Here’s a formula for a base-hit (or better) and optionally landing a really cool job for smart entrepreneurial geeks. 1. Take a look at the biggest apps that people can’t seem to get enough of. The iTunes Music Store, MySpace, FaceBook, Flickr, etc. Don’t just focus on the hugest companies, also think about local companies …
I’ve gotten to know David Henderson recently. He was just in the attention marketing podcast we did, and I’ve taken to calling him Boulder’s own attention guru. What an amazing story about his brother kicking cancer’s ass. Wow. This guy raised 2.5m is seed money from 400 (yes, 400!) investors. Amazing. Too bad he stole …
When I first heard about a new Boulder startup called FEED Tribes, I was thinking here’s a wanna be Paypal mobile or TextPayMe. FEED Tribes is not really at all like those services. This is an effort to change things at the point of sale. The fundamental differentiator of FEED Tribes as compared to something …
Attention startup entrepreneurs! I’ve put together a new podcast series for Colorado Startups called “Ask the Virtual Board of Directors.” The “board” consists of me (David Cohen), Brad Feld, and Niel Robertson, plus we’ll also always have one guest board member for each podcast. These guys all sit on boards of various successful companies, and …
Founder Mark Van Buskirk showed PhotoVu at the New Tech Meetup tonight. It’s a wireless, web-enabled custom digital photo frame capable of receiving and beautifully displaying photo streams. I’d describe it as just like Ceiva, but targeted at photo-centric geeks (sometimes called Mac users) instead of grandmas. “There is so much power in digital photography, …
Just a reminder to anyone attending tonights Boulder New Tech meetup – the venue has changed to the Wolf Law Building at CU. Officially, Wolf Law Building 401 UCB Room 207. Mapwise, that’s here. So far, 74 people have said they’re attending. I can tell you from first hand experience that these events are usually …