The Web PIM recap - February 15, 2000
hello all,
the Web PIM. big deal. well, that's exactly what it was last night, a
really *big* deal. the crowd was twice as large as anticipated, with
somewhere around 500 folks coming and going and schmoozing and networking
throughout the course of the evening. and nary a raindrop in sight!
*huge* thanks once again to our sponsors, online community Craig's List
<http://www.craigslist.org>
and student loan mavens Knowledge First
<http://www.knowledgefirst.com>,
for making the good eats possible. visit
our sponsors on the web and spread the word about them, okay? they deserve
it.
and in case anyone was wondering, we *will* be at a larger venue for the
next PIM -- stay tuned for more details.
so! who was there last night? here's my three dot blitz a la Caen...Paula
Keezer, Director of Web Engineering at Alexa Internet
<http://www.alexa.com>,
had a crowd around her all night, maybe 'cause
she's looking to hire engineers, creatives and UI folk...Internet lawyer
and very good guy Gil Silberman is opening his new Mission jazz spot,
Butterfly
<http://www.butterflysf.com>
in about a month's time...architect
Judy van Soldt is moving her practice online -- who said you need bricks
and mortar? not she
<jvansoldt@hotmail.com>...VP of
Finance Mark Rollins says his
<http://www.adventureseek.com>
can get you anywhere you
want to go, no matter how daring...Deborah Dorfman looked sleek in black
and was taking a break from developing content for the web
<deborahd@sirius.com>...Knowledge
First's tech recruiter, Zoran Joksimovic, needs a VP Engineering pronto --
any takers?
<zjoksimovic@knowledgefirst.com>...Rob
Brown, President and Founder
of <http://www.hypermatch.com>
wants to, you guessed it, match people up
and he'll be doing just that real soon on Craig's List...Rachel Adame of
Quantum Leap
<http://www.quantum.leapnet.com>
spends her days creating a
better web presence for Fortune 500s and her nights trying to figure out
who will be the company's next CTO, Creative Director, Customer Retention
Manager, etc. (only seasoned folks need apply)...Frank Marquardt, Managing
Editor at Wet Feet
<http://www.wetfeet.com>
wanted the skinny on the PIMs
for the job seekers who visit his site...fellow PIMstress Suzanne Anderson
of Artist One
<http://www.artistone.com>
was just back from NYC where she
was reeling in big-boy, bad-boy record folk for her hot music
startup...Drych Powell of Ketchum Integration
<http://www.ketchumint.com>
specializes in e-z phone and communications systems for companies,
especially when they're moving to new digs...Susan Stearman, Marketing
Director at Ligos Technology, was wearing her trademark chapeau as she
talked about her company's cool new Union Square location and searched for
tech folk (video experience a must) and biz dev hot shots
<sstearman@ligos.com>...Mike
Hanley, VP of Biz Dev at eWork Exchange
<http://www.ework.com>,
connects people with projects online and needs
product managers and a slew of marketing and sales folk to keep on keepin'
on...Praveen Tipirneni, Director of Biz Dev at
<http://www.gomingle.com> is
hiring engineers (aren't we all?)...Ann Spears, just-arrived-in-SF Marcom
Manager at red-hot startup Get Relevant
<http://www.getrelevant.com>
found
the PIM on her second day in the city, which leads me to conclude that this
woman is going places...Susan Fang at Artisan is looking for a few good
designers
<susanf@cre8art.com>...Izabel
Loinaz is the sharpie behind
Peace of Mind, which offers professional organizing and personal
management, something I may need for the next PIM
<izabel@PeaceOfMindSF.com>...Marian Mullally, Account Manager at Management
Solutions, also acts as ambassador to the Chamber of Commerce -- she must
be using Izabel's services to keep track of all this
<marianm@mgmtsolutions.com>...Shelley
Clarkson wants to bring her
chair massage biz, Body Therapy, to your company -- how can you say no?
<mightyshel@hotmail.com>...Michael
Han is the sysadmin at Taos, The Sys Admin Company
<http://www.taos.com>,
and they are looking for UNIX sys
admins (duh, so is everyone else!), network engineers, NT admins and perl
jockeys...Laurie Wertz worx at PlanetRx
<http://www.planetrx.com> and
arrived at the PIM when you could still see across the room...Karen Solomon
<karen@tiki-lounge.com>
was forever divine in a sparkly powder-blue
sheath, as befits this writer/humorist/SF WoW Top 25 goddess -- but where
was fellow sparkler Joyce Slaton? and don't give me that deadline stuff,
Joycie...John Kealy and Aram Price of OVEN Digital
<http://www.oven.com>
are in big need of engineers, creatives and site builders...dazzling Susan
Gross <sjgross@bechtel.com>
moonlights as a Presentation Specialist,
specializing in creative announcements, entertaining slide shows and
general merriment for corporate and private meetings (and I've seen her in
action -- she's good!)...Aleksandra Zdebski (who needs to buy a vowel, or
something, from Zoran Joksimovic), is a Financial Ops Analyst at Stock
Power
<http://www.stockpower.com>,
which helps companies sell their stock
directly online...Susan MacTavish Best publishes Posthoc
<http://www.posthoc.com>,
the Upfront (and spot-on) Guide to San Francisco
and sported the PIM's best smile...and last but not least, friend of the
PIM Ben Sperling was talking up his new venture, Application Park
<http://www.applicationpark.com>,
which can help you get those web apps up
and running in no time flat. oh, and absolutely last, me, who just returned
from the Chicago Auto Show and will soon tell all at Road Sage
<http://www.roadsage.com>,
my online travel site which is all about, yup,
traveling and being on the road.
whew! I mentioned less than thirty folks in the paragraph above and yet
there were over 500 in attendance last night. just think of the networking
opportunities you missed if *you weren't there.* 'nuff said.
next PIM should be in late March. see ya then.
Elaine Sosa
The Web PIMstress
The Web PIM
also at
<http://www.roadsage.com>
