Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference Wrap-up
The AZ Entrepreneurship Conference was designed to help build the entrepreneurial community in Arizona. It is a way for entrepreneurs and investors to meet each other, connect with resources, and gather information. Some of us nerds attened the event and were very impressed with the people and energy, and that's a hard thing to admit for an anti-social computer nerd.
The format was no different than any other conference, but the energy and optimism floating through the air were. The conference was a refreshing change of pace for this nerd, and for the city of Phoenix as a whole. Despite all the economic doom and gloom headlines floating around these days, it was clear that everyone understood that there was no way to jump start the economy without the people that gathered at this conference and we all accepted that responsibility with open arms.
#AZEC featured several awesome speakers who crushed it in every single way. The first stand-out presentation was by Bill Reichert from Garage Technology Ventures. Bill talked about the 10 rules for entrepreneurs and investors, and I felt compelled to write them down. 1) The point is to Create Value, 2) establish a brilliant team to work with, 3) create a Mantra instead of a mission statement, 4) Get Going; get going as soon as possible, 5) Bootstrap it, 6) have a Global Strategy from day one, 7) be a Fast Adapter, not a first mover, 8) Everyone Sells, 9) Change Takes Time, progress is slower than you think, 10) People Trump Technology. Bill was an amazing source of information, and helped to get everyone pumped early on.
Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference on the horizon
This coming Wednesday, Nov 19th, some of us nerds will be attending Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference. The Third Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference will be held on November 19th, 2008 from 7:30am - 7pm at The Buttes Resort (2000 Westcourt Way, Tempe, AZ).
It is a conference designed to help build the critical mass of the Arizona entrepreneurial community. It is an exciting way for entrepreneurs to meet each other, connect with resources, and gather information.
PodCamp AZ 2008 - Nov. 1-2, 2008
Tomorrow, we are attending PodCampAZ. PodCamp is a FREE BarCamp-style community, an ad-hoc gathering with discussions, demos and interaction from participants for podcasters and listeners, bloggers and readers, and anyone interested in New Media. That's a mouthful, but if you break it down, it equates to a bunch of nerds getting together to collaborate on ideas. That sounds like an awesome weekend. So, we signed up.
IowaHawkeyes.Net Beta Version Launched Today
PRLog (Press Release) – IowaHawkeyes.Net is pleased to announce the launch of the beta version of its new website. IowaHawkeyes.Net was created to give Hawkeye fans and Iowa natives a chance to stay informed about their beloved Hawks. It gives Iowans a chance to speak their minds about any and all things Iowa.
Not sure where Adobe is going with this ColdFusion campaign
In the past, Adobe has received some criticism about not promoting or advertising its ColdFusion application server framework. So, in an effort to combat that critisicm, Adobe launched a new campaign. And that campaign...features the Governator. Yes, that's right, Adobe recruited the likes of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to help get the word out on power of ColdFusion. Or, as they put it, to help"programmers be significantly less girlie."
what is gangplank? and how do we collaborate?
As a result of Startup Weekend Phoenix, the nerds at Brice Cheddarn have been even more motivated than usual. And a lot of that has to do with meeting a lot of cool people with goals and skills like ours. For awhile, we were starting to think the PHX tech market was as dry as the weather. In the two years of our existence as a legal entity in this state, we had only run across a handful of like minded web nerds that we could collaborate with. The search for our fellow developers and entrepreneurs produced little results. Until Startup Weekend, that is.
startup weekend phoenix - from a nerd's perspective
Finally, something cool for us nerds came to Phoenix. On October 17-19, 2008, Startup Weekend came to town. For those of you who don't know, Startup Weekend is an intense event bringing like-minded tech professionals together to create companies, projects and communities. It blends developers and entrepreneurs together. Roughly 100 people gathered at Gangplank in Chandler to pitch ideas, form teams and get down to business developing products. Oh ya, this is done in 54 hours.
About 30 or so ideas were pitched Friday night. If the idea was chosen (received enough votes from the group), these products would be developed into actual products over the weekend. Ideas ranged from healthcare applications, web apps for kids to find science projects, and apps to match human personalities to dogs.
