or so we at TechBoise would like to think. If you were not able to attend, don't worry - this is the first of many Startup Toolkits. A big thanks to Red Sky PRfor sponsoring! If you are interested in being a sponsor, please let us know.

We had a great turnout from service providers and TechBoise heard from many that they had a great time meeting with attendees. Speaking of attendees, there were about 75 people in attendance - so no leftovers!

TechBoise came across a great quote by Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google that makes our Startup Toolkit event this Wednesday even more important:

"I know it's kind of a romantic notion that you're just going to have this one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be great. But the fact is that coming up with an idea is the least important part of creating something great."

TechBoise can't come up with an idea for you.

600 tickets gone in 2 1/2 hours! Wahoo! Did you get yours? TechBoise has heard rumors that they will stream the event. As soon as we hear more, we'll let you know.

In the meantime, if you are looking for tickets, you could try sweet talking one of the Sponsors

Sorry, you missed it!

Boise's inaugural Girls in Tech event had 17 tech girls in attendance - 12 more than the inaugural event in LA. That's right - for all you math haters out there - little old Boise showed up the big LA. Boise should be even more proud, since we learned last night that the Founder of Girls in Tech wasn't sure that there was tech in Boise - let alone girls in tech. So there.

Thursday Boise launches it's chapter of Girls in Tech. TechBoise is excited for this inaugural event as other chapters have joined in on the Geeks on a Plane tour that took in parts of Asia. What a way to network!

More information and RSVP here.

We hope to see you at 7:00pm at the WaterCooler.

Calling all you inventors, creators, designers and lovers of dragsters - come prepared to create and race your rubberband dragster on July 16th and Ignite Boise 2.

Not familiar with the concept? Check it out.

Congratulations, Boise! You made the judges earn their pay for Ignite Boise 2. Ok, they aren't really paid. From 50 submissions, they have made their selections. Its an eclectic list of topics and presenters.

These 16 lucky souls will present July 16th at the Egyptian Theater. TechBoise was told that tickets would be available starting Monday. Check your Twitter feed for details on the ticket release.

Holli previously mentioned that TechBoise is going to "go back to its roots."

While brainstorming how we could accomplish that, someone came up with the idea of having a "Surplus" table in the back of the room at the next TechBoise meeting.

Concept: Bring your unwanted/unneeded technology, computer parts, software, business books, etc., and donate them to the Surplus table. If you see something on the Surplus table you could really use...take it. Geeks helping geeks.