Focus.com to Host Expert Roundtable Addressing the Emerging 21st Century Tech Bubble on July 20, 2011
Online business expert network of more than 1 million professionals presents a roundtable panel on the emerging tech bubble, featuring Paul Kedrosky and Howard Lindzon
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Focus.com, the leading community for business expertise, with more than 1 million members and over 5,000 business and technology experts, announced it will be hosting an expert online roundtable next week, "Tech Bubble: Party like its 1999... or not?" The event will be taking place live on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 1 PM PDT/ 4 PM EDT, and will be free to all Focus.com members and experts.
The featured Tech Bubble roundtable will explore the new tech bubble that has emerged since the dot-com boom of the 1990's. Now following the recent release of LinkedIn and Pandora's IPO—along with the anticipation surrounding the IPOs of Facebook, Foursquare, and Groupon—a new tech bubble is emerging that both investors and business professionals need to be aware of.
Four of the world's leading experts in social media and venture capitalism will answer questions in real time, including:
- Paul Kedrosky, Contributing editor for Bloomberg, and the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the most popular online financial blogs. He is an investor, speaker, writer, avid Twitterer, and entrepreneur. Dr. Kedrosky holds a Ph.D. in the economics of technology and a M.B.A. in finance. He has been published in several notable publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and Harvard Business Review.
- Howard Lindzon, Co-founder and CEO of StockTwits®, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. StockTwits was recently named "one of the top 10 most innovative companies in Web" by Fast Company and one of the "50 best websites" by Time magazine.
- Eric Norlin, Founder of SaaScon (Software as a Services conference) in conjunction with IDG World Expo. Norlin is also owner of the successful Defrag and Blur Conferences which focus on the tools and technologies that are leveraging the social aspect of software. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and Inc. Magazine.
- Chris Selland, CMO at Terametric, a provider of social media measurement and optimization solutions that empower marketing executives to maximize the return on their online marketing investments.
"We've gathered experts who are successful entrepreneurs, established tech writers and social media specialists for the Tech Bubble Expert Roundtable," said Scott Albro, CEO of Focus. "We invite financiers and business professionals to discuss the implications surrounding today's emerging Internet and tech trends."
The Focus Expert Roundtables are 45-minute online and teleconference events, and for each, there is one Lead Expert and two to four Expert Panelists. The Lead Expert moderates four to seven questions and drives the discussion as the Expert Panelists weigh in with thoughts, answers and feedback of their own. Questions asked during the event are also posted on Focus.com, and Expert Panelists will continue to answer questions on the site following the event.
It is entirely free to join Focus.com, and members can listen live to the online events and teleconferences, download the audio file and read the transcript. Additionally, all roundtable transcripts are made available to members for free following each event via stylized PDF documents.
For more information about the Focus Expert Roundtable events, and to access instructions on how to register as a Focus business expert, as well as gain access to the latest business research and expertise on the Focus network as a member, please visit www.focus.com.
About Focus.com
Focus.com is the leading online business professional network that consists of two interconnected groups – a membership base of more than 1 million business professionals and the highly-acclaimed Focus Expert Network, which features more than 5,000 of the most-recognized business and technology experts across every business category. Focus.com is ad-supported and entirely free to join. Within its engaged business community, members interact with each other and Focus experts to make more-informed business decisions.
To become a Focus expert, the Focus.com staff conducts an evaluation of the background and credentials of each candidate in their respective industry. In addition to free access to world-class business advice, Focus.com also offers real-time Q&A, industry research, relevant product and service information and personalized support. For more information, and to register to become a member or Focus expert, please visit http://www.focus.com/.
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