I am attending Henry Blodget ‘s “Startup 09″ conference in lower Manhattan today. Business Insider has done a great job of orchestrating the debut of a first-rate, high level technology industry business conference.
Thanks to Henry Blodget (CEO of Business Insider, Julie Hansen (COO) and the rest of the team at Alley Insider for inviting me to this debut tech event.
I will be expanding on the sessions below, turning each into a seperate “Startup09″ blog post and adding videos, photos, and text over the next few days.
Noteable comments from session: “How to Raise Boatloads of Money at a Huge Valuation”: with panelists: Eric Hippeau, Softbank Capital Amish Jani, FirstMark Capital Larry Bettino, StarVest Partners Neil Sequeira, General Catalyst Partners Henry Blodget, Alley Insider [Moderator]
[video, photos, comments pending for this session - by Wed 6/10/09]
Notable session: “A 20-minute interview with Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and key player behind the Obama Campaign (by age 22!)”
[video, photos, comments pending for this session - by Wed 6/10/09]
“Steve Bell visits with Chris Hughes, Facebook Co-Founder”
[video, photos, comments pending for this session - by Wed 6/10/09]
Notable session: “How Not to Blow It” with panelists: Kevin Ryan, Alleycorp Ross O’Brian, Geller & Company Pat Mitchell, Cooley Godward Kronish David Pakman, Venrock Henry Blodget, Alley Insider [Moderator]
[video, photos, comments pending for this session - by Wed 6/10/09]
Noteable session: “Investment Deliberations and Voting” with panelists: Eric Hippeau, Softbank Capital George Bell, General Catalyst Partners David Pakman, Venrock Rick Hetizmann, FirstMark Capital Jeanne Sullivan, StarVest Partners Dan Frommer, Busienss Insider Neil Sequeeira, General Catalyst Partners
“The Silicon Alley AWARDS” with Henry Blodget
These companies have been voted on for months on Business Insiders, but since that is easily rigged a panel was used to determine the winners:
“Best Buzz” Award: ThrillList.com
“Best to Work for” Award (a close competition): Google.com
“Most loved product or service”: Tumbler.com
“Most likely to be worth over $1B someday”: Tie between Guilt.com and TheLadders.com
“Most likely to change the world”: Facebook.com
“Inappropriately titled THE MAN in the NY tech world”: (Fred Wilson, Charlie O’Donnnel, Allen Stern, John Borthwick, Allen Patricoff): the winner is Fred Wilson (he hates awards like this).
Julie Hansen – awards and thanks – [pending]
[video, photos, comments pending for the sessions above - by Wed 6/10/09]