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January 27- StartUp Weekend grads Yaro chat with TechBoise

Posted Mon, 01/18/2010 - 5:59pm by Holli High
Get your ducks in a row with Yaro

It's January! Are you stoked? Yeah, us either. There seems to be a general malaise about the City of Trees that can only be cured by one thing. We need a hero, folks.

And guess what - There's a little ray of sunshine in Boise's Tech scene. It's called Yaro, and it came out of November's Startup Weekend. Yaro's mantra, "Swimming in a sea of social media publishing? Get your ducks in a row with Yaro," was created to address the issues facing those of us using multiple social media platforms for personal and business "needs." Jana Briggs, CEO and Co-founder of Yaro (and self-proclaimed social media junkie), along with Karl Meinhardt, Yaro Board Member, will take us through Yaro's journey - from pitch to development and beyond - and let us in on where they now stand.

This will all happen on Wednesday January 27, 5:30pm, at the Watercooler. . (Link to map), 14th and Idaho. We're still looking for a sponsor, so if your company has a few bucks to pony up for drinks and pizza, we'll make it worth your while with plenty of love. Email techboise@gmail.com if you're up for it!

IDAHO’S UNITY MEDICAL WINS NATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD

Posted Wed, 10/21/2009 - 9:32am by Holli High

Eagle, Idaho – (October 20, 2009) – Idaho-based technology start-up Unity Medical, Inc., today announced that the company won the audience award as the best new service at the Launch! competition at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. Unity Medical unveiled its suite of rich media technologies that offer video interaction for healthcare professionals – enabling them to provide a personalized, human touch when explaining everything from cold symptoms to complex medical procedures.

WaterCooler Announces Potential Grants For Earliest Stage Entrepreneurs

Posted Mon, 09/14/2009 - 8:55pm by Krissa

Mark Rivers, the founder of the WaterCooler, Boise's groundbreaking small business accelerator and creativity center, announced today that a new fund will be made available to help fuel the growth of emerging companies. Rivers has launched a $50,000 Prototype and Equipment Grant (PEG) Fund. With this initiative, new and growing WaterCooler resident businesses can receive funding help to build or research a technology, invention or piece of equipment.

Startup Weekend Coming to Boise in November

Posted Fri, 08/21/2009 - 2:10pm by Krissa

What would you do with 54 hours? TechBoise hopes that you sign up to be extra productive with those hours and join us at Startup Weekend Boise November 13 - 15 at the WaterCooler.

In addition to some really cool people and great networking, as an attendee of Startup Weekend Boise, you get to be part of a team that finds an idea on Friday night and by the time Sunday night rolls around - be ready to launch a company.

Did you Jelly Boise?

Posted Thu, 08/20/2009 - 3:12pm by Krissa

TechBoise must apologize to the universe for suggesting a start date of 8:00 am for the first ever Jelly Boise. What were we thinking?

First, we made you have to set an ALARM (maybe).
Second, we made you get dressed and ready for the day at an ungodly hour.
Third, we put you in the commute of daily traffic.

OOPS!

In spite of our faux pas, we had a blast at the first Jelly Boise. At last count, 14 people joined us for part of the Boise Jelly experiment (which TechBoise declared a raving success).

What happened to Boise's entrepreneurial spirit?

Posted Tue, 07/28/2009 - 1:15pm by Krissa

Entrepreneur magazine has an article on 10 start-up friendly cities that are thriving in terms of small business success.

The 10?

The Opportunity: Las Vegas
The Cooperator: Portland, Oregon
The Coordinator: Orlando, Florida
The Proactivist: San Diego
The Expander: Phoenix
The Globalizer: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The Grower: Atlanta
The Diversifier: Madison, Wisconsin
The Dreamer: Youngstown, Ohio
The Cross-Pollinator: Austin, Texas

Celebrate the Graduates at the WaterCooler

Posted Mon, 07/27/2009 - 2:23pm by Krissa

TechBoise knows that you are ready for a little economic good news and reminds you that the Water Cooler will be holding its first graduation ceremony (of many we believe) Tuesday, July 28th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm.

The event is free and open to the public so come on down and join the WaterCooler in celebrating the success of Inovus Solar and Easy Office.

WaterCooler Graduation - Tuesday, July 28th

Posted Mon, 07/20/2009 - 8:36am by Krissa

You are cordially invited to the WaterCooler Graduation for Inovus Solar and Easy Office on Tuesday, July 28th from 4:00 - 5:00 pm.

Inovus Solar will be moving to the old Proclarity building around the first of August and Easy Office will be moving the first of September to the Mallard building.

The WaterCooler is located at 1401 W. Idaho. For more information, contact Shelley at 368-000.

Boise-based Tinkn.com is All About Helping Others

Posted Wed, 07/08/2009 - 9:02pm by Krissa

TechBoise would like to introduce you to Tinkn. We recently sat down with Kristin Hartshaffer to learn more about this unique Boise company.

TechBoise: What is Tinkn?

TechBoise Recap - 1st Startup Toolkit - SUCCESS

Posted Wed, 06/24/2009 - 10:08pm by Krissa

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!

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