• By   Associated Press  Here is their perspective, in their
words:  Dan Scholnick, principal, Trinity Ventures  Dan Martell,
angel investor and co-founder of Web application developer
Flowtown.com I spend most of my time meeting people. I did more
private dinners. I see SXSW as a way to meet people in real life
who I had only emailed or Twittered, not to hang out with people
I already know. As far as new companies, [mobile payments start-
up] Venmo and [event planning start-up] Plancast were getting
out there. They got did a good job. The “Reverse VC Pitch Party”
where VCs pitch to entrepreneurs was pretty awesome. The other
thing [at the conference] is all the promotional stuff. It’s a
bit aggressive on the promotions, a bit intense. You can’t even
walk to the conference without someone handing you something.
Scott Raney, partner, Redpoint Ventures Mobile in general was a
big topic of conversation. People really do believe in these
platforms and that they can do a lot of interesting things with
them. You’ve