Two Techstars companies, EventVue and MadKast have recently closed seed investment rounds. The founders of EventVue are from South Carolina, and MadKast is originally from Los Angeles. Both companies are now based in Boulder permanently. EventVue makes tools to drive more attendees to conferences. Their funding was covered by TechCrunch, and I provided more details …
Alex King is interviewed in this podcast about WordPress (Alex was an original contributing developer and a prolific creator of WP plug-ins), his custom development company Crowd Favorite and his latest project MyFreeBusy.com. I love MyFreeBusy – it allows me to simply and privately share my schedule. I’ve been a beta tester since day one …
When I first heard about this idea, I was psyched. I have blogged about the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado extensively before. Suffice it to say that it’s an easy way to get your company involved in philanthropy from day one. I was glad to see that while I was sitting on a beach in Mexico, …
I’ve never been to DemoGala before, so I’m not totally sure what to expect. It’s coming up on October 11th in Denver. I will of course let you know how it goes in a post-event blog post. I was one of the judges this year for selecting the companies who will be showcased there. It …
A friend of mine who is a well-known Boulder-based angel investor and entrepreneur is looking for contacts at companies who currently use Amazon S3. He’s looking for folks who would be interested in briefly sharing their experience with S3 with him. If you can help him out, email me at david at colorado startups dot …
I’ve recently been sitting on a beach doing essentially three things. Drinking beachy drinks, reading, and reflecting on how I spent my summer. One of my takeaways from Techstars is that going through it allows a company to evolve in three months as much as a typical startup evolves in two years. It was an …