Next weekend, Oct 8th through the 10th in the beautiful city of Vancouver entrepreneurs from around the northwest will gather for the first Vancouver Startup Weekend. The event is the fun part; it is 54 hours of brainstorming of ideas and bringing them into reality. The goal is by Sunday evening each team will have their idea hammered and forged into some kind of prototype[...]
Archive for September, 2010
There is something natural about peanut butter and jelly that everyone from the age of 3 to 99+ understands is scrumptious way to enjoy an afternoon. There is a natural chemistry between startup companies and social media. There are brands launching through social media even before they have websites. Social media is a conductive tool that in many ways levels the playing field between big[...]
Introducing you one of my favorite characters in Seattle. Dave wins many awards in my book for being a great community organizer, supporter of startups, sharing words of wisdom all while sharing a pint at his weekly Thursday group called #Hopsandchops. My first appreciation of Dave came from how accessible he is as a leader in the Seattle entrepreneurial scene I believe he is one[...]
I should be working, however I wanted to take a moment and introduce you to the concept of co-working. For those of you who work from home or at a coffee shop this post is for you. The idea of co-working is catching on as a bit of a buzz topic. Think of entrepreneurial genius meets digital web worker gypsy. The space is open, bright[...]
Sitting down to a conversation yesterday I was asked with all seriousness – “Okay, I have to know… do you really have dangerous levels of enthusiasm and friendless?” I promptly respond. “Well, yea… that is what it says on my blog.” When someone prompts me for an idea I have a tendency as my husband says to “firehose” them with ideas. Pouring big ideas on[...]
Everyone likes to hear a good story but what is even more fun is getting to tell the story. What is it about your business, your company your community your big ideas that you are passionate about? The idea of storytelling might be something you are very comfortable with, even in front of hundreds of people yet maybe it’s not. When I asked the great[...]
Strong, talented women are amazing. Sarah has found a way to make her life full of her passions from fitness to assisting those around her with their marketing efforts. She is in her element when it comes to using social media to communicate, marketing to express the complex in simple ways and at the core when it comes to maintaining and managing excellent health. Sarah[...]
Today, Sept 3rd is my last day at my job. Yes, you are all embarking on a new chapter with me as I live my dream exploring and living through all kinds of entrepreneurial adventures. Focusing on B2B Marketing and ecommerce has been my 9-5 job for the last 23 months for a wholesale promotional apparel company called SanMar. During a time of a recession[...]
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