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Another Innovation Forum is set by Ayala TBI on July 2, 2008 (Wed) 4-6 PM at J.V. del Rosario, 4th Floor, ACCM, Benavidez St, Makati City. Registration fee is P500. For clarifications, you can reach Ayala TBI at 928 9344/9451 or email Ayala Foundation. We went to the intellectual property and 2008 VC trends. You [...]

Who happens to be in San Francisco today? Sun is hosting Startup Camp on May 4-5, 2008.

Straight from Sue of Heavy Bag Media for Sun Microsystems:

Startup Camp in San Francisco… allow startups to participate in an un-conference networking event to hear from some web 2.0 authorities, meet other startups and apply to Sun’s Startup [...]

Google just issued a preview release of Google App Engine. Limited to the first 10,000 developers (sorry, waiting list), Google App Engine radically shortens the time from coding your web application to deployment.
Google App Engine was designed to be easy to use, easy to scale, and free to get started. It addresses some of [...]

Last Saturday, March 29, aspiring Pinoy techneprenuers gathered at the Institute of Social Order building in Ateneo de Manila University to participate in the first day of Morph Code, a Software as Service (SaaS) workshop and business idea competition, initiated by Morph Labs, a Cebu-based Philippine software company.
The first day of the bootcamp [...]

Sulit Buy and Sell Classifieds released yesterday its revolutionary online payment system. The Sulit Pay Debit Card merges the benefits of Paypal, G-cash/Smart Money, merchant accounts, and traditional banking with just one login.
Incredible features are as follows:

Fully integrated to all major banks and a number of rural banks nationwide
Pay and withdraw using your ATM [...]

Pigmata Media, the company behind Pinoy Web Startup, just completed its first round of funding. Pigmata isn’t disclosing exact details just yet but a new office and a new web application are in the works.
More details at the Pigmata blog.

Good ideas will be given life on March 29 at the Morph Code event organized by Morph Labs (sponsored by Ayala Foundation, PESO, INQ.net and Team Asia).
Teams, aspiring techpreneurs have been given an extension to rally up their pitches since our first announcement.

Block your calendars now.
Venue: The Institute of Social Order - Ateneo de Manila [...]

Add to your calendars:
Trends in Venture Capital Funding for Philippine Based Techies

When: April 8, 2008
Where: Cebu
Who: Eric Manlunas, Managing Director, Frontera Group, LLC (USA)

Coming Up with Ideas and Protecting Them

When: April 10, 2008, 5-7 pm
Where: e-Library, 2/F AIM Conference Center, Benavidez cor. Trassiera St, Makati
Who: Dennis S. Fernandez, Managing Partner, Fernandez & Associates, LLP
How: Registration [...]

Got an invite from Dae Unisa of Brain Gain Network last week.
What: Innovation Forum on Where VCs are Placing Their Bets in 2008
Who: The speaker is Dr. Paco Sandejas, the Managing Partner of Narra Venture Capital
When: March 13, 5-7 pm
Where: e-library, 2nd floor, AIM Conference Center Manila (ACCM)
There’s a P500 registration fee, with 50% [...]