4. Guy Kawasaki, "How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09"

PARC Forum
Thursday, December 13, 2007
4:00 – 5:00 P.M.
George E. Pake Auditorium, Palo Alto Research Center

TITLE:
How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen
Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09

SPEAKER:
Guy Kawasaki, Truemors and Garage Technology Ventures

ABSTRACT:
In this talk, Guy will explain why and how he launched Truemors.com
using open-source software, contractors, favors, and cajoling. He will
also cover the current entrepreneurial and venture-capital funding
conditions. http://truemors.com/

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Guy Kawasaki is the co-founder of Truemors and a managing director of
Garage Technology Ventures. He is also a columnist for Entrepreneur
Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy
is the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for
Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream,
and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA
from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
http://guykawasaki.com/

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UPCOMING/ PAST FORUMS:

This is the third talk in a special forum series on Going Beyond Web 2.0. Past talks available online and upcoming forums include:

November 15 -- Ross Mayfield, Socialtext

November 29 -- Garrett Camp, Stumble Upon

December 13 -- Guy Kawasaki, Truemors, Garage Ventures

January 10 -- Bernardo Huberman, HP Labs

January 17 -- Chris Anderson, The Long Tail

January 31 -- Fernanda Viegas & Martin Wattenberg, IBM Many Eyes

February 7 -- Premal Shah, Kiva.org

February 21 -- Andrew Mc Afee, Harvard Business School

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