On Friday, I went to the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCo) celebration party held at Rally Software. Everyone was celebrating the fact that five exits have generated over $100,000 that went back into the community, and that 27 area companies have now joined the foundation. There was fun, food, and networking, and the event featured …
The Defrag Conference is back for year 3 in November. It always draws a great crowd of real thinkers from all over the country. Here’s a neat widget that EventVue put together so you can see who else you know that’s attending, and subscribe so that you know when any of your friends register. [field …
Hundreds of folks attended Investor Day last Thursday as Techstars wrapped up. A few days before the event, a mysterious twitter account popped up promising something special on the eve of that event. Dozens of out of town investors joined the scene on the rooftop of the Lazy Dog last Wednesday night and this is …
In Colorado Springs, Celebrate Technology recognizes the achievements of companies and individuals that have contributed in a significant way to the technological business landscape of the Pikes Peak region including El Paso, Teller, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln, Crowley, Pueblo, and Fremont counties. These contributions cross every discipline from the Internet and software to space related and …
Looks like there were over 100 submissions for the effort to come up with a moniker for Colorado’s technology scene. Those names are now in a voting mode for about a week. Go here to allocate your ten points across some of the names you like the most and to check out the leader board. …
Eric Ries is a serial entrepreneur who has been talking about building Lean Startups in Silicon Valley and on his fantastic blog Startup Lessons Learned. He’s been sharing his ideas about Continuous Deployment, The Five Whys, the Ideas/Code/Data loop, Rapid Split Testing as well as Customer Development. His blog is simply fantastic and all reports …