Episode 27: Summize Was on the Wrong Coast

With today’s announcement of the acquisition of Summize by Twitter, Geoff and I lamented the loss of an east coast technology company. More importantly, Summize was a DC Tech startup (but strangely, no one knew about them being here until today).

With Thursday nights Twin Tech Party, celebrating the social media scene AND the veteran technology community fostered by the Northern Virginia Technology Council, we wanted to make sure the Summize Twitter guys knew about it and hope they can make it. I personally would love to congratulate them.

To be clear, let no one say that you can’t start a company in D.C., that you can’t get funded in D.C. and that you can’t have a successful exit in D.C. These guys didn’t sit around drinking beer with us in classic cliché DC social media parties. They quietly went about building their [very young] business, forging strong partnerships and made a very quick, and lucrative (maybe) exit.

Aaron also ranted about everyone shooting Guy Kawasaki over Frienderati on Alltop. The “a-list” is listening, but people bitch nonetheless. Guess it makes them feel important and powerful. However, as a testament to the fact that Guy does listen, as if he hasn’t proven it before, people like Shey are now listed. For the record, the better way to handle complaints would have been to email Guy asking to be listed. He’s good like that. ;-)

Episode 27 - MP3