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| Jan 10, 2013 | Causes Acquires Votizen To Democratize Democracy | Activism platform Causes has just acquired political advocacy startup Votizen. With Causes’ massive 186 million-strong user base and Votizen’s tools, together they’ll break down barriers to civic engagement to allow anyone to influence elec... |
| Nov 24, 2012 | How To Build A Revolutionary Political Social Network | Editor’s note: Lucas Dailey is the founder and CEO of political social network Our Ballot Box, a designer, and a local politico. You can follow Lucas on Twitter.
Regardless of your views on our recent election, one thing that we can general... |
| Nov 6, 2012 | Use These Apps To See Which Friends Live In Swing States And Remind Them To Vote | Thanks to the “genius” of the electoral college, if you live in a sure-fire red or blue state you might feel like your vote doesn’t matter much. You can still have an impact, though, by reminding friends in swing states to vote. But which o... |
| Oct 31, 2012 | If You Love Startups And Live In San Francisco, Vote Yes On Prop E | San Francisco residents will be voting on Proposition E next week, an important measure aimed at eliminating the ridiculous payroll tax companies here pay and replacing it with a (slightly less evil) revenue tax. The net effect – an estimat... |
| Sep 13, 2012 | 3 Ways Social Media Is Reshaping the Political Landscape | The recent political conventions underscored a few disconcerting trends. Our political leadership is not only out of touch with reality but also tends to distort the truth. How can social-media-based innovations address these challenges?
Gi... |
| Jul 4, 2012 | Three Startups Defending Democracy In America: Votizen, Memeorandum, and NationBuilder | The USA was founded by entrepreneurs who said “England has become bloated with bureaucracy. Let’s disrupt it by starting our own agile, more innovative nation.” But on the country’s 236th birthday, we find some democracy’s machinery needs a... |
| May 27, 2012 | Backstage at Disrupt, America’s CTO Todd Park is Giving Away Really Big Data | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
If you feel there’s been too much hype about “big data” recently, check this out: the Chief Technology... |
| May 26, 2012 | Backstage at Disrupt, Greylock’s John Lilly on Building Apps for Phones vs Tablets | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
If you’re building apps for phones or tablets, here’s a must-see discussion for you. We were able to c... |
| May 24, 2012 | “In the Studio,” How Bizeebee’s Poornima Vijayashanker Fell in Love with Building Software | Editor’s note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” continues this week with an engineer who began programming at the end high school, dou... |
| May 23, 2012 | SV Angel’s David Lee Is In A New York State Of Mind | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
SV Angel founding partner David Lee joined us backstage today for an informal discussion about a range... |
| May 17, 2012 | “In the Studio,” CRV’s George Zachary Discusses Bubbles on the Eve of Facebook’s IPO | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” hosts a Silicon Valley technology veteran this week, someone who has been around tech ... |
| May 10, 2012 | “In the Studio,” Nebula’s Chris Kemp Wants Startups to Scale Efficiently | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” opens its doors this week to a technologist who grew up tinkering with old Macs, dropp... |
| May 8, 2012 | Why Location-Based Services Will Create Multiple Winners At The Application Layer | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
Location, location, location. Whether you’re a real estate agent, a traveler, or building mobile appli... |
| May 3, 2012 | “In the Studio,” Shasta Ventures’ Rob Coneybeer Envisions An Internet Of Things | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” continues this week with a mechanical engineer who built and tested materials used in ... |
| Apr 28, 2012 | The Seven Forces Disrupting Venture Capital | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
For the past few years, I have read over what seems like hundreds of blogs and thousands of tweets tha... |
| Apr 26, 2012 | “In the Studio,” MinoMonsters’ Josh Buckley Chronicles His Quest to Constantly Create | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” marches on this week with yet another entrepreneur who on the surface seems too young ... |
| Apr 20, 2012 | Harnessing Web Fury: #SOPA, #KONY2012 and #StephenColbert | Barack Obama is on Instagram. He’s on Foursquare and Facebook, too. He’s even on Google+. On Election Day, he suggested that his pioneering Web presence wouldn’t end with the campaign, but would continue into governance. The new administrat... |
| Apr 19, 2012 | “In the Studio,” Why Zimride’s John Zimmer Left Wall Street to Start a Company | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” has a special segment this week, hosting a Valley entrepreneur who grew up on the East... |
| Apr 12, 2012 | “In the Studio,” Accel’s Ping Li Says Big Data Will Reshape Enterprise | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” opens its doors this week to one of Silicon Valley’s most quietly active venture capit... |
| Apr 5, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio, Entelo’s Jon Bischke Aims to Reinvent Recruiting | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” this week welcomes a serial entrepreneur who has previously founded four companies, th... |
| Mar 29, 2012 | “In the Studio,” Beautylish’s Nils Johnson Emerges from the Valley’s Shadows [TCTV] | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” approaches springtime by welcoming a city college dropout who went on to found and sel... |
| Mar 22, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio, Stipple’s Rey Flemings Wants to Turn Pictures into Dollars | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil
“In the Studio” this week welcomes an entrepreneur who, while working for a major Hollywood celebrity,... |
| Mar 8, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio, Linden Tibbets Says ifttt Helps Control the Information Around You | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
This week’s “In the Studio” installment welcomes a guest who has spent time as a video game developm... |
| Mar 1, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio, Morgan Missen Says Technical Recruiting Is Often Too Transactional | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
“In the Studio” rolls on this week with a guest who studied computer programming, went on to be a te... |
| Feb 23, 2012 | Votizen Raises $750k From Sean Parker, Others, To Turn Elections From Fundraising To ‘Friendraising’ | Just in time for the Presidential and general elections coming up later this year, Votizen, the social media site that helps like-minded voters get together and influence how those elections go, has raised $750,000. And while that may sound... |
| Feb 23, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio, Klout’s Joe Fernandez Answers the Naysayers | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah currently at Votizen and lives in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
This is one of those posts where the video itself and the subsequent comments will be far more interesting th... |
| Feb 19, 2012 | Asana and Orchestra Help Me Slowly Regain Control of Email | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and lives in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
This is not a rant against email. This is a story of hope.
It sounds nuts, but I really enjoy email, th... |
| Feb 18, 2012 | The Forest, the Trees, and the Next Big Thing | Editor’s Note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and lives in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
They say hindsight is 20/20.
By now, everyone knows about the fastest-growing site on the web. Yet, for... |
| Feb 16, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio, Gautam Gupta Reflects on His Experience as a Teenager in VC | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and lives in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
“In the Studio” at TechCrunch TV continues this week with a guest who began his career as a venture cap... |
| Feb 9, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio, Bain Capital Ventures is California Dreaming | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and lives in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
“In the Studio” at TechCrunch TV this week welcomes a former California resident and current investor b... |
| Feb 2, 2012 | “In the Studio,” Greylock’s John Lilly Examines the Opportunities in Personal Health Data | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
“In the... |
| Jan 26, 2012 | TCTV: In the Studio with Danny Trinh, Path’s 21-Year Old Product Designer | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
“In the... |
| Jan 24, 2012 | Announcing A New TechCrunch TV Show: “In the Studio” | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
I’ve be... |
| Jan 23, 2012 | How Twitter could transform American democracy with two database fields | Twitter has gotten a lot of credit for helping spread democracy around the world in far-flung places like Egypt and Libya. It’s time to import that back to the United States.
With last week’s protests against SOPA, we saw what can happen wh... |
| Jan 20, 2012 | The Dawn of Social Lobbying | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
The wor... |
| Jan 19, 2012 | SOPA Scorecard: Internet 1, Lobbyists 0 | Editor’s Note: David Binetti is the CEO and co-founder of Votizen, a consumer technology company based in Mountain View, CA, focused on giving voters a greater voice. You can follow Binetti on Twitter @dbinetti.
You’ve got to feel sorry for... |
| Jan 15, 2012 | The New Political Battleground: Your Social Network | Editor’s Note: David Binetti is the CEO and co-founder of Votizen, a consumer technology company based in Mountain View, CA focussed on giving voters a greater voice. You can follow Binetti on Twitter @dbinetti.
I have a stark fact to share... |
| 2012 | Uber’s New Year’s Eve Surcharges Demonstrate The Harsh Reality Of Dynamic Pricing | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
I woke ... |
| Dec 29, 2011 | Despite Attacks, Klout Is Poised To Boost Its Influence | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
If you ... |
| Dec 28, 2011 | IFTTT Triggers Loyal, Nerdy Following | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
One of ... |
| Dec 11, 2011 | Social Censorship in India: Much Ado About Nothing | Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto; you can follow him on twitter @semil
Another... |
| Oct 25, 2011 | Ron Conway, Marissa Mayer, MC Hammer And Others Endorse SF Mayoral Candidate Ed Lee In Amazingly Silly Video | Good morning everybody. In case you needed a reason to stare at your computer screen dumbfounded for a few minutes, here is an amazing video, financed by tech titans Ron Conway and Sean Parker, endorsing San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Ed L... |
| Oct 7, 2011 | Biz Stone “Pressed The Wrong Button” On Votizen, Tweet Spams People He Follows With Mayor Endorsement | Apparently testing out social media-enabled voter awareness app Votizen, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has just sent out a litany of tweets to people he follows, endorsing SF candidate Ed Lee for Mayor; “Will you endorse @EdLeeforMayor for M... |
| Sep 14, 2011 | Votizen Launches “Virtual Precinct Walk” For San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s Election | Votizen, a new platform for connecting registered voters with elected officials, is launching the first-ever “virtual” precinct walk today, starting with San Franciscans for Jobs and Good Government, a committee supporting Ed Lee for Mayor ... |
| Jun 24, 2011 | Opposing The Protect IP Act | Roughly a month ago, I wrote a post outlining why the Protect IP act is bad legislation. We got a significant amount of outreach from that post from colleagues in the venture capital business who are equally concerned about the chilling eff... |
| Mar 15, 2011 | #startupvisa | Some huge percentage of startup companies in this country are founded by immigrants. Not surprising. It has always been that way in America. But in the wake of 9/11, we've shut our borders and become intolerant of people from other cultures... |
| Mar 14, 2011 | Finally, a Startup Visa That Works | In my last post about the Startup Visa, I was very critical of the Kerry–Lugar legislation. That’s because it required immigrant entrepreneurs to raise at least $250,000 in financing for their startups, of which $100,000 had to come from Am... |
| Feb 20, 2011 | The Next Mass Consumer Social Wave: Political Expression | Editor’s note: Guest author Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah is based in Palo Alto and you can follow him on twitter @semilshah
People always say things change fast in S... |
| Jan 5, 2011 | Twitter’s Golden Egg: Location | Editor’s note: Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. He is based in Palo Alto and you can follow him on twitter @semilshah
When “New Twitter” launched in 2010, the rollout was acc... |
| Nov 16, 2010 | Ron Conway's Crystal Ball: 12 Startups On The Cusp | Today at the Web 2.0 Summit, esteemed angel investor Ron Conway took the stage to give attendees a quick taste of the innovation that’s currently going on in Silicon Valley (and NYC’s Silicon Alley, which Conway specifically mentioned). To ... |
| Sep 23, 2010 | Votizen Raises $1.5 Million To Make Sure Government Representatives Hear Your Voice | It’s easy to forget, but every American citizen has a team of representatives — from their city council up through the Senate — that’s supposed to be working in their interest. We’re their constituents, and while they won’t always do what w... |
