VatorSplash’s September event had an incredible line-up of start-ups, entrepreneurs and keynotes. Start-up finalists included Appbackr, Breakthrough.com (the winner), MyeGamer, Bump.com, Phone Halo, Orange Slyce, CoHuman, Interview Studio and MicroMobs. An overview of each of them can be found in an earlier blog post.
Below Bambi Francisco, founder and CEO of Vator.tv and Vatorsplash events.
Bubbalon’s Alex Galkin and Todd Hamilton show off their app on an iPhone, coming out soon. Bubbalon available for users to start rating people, places and things today at Bubbalon.com.
Bump.com’s demo (they officially announced at DEMO earlier in September)
Cannonball gives away wine at Vatorsplash
Eventbrite’s Kevin Hartz does one of the keynotes – on success and lessons learned
Peter Thiel also gives a successful and insightful keynote
Media Partners: Mashable, Magic Sauce Media, VentureBeat, Girls in Tech and We Blog the World.
Coverflow jammed at the after party at Cafe Du Nord, which includes Philip Kaplan on drums, Mayfield Capital’s Rajil Kapoor on vocals, Tim Chang, a VC at Norwest Venture Partners, Prashant Fuloria who manages monetization at Facebook, also at Facebook, Ethan Beard. I also shot some videos – part I and part 2.
Robert Scoble was once again emcee the event.
Splash Box, which is now a tradition at Vatorsplash included investors: Aydin Senkut from Felicis, Rob Hayes from First Round Capital, Rick Heitzmann from First-mark and Gideon Yu from Khosla Ventures.
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
