Did you know that 1 of every 8 companies that applies for a federal grant is endowed with one and each year the federal government sets aside more than 2 billion dollars for small business funding? Locally (Boise), a grant-writing workshop is being held on May 18th. The course is being led by Mark Henry, a nationally [...]
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Apr
27
TechBoise Open Coffee Club
When I spoke at develop.idaho last week, I announced that Ryan Woodings (Founder and CEO of MetaGeek) and I would be co-founding the Boise Open Coffee Club which we’ve since decided to fold under the TechBoise umbrella. TBOCC will occur the last Friday of every month at Cole Marr Coffee House in Bodo from 8:30-10:00. [...]
Apr
24
OK Boise: Now What?
Last week, I was invited to speak at develop.Idaho 2011, the first annual gathering for Boise’s software community. From my perspective, the event was terrific as these things go. I saw lots of old friends and I was very encouraged by how many new (and younger!) faces I saw as 250 people showed up for [...]
Apr
12
Why Should I Apply To BoomStartup?
Ever heard of BoomStartup? It’s a mentorship-driven startup accelerator in Salt Lake City similar in structure to the renowned TechStars program of David Cohen and Brad Feld. In fact, BoomStartup recently became one of the first members of the newly formed TechStars Network (which essentially means if you’re accepted to BoomStartup, you can gain improved [...]
Apr
11
Less Data?
Recently, I was having dinner with some close friends and they were all comparing notes on the various gadgets and websites that they used for exercise, calorie counting and sleep measurement. They were giddy over the data they were collecting. I surprised the heck out of them when I said “I think we need less [...]
Apr
07
Why We’re Investing In Orbotix
“It’s fun.” Sometimes, it’s that simple. Making a sphere controllable is no easy feat and the team at Orbotix has some pretty impressive chops when it comes to sophisticated robotics. As a result, we’re excited to announce our newest investment in Orobtix (based in Boulder, Colorado). Orbotix is the company behind Sphero, the world’s first [...]
Apr
05
Portfolio News | March 2011
Click on the links to read the complete articles. MARCH 17, 2011 | SYS-CON MEDIA Medical marketing, Portland style. MARCH 9, 2011 | THE IDAHO STATESMAN A $25-million-a-year Boise company makes portable devices you can put in your backpack to create instant Wi-Fi hot spots. MARCH 25, 2011 | CNET CradlePoint receives great reviews from [...]
Mar
30
Contribution, Community & Mentorship
Last night, I was reading the article that appeared in TechCrunch about TechStars raising an additional $8 million for its programs and was reflecting on being a part of the TechStars community. As investors who’ve had a front row seat to the TechStars phenomenon for the last few years (and invested in a handful of TechStars [...]
Mar
08
Focus, Filter and Forget
Hi, my name is George and I am a recovering multi-tasker. Based on the incredible advances in information and communications technology it would seem that the productivity of business leaders must be skyrocketing. Having access to more and better information and being able to reach out to people around the world and get a near [...]
Mar
07
CEOs: Want More Productive Board Meetings?
It’s Monday morning and I’ve just reviewed my bi-weekly board email from Jerry Ropelato, CEO of Tech Media Network. As a board member of Jerry’s company, I know that I’m going to receive a thoughtful review of the business from him every other week. It includes some high-level MTD, QTD & YTD numbers and how [...]