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Photos: The faces of Demo '06

A who's who of Demo '06, where companies flock to make rapid-fire product pitches.
By Bill Detwiler, Contributor
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Tuttle/Clavier

Companies pay thousands of dollars to come to Demo and make the case for their products. At Demo '06 in Phoenix, Truveo founder Tim Tuttle hangs with venture capitalist Jeff Clavier, an investor in the company. America Online acquired Truveo last month for an undisclosed sum.

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Gassee

Jean-Louis Gassee, a former Apple Computer and Be executive, and now a general partner at Allegis Capital.

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Tam/Herron

Bill Tam, CEO of Eqo Communications, chats with Christine Herron, director of investments for the Omidyar Network.

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Reinaker/Ben-Shachar

Greg Reinaker, CEO of NewsGator Technologies, and Ofer Ben-Shachar of RawSugar.

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Taylor/Ferris

Betty Taylor of Krause Taylor Associates with Julie Hanna Farris, founder of Scalix.

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Journalists

Journalists attending Demo '06 gather for the Novak media dinner.

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Bauman/Jolly

Chris Bauman and Charles Jolly moved to Prague to start their hosted e-mail management service, Spourtit. The beer there costs only 75 cents, Jolly said.

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Loglogic

Jian Zhen and Andy Lark of Loglogic at Demo '06.

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Gibu Thomas

Gibu Thomas, CEO of Sharpcast.

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Brad Chase

Brad Chase, a former Microsoft executive and now adviser to Vizrea.

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