We have raised $2930 ($2330 + $600), that Gurbaksh has generously agreed to match. There are 2 options for making a donation.
Make a donation directly to MSF and publish your receipt tagging #democamphaiti (it’s also really helpful if you send me the link, but this is the easiest option)
I also managed to offer Greg Balajewicz, Realm of Empires a spot, thinking that I had invited him after sending email to the also invited Greg Thomson of Tall Tree Games. Realm of Empires team has been fantastic in cutting me some slack on a mistake and will present at the next DemoCamp.
To help support relief efforts in Haiti, 100% of the DemoCamp donations will be going to Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Gurbaksh has elevated the challenge to DemoCamp attendees. He will personally match the donations from the DemoCamp crowd (at a minimum, we’ve been talking about him donating a multiple of the DemoCamp number).
Just to make sure there are the appropriate checks and balances, I will publish the donation receipt on Jan 27, 2010 on DemoCamp.com. This is not a cash grab, I am happy to make as much information available to make sure that everyone understands all moneys will be donated. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have concerns at david at davidcrow dot ca or using my contact page.
Apply to present at DemoCamp (make sure you also register to attend)
It’s the 25th DemoCamp special edition in Toronto. We’ve been very lucky to have Yossi Vardi, Gary Vaynerchuk and now Gurbaksh Chahal join us for DemoCamp. Don’t know who “G” is? Check out the Request for Help for details.
For the Chahal family, as for many immigrants, education was paramount, but G left high school at sixteen to form Click Agents, an Internet advertising company, which he sold two years later for $40 million. In January 2004, he launched a second company, BlueLithium – the next generation in Internet advertising. The company was focused on data, optimization, and analytics and became a pioneer of behavioral targeting. BlueLithium was named one of the top 100 private companies in America three years in a row by AlwaysOn, and in 2006, it received highest honor as Top Innovator of the Year. (Previous winners included Google, Skype, and Salesforce.com.) On September 4th, 2007, Yahoo! announced that it was acquiring BlueLithium for $300 million in cash.
How do I present?
Preference given to social gaming and virtual world companies (think Facebook, Myspace, Zynga, Playfish, etc.). We will not be excluding other companies, but G will be apart of the selection process and he has indicated this is his personal area of interest for both gWallet and angel investing.
Demos are 5 minutes long. There is an opportunity for a question and answer period after the demo. The recommendation, it’s a very strong recommendation, is that you present functioning software, i.e., no slide ware. The goal is for entrepreneurs, startups, developers to get on stage and show what you’ve been working on. It’s okay to have a couple of slides to explain your market opportunity, the stage of corporate development, identify your competitors, but it’s really key that you show us working software, hardware, network services, etc.
DemoCamp Toronto 25
When: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:00 PM Where: Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University 55 Dundas St West, Room 1067 Toronto, ONCanada
I’m hoping to get Gurbaksh Chahal to speak at DemoCamp Toronto # 25 on January 26, 2010 January 27, 2010 (sorry needed to change the date).
Who is Gurbaksh Chahal?
Gurbaksh is a successful entrepreneur having sold Click Agents for $40M and in 2007 BlueLithium for $300M to Yahoo. He has started his third venture, gWallet, which [...]
Geoffrey Wiseman adds to his documentation of DemoCamp Toronto # 24 with videos of James Standen, Datamartist and Oshoma Momoh, 5 Blocks Out.
James Standen – Datamartist
Datamartist is a piece of Windows software designed to enabled the extraction, transformation and and load (ETL) of data from SQL databases, Access databases, Excel files, and other sources. The [...]
Geoffrey Wiseman has published Adam Thody’s presentation on DataTO.org at DemoCamp Toronto # 24.
It’s great to see Adam and Mark Kuznicki sharing the great work they have been doing for toronto.ca/open to reach out, engage, educate and inspire Toronto software developers about the opportunities that exist in remixing the city data sets in [...]
Satoshi Takano (@SatoshiTakano) has posted the complete video of Gary Vaynerchuk’s talk with Saul Colt at DemoCamp Toronto # 24. It was a great conversation about entrepreneurship, wine, and social media.
Gary Vaynerchuk in Toronto @DemoCamp 24 from Satoshi Takano on Vimeo.
I’m cross posting Tom Purves live notes from StartupNorth. Make sure you check out StartupNorth or WirelessNorth.
DemoCamp24 in Toronto is sold out, for those following at home, some live notes:
First up: Gary Vaynerchuk:
Greatest takeaway: big game is patience, way too many ppl give up right before it’s about to happen. If you don’t have the [...]
Wow there was 17 submissions for the 6 demo slots at DemoCamp Toronto #24 happening on December 3, 2009 which is now sold out. Thanks to everyone that applied. If you didn’t get accepted, you’ll have another chance, DemoCamp Toronto #25 and #26 are happening on January 26, 2010 and March 30, 2010.
PHP Quebec & ConFoo are hosting a Career DemoCamp on Wednesday, December 2,2009 in Montreal. It’s a very interesting concept, the goal is to introduce local developers to startups and other web projects for the purpose of employment. Apparently, Microsoft is paying for the space as part of TechDays Montreal and Joey, bless his heart, [...]
