Eric Chin, partner at Bay Partners, takes time out from DEMO networking to talk with Charles Beeler. Chin and Bay Partners may not have had any investments on display this time, but at the Fall conference, they were the talk [See the full post…]

Before he handed off the microphone to Charles Beeler, PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier spoke with Beeler about life at El Dorado Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, located in the heart of Silicon Valley VC territory, on famous [See the full post…]

Hany Nada, from Granite Global Ventures, talks about the expansion-stage firm’s interests at DEMO 07, and their track record in China.

This year, like movie fans around the world, Lucy Gray watched the Academy Awards with friends. Her group of friends that night included nine-time Oscar nominee (and three-time winner) Walter Murch. Murch is a film editor whose professional credits include [See the full post…]

Andy Beal is one of the leading search engine optimization experts. In this conversation, he discusses how best to implement an SEO program in marketing. Beal says that, for the all-important Google search engine to find it as quickly as [See the full post…]

Mobile technology isn’t just cool; it’s essential for today’s small business. Our experts separate the hype from the hard truth when it comes to getting business done securely on the road. Join Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends and [See the full post…]

Here it is, as promised a second song by The Bloody Hollies. This song is from their new album available on Alive Records “Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love” (here’s a bonus — you can get a [See the full post…]

I sit down with Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes, who tells me about his company’s efforts to become your startup page.

Here Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes, demonstrates his new service, which makes a killer start page.

Here at the NextGear we normally don’t cover auto racing, but when two legends met at the Chicago Auto Show, we couldn’t let the opportunity pass by. Ron Fellows is a racing legend, having begun his professioanl racing career in [See the full post…]

Dean Haglund has always been a geek, even before it was cool. So maybe it was art, imitating life, when for 9 years he played ‘Langly’ on the X-Files. Today, in addition to being an actor, he’s also an inventor [See the full post…]

Here you can see Reena Jadhav, chief marketing officer at Conduit, demonstrate how to build your own community toolbar.

Conduit‘s Chief Marketing Officer, Reena Jadhav, talks to me about how you can use Conduit to build a custom toolbar that’s something like the Google or Yahoo toolbars, but for your own community.

I sat down with Juan Carlos Soto, vice president, marketing, at Sun Microsystems, and he talks to me about trends that Sun Microsystems is seeing, and we talk about a new program that Sun announced to help startup companies out.

Suzuki created the Flix concept vehicle, based on the all-new 2007 XL7, as the ultimate mobile movie experience for film and entertainment enthusiasts. Once parked, the Flix’s clamshell roof can be opened, revealing a maximum-size moonroof that serves as a [See the full post…]

Every once in a while I see a band and wonder why they aren’t huge yet. I saw one of these bands last weekend: The Bloddy Hollies, from San Diego, by way of Buffalo, New York. These guys play what [See the full post…]

It’s not often you get to pick the brain of a Dow Jones and Company Executive Vice President (they own the Wall Street Journal, among many other important media properties) but here we sit down with Clare Hart who has [See the full post…]

Inspired by an Oakley backpack, the Hyundai Hellion inspires passion in a 3-door, AWD, crossover SUV with its aggressive exterior, wide stance, piercing headlights angled towards its dominant grille, prominent scoop on the clamshell hood, and customizable, removable canvas roof [See the full post…]

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett says Silicon Valley IT companies are in the right place at the right time to help the United Nations address the world’s health, education, and economic problems. Barrett, who has been appointed the chairman of the [See the full post…]

The United Nations is embarking on something new: a partnership with the private sector to address some of the developing world’s most vexing issues in areas such as education, health care, economic development and government. Craig Barret, the chairman of [See the full post…]

This podcast highlights some of the threats and dangers Symantec reported on in January 2007 and offers suggestions on how to stay protected. More information at: Symantec.com

ClipMarks is shipping a new version today and it’s an innovative service that lets you bookmark and link to information deep inside a page. You can choose a paragraph, a sentence or a picture — or other items — and [See the full post…]

I sit down with Eric Goldstein, co-founder of ClipMarks, to talk about his new company and service (shipping a new version this morning). It’s a cool way to annotate or bookmark pieces of content on Web pages. Very useful.

What has 400 horsepower, a supercharged 4.6-liter V-8 and 400-pound feet of torque to the full-time all wheel drive system? Here’s a clue: It’s made by Kia. While at the Chicago Auto Show, I spoke with Kia public relations manager [See the full post…]

Here Ning co-founder Gina Bianchini, shows off the new Ning social media creation platform. We get an in-depth demo of how Ning (version 2 just released today) enables you to build your own social network.