Conferences

Panel: Business Models in Vertical Search

Barney Pell is moderating a panel on vertical search that is sponsored by the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB). Hopefully, he will be able to post a follow-up summary at his blog...

Panel: Business Models in Vertical Search
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on September 20, 2005 at 8:46 AM
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Vertical Leap: Summary by Session

I am finally recovering from a double-dose of jet lag and brain buzz. This was a seriously, seriously great event. I don't even know where to begin, especially since it is almost midnight. For starters, here is the coverage that is finding its way to the Web:

Overview: Master of 500 Hats

Keynote: Software Only, Elegant Hack

Investing: Barney Pell, Elegant Hack, Chris' Insytes

Local: Elegant Hack

Shopping: Barney Pell, Elegant Hack

Travel: Barney Pell, Elegant Hack

Jobs/Classifieds: Barney Pell, Bogle's Blog, Elegant Hack

News/Blogs: Barney Pell, Elegant Hack

The Future: Elegant Hack

Powerpoints: Top 10 Rules for Vertical Revolutionaries (.ppt)

Podcasts: John Furrier (coming soon)

tags: verticalleap, vertical+leap

Lots of notes online. Not a lot of discussion yet. Maybe we'll all get around to that next week. I thought several points deserved to be discussed in much greater detail. More later.

Vertical Leap: Summary by Session
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on June 30, 2005 at 10:29 PM
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Update: I'm attending Vertical LEAP (June 28th)

It's official, I'm going to the Vertical LEAP [ site | wiki ] vertical search conference on the 28th of this month. In Monday afternoon, out Wednesday morning. Anyone who wants to "say hey" can let me know here.

Tags: sdforum vertical+leap

Update: I'm attending Vertical LEAP (June 28th) (1)
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on June 17, 2005 at 4:41 PM
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Under The Radar Event: May 31, 2005 (Tomorrow!)

A one-day conference featuring early-stage companies in consumer technology.
May 31, 2005 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Microsoft, Building 1 | Mountain View, CA
Schedule | About

Fatlens, Become.com, Realtime Enterprises, more...

Also, for those of us not in Silicon Valley, the Under The Radar blog.

Under The Radar Event: May 31, 2005 (Tomorrow!)
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on May 30, 2005 at 9:22 AM
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SDForum Vertical Search Event: June 28, 2005

Vertical LEAP - overview, agenda, speakers, location, registration

Agenda (as of May 23)
8:30-9:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Keynote
10:00-10:45am Investing in Vertical Search
11:00-11:45am Local Search
12:00-1:00pm Lunch Provided
1:00-1:45pm Shopping Search
2:00-2:45pm Travel Search
3:00-3:45pm Classifieds / Job Search
4:00-4:45pm Emerging Categories in Vertical Search
5:00-5:45pm News / Blog Search

Looks like an essential event for many people who read this site.

I'm still 50/50 at this time. I'll post later if I'm able to swing it.

SDForum Vertical Search Event: June 28, 2005
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on May 23, 2005 at 3:05 PM
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SES Chicago: Shopping Search Sessions

I posted my notes over at the Shopping Search at SES thread (posts #4 and #5) in the Shopping Search Engines forum at Search Engine Watch.

Also, Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Roundable included links to his excellent coverage of Meet the Shopping Search Engines and Shopping Search Tactics in SES San Jose.

SES Chicago: Shopping Search Sessions
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on January 5, 2005 at 12:14 PM
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