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2nd Annual BarCamp a Big Win for Tampa Bay
This past weekend Tampa’s tech community gathered for the annual unconference known as BarCamp. Not your typical convention or seminar, BarCamp’s are organized and hosted by volunteers and feature presentations given entirely by the attendees. Easel-sized Post-It notes act as the just-in-time agenda and in the first 30 minutes are quickly filled in with topics [...]
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Get Your Geek On @ Tampa BarCamp
This weekend (Sept. 26th & 27th) is Tampa’s 2nd annual BarCamp. Once again the event will be held at the College of Business building on USF’s main campus (see campus map). BarCamp is a worldwide movement with events being organized on a local level by volunteers and local businesses that want to see their tech [...]
Mentors vs. Managers vs. Mongers
I found a great post last week @ GenYstartup.com: As far as Start-ups are concerned, a Mentor is someone who has been in the industry for much longer and has been involved in a number of startups himself/herself. The duty of this person is to advice you based on their experience and also help you [...]
New Coworking Video from BlankSpaces in LA
The folks at BLANKSPACES have done it again. A simple yet elegant commercial explaining the power of Coworking. Fill in the BLANK from BLANKSPACES on Vimeo. You guys rock! Want the coworking experience in Tampa? Join us at IdeaField for the creative, collaborative workspace that helps you get shit done.
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Stimulate Me
Why do I write about local politics and economic stimulus on a startup blog? As I see it, traditional economic development efforts and local “job creation” programs ignore and in many cases actually discourage startup activity. While almost all mid-sized metros boast about their readiness to be the next big American tech or life science [...]
Relentlessly Hapless
Once again I find the need to repost a blog entry by Paul Graham and his recent rant about what it takes to be a good startup founder. I do this not just for the sake of my workshop participants, but also as part of my ongoing quest to reshape the economic mindset in Tampa.