Details
This is a record of past and plans for upcoming WSG meetings. Future meeting sponsors are listed at the bottom. Currently, meetings are held at least monthly on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 6:30pm (unless otherwise noted).
Event Details
(In reverse chronological order, as they become available.)
Meeting – January
BizTech: Garrett Gee & Kirk Ouimet
FastPitch:
* Adam Meyers, Drop Dead Studios
* Clark Davis, Engineering Entrepreneur
Meeting – December
When: December 9 @ 6:30PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech: Chris Carlston, Co-founder of Crux & Gage
FastPitch:
* Mike Gashler – Recommender System
* Robbie Wilkins – EmbarkShark
* 7Bound
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – November
When: November 11 @ 6:30PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
Trends Talkers (<=3 minutes each):
* Matt Smith
* Kirk Ouimet
* Aaron Johnson
* Garrett Gee
These trend talks will highlight a few important ideas or trends that will impact the future for technology entrepreneurs. Next, we will open it up to everyone for a mass brainstorm for people to come up with new ideas that would be cool to work on.
Collaborative Brainstorm
* Everyone is invited to participate
1-Minute Ideas:
* As usual, we will make time for those with 1-minute ideas to share them (whether or not they are related to the ideastorm)
Meeting Sponsors:
Tech Media Network
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – October
When: October 14 @ 6:30PM
Where: 184 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech: Jack Hadley, CEO of Lava7
FastPitch:
* MustachePower – Clark Winegar
* iCount – Merrill Hansen (CTO)
* Phramewrk – Kirk Ouimet
* Making it Happen with Creativity – Blake Brown Tanner Christensen
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
UAO Agency
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – September
When: September 9 @ 6:30PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
Introduction: Matt Smith
BizTech: David Bateman, Co-founder and CEO, PropertySolutions
FastPitch:
* YellowOxygen – Jamen Nelson
* Attract Labs
* Garrett Gee
* BekoZone – Tamio Stehrenberger
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – August
When: August 13 @ 6:30PM
Where: 110 TNRB at Brigham Young University
Event will be streamed live by local startup BizVision!
BizTech: ooTunes – Steve Woolley
FastPitch:
* MealDrop – Michael Zaro and Bryan Bennett
* LaunchIt Squad One
* LaunchIt Squad Two
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – July
When: July 8 @ 6:30PM
Where: 110 TNRB at Brigham Young University
Event will be streamed live by local startup BizVision!
BizTech: Dr. Quint Randle (Drums on Demand)
BizTech: Traffic Tricks – Nick Stewart
FastPitch:
* LaunchIt! Squad One
* RentScore
* TBA
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – June
When: June 10 @ 6:30PM
Where: 110 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech: Build Something You’d Use – Nate Graves
FastPitch:
* Early Indicators of Successful Startups – Jon Bradshaw
* Launch It! #2 – Matt Smith
* Blogging to Stanford - Garrett Gee
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
* ooTunes – free copies of the latest their latest iPhone app
* FundingRoadmap – free subscriptions to software
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – May
When: May 13 @ 6:30PM
Where: W408/W410 TNRB at Brigham Young University
Event will be streamed live by local startup BizVision!
BizTech: How to Setup a Solid Development Environment – Kirk Ouimet
BizTech: Making it Happen with Creativity – Tanner Christensen
FastPitch:
* MealDrop – Michael Zaro and Bryan Bennett
* Startup Tips – Shawn Jones
* TShirts4Hire – Howard Haines
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – April
When: April 8 @ 6:30PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
Event will be streamed live by local startup BizVision!
BizTech: The Power of Public Data – Matt Smith
FastPitch: 
* Eduglu – Kyle Mathews
* FoodMove
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – March
When: March 11 @ 6:30PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech: Scott Lemon
FastPitch:
* Oovoh, Ryan Van Wagoner
* Kristina Southam
* TBA
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
March 10 @ 6:30pm – Combined with LaunchUp
Meeting – February
When: 6:30PM (Note: the meeting time is earlier than the usual)
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech: SMS Apps – Kirk Ouimet
FastPitch:
* LDSMissions.com – Matt Smith
* FriendViews – Jeff Bennion
* One Card to Rule Them All – Jeff Schwarting
* BronzeBerry – Garret Gee and Joshua Dance
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
* Discuss ideas and eat
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Web Startup Group / LaunchUp #5
Meeting – January
Fall 2009 Meeting Schedule
(at Brigham Young Univerisity, Provo, Utah, USA)
Thu Aug 20* 7pm – 8:30pm Web Startup Group – 374 TNRB
Thu Sep 10** 6pm – 7:30pm Web Startup Group (Combined Startup Group Meeting) – TBA TNRB
Thu Oct 08 7pm – 8:30pm Web Startup Group – 374 TNRB
Wed Nov 11* 6pm – 8pm LaunchUp #3 – HP-Logoworks Building
Thu Dec 10 7pm – 8:30pm Web Startup Group – 374 TNRB
* Note: meeting not held on the 2nd Thursday of the month.
** Combined meeting with engineering, business, and social venture startup groups
Meeting – December 10
When: 7:00PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech: Catalog Science – Jeremy Hanks and Dave Gray
FastPitch:
* Individual-Style Genome Project - Tyler Sharp
* IActionable – Jason Barnes and Ryan Elkins
* TweetSimple – Matt Smith
* Have an idea you want to share? email: fastpitch@webstartupgroup.com
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
* Discuss ideas and eat
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – November 11
Meeting – October 08
When: 7:00PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech: Building a Team in the Phillipines – Chad Bennett
FastPitch:
* JiveJive – Cahlan Sharp
* SelfCritic – Ellis Atwood
* LucidChart – Ben Dilts
OpenSession:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
* Discuss ideas and eat
Meeting Sponsors:
Want to help? email sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – September 10
Location: TNRB W410/W408
Time: 7:00 PM
The September meeting is intended for all entrepreneurs at BYU. In fact, each of the Startup groups (i.e., Web, Engineering, and Social Venture) and the CEO club will be making quick 5-minute presentations highlighting their focus and success stories. Additionally, there will be a short presentation about the “Utah Student 25″. The remainder of the time will be used for people to talk informally with each other and eat!
Food and drinks will be provided by Doba and Catalog Science.
Meeting – August 20
Meeting under the direction of Nathan Graves!
Meeting – July 9
When: 7:00PM
Where: 374 TNRB at Brigham Young University
BizTech:
“Malware in the Cloud” – Chris Larsen
FastPitch:
Instructure – Devlin Daley and/or Brian Whitmer
Building a Team in the Phillipines – Chad Bennett
GroupGab:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
* Discuss ideas and eat
Meeting Sponsors:
Bluecoat (bluecoat.com)
contact us at: sponsor@webstartupgroup.com
Meeting – June 11
Time: 7:00PM
Location: 374 TNRB
BizTech:
“Google I/O Thought Blast” – Kirk Ouimet & Kyle Prier
FastPitch:
TweetSimple – Matt Smith
PageMass – Kirk Ouimet
Meeting – May
Date: 14 May, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:00PM in TNRB 374
Thanks to Matt Bills for guest conducting the meeting. Also, thanks to Scott Lemon and the other Web hipsters for coming and participating!
Launch It! Landing – April
Date: April 23, 2009 at 6:00PM in TNRB 374
Meeting – April
Date: 9 April, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:00PM in 1170 TMCB
BizTech:
“Online Payment Methods & Integration” – Kyle Mathews (Shopping carts, PayPal, Amazon FPS, Google Checkout)
FastPitch:
“TwitPay” – Jeremy Raines
“BigBrainz” – Ben Harrison
“Web 2.0 Expo” – Kirk Ouimet
GroupGab:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
* Discuss ideas and eat
Meeting – March
Date: 12 March, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:00PM in 1170 TMCB
BizTech: (15 min each)
“Twitter for Business” – Shannon (Twitter: @whataboutmom)
FastPitch: (5 min each)
“LingoTek” – Scott Bateman
“Izeni” – Jordan Gunderson
“Creative and Functional Design” – Mallory & Rich Robinson
“Neighbor Know How” – Kyle Freebairn
GroupGab:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
* Discuss ideas and eat
Meeting Sponsors:
LingoTek will provide food and drinks! (lingotek.com) [Contact: Aaron Davis, CTO]
Event – Launch It!
See: http://webstartupgroup.com/2009/02/launch-it-event-layout/
Meeting – February 2009
Date: 12 February, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:00PM in 1170 TMCB
BizTech: (10-15 min each)
“Adobe Flex” – Brady White
FastPitch: (5 min each)
“Launch It! Weekend” – David Gardner (Feb. 13, 14, and 16)
“Competing on Analytics” – Rob Nelson
GroupGab:
* 1-minute ideas (All)
* Discuss ideas and eat
AfterParty:
* “Creating a Flex App in 5-minutes” – Brady White
Meeting Sponsors:
RainInteractive will provide food and drinks! (mediarain.com) [Contact: Brady White]
Meeting – January 2009
Date: 8 January, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:00PM in 1170 TMCB
Flyer: http://webstartupgroup.com/media/2009/01/flyer200901.pdf
BizTech:
“Javascript Libraries” – Brian Whitmer
FastPitch: (5 min each)
“User-Content Utilities” – Matt Bills
“Olifont – Investment Proposal” – Ben Buie
“Launch It! Weekend (Feb. 13-16)” – David Gardner
GroupGab:
1-5 minute blurb each with some discussion (whoever wishes to give one)
Discuss ideas and meet people (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
OSTC will provide food (BBQ) and drinks! [Contact: Shauna Theobald]
Meeting – December 2008
Date: 11 December, 2008 (Thursday) at 6:00PM in 1170 TMCB
Flyer: http://webstartupgroup.com/events/flyer200812.pdf
BizTech:
“Viral Marketing to Make Money” – Kirk Ouimet (15 min)
Devlin Daley (5 min)
FastPitch: (5 min each)
“WSG Startup Weekend” – David Gardner
“User-Content Utilities” – Matt Bills
GroupGab:
1-minute blurbs (whoever wishes to give one)
discuss blurbs (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
CEO club will provide pizza and drinks (ceo.byu.edu)
Meeting – November 2008
Date: 13 November, 2008 (Thursday) at 7:00PM in 254 TMCB
Flyer: http://webstartupgroup.com/docs/flyer200811.pdf
Welcome: Matt Smith (3 min)
Schedule FastPitches and BizTechs for December from audience
BizTech: (15 min each, 30 minutes)
Google Android — Sam Curren
Jump Start Your Website, Today! — Rich Robinson (MintyWhite.com)
FastPitch: (5 min each, totaling ~13 min, 3 for context switches)
BlogInhaler — Nate Graves
Faster Fast Food — Richard Arthur
GroupGab:
1-minute blurbs (whoever wishes to give one)
discuss blurbs (All)
Meeting Sponsors:
Instructure will provide pizza and drinks! (instructure.com)
Meeting – October 2008 (1st Meeting)
Date: 23 October, 2008 (Thursday) @ 1170 TMCB
Flyer: http://webstartupgroup.com/docs/flyer200810.pdf
Welcome: Matt Smith (1 minute)
Web Startup Group Overview: Devlin Daley (5 minutes)
* Meeting overview and explanation
* webstartupgroup.com (Meeting information, contact information, link to Facebook group, etc.)
* Instead of two BizTech talks, Devlin and Matt should give a short presentation outlining the purposes of the group, what we hope to accomplish, and the format of the meetings. This first meeting should be a good demonstration of the format for the group moving forward.
BizTech: Amazon Web Services — Sam Curren (15 minutes)
FastPitch: (5 minutes or less each, totaling ~25 min, 5 for context switches)
1. American Idol exit polling, a Facebook app – Brian Whitmer
2. SiteSays.com – Matt Smith
3. Olifont: Interactive Life Journal – Gabriel from MemorEZ (Ben Buie’s company)
4. CEO Club – Adam Chavez (801-687-1401) [3 min]
GroupGab: (open ended)
The BizTech speakers and Fast Pitchers are automatically signed up for Group Gab. Everyone else that comes to the meeting can do this.
Meeting Sponsors:
CEO club will provide pizza and drinks (ceo.byu.edu)
Future Sponsors:
If your business would like to sponsor an upcoming meeting send email to: sponsors@webstartupgroup.com
CEO Club (see ceo.byu.edu)
Instructure (see instructure.com)
LingoTek (see lingotek.com)
OSTC
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