Next weekend is Startup Weekend Boulder 3.
Startup Weekend is a community building startup event. Startup enthusiasts get together to work on projects together, going from idea to launch in just 54 hours. Friday night the group gathers as strangers, Sunday night they leave after forming ad hoc teams, friendships and products.
The cost is $40 [...]
Just over two years ago I hacked into TechStars, the company where I now work.
I read about it in the local paper and decided I had to be involved. I knew three of the four founders, and thought I was a shoe in for funding.
And that funding didn’t happen, I was not chosen to be [...]
February 7, 2009 – 6:46 pm
Today I spoke at BIL making a big announcement about Startup Weekend.
Simply, I am opening it up.
Anyone from around the world can host their own Startup Weekend. We will provide our support and lessons learned, and eventually an office and training staff.
Why did we do this? What does this mean?
The decision to do this came [...]
November 23, 2008 – 11:20 am
Down economy? Perfect time to start it up.
Chris Brogan posted a great post on if he started in social media today, what he would do.
It got me thinking of if I started a company today, what I would do:
Since I’ve done my homework, it should be a bit easier, but here are the steps [...]
November 23, 2008 – 3:17 am
Verbose talk about funding in the last week. Gary Vaynerchuk said we are at a unique time: nobody has money, the playing field is level. In a panel on ‘The Startup Climate‘ at the AZ Entrepreneurship Conference I made a comment about being more scared of an out of work hacker than a larger established [...]
