This is a lesson that first time entrepreneurs in funded companies usually learn very quickly. I’m on the board of several companies currently, and if you know me you know that I rarely take an aggressive stance. I use the magic of subtle influence, not a brick over the head. I’ve adopted Brad Feld’s mental …
At CU, Silicon Flatirons is hosting two events associated with the campus wide New Venture Challenge soon. January 20 is the last day to submit an intent to compete with the CU NVC to qualify for mentoring office hours. To learn more about the CU NVC final challenge for cash prizes, visit http://cunvc.org. Here is …
UPDATE: After I posted this, the group changed the time from 9am to 10am. Amazon Web Services users might be interested to know that a group called AWS Anonymous is getting together to discuss the technologies and learn from each other. It’s happening at The Cup in Boulder on January 20th at 9am 10am, immediately …
Josh Fraser of EventVue totally nailed how to think about hiring in his Ignite Boulder presentation “Hiring is Hard.” Josh talks passionately about how important it is to communicate a clear vision to prospective employees. Some other points Josh makes well with his William Wallace (Bravehart) analogy: Appreciation is the best motivation. Startups don’t want …
I had a very short but interesting “random” call with Taylor Davidson today, after I had commented on his blog a while back. Taylor recently drove across the country stopping along the way to meet as many interesting entrepreneurial people as possible. He’s been thinking about early stage company development extensively, so it was one …
SurveyGizmo is looking for people with a relative degree of computer experience and are comfortable doing online search and navigating websites in a browser, to participate in a usability study in Boulder. Participants will need to come to their Boulder office on January 20th or 21st for approximately 60-90 minutes to be observed using the …