February 2012
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Looking for BoomStartup Hackers
You write killer code, you hack through the night, you can make back end scream beautiful, you sprinkle source code like it’s nobody’s business and you’ve dreamed of going through Boomstartup. But you don’t have a team and you don’t have an idea… No problem, this summer is the summer you will….Here’s how: The BoomStartup...
January 2012
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Taking Applications for our First Paid Position
Assistant Director
Help build the next set of Internet/software startups, as they grow from early-stage to revenue-generating companies. From entrepreneurs to investors to mentors, your network is about to increase beyond anything you could create after many years of trying. You’ll have the opportunity to personally get to know the best entrepreneurs, mentor and investors in the region....
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Design Dominates
Author: Dan Jones @dwj22
September 1, 2011: I got an email. It was from Sprouter.com. Their weekly emails introduce cool companies. One sounded interesting. I checked it out. The design was different. It was clean. It was sleek, and it was smooth.
Six weeks later I’m sitting in class. The studies were slow that day. I looked to my right. The girl sitting there was surfing on the website...
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Legends of the Lean Startup
Author: Dan Jones @dwj22
Today, there is a shift in startups. The idea that you build startups like big businesses do R&D is dying; the idea of injecting scientific principles into startups is now taking hold. It’s been labeled the lean startup movement, and it’s revolutionizing the startup world.
Like any movement, it had to get started somewhere by someone. Steve Blank, Alexander...
Start a business in 54 hours? Seriously.
Author: Dan Jones @dwj22
Here’s how: Startup Weekend.
Eugene had an idea. The idea: make resumes more visual. The problem: he didn’t know how to make it happen. What did he do? He went to a Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is simple. It’s 54 hours which equals 1 night + 2 days of startup craziness. First night: It starts with the ideas. First they are pitched....