Founder of Startup Weekend and Startup Enthusiast Based in Boulder, Colorado

Archive for April, 2008

The Dynamic of Successful Small Group Organizing

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Thoughts |

I've said many times that what has defined me over the last year was community.  To clarify, I should add in organizing small communities. I've been scratching my own itch in the past developing a tool to help people organize small ...

SpearTalks with Josh Spear

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Interview |

Last Friday I did an interview with Josh Spear and Carmel Hagen.  Today I realized that I didn't link to it.  It was fun and engaging, and someone I went to High School read it and found me.  Always fun. Josh ...

Photrade Founder Copies Startup Weekend, Lifts Photo?

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Thoughts |

Mark this under the 'extremely weird' category, the founder of Photrade.com, Andrew Paradies, is involved in the project with Elizabeth Edwards creatively named "In One Weekend". From their site (with the same design as Mr. Paradies, a default drupal theme, I ...

Almost Burning Down The House

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Boulder |

Yesterday was quite a scare. A 2 acre forest fire was within 100 yards of my house.  Thank goodness that the wind was strong in the other direction, and our house is well protected with very little to burn around it, ...

I am a TechStar

Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in TechStars |

Well, kinda. Last year, with the announcement of TechStars, I had the feeling I would be involved with it. I love what they are doing and I wanted to be a part of it. I applied last year, and ...

A New Type of 365 Project

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Bike, NoGear+Me |

So two days ago I decided to document the *fun* bike commute I was on by taking out the video camera.  This also gave me the perfect opportunity to test out flickr's new video. Would that be an interesting 365?  Video from ...

Welcome to the Walled Jungle

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Thoughts | 7 Comments »

Last week I attended the Microsoft Technology Summit at their main campus in Washington. First, let me say they were gracious hosts, and we met up with some very passionate, friendly employees that were not in any means apologetic about their ...