Archive for May, 2008

WaterCooler Luau this Friday

Here’s a quick reminder about the WaterCooler fund raiser/Luau. 
Pig roast, open bar and a live band. it’s the best thing going on this Friday.
 
Admission is tax deductible. Get 5 friends together and you get a group discount.
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Q&A with Gary Hoover

Jess Flynn over at Red Sky PR and primary author of the PR Musings Weblog has conducted a short Q&A with IdaVation Keynote Gary Hoover. If you haven’t registered yet, head over to the IdaVation site and sign up. You should at least show up for the breakfast or lunch keynote.
What are some of the [...]

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Eastern Idaho Gathering Energy

Last year I went on the INL tour and was really impressed with the aggressiveness that INL was licensing of their technology and also working to get companies to move their little corner of the world.
I don’t know how much INL played in the decision for Areva to move to Eastern Idaho but I do [...]

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IdaVation May 29th

Remember KickStand KickStart, the annual spring event put on by KickStart Kickstand whose name confused everyone as to which was which?
Well after some smart re-branding we now have IdaVation. May 29th kicks off the inaugural re-branded event. If you hurry and register by this Thursday you can even save an extra $20.00 (making it [...]

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Portland and Boise: The “other” North West Tech Communities

Pronetos’ own Chris Blanchard posted a guest blog over at the Silicon Florist. It’s a great blog that focuses on technology startups in the Portland area (someone should do that for Boise).
Chris does a great job of ppointing out many of the similarities between Boise and Portland start ups.
The editor even made an interesting [...]

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Why are tech entrepreneurs moving to Boise?

I meet a lot of people these days that are moving to Boise to start their next tech business. I recently asked s good friend, Dave Clemons, President of LearnKey why he is doing business here in Boise. Here’s his response:
This is an honest opinion from an entrepreneur who needs a support
system to [...]

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HP and Micron can’t carry the Valley forever

Here’s my news tip for Boise (especially any elected or wannabe/soon to be elected officials):
LaserJet’s and DRAM are not going to carry the valley like they once did.
Can we expect to see more layoffs in Boise? It’s too hard to realistically predict any specific events tied to any specific market activity. Maybe not now. [...]

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Mercaldo sells stake in Gold Link Media to start Mesch Media

Many of you may remember Ken Dey’s article about Gold Link Media that ran just 7 short weeks ago. Some may find it weird that since that time Josh Mercaldo has sold his stake in the company and has now started his own media consultancy, Mesh Media. In that interview Josh said:
I’m not [...]

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