Twiistup

Check out TechZulu’s homepage today: live-streaming Twiistup 8.

We know how important the Twiistup party is to you guys. After great day of outstanding content with premier tech thought-leaders culminating with the winner of the Twiistup Showoffs – it’s time to let it all hang out. That is why we’ve engaged HYENA – the white-hot SoCal-based indie-electro duo to play the Virtual Reality themed party. They have a fantastic, unique and very hip sound. We know you’ll love ‘em.

So, now go buy your ticket TODAY, before the price goes up on Tuesday to $447.

As we announced last week, Paige Craig of BetterWorks and Jim Andelman of Rincon Venture Partners had generously put their monies where their mouths are by sponsoring 10 startup founders each to attend Twiistup 8.

The sponsored are:

• Josh Bob of Textaurant
• Jordan Lyall of FanFare
• Alon Goren of Invested.in
• Joel Downs of Truelike
• Matthias Galica of ShareSquare
• Cassie Rice of Socialblaze
• Umair Mufti of Sparcq
• Ben Tao of GeoDip
• Jerri Howell of StyleSpotting.com
• Christopher Webb of ChowNow
• Dan Murillo of [stealth by request]
• Alec Shankman of GotCast
• Joseph Morin of Social Rewards
• John Shiple of Students for Startups
• Richard Rosen of FastCall411
• Al Lalani of Social Annex
• Royce Disini of zabbi
• Allison Beal of StyleSaints
• Ken Seville of Civi-Side
• George Sylvain of Social Print Studio

Massive thanks to Paige, Jim and to all the startups who applied.  See you at Twiistup.

UPDATE: As of 1/13/11 the contest is now closed.

Twiistup’s mission is to celebrate and unify the world-class entrepreneurial and investment talent found in the Los Angeles startup ecosystem, and to grow and to better that talent by highlighting deserving innovation.

To that end, Twiistup has engaged with tech leaders in the LA by asking them to provide their influence, input and guidance.   We’re happy to announce that angel investor and entrepreneur, Paige Craig, along with the BetterWorks team are doing just that — by very generously giving back to the LA tech and startup community by partnering with Twiistup to sponsor 10 startup founders to come to Twiistup 8!

With Paige leading the way, Jim Andelman of Rincon Venture Partners will also be sponsoring 10 startup founders to attend.

How it works:

Application is open to startup founders/early employees from any geography but a preference for LA-based startups  will be shown. (If you have already purchased a ticket, you are still eligible – however, this sponsorship is meant for startup founders who are literally living on Ramen.  Please be cool and karmic as we ask you to not abuse our trust.)

If you are a bootstrapped startup-ist and you think Paige/BetterWorks and Jim/Rincon Venture Partners should sponsor you, all you have to do is:

1)  Tweet the following:

“Startup founders get free @Twiistup tix – thnx to @PaigeCraig, @BetterWorks & @JimAndelman of RinconVP- http://bit.ly/h6H3Gb – Pls RT!”

2)  Follow @Twiistup on Twiitter

3)  Fill in the application.

4)  Cross your fingers.

If Paige/BetterWorks and Jim/Rincon VP choose you for a sponsored ticket, we’ll DM you on the afternoon of Feb 2nd.

PS If you’re a VC, angel or other professional (recruiter, law firm, etc) you too can take a leadership role in the LA startup ecosystem by sponsoring startup attendance by contacting us here.

Got the new site up and we think it looks good. Big thanks to Garth and Matt from May.