AsAble.com, empowering startups

I am so excited about all the festivities that are about to begin shortly as a part of the Social Media Week.  Since there will be 70+ events in the week, which can be quite overwhelming, I want highlight for you a few events that are more relevants to startups.

For those not in LA, most of the events listed here will be live streamed and/or recorded and posted on AsAble.com.  I hope you catch it online.

Here is my short list:

Wednesday – Sept 15th – 6pm – Guide to branding at Coloft

Info & RSVP: http://lamm4.eventbrite.com/

This is not a part of Social Media Week but is a Mixergy fans-for-fans meetup.  The meetup features 2 dynamic speakers – Roy Rubin, CEO of Magento, and Sasha Strauss, Chief Strategist of Innovation Protocol, with the topic of discussion “guide to branding”.

After this event, I will be heading to the Media Leaders networking mixer at Wokcano – a few blocks away on the same street.  Josh Ochs, founder of Media Leaders has kindly offered 20 FREE tickets, exclusively to AsAble.com fans.  If you are interested in one of these free tickets, please let me know.

Friday – Sept 17th – 1pm to 5pm – A private tour of a few startups in Santa Monica

I will be taking a small group of people for a tour of a few startup offices around Santa Monica.  I can only take a few people, but if you are interested in joining, please let me know.

Sunday – Sept 19th – 11am – Beach party for the startup & social media community in Santa Monica

Info & RSVP: http://labeachparty.eventbrite.com

This event has been very popular, so unfortunately by the time you check this email, the tickets may have been sold out.  Due to strict city requirements, only those who have signed up or confirmed volunteers can participate in this event.

The good news: I am looking for a few more volunteers to help with setup, cleanup, coordinating activities…, so if you missed out on the tickets, do raise your hands.  Someone in my team will confirm if you are on the list.

Monday – Sept 20th – 6pm – Search & Social Media – panel discussion at Blankspaces

Info & RSVP: http://smwseo.eventbrite.com/

This panel, featuring Sean Percival, Tony Adam, Alex Becker, Josh Ochs, and Erica Forette, will discuss how the idea of “search is social” will affect online marketing strategies.

Wednesday – Sept 22nd – 5pm – Startup Demo & VC/angel investors’ panel at Wokcano

Info & RSVP: http://startupdemo.eventbrite.com/

Andrew Warner & I are very excited to bring a VC/angel investors’ panel to this startup demo event.  We are featuring Mark Suster, Paige Craig, Allen Morgan, Stewart Roberts, with a discussion on startup investments in the social media era.

A side note: if you are a startup that would like to do demo at this event, but missed the deadline, please contact me directly.

Thursday – Sept 23rd – 6pm – Brand Engagement and Online Media Campaigns at Coloft

Info & RSVP: http://smwbrand.eventbrite.com/

This event features two back-to-back panels, starting with an fully integrated media case study discussing building a connected brand, followed by a panel discussion on the ROI of Social Media.

Friday – Sept 24th – 9:30am – A private meeting with Mark Suster for 6 AsAble.com fans

This is a private event for 6 AsAble.com startup founders.  You can sign up for this event here.  I will confirm the details to those that Mark selected.

Stay wonderful.

We are proud to be the media sponsor for the upcoming Mixergy meetup at Coloft next Wed night Sept 15th at 6:30pm PST. The event is organized by Mosses Akizian. The event will be live streammed right here on this website. The topic discussion is on strategic branding, partnerships and more.

Speakers:
Sasha Strauss, Managing Director and Chief Strategist of Innovation Protocol, a brand strategy consulting firm that exclusively serves innovators by evolving industry defining ideas into brands. With over 16 years in strategic brand development, he has led international programs for companies such as Microsoft, TiVo, Thermos, Electronic Arts, Yahoo!, eBay and Adobe.

Roy Rubin, CEO of MagentoCommerce.com, founded Varien (the original company behind Magento) in 2001 as a consultancy and has since transformed the eCommerce platform market with the release of the Magento platform. In a period of 18 months, Magento surpassed the 1 million downloads milestone and now records billions of dollars of transactions worldwide by tens of thousands of merchants. It is the fastest growing eCommerce platform in the world.
A results-oriented executive with over 10 years of experience founding and building products and organizations, Roy is deeply entrenched in the eCommerce and open source markets and grew Magento to be a disruptive, global player.

To attend the live event, RSVP here: http://lamm4.eventbrite.com/

As a reminder for startup entrepreneurs, your opportunity to submit your pitch to the Perfect Pitch competition is ending tomorrow Sept 2nd.  Submit for a chance to win a paid trip to the Perfect Business conference and exposure to amazing investors.

Among the amazing reputable judge panel are some of the investors that have been hosts of AsAble.com events, such as Paige Craig, Don Dodge…

We are excited to announce that as a part of Social Media Week, Mixergy & AsAble.com are hosting a VC/Angel investors panel at Startup Demo event on the evening of Sept 22nd at Wokcano. This is in partnership with Schmoozd and Techzulu.  Register to attend this FREE event here.  There will also be a startup demo.  Apply to demo here.

The event will be streamed live on this website.  If you can’t attend, make sure to tune in to watch.

Panel speakers:

• Paige Craig, aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel
• Allen Morgan, Mayfield Ventures
• Stewart Roberts, President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels
• Mark Suster, GRP Partners

Very grateful that Allen will be flying in from Menlo Park for few hours for the panel.

Moderator:

• Giang Biscan, PhD., Producer of Mixergy & AsAble.com

Topic discussion:

• Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors
• Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media
• How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention

If you have questions for the panels, please feel free to leave a comment here.  We will acknowledge your name & company name if your question is used during the discussion.

Our hosting partners:

Stewart Roberts

Stewart Roberts is president of Tech Coast Angels’ Orange County and is a board member overseeing all five southern California chapters. Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investment group in the country and more than one billion dollars have been invested in TCA-funded companies since 1997. So far in 2010, $19 million has been invested across 14 new and follow-on deals. Three portfolio companies exits, Green Dot’s IPO (NYSE: GDOT) yielding over 110 times return, SDL’s acquisition of Language Weaver for $42.5MM, and an IPO for Trius Therapeutics (NASDAQ: TSRX) all point to a dynamic year for TCA.

Stewart has served as CEO, board member, consultant and investor in and for multiple startups. In 2003 he co-founded TIX China a Shanghai based trading company overseeing a client portfolio spanning three continents. In the 1990s he worked on Wall Street where he held jobs at Brenner Securities and Morgan Stanley. In his spare time he and his wife are involved in CASA, as court appointed volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children.