Author Archives: Andrew Hyde

Trada Launches, Very Interesting

Trada, a Boulder startup headed by Niel Robertson and funded by Foundry Group launched today, very, very interesting.  They are:
Trada is revolutionizing the way Agencies, Advertisers and PPC Experts build and manage PPC marketing campaigns. We’ve developed the first PPC marketplace that allows agencies and in-house advertisers to leverage the skills of hundreds of the [...]

New Carbonmade Launch is Beautiful

I’ve loved Carbonmade for quite some time, and have had the pleasure of meeting the team in NYC.  Today they release their new design, which is downright beautiful.

I love about the landing page:

simplicity of the message (Your online portfolio)
positive notes (unicorn and a giant “Yeah!”)
Colors
Lead gen (Sign-up! and Try the demo.)
Call to free, personalization, and [...]

Twenty Ten SXSW Hipsteroff

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The basic story- a ton of Interactive participants from SXSW stay an extra day or two after the conference to see a bit of music.  They also see the rise of the hipster in Austin.  Most grumble, but this is your chance to fit in, the [...]

Resumes For Startups

I run a jobs list in Boulder, one that is easily found when searching for a job.  People send in resumes and about 35 companies welcome them to town.
The list is just under two years old.  I read every single resume that comes through, and as a whole, people are pretty bad at getting a [...]

SnapCamp to Rebuild Serve.gov This Weekend

You can say I’m a fan of the weekend hackathons.  Our friends at Snap Impact (a volunteer run organization to make volunteering easy) are putting together a weekend event to help rebuild the backend of serve.gov.
This is a great way to give back!  From an email:
Join SnapCamp from Feb 19-21st in Boulder to help make [...]