Startups
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Monday, February 25th, 2008Memphis has been chosen to host a “startup weekend” in late May. The word has been hot around Memphis the last couple of weeks concerning this event.
Startup Weekend is a 3 day event where local entrepreneurs get together and launch a company over a weekend.
Andrew Hyde, founder of Startup Weekend had a few […]
Launching Launchpad
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Mercury Launchpad just launched here in Memphis a couple weeks ago. They aim to make it a little easier for micro-startups to get going.
They are a venture of Mercury Tech Labs. I was invited to their launch party and wrote a little about it on my personal blog. It was enjoyable to meet some other local […]
Interview With David Armstrong, Founder of Bouncebase
Sunday, September 9th, 2007I recently had the chance to interview David Armstrong, found of BounceBase, a portal for searching everything on the web. He had some good replies to my questions about starting a business outside of silicon valley.
1. How did Bouncebase get started, and where did the idea come from?
Bouncebase is a startpage […]
Can a Startup Outside the Valley Get Valley Funding?
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Guy Kawasaki and I sat down last month to discuss if a startup outside of silicon valley can get funding from the sought after Sand Hill Road? Guy’s perspective stems from a career in the valley and funding startups. See more video interviews with Guy here.
Using an Investment Broker When You’re Outside the Valley
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Ask the VC has an interesting counter post by Donna Murdoch of KeyStone Equities that is worth a read.
Donna’s letter is in response to Jason’s post “Are there Venture Capital Brokers?“.
Donna’s post, and I think the point is very well taken, is that in the Valley where the ins and outs of venture financing are […]
bOk - Ottawa, Canada
Monday, July 16th, 2007bOk is located in Ottawa, Canada. Basically, they provide free and cheap long distance calls through their service. Their service is initiated by using a text message to their service. I posted step-by-step details below (There are really only 3 steps).
It works like this:
1) compose a text message that includes your friend’s phone number. 2) send this text message to bOK […]
Startup Lessons from the Valley (Sonoma)
Friday, July 6th, 2007After my Bay Area visit, my group headed north to the valleys of Sonoma and Napa (we preferred Sonoma). We enjoyed many wine tastings (those small amounts add up) and brought back too much wine.
Although the trip was for pleasure and not business (hotel without wireless!), my vineyard experiences left me with a nice […]
Genwi.com - Phoenix, AZ
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Genwi is a Phoenix, Arizona based social network service that makes information available by aggregating people’s RSS feeds. The service invites visitors to search, share and stay connected with friends, acquaintances and others.
Joining Genwi is free and once a registered member, users can
• Create their independent profile page where they can upload either their […]
So You Want to Be An Entrepreneur
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007I think most people tend to have a misconceived belief that starting a business is a glamorous pursuit. You can call the shots, do what you want with your time, answer only to yourself, create your own corporate culture, make loads of money, yadda, yadda, yadda. Because it is unpopular to go against […]
Feedtwister - Argentina
Thursday, June 7th, 2007More and more web users are either subscribing to third party feeds or generating their own feeds to update their website with fresh content regularly. Feedtwister.com is a newly launched website that aims at offering greater flexibility to feed users by customizing the way information is displayed using feeds on a website. The […]
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