Good call to have Roofcamp #6 at Mag:Net Bonifacio High Street.

That location was more conducive to attendance over the Proudcloud HQ located in Libis. Looks like Roofcamp’s got a new home! Thanks to @jcmedina for helping us with the venue.

We started later than scheduled which tells us the next one should have a pre-talk window of around an hour to get the folks in and settled.

First up was Alan Magtoto and Alex Calero presenting the Digital Puppet technology they used for the movie “Dayo”. Good of them to point out that beyond the obvious entertainment application, this technology had very serious potential in child education and medical rehab.

The 2nd talk was given by Michael “Smitty” Smith, Jr., SEA Evangelist for the Yahoo Developer Network. Michael enlightened the crowd on Yahoo’s open developer platform and their keen interest in partnering with the local dev and startup community. He reminded everyone that Yahoo had a pretty hefty user base that could be exploited by app developers.

Michael "Smitty" Smith Jr. on the Yahoo Developer Network

After the talks, the crowd (composed of a healthy number of developers, angels, and VCs) had a good amount of time mingling and connecting with each other.

A Special thanks to Jack Madrid ( @jackmadrid) and Erwin Oliva ( @cyberbaguiboy)  Yahoo! for supporting the event! See you at Roofcamp #7!

Proudcloud’s pitching CONVOFLOW at the  “Startups Take a Pitch” Competition of the E-services Conference. As required preparation, Plug-and-Play Tech Center and GoNegosyo held a pitch preparation workshop today called the Technopreneur Bootcamp.

Startup teams participate in Technopreneur Bootcamp

24 Tech startup hopefuls were there to listen to the expert advice of Philippine Emerging Startups Open (PESO) President, Dickie Gonzalez, on how to effectively pitch to venture capitalists. Dickie’s preso, combined with his in-depth breakdown of a well structured guide provided by PlugandPlay, truly enlightened the audience about the content of a good VC pitch.

Dickie Gonzalez entertains questions from one of the teams

Each startup team will only be given 4 minutes to pitch on Feb 9, something that Dickie, and Jojo Flores of PlugandPlay, repeatedly emphasized. The startups were therefore advised on how to leave essential information only in light of that small window of time.

The bootcamp was definitely a boon to the nascent philippine startup community and clears up many myths about how to present to VCs, particularly Silicon Valley based ones.

Take away quote from one of the startup teams:

Will there be local VCs on Feb 9? Talking to local VCs is like talking to bankers.

The answer was yes, but the local VCs who would be judging are valley vets savvy enough to know how to really invest in tech startups.

Roofcamp kicks off for 2010 at Mag:Net Bonifacio High Street on Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 from 6:00pm to 9:30pm.

Our speaker will be Michael F. “Smitty” Smith Jr., Director for the YAHOO! Developer Network SEA who will talk on How to Reach the YAHOO! Audience.

The 2nd speaker will be Alan Magtoto, President of Woodpecker Studios who will demo their Live 3D Avatar Technology.

Beer follows afterwards (or before and during if you fancy that).

Come on fellas! Let’s jump start this rocking year! click here for map

Visit the event page on Facebook here or learn more about Roofcamp here.