Another good evening of interesting speakers at the 2014 Tampa Bay Ignite. Held at the historic Cuban Club in Ybor, with much drinking and good times for all. Even better, this year, the slides that were behind me were actually…
Ignite Tampa Bay 2013
So I was asked to speak at Ignite this year, about my ideas on nerd culture. Ignite is a short format speaking event held in different cities. I said yes, thinking it would be fun, and it was. The only…
StartupBus: Things to bring!
This is a list of hints and tips about surviving the StartupBus. As you can imagine, your productivity will largely depend on having your tools of the trade ready and being able to hit the ground running the minute the…
Startup Space, Attitude and Grit
I love the idea of peer groups, networking associations, co-working spaces, team work-shops and unconferences. I really do. I go to all these events, try and help out, speak, give time, free consulting and even the occasional drunken rant. These…
Startup Bus, Tampa Team on Miami Bus
Brainstorm an idea, and launch a fully-functioning company based on it… in 72 hours. On a bus. If it’s good, it will become a real company, backed by serious venture capitalists. P.S. Don’t expect to sleep. Linked with Austin, SXSW…
Social Content Creation Inside an Organization
Blogging, Tweeting and “the” Facebooks are now deeply part of the modern business culture. We all have some sort of feeling that our communities built around our business are powerful marketing tools, or at the very least, a way of…