,000 copies through hundreds
of outlets in the Financial District, South of Market, Retail and Civic
Center Districts of the City reaching an audience of over 77,000 readers.
We are now extending our reach through the World Wide Web.
Extreme Pizza
www.extremepizza.com
1052 Folsom St.
SF CA 94103
415-701-9000
fax 415-701-9100
contactus@extremepizza.com
Retail locations-
1052 Folsom St. 415-701-9000
1980 Union St. 415-929-8234
1730 Fillmore St. 415-929-9900
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Extreme Pizza has been behind the scene of so many huge hi tech and internet deals,
catering to likes of Sega, Bidcom, Egroups, Embark.com and the list goes on. Somebody
needs to keep the techies nourished, and we have just the team to do so. Extreme Pizza's
mission is ECS (Extreme Customer Satisfaction). We not only strive to become SF's
Best Pizza, which we have been awarded several times, we also push ourselves to retain
a huge "repeat" customer list. If you're not satisfied, we shouldn't be in business.
Give us a call and open an account. Extreme. Not Mainstream.
ICONOCAST Inc.
www.iconocast.com
470 Third St. #102
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-778-0800
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A free, weekly e-mail list founded by award-winning publisher Michael Tchong in 1997 for marketing, advertising and research professionals, ICONOCAST concisely chronicles the trends, metrics and rumors driving interactive marketing at Internet speed. Now available from ICONOCAST is ICONOMAP, the Ultimate Internet Reference Guide, with nearly 1,000 key Internet stats. Order a copy online at http://www.iconomap.com or at 415Tech.
The Industry Standard
The Industry Standard is the single source for timely,
thought provoking information about the Internet Economy.
Written for senior-level executives who view the Internet as
competitive tool, The Industry Standard delivers sophisticated
coverage of the people, the companies, and the business models
shaping our new business world. With insightful news analysis,
business model reviews, personality profiles, industry metrics
and executive recruiting, every week The Industry Standard is
everything today's Internet business leader needs to make
decisions faster, smarter ... better.
internet.com Corporation, the Internet Industry
Portal, is located in Darien, CT. It is a leading provider of global
real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet
technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users.
internet.com operates a network of 126 Web sites, 177 e-mail newsletters,
117 online discussion forums and 78 moderated e-mail discussion lists with
over 2.4 million unique visitors that generate 140 million page views
monthly. Total "views," which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter
views and e-mail discussion list views, are now nearly 200 million per
month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia,
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Espanol, France, Germany, India, Israel,
Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan and the United
Kingdom. internet.com, with its related internet.com Venture Funds I, II
and III, is an investor in a number of business-to-business content sites
and related Internet media properties.
i-Step Communications
www.istep.com
i-Step Communications
5214F Diamond Hts. Blvd.,
Suite 436
San Francisco
415-566-9204
415-759-6686 (fax)
sales@istep.com
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i-Step Communications started doing web site design back in 1995
and has since evolved into a full service company offering a range
of services from LAN-WAN design and implementation to a complete
line of internet services such as DSL, nationwide modem dialup,
co-location, as well as web site design and hosting. We pride
ourselves in providing close personal attention to our customers.
Since launching in 1997, Kozmo.com has revolutionized online shopping by combining the promise of the Internet with the
convenience of e-mmediate delivery. We have thousands of items to deliver from our Web site to you in under an hour: videos, DVDs, CDs, games, books, magazines, meals, snacks, drinks, electronics, gifts, housewares and health and beauty aids.
We provide instant gratification to the time-starved, and we at Kozmo are constantly working to continue enhancing the customer experience. We'll help you save time and avoid traffic and long lines.
Microsoft
Nomad Design and Services, Ltd.
Nomad Design specializes in innovative design and printing with
customers ranging from entertainment to advertisers to high tech
industries. Nomad recently acquired the capacity to print in house
with a Heidlberg DI. We specialized in quick turn 4 color printing.
PERCEPTICON Corporation
The PERCEPTICON commitment to design excellence and
artistic vision extends to each project we undertake. With
years of diverse experience, our team is skilled in the creation, implementation and hosting of strategic website, web application and print solutions. PERCEPTICON's refined development process provides a successful integration of high-end Internet technologies with innovative concepts, compelling design and intuitive information architecture.
Experience our recent work at
http://www.percepticon.com/root.html?recent.
The Premium Network is a network of web sites that provides for
strategic ad banner placement, rich media sponsorships, and
effective contests and promotions. The network is hosted by
Ken Margolis Associates and was established to bring on-line
advertising capabilities to a higher level. Ken Margolis Associates
is an advertising rep and marketing consulting firm, specializing
in selling Internet advertising. KMA provides its customers with
a full range of services, including advertising representation,
ad banner serving, account management and client billing.
Release 1.0, a monthly report published by Edventure Holdings,
is "must reading" for the executives, analysts, entrepreneurs and
financial professionals who really make a difference in the
converging worlds of communications, computing, media and
the Internet. For nearly 20 years our readers have depended on
Release 1.0 for totally independent insight into the tectonic shifts in
the business of technology - what's going to change the world
and who's going to make it happen.
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit
membership organization representing a broad cross section
of business in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our more than
than 2200 member companies join the Chamber to take
advantage of our dynamic networking opportunities, access
our popular speakers series and professional development
workshops, and make their voices heard at City Hall. Call us
today to find out how the Chamber can help you grow your
network -- and your bottom line!
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Two of the premier event facilities in the Bay Area are located South of
Market in the Design Center. The Galleria, at 101 Henry Adams Street, and
the Concourse Exhibition Center, at 635 8th Street (@Brannan.)
The GALLERIA is a breath-taking 4-story atrium with retractable skylights,
professional stage, 1,200 square foot dance floor, and in-house
professional sound and lighting. This venue is ideal for corporate
receptions (up to 1600), gala dinners (up to 1000 seated), presentations
(seating 400+ on main floor), weddings and private events.
The CONCOURSE is a 125,000 square foot contemporary glass and steel pav
ilion with sandblasted wood, wall-to-wall carpeting and sparkling glass.
This historic facility (originally a train station) can be divided into 2
independent exhibit areas, and is a popular location for large corporate
events, fairs, dances, and conventions.
Serving over 15 million page views per month, SF Gate is,
by far, the most popular site focusing on the Bay Area.
Founded in 1994, SF Gate was the first major Website
dedicated to reflecting the spirit of the region through news,
information, communication, and commerce. SF Gate is the
Bay Area's #1 content site as ranked by Media Metrix.
Over 60% of SF Gate users visit the site at least once a day.
SF Gate is the essential online choice for the Bay Area.
SF Station
sfstation.com
3528 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.552.5588
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SF Station's mission is "to utilize the tools of technology and the Internet
to build and bind the community of San Francisco. Since 1996, SF Station has
provided thousands of Internet users from around the World with in-depth,
up-to-date information about San Francisco's Arts & Culture, Entertainment,
Food, and Shopping. SF Station's city guide covers over 50 categories, and
represents literally hundreds of San Francisco's entertainment, retail, and
service-oriented businesses and organizations.
Silicon Valley Business Ink
Silicon Valley Business Ink targets the readers you want to reach: highly educated, influential business decision-makers. Each week, Biz Ink prints the information on the topics that interest your audience the most: Technology, Finance, Real Estate and Lifestyles. Every issue is packed with lively coverage of the visionaries and the heretics, the ideas and the dreams, and the deals and the dollars that make Silicon Valley unique. Written with wit and style, Biz Ink is the local business publication that your audience needs to read and wants to read - each week.
The Society for Internet Advancement
The Society for Internet Advancement- San Francisco
(SIASF) is a local not-for-profit association of industry
professionals with a genuine interest in the advancement
of the Internet as a daily tool to improve business and
personal lives. The focus of the organization is on
education and establishing a sense of community
amongst industry professionals in the Greater Bay Area,
with an emphasis on Internet marketing and advertising.
The SIASF is as an ongoing open forum for communication,
meant to encourage discussion and debate of
industry-related issues.
Startups.com is at ground-zero of the technology boom, working
with the hottest new ventures and the innovative people behind
them. Utilizing a combined hands-on and online approach,
Startups.com manages all of the facilities, information technology,
and administrative infrastructure setup for fast-track startups,
enabling you to get your company and running quickly.
From finding an office to designing a computer network to
establishing a 401(k) program, Startups.com can help. We give
you the time and peace of mind to concentrate on your core
business, so you can move fast, get a jump on the competition,
and increase your chances for success.
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
Emerging Companies Practice
Britton Silberman & Cervantez is pleased to announce that it is now
the Emerging Companies Practice of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP.
We will retain our home offices in the Clocktower Building in San Francisco's
South Park neighborhood. Now with the resources of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP,
the team will continue and expand its range of venture funding, corporate,
licensing, and intellectual property legal services. Being part of a major
nationwide law firm means that we can now offer our technology
clients a full range of specialties including litigation, labor and employment,
real estate, public company finance, tax, and estate planning. The move
also extends our geographic reach to better serve clients in New York,
Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and throughout the world.
More than ever, we are committed to the highest standards of legal
representation for the most innovative and promising companies.
Upside Media
www.upsidetoday.com
731 Market Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.489.5618
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Upside Media, reporting on the digital revolution since 1989, serves today's
DealMakers with impacting commentary on the business of technology.
UpsideToday.com provides daily investment and business updates; Upside
Magazine delves inside the industry providing strategic analysis of the
biggest deals; and Upside Events offers exclusive events for senior-level
executives leading the business of technology.
Verio Inc
www.verio.net
401 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-836-0500
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Verio Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive business Internet
services -- including broadband connectivity, virtual private networks,
Web-hosting solutions and e-commerce with an emphasis on serving
the small and mid-sized business market. Verio has rapidly
established a global presence through the acquisition, integration
and growth of independent Internet providers with a business
customer focus. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable
and scalable national infrastructure and systems including a
facilities-based Tier One national network. Verio delivers
locally-based sales and engineering support in 41 of the top 50
U.S. markets under the Verio brand name.
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is a diversified media organization whose principal operations include newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting and cable television systems. The company also provides educational services and career and hiring management. It publishes The Washington Post, a morning daily and Sunday newspaper, and Newsweek, a weekly newsmagazine with a national and three international editions. Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) is the new-media and electronic-publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. It publishes washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com. Through a wide variety of special-interest forums, The Washington Post ensures you'll find the perfect environment for your advertising message.
