“The Culture of Zappos and Hiring Technology People to Support It”
If you want an inside look at one of the most successful online retailers around, 
Zappos.com development director Brent Cromley will be the featured speaker at the May 21 Technology Business Alliance of Nevada (TBAN) luncheon. Zappos achieved over $800 million in gross merchandise sales in 2007, and expects to achieve more than $1 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2008. Since its founding in 1999 the company has doubled its sales year-over-year.
Details:
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 from 11:30 a.m. – 
1:30 p.m.
Lawry’s The Prime Rib located at 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway
Register Online or for more information call: (702) 586.8689
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There’s a lot of tech talent to be found right here in Northern Nevada colleges. If you’re interested in getting a firsthand look at some of the innovative ideas coming out of our universities, plan to attend Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology’s (NCET) Governor’s Cup oral presentations April 21 & 22. The event is free and open to the public. Finalists in this statewide business plan competition are vying for big bucks – more than $110K. This is a good way to support Nevada’s best and brightest and check out what might be on horizon on the sustainable/renewable energy & technology fronts.
Governor’s Cup finalists oral presentations:
Monday, April 21 - 10 am - 5 p.m.
Lt. Governor’s Award oral presentations:
Tuesday, April 22 - 9 a.m. - 5 .pm.
All oral presentation are at John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks. Winners of the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup and the Lt. Governor’s Awards will be announced on April 25 at the Awards Luncheon at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas. Tables of eight are $750 and individual tickets are $100. Please RSVP by
April 18 to Emily Lowe at Emily@NCET.org or (775) 332-3000 x3228.
Visit www.2008GovCup.com for more details.
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Need some help making the right IT decisions in the coming year? Check out NCET’s February 19 “Tech Tuesday” at Great Basin Internet Services (241 Ridge Street, Suite 450, Reno). This is one of the best tech/entrepreneur networking venues in Reno-Tahoe. The Feb. 19 event will serve up good food & drink and a chance to be part of “The Right Choice in ’08,″ a glimpse at the latest and greatest offerings in the tech market. Give-aways include six months of GBIS Virtual Voice vPBX service including a VoIP phone.
NCET’s Tech Tuesday:
Tuesday, February 19, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
$10 donation at the door
RSVP by Monday, February 18 to Emily Lowe at Emily@NCET.org
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Please join NCET on August 16 for Tech Thursday, Greater Reno Tahoe’s premier technology and entrepreneurial networking event! Find it on Upcoming.
This month, we’ll give you a preview of NCET’s many exciting programs and events, some brand new for 2007, including:
- Wi-Fi Wednesdays
- Silver & Gold VC Conference
- Nevada Clean Energy Summit
- eWeek (Entrepreneur Week)
When: Thursday, August 16
5:30 – 7:30 pm, $10 donation at door
RSVP by Tuesday, August 14th
Redfield Campus -
Nell J. Redfield Building
18600 Wedge Parkway
Reno, NV 89511
(775) 850-2710
Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology helps foster an environment within Nevada in which high-growth entrepreneurial companies can succeed and flourish. NCET has a strategic partnership with the Nevada Commission on Economic Development. For more information on NCET, visit www.NCET.org. CET is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
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Chalk up another victory for common sense and relationship marketing best practices. ContextPlus — a company that positions itself as a "1:1 marketer" is shutting down amidst lawsuits and "lack of distribution partners". Seems that they’re really an adware/spyware company. Here’s a quote from the eWeek article:
"This is one of the most notorious companies out there. They’re doing all kinds of nasty things on [hijacked] machines," said the source, who requested anonymity because on the ongoing nature of the investigations.
What’s the lesson here: People do not like to have their privacy invaded without their permission in advance. The best relationships are based on honest and upfront dialog.
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Gotta download and listen to Diggnation Episode #30 whereby we (Diggnation, Twelve Horses and the Reno-Tahoe destination) make Podcasting history. The first technology podcast to promote a vacation destination is in the iTunes can! Listen to the last 5 minutes…
What will be interesting here is the response rate…stay tuned!
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The carriers tend to get beat up a lot. Sometimes deservingly so, other times they’re the easiest target:
- "I ran out of gas, dammit Sprint!"
- "This whole Iraq thing - clearly a standards battle between CDMA and GSM."
- "The neighbor’s dog — I think his name is Cingular — just crapped on my lawn."
So when a carrier does something really Really REALLY right, it should be recognized. Please recognize Verizon today for suing two spamming telemarketers (article on San Jose Mercury News) and reinforcing a message that spammers are not welcome on any communications channel:
Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a San Diego-based telemarketer that allegedly sent unsolicited recorded calls to more than 1 million California cell-phone customers this summer.
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Verizon filed a second similar lawsuit Wednesday against Coral Springs, Fla.-based Resort Marketing Trends, also seeking an injunction. The suit alleges that the company made an estimated 280,000 unsolicited calls since July to Verizon cell phone customers, mainly in New Jersey.
Last year, if you recall, Verizon sued 51 individuals it said exploited the Verizon network to send millions of unsolicited text messages.
Thank you Verizon. Good job.
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Zappos.com development director Brent Cromley will be the featured speaker at the May 21 Technology Business Alliance of Nevada (TBAN) luncheon. Zappos achieved over $800 million in gross merchandise sales in 2007, and expects to achieve more than $1 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2008. Since its founding in 1999 the company has doubled its sales year-over-year. 
