Bay Area Tech Wire -- Sept. 21

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 21, 2012 ============================================ Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 http://mamsummit.com/baltimore2012/ o Salon Sells The Well to Investment Group of Long-Time Members o Third Rock Ventures Launches S.F.-Based MyoKardia with $38M Round o San Francisco-Based Trulia to Sell Another 900,000 Shares to Underwriters o Locals Camp Out to Be Among First to Own New iPhone 5 o Study: California Ranks as 10th Richest State > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 o Briefly Noted: YapStone, Democrasoft - Business Team _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Free Live DMW Webinar On Hack Attacks and Cloud Security with Akamai --Distilled Intelligence 2.0 - October 11-12, 2012 --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --The Smarter Banking Choice for Growing Technology Companies --3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 27, 2012 - Wash., DC --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 --BA: Turn Sunshine into Savings -- Go Solar With Your Home or Office --Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Salon Sells The Well to Investment Group of Long-Time Members Sausalito, Calif. -- Salon Media Group, the operator of popular news site Salon.com, said it has sold The Well, the Sausalito-based online community, to a private investment group composed of long-time Well members. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1985, The Well was one of the earliest platforms for online dialogue, supporting lively debates and conversations. The new owner, collectively known as The Well Group, consists entirely of long-time Well users with an average tenure exceeding 20 years. "We are extremely grateful to Salon Media Group for working with us to make this transition a success," said Well Group CEO Earl Crabb. Salon has bureaus in San Francisco, New York and Washington, DC. http://www.well.com/  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120920006750/en/Salon-Media-Group-Sells-Group  _____________________________________________ o Third Rock Ventures Launches S.F.-Based MyoKardia with $38M Round      San Francisco -- Third Rock Ventures, an investment firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and Boston said it has launched MyoKardia, a San Francisco-based developer of treatments for genetic heart disease, with a new $38 million round of funding. The company initially will target drugs for hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy, which together afflict approximately 1 million people in the U.S. "The last decade has been challenging for those pursuing novel therapeutics in the cardiovascular space, in part because most treatments target symptoms far downstream of the root cause," said co-founder Leslie Leinwand, a professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at the University of Colorado. "MyoKardia's approach addresses this challenge head on by employing genetics to more precisely define the disease and ‘who we want to treat,' and by employing cutting-edge muscle biochemistry and a novel platform to determine ‘how we want to treat.'" http://www.thirdrockventures.com  http://www.myokardia.com http://www.myokardia.com/pdfs/MyoKardiaLaunchPR.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Trulia to Sell Another 900,000 Shares to Underwriters San Francisco -- Trulia, the San Francisco-based developer of an online marketplace for homebuyers, sellers, renters and real estate professionals, said on Friday that underwriters of its recent initial public offering (IPO) have exercised their option to purchase an additional 900,000 shares to cover over-allotments. With the move, the company will have sold 5.9 million shares in the IPO, with another 1 million sold by stockholders. All of the shares are being sold for $17 apiece, with closing expected to take place on Sept. 25. http://www.trulia.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120921005141/en/Trulia-Announces-Full-Exercise-Underwriters%E2%80%99-Over-Allotment-Option  _____________________________________________ o Locals Camp Out to Be Among First to Own New iPhone 5 Cupertino, Calif.-- Apple aficionados all around the Bay Area camped out for hours overnight to be among the first to get their hands on the new iPhone 5, which went on sale at 8 a.m. Friday at Apple, AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint retail stores, as well as other select chains. Gene Munster, an analyst for Piper Jaffray, estimated that lines were an average of 83% longer than for the iPhone 4S a year ago. That's despite more than 2 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours of availability last week -- more than double the company's previous record of 1 million for the iPhone 4S. Munster is predicting 8 million sales this weekend. http://www.apple.com/iphone  http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2012/09/21/iphone-5s-longer-lines-point-to-8-million-sales-this-weekend-analyst/  _____________________________________________ o Study: California Ranks as 10th Richest State California is the 10th richest state in the U.S., according to a new study by 24/7 Wall St. The state had a median household income of $57,287 in 2011. Maryland, Alaska, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts topped the list. Median U.S. income was $50,502 in 2011, more than 8% below the 2007 pre-recession peak. To compile the rankings, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed state data on income, poverty and health insurance from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey (ACS). A complete look at the results is available at the link below. http://247wallst.com/2012/09/20/americas-richest-states/  _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - Intelligence & Insights on the Future of Communications. This one-day conference, organized by Potomac Tech Wire and Capitol Communicator, will bring together 300+ executives from the marketing, advertising, technology and communications sectors to discuss major issues facing the industry. The themes will focus on emerging technologies and trends in marketing communications. Topics will include: metrics, mobile, social media, multi-platform campaigns, online video campaigns, experiential advertising, B2B, PR, and much more. 7:45 am – 6:00 pm. Oct. 18, 2012. Register at: http://mamsummit.com/baltimore2012/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Walnut Creek, Calif.) Walnut Creek-based YapStone, a provider of web and mobile payment tools and processing services, on Friday named Mary Hentges as its CFO. Hentges has served as the CFO of CBS Interactive for the past two years, and previously was the CFO of PayPal. YapStone recently rolled out new web and mobile bill pay products in several new vertical markets, and plans to expand globally. http://www.yapstone.com/  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120921005127/en/YapStone-Hires-PayPal-Veteran-Mary-Hentges-Chief  (Santa Rosa, Calif.) Santa Rosa-based Democrasoft said it has hired Business Team, a unit of business brokerage firm BTI Group, to find a strategic partner for its flagship unit Collaborize Classroom, a developer of educational collaboration tools. Launched less than two years ago, Collaborize Classroom now includes more than 36,000 teacher sites and has delivered nearly 2 million lessons. Democrasoft said it hopes to now find a partner to take the unit to the next level. http://www.collaborizeclassroom.com  http://www.democrasoft.com  http://www.democrasoft.com/images/investment%20banker%20press%20release%20website-%209-21-12.pdf (PDF) =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > Free Live DMW Webinar On Hack Attacks and Cloud Security with Akamai Online media and entertainment companies have become a key target with the rise of the hacktivist movement. Seeking to make political statements, hacktivists focus in on high-traffic or high-profile media sites, bent on embarrassing them by making their Web sites unavailable - or worse. Ensnared in this growing trend media, sites are often caught off guard in their ability to defend themselves against such attacks. Don't let that happen to you! When you register for this Digital Media Wire-hosted webinar, you will also receive a white paper on DDoS defense from Akamai entitled, “Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms.” Sign Up Here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/475021255 ____________________________________________ > Distilled Intelligence 2.0 - October 11-12, 2012 Distilled Intelligence 2.0 is the event that energizes startups and investors. Entreprenuers have until September 21st to apply to the pitch competition created by Fortify.vc and compete for $100K. Last fall's Distilled Intelligence (DI) 1.0 featured 55 companies representing a cross-section of technology including cyber security, educational technology, clean/green tech, critical infrastructure, enterprise software, medical IT, mobile commerce, consumer internet, and social platforms. Since DI 1.0: More than $27 million has been invested into presenting companies; 15 of the involved companies participated in world-class accelerator programs including TechStars, 500 Startups, and TheFort.vc; DI companies have created hundreds of jobs; and Two of DI companies have been acquired. Tickets are on sale at www.distilledintelligence.com for investors and entrepreneurs. ____________________________________________ > Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! "SaaS Entrepreneur: The Definitive Guide to Succeeding in Your Cloud Application Business." 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The race is on for tablet market supremacy as providers at all levels move at light speed to gain the upper edge. The only thing moving faster than the tablet industry is the demand markets are putting on the devices themselves. The post PC era is upon us and the tablet form factor is accelerating the shift faster than most would have predicted. Keeping up is critical. Getting left behind is a death sentence. Come hear from newly anointed pioneers and leave as one of them yourself. www.modevtablet.com ____________________________________________ > The Smarter Banking Choice for Growing Technology Companies. Bridge Bank’s Technology Banking Division serves venture-backed and non venture-backed companies from inception to IPO. 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To be a successful candidate you will have at least 4 years of finance/accounting experience, with a proven track record of incorporating applications of accounting principles, financial reporting, and cash management, and be an expert in Excel. It's important that you have experience in life sciences and knowledge/experience with Microsoft GP is a plus, as is an MBA. We would like you to share our commitment to teamwork and collaboration and be excited by the challenges of applying your expertise to an important, emerging area in diagnostics. To apply, please send your resume to jobs@veracyte.com For additional information, see our website www.veracyte.com ____________________________________________ > Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. 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