How do you get 10,000 hours of experience when you’re building a startup and doing things that have never been done before? You hack the system.
Hack Your Way to 10,000 Hours
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What We Read This Weekend – December 17
When we’re not solving the world’s contact information problem or calling local toy stores to try and find a Furby for our kid, we read a lot.
1,000 People, $40,000, and the Flobots: The Denver Startup Bash Deconstructed
Last Thursday night saw the biggest party for Denver startups in the history of the city, the Denver Startup Bash. How can we convey how awesome it was in just one blog post? By using an infographic of course! Here’s the skinny on who attended courtesy of the power of FullContact API. Try it… Continue reading
Two Startups, The Breakfast Club, and Pure Magic
I just got done attending a Mocavo & FullContact ”Breakfast Club” at TechStars Boulder. Cliff Shaw, Founder of Mocavo and fellow Foundry Group CEO, approached me a few months back. He thought it made sense to get our tech teams together for a long 4 hour breakfast and swap knowledge. I thought it was a… Continue reading
From Basements to Brad Feld: The Story of 126 NOs and 1 Big YES
Today, we’re utterly and completely exhausted. Yesterday, our post on Paid, Paid Vacation went viral, and we were up all night responding to folks from all over the the world. We thought about a detailed blog post – ala Rand Fishkin’s from SEOMoz – on what it’s like working with Brad Feld on our financing…. Continue reading
Startup Weekend Kansas City Recap
One of the perks of being the Developer Evangelist at FullContact is constantly being surrounded by entrepreneurs. I spend my days at FullContact HQ, working side-by-side with some the hardest working, entrepreneurial people I know. At least a few times a week I attend local meetups, such as Boulder Denver New Tech, HTML5 Denver, DJUG,… Continue reading
Life is a Startup
I just “pivoted.” Four weeks ago, I had never heard of a “pivot” as it is used in startup life. Now, I head up business development at FullContact and I get subjected to the word “pivot” on a daily basis. Suddenly, I am bombarded with quotations from Brad Feld and David Cohen. My colleagues tell… Continue reading
What Startups Can Learn from Tim Tebow
I spent most of last Sunday standing in my living room, watching NFL football, screaming at the television. The past 13 weeks this has been a Sunday ritual. Sundays with me are so intolerable that my girlfriend Sarah now chooses to go shopping for the day, leaving me alone to yell and scream while our… Continue reading
TechStars and Tequila: Thoughts from our Summer in Boulder
TechStars Boulder 2011, the #1 Startup Accelerator in the World, wrapped up 1 month ago. At the final session, filled with plenty of Tequila shots and aptly named “Good Bye, Good Luck, Don’t F@#! it Up!” David Cohen and Nicole Glaros encouraged us to share our TechStars experiences. After watching Brad Feld and David Cohen… Continue reading
