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Open Source…I think I see the light!

Posted in November 25th, 2008

I found this excellent open source as a business model rant on the Luminotes wiki. This is not the typical “everything should be digital and everything digital should be free” rant, instead the poster makes the argument that customers should pay for the VALUE derived from software and not simply ACCESS to software. This makes [...]

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CoWorking Explained

Posted in November 21st, 2008
Published in CoWorking

Geekpreneur captures the essecnce of what coworking offers to both its members and the community. This is just one of the many great promo posts and press coverage that coworking is recieving around the country. Also checkout the recent story on Conjunctured Coworking in Austin. For those who attended the Kauffman GEW Kickoff on 11/17 we [...]

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Entrepreneurship Week Begins Nov. 17th

Posted in November 13th, 2008

On November 17th join Tampa’s business leaders and entrepreneurs to celebrate the contributions of the grass roots economic community and discuss the resources and investment required to help create the next generation of business in Tampa Bay. Rebuilding the Economy with Innovation & Education: Mike Brennan, Partner, Ernst & Young Mark Sharpe, Hillsborough County Commissioner [...]

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Rent-A-Coder Repeats on Inc. 5K

Posted in November 10th, 2008
Published in Startups

Congrats to the folks over @ Rent-a-Coder for their second listing in Inc. Magazine’s Top 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. One of the biggest complaints (or excuses) I hear from would-be startup founders is the lack of access to development talent. While I am the first to discourage people from building a prototype or version 1.0 [...]

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