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Entries from September 2008

Geeks for Peaks, aka Boulder tech teams are hiring you now, call this number

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Want to grow the intellectual capital and the revenue in a college town like Boulder, CO? Put some tech companies in, add TechStars and the 10+ companies who come in every summer (half or more of whom stay in town) and then celebrate the start-up culture plus vegan mountain biking goodness that is Boulder.
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Lisa is in the Boston Globe!

September 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Miz Williams is the subject of a story in the Boston Globe–all about her importance as the founder of H2oTown, her adventures in Boulder, and her ability to balance work and life. Cool piece, even cooler co-founder.

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The hard problem vs. the very hard problem

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

So, where’s PSCO? Right now we’re working on three things: adding more features to the FB version of WhozAround? so we can move it from alpha to beta; scoping out what the work on doing a get out the vote application based on some of the WhozAround? principals would take, and figuring out viral distribution [...]

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WhozAround: The Calendar That’s Like Turn-By-Turn Directions for Your Day

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

[Hello, Globe readers. Thanks for visiting!] WhozAround is like Twitter for your calendar — it’s a fast, simple free way to make getting together easier. You don’t have to join YASNS (Yet Another Social Network Site) to get it, because it plugs into Facebook and Twitter to make what you’ve already got more [...]

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People’s Software Company in NYC

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Susan and I are in NYC to do a bunch of meetings, but at the moment, I have the easy job: just watching Susan address a group of students at the Columbia School of Journalism about innovation, entrepreneurship, and media. Sree Sreenivasan is our excellent host. Later today we’ll be at [...]

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The Self-Starting Machine and Other Thoughts on The Nature of Creativity, Productivity, and Making Stuff

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

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When people ask me what TechStars was like, I’ve got a line — because I’ve always got one. I say, “It was like sticking my head in an active washing machine — again, and again, and again.”
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