Montréal NEWTECH

We had a couple of last minute cancelations, so here’s the line up for tomorrow’s meetup:

TEKiTO Software - Tools to help you be more productive on the iPhone.

ColdSnap - is assembling a collection of technologies to improve the efficiency and longevity of refrigeration appliances.

Special thanks to Station-C for providing the space and supporting the Montreal Tech community, and Accelerated Ventures for sponsoring this event.

Come check out the demos and network with other tech enthusiasts. Please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/mltnewtech/

Hi all, please note that our next meetup date has changed to November 11 (second Tuesday) due to US elections and venue availability. It will be held at Station-C again at 6:30pm (time changed too!). We will start the demos at 7pm and follow the same format: 5 minutes demo + 5 minutes Q&A.

I’m going to post and send out an email with the startup that will be demo’ing on Sunday before the event.

Are you a startup in Montreal? We might have one spot left. If you’re interested, please send me an email to demo@mtlnewtech.com as soon as possible.

Can you help out the community? We’re also looking for sponsors. If you want to get some exposure and help the Montreal Tech community, please contact me. Sponsorship starts at $100 and will be very much appreciated.

I look forward to seeing you all next week!

Here’s XtraNormal’s Demo at the Montreal NewTech Meetup October 08. Sorry about the video/sound quality.

Here’s Tungle’s Demo at the Montreal NewTech Meetup October 08. Sorry about the video/sound quality. Below is a note from Jacou Sarrazin, Tungle’s Product Manager.

 

Tungle is scheduling software that enhances your calendar, making it the ultimate scheduling solution. It does not replace your calendar, it works hand-in-hand with it, enabling you to coordinate meetings with people inside or outside your company in just a few clicks - whether they are a Tungle user or not. Using unique syncing technology, Tungle manages your schedule for you. All you do is propose meeting times, and the hassles of finding a time that works for everyone, avoiding double booking, and updating your calendar are handed off to Tungle.

Tungle supports Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple iCal and Entourage for Mac.

Here’s Brownbook.net’s Demo at the Montreal NewTech Meetup October 08. Sorry about the video/sound quality. Below is a note from Basil Berntsen, Brownbook’s Canadian Community Manager.

 

Business directory services are one of the most lucrative advertising businesses, despite the high overheads of managing and maintaining their core data, running large sales forces, IT departments, order entry teams… but for business owners it’s difficult and time-consuming to make updates, and it takes considerable time for updates to take effect. For smaller businesses it’s too expensive to advertise or promote their businesses, they have no control over how their listings are maintained, and many of today’s SOHO businesses never even make it into existing business directories. For users there is no indication of the reputation of suppliers, and no way to provide their own feedback, correct obvious mistakes that they see, or add additional useful information.

Brownbook applies the concepts of peer-production and wikis to revolutionize the business directory market. By harnessing the power and principles of wikis, user generated content, social media and social networking it creates a business directory service that:

• becomes the most up to date and comprehensive
• puts the power, production and feedback into the hands of the users
• is the simplest, quickest, and best value-for-money for advertisers
• removes massive cost from the traditional production cycle

I’d like to thank you all for coming to the first Montreal NewTech meetup tonight at Station-C. For those of you who missed it, I’ll be posting the demos soon.

We had three great demos tonight, and hopefully we’ll continue to showcase other cool Montreal startups every month. Our next meetup will be either on Nov 4th or 11th. I’ll update the group page when we know for sure. For now, there are a few things you could do to contribute to the Montreal tech community:

• Participate! There are several other networking events in Montreal. Start going to some of them and get involved in the community.
• Tell people what you’re working on. If you’d like to demo your product/startup at the next NewTech, please email me at demo@mtlnewtech.com.
• If you’re a blogger, photographer, video blogger, write about the startups who demo as well as other interesting people you meet in these events.

Here’s the line up for next week’s meetup:

Brownbook.net - the business directory that anyone can edit. (Presented by Basil Berntsen)

Tungle - free web-based scheduling service that makes it easy to coordinate meetings with other professionals no matter where they are or what time management software or groupware application they use. (Presented by Jacou Sarrazin)

XtraNormal - It’s an easy & automated movie-making webapp. Without any skills in 3D or movie direction, users can create their own movies from our template library using only text as the input. Everything is generated automatically. (Official launch is tomorrow - Oct 6th)

Special thanks to Station-C for providing the space and supporting the Montreal Tech community and YowTRIP (aka me) for the refreshments.

Station-C - first coworking space in Montreal.

YowTRIP - Social network for travelers.

See you all on Tuesday!

Just a reminder that the first Montreal NewTech meetup is next Tuesday (Oct 7th). If you’re planning to attend, please go to the Meetup.com page and RSVP as the space is limited.

The event will take place at Station-C, the first Montreal coworking space, at 5369 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, suite 430 at 7pm.

Here’s how the event will go:

1) Four startups will demo their product for 5 minutes each, followed by 5 minutes Q&A.
2) At the end of the demos, anybody can make any quick announcement to the group.
3) We hang out at Station-C to network with the presenters and other attendees.

There is a lot going on in the Montreal tech community and in order for this event to be successful and interesting for the community, we need to start sharing ideas and contributing to each others. So, if you have something ready to show to the community, please contact me!

We’re still looking for a couple of startups to demo! E-mail me at demo@mtlnewtech.com 

I look forward to seeing the demos and meeting you all next week!

Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.

I have created a Montreal NewTech Lending Team page, so if you have lended money to other entrepreneurs through Kiva, please join our community there. If you haven’t, I encourage you to check it out. The site is full of hard working entrepreneurs from developing countries, you can lend as little as $25 and make a huge difference in somebody’s life and their community.

The first Montreal NewTech Meetup will be held at Station-C (5369 Boulevard Saint-Laurent #430) on October 7th. If you’re planning on attending it, please RSVP at http://newtech.meetup.com/127/calendar/8674645/

We’re also looking for four startups who would like to demo their latest product and get feedback from the Montreal Tech Community. If you’re interested, please email me at demo@mtlnewtech.com.

Each demo will last five minutes, followed by a five minutes Q&A. At the end of the demos, we’ll have about one hour to ask additional questions and network.

We hope to see you all there!