Archive for May, 2007

The Boise Idea Market

Matt Homann (www.realBIGthinking.com) will be coming to town on June 8th to speak to the Idaho State Bar Association. (more info here). While he’s in town Steve Nipper and I have persuaded him to do an “Idea Market” That evening.
What is an Idea Market?ɬ¢?¢‚Ǩ?æ?Ǭ¢? Think brainstorming + collaboration + networking + happy hour. [...]

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ComputerWorld Story on Boise Tech Jobs

ComputerWorld just released a story on Boise, our growing tech community and our desperate need for IT jobs. There’s Tech Treasures Tucked in and Around Boise, Idaho.
While the story does a great job of pointing out the great quality of life and did a much better job than MSNBC interviewing several of our smaller [...]

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Fuelling the Micron Rumor Mill

I’m sure everyone’s heard about the possibility of Micron getting purchased by Blackstone Equity Partners. If not you can check out the story here and here.
Of course it’s hard to say if it would be a good thing or a bad thing. For every success story there’s a not so successful story. [...]

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PROFESSORS INVITED TO JOIN NEW WEB COMMUNITY

A new Web-based community for scholars has debuted at www.pronetos.com. Pronetos, the Professors?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢ Network, is the brainchild of Chris Blanchard, a graduate student in history. While working as an undergraduate student to publish a paper with social work professor Dan Huff in 2003, he became frustrated by the cumbersome process of peer review and publishing. [...]

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10 Questions with the Chief Geek at MetaGeek

Ryan Woodings has volunteered to be our first 10 Questions participant. Ryan is the self titled “Chief Geek” for MetaGeek. (I’m pretty sure that’s CEO in entrepreneur tech speak.) Ryan left Cypress to start his company a few years ago and is doing incredibly well.
One of the things that strikes me about Ryan [...]

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Tech and Education

Saw this one through a Google Alert:
Microsoft tech guru emphasizes education
Business expert speaks to parents and students
I’ve had the opportunity listen to Bob Lokken speak a few different times and I have never heard him NOT talk about education. And ever since Microsoft’s acquisition of Proclarity he’s even more fired
up about it.
From the [...]

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Blogroll up and running

I’ve finally added the blogroll. I have added the few Boise based tech company blogs that I could think of. If you are not listed and you are a Boise based tech company (or know of one I’m missing) please leave your URL in the comments.
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Perhaps *THE* key to innovative companies?

We know a lot more than many realize about what it takes for an organization to be -and stay- innovative. This something I’ve consulted on for years and studied for even longer. The message hasn’t changed in decades: The heart of the matter is learning to think entrepreneurially and keeping that mindset. It’s not [...]

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Kickstand, May 10

Kickstand. You missed a good one.
The meeting’s program centered on “pitch” presentations by several of the finalists from the “Speed Dating” competition at Kickstart. However, there were also some announcements, at least one of which I cannot share (but watch the print version of IBR).
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If you are riding a horse and it dies, get off

Washington Irving said “There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stage-coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position and be bruised in a new place.” I love that statement and have come to view it as [...]

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