I have such an insane couple of weeks coming up that I need to blog it just to remember where I’ll be. (Here is the full calendar of 2009 tech and social media conferences.) But these are among the best of the year, right at our doorstep: NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology conference, NewComm Forum, Inbound Marketing […]
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Girls in Tech: Empowering women in technology
Girls in Tech from JD Lasica on Vimeo. For years I’ve bemoaned the lack of women on stage at the scores of tech conferences and events I attend. Girls in Tech is out to change that. I caught up with founder Adriana Gascoigne and executive managing director Robyn Cohen at Web 2.0 Expo earlier this […]
Social media and your personal brand
Shira Lazar on social media and building relationships from JD Lasica on Vimeo. If I could point all the 18- to 29-year-olds in the land to one video about how the social media revolution has fundamentally reshaped power relationships and entrepreneurial opportunities, it would be to this 13-minute video riff with Shira Lazar. I’ve been […]
Photos and takeaways from SXSW 2009
I was surprised today to learn that attendance at the venerable South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, is up by 20 percent over last year. In this economy? Yep. SXSW is one of the premier networking events in the tech world. I’m back home now after spending two full days at the gathering, […]
LuckyStartups offers advice to new startups
Last month I had the pleasure of talking with Ezra Butler, LuckyStartups’ Israel correspondent. In our interview, Ezra and I discuss everything from my personal life and where I grew up to the services I provide as a “one-stop-shop” for startups, plus of course, let’s not forget, Ezra’s love for alcohol and chocolate. We also discuss the difference between […]