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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Announcement: top 6 finalists from Social-Loco Competition, see them present live at the Social-Loco Conf next week. (the list is in no particular order) 1) MondoWindow 2) Bump 3) DoubleDutch 4) Closely 5) Confidantly 6) Retailigence on April 30
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
The future of social-loco investing @ social-loco; May 5th, Vator Discount here: http://bit.ly/g9iW0S on April 21
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Get your "discount" tickets before Social-Loco sells out; Google, Groupon/JiWire, Facebook, Foursquare, same stage. http://bit.ly/g9iW0S on April 17
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Startup Competition deadline coming up in a couple days. Enter now. It's free; win a chance to pitch hundreds. http://bit.ly/gpMCjM on April 17
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
"Like" the new Social-Loco FB page, get 50% off conference w/Marissa Mayer, Groupon, JiWire, FB, 4sqr http://www.facebook.com/loco.converged #socialloco #techcrunch #venturebeat @scobleizer on April 14
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
"Like" the new Converge FB page, get huge Social-Loco discount tickets http://www.facebook.com/loco.converged on April 10
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Early Bird Ends Tomorrow for Social-Loco Conf w/Google, Groupon, Facebook, JiWire... Act now and get Vator discount on top of Early Bird. http://socialloco.eventbrite.com/?discount=vator20 on April 07
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Groupon/JiWire Keynote at Social-Loco! Early Bird Tix end this week. Get'um while ya can. :-) $295 http://socialloco.eventbrite.com on April 04
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Tick tock on Social-Loco early bird, $295 -- ending soon. Marissa Mayer, Groupon, Facebook -- same stage. http://bit.ly/g9iW0S on March 26
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Bambi Francisco Roizen
Bambi Francisco Roizen at 01:22pm March 31
I reached out to the AngelPad startup class and told them they needed to join your competition! check them out here: http://vator.tv/n/18a9
Mark Evans
Mark Evans at 01:32pm March 31
Awesome, thanks! I'll be out evangelizing all next week.
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Social Location Revolution is here: join the conference! Groupon, FB, Goog, more... Vator discount, on top of early bird pricing: http://bit.ly/g9iW0S www.socialloco.net on March 26
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Marissa Mayer, Groupon to keynote Social-Loco! Vator discount, even better on top of early bird pricing: http://bit.ly/g9iW0S on March 25
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
And to all, don't forget to get your killer Vator + early bird DISCOUNT (20% off early bird) Social-Loco Conf tickets: http://socialloco.eventbrite.com/?discount=vator20 on March 17
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Entrepreneurs listen up! The Social-Loco Competition is on and it's free to enter. Enter Now! http://vator.tv/competition/social-loco-competition on March 17
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Social-Loco Conference: 20% DISCOUNT for Vator folks http://socialloco.eventbrite.com/?discount=vator20 on March 10
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Converge Labs launches the Social-Loco Startup Competition on Vator. Check it out here: http://bit.ly/iiJiE1 on March 10
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Fred Wilson opines on Peter Thiel's mesmerizing essay on "Apocalypse and Bubbles" http://bit.ly/a3C8An on September 05
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Geo-Loco conference just signed up NBC Universal & Geodelic for Anatomy of a big brand deal. www.geoloco.tv on July 17
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Lorenzo Carver
Lorenzo Carver at 09:10pm July 19
You guys rock!!! Congrats!
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
"Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly." - Paul Grahm on July 17
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Fred Wilson to keynote Geo-Loco; two weeks away - grab your tickets here: http://www.geoloco.tv See Gowalla and many others in the demo pit. on July 05
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Is Geo-Loco a business or a feature? Launched ticket sales for Geo-Loco the conference and new website: www.geoloco.tv. Very excited to have this thing out there. on June 04
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Fantastic Vator Splash event tonight; delighted Udemy won the startup competition. on May 14
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
The Geo-Loco startup competition has officially launched. If you have a geo-location based startup, check out Vator's competition section for details. Ole! on May 12
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Great event at the GigaOm Bunker today; all about Geo-Loco monetization and the future and if it's a business or a feature. on April 28
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Putting together the first Geo-Loco startup competition on Vator. Stay tuned. on April 27
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Our Geo-Loco conference is coming together nicely, Loic Le Meur (Seesmic) is now on board. He'll speak on the future of geo and sit on the panel, Opportunity Overload: APIs, SDKs, and mashups... on March 18
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Lorenzo Carver
Lorenzo Carver at 01:57pm March 18
Your first Geo-Loco event was truly outstanding! I'm looking forward to attending the next one.
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
"If I launched a startup" a lawyer's cheat sheet http://bit.ly/aXZsYw on March 17
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Delighted to announce that Bancroft was awarded new "global" service contract with major computer maker today for market intelligence. Woo Hoo! on March 10
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Lorenzo Carver
Lorenzo Carver at 08:56pm March 11
Way to go! You guys deserve it!
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NAPW National Association of Professional Women at 09:03am March 17
Wow. Congratulations!
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Excited to sit down w/Vator team today and talk shop on February 16
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Pre-mature observation on Buzz, maybe: Not sure I want such a service to be a feature in Google/Gmail... I kinda like having a destination site, i.e., FriendFeed (RIP) -- even though I love the idea of aggregation/integration done well, not sure - this well. on February 11
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Mark Evans (Managing Principal)
Planning Bancroft Geo-Loco II conference. Stay tuned. on February 09
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