Thanks to everyone who attended last week’s 25th Web Innovators Group event.  Not only were the Main & Side Dishes well-received, but the Serial Web Entrepreneurs breakout panel was also.  I appreciate all of those who participated in making the night a great one.

After the event, there was a lot of buzzing in the blogosphere about it.  Side Dish presenter Jeff O’Neill of Conversion Associates (aka Lytiks) wrote a nice summary on the company’s blog saying “[WebInno] provided a fantastic lineup of thinkers and entrepreneurial visionaries espousing the highs and lows of start-up life.”  The Hub Science blog wrote an even more extensive summary post about the event analyzing the three Main Dish presenters.  And John Wall highlighted his favorite two companies in a post.  Plus, BostInnovation wrote a strong recap as well including a “WebInno25 in Photos” slideshow.

Last Monday’s session also helped start off Mass Mobile Month, a celebration of New England mobile innovation, with force.  We featured three local mobile/location startups, including Swift Mobile which demo’ed its special Mobile Month iPhone app that features all of the events which are ongoing locally this month in conjunction with the effort.  You can download it directly from iTunes.

Mark your calendars now for the next Web Innovators Group event which will held on Monday June 14th.  If you’re startup is interested in demo’ing in some fashion, please feel free to give me a heads up now (david at web innovators group dot com), but I largely won’t begin to make program decisions until mid May.  I’ll likely open attendee registration sometime next month.  Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

It’s been just over a week since the Web Innovators Group event packed the house at the Sonesta, and I am still feeling the excitement from the event.  First, congratulations to Book of Odds for taking home the Audience Choice award.  The sneak-preview of the service definitely resonated with those in attendance.

And from the feedback I’ve heard from folks, the special panel session was well received by the entrepreneurs in the audience, offering some practical/tactical advice for those endeavoring on bootstrapping their media relations.  Our all-star participants of Mike Troiano, Scott Kirsner , Wade Roush , Peter Kafka, and Bob Brown certainly engaged the crowd… although not without some vibrant reactions and opinions, especially from the public relations practitioners in the room.  The next couple days the blogosphere was teeming with thoughts about the role of PR.  Lora Kratchounova, Bobbie Carleton, Jason Evanish, John Wall, Chuck Tanowitz, Nathan Burke, and Kellye Crane all weighed in their thoughts, with panel moderator Mike Troiano and panelist Wade Roush responding.  The entire conversation is definitely worth a read, especially if you were in attendance.

Mark you calendars that the next WebInno event is on December 7^th.  I’ll be creating a registration page in the next couple weeks.