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Posted on April 22, 2009 by hillel on Events

I’m speaking at Ignite Seattle on 4/29/09

Ignite Seattle has been the best tech-ish crowd startup gathering in Seattle as far as I’m concerned. The crowd is big but the event is still somewhat intimate. It highlights some of the positives of having a smaller tech community in Seattle relative to Silicon Valley for example. Brady does a good job pulling together […]

Posted on April 3, 2009 by hillel on Events

Bloom Seattle

With all our talk about our own small event, we can’t neglect to mention other events happening around town. Specifically, Bloom Seattle is being held on April 9th (next week) and will feature six speakers talking about green innovation. I’m particularly excited about Aaron Fairchild of g2bVentures that are buying foreclosed properties and flipping them […]

Posted on January 19, 2009 by hillel on Advertising, Branded Software, Events

The Advertising Industry is Starting to Understand Branded Online Experiences

When we started Jackson Fish Market, the first problem we decided to address was the lack of great options for brand advertisers online. Our simple premise was that useful and entertaining software on the web had the capability of engaging online audiences (both in terms of minutes spent and depth of engagement) much more cost-effectively […]

Posted on September 11, 2008 by hillel on Events

Interesting New York

If you’re in New York City this weekend, there’s a cool conference-ish event happening called Interesting New York. I’ll be one of the speakers. My talk is called: “Cheese, wine, and software? How software is crossing the artisanal divide.” And even if you’re sick of me, definitely come by as there’s tons of other speakers. […]