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Up and Coming Events in Boise

DRUPAL USERS GROUP
Ok. If you are a DRUPAL dork ; ) then have we got an event for you: Boise Drupal Users Group Meeting:

Date: Thursday August 7, 2008
Location: 1037 E. WINDING CREEK DR. EAGLE, ID 83616
Time: 5:20 pm
Topic: Drupal 101

Meeting host Joshua Brauer plans to show the “Understanding Drupal” video to kick the meeting off. […]

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Idaho Challenged by Results of the Human Development Index

TechBoise is a blog, and not a news agency, but that is still no reason for us to slip into rank boosterism. At the same time no one here wants to adopt a sky-is-falling tone. Still, amidst all the constant lists that Boise makes for being a great place to live, work, and raise a […]

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Cautionary Tale

Those of you on Twitter or at OSCON have already seen the posts from @kveton and @turoczy about the press that Vidoop is getting as they move their corporate headquarters from Oklahoma to Portland. I think there are at least three important lessons in this article I am reposting from the Oregonian:
1) Innovation can happen […]

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Coming Soon: Stoel Rives Innovation Awards

It’s the topic that is on the tips of everyone’s tongue - innovation. But only one law firm is innovative enough to reward Idaho’s innovators: Stoel Rives.
I know you have an entrepreneur or firm in mind already, so don’t delay. Get over to the Stoel Rives website (link is there you just can’t see […]

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Matt Rissell’s FastCompany Interview

After Matt’s (CEO of Tsheets) Interview with Robert Scoble they did an *informal* interview on Kyte. Here’s the replay:

I’ve embedded the code for the FastCompany Interview but it doesn’t appear to be live yet. I’ll keep checking it.
UPDATE: I guess the show will be live Monday.
UPDATE: Here’s the video.

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Into high risk innovation? Have we got a deal for you.

Rick Ritter, over at TechConnect sent this to me. He says that Idaho has only ever had one winner but I know I’ve heard of people working on projects similar to this around here.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is seeking proposals for high-risk research projects to […]

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Tsheets getting new media coverage

This week will probably be, Meridian based, Tsheets biggest server load week yet.
On Monday Tsheets was featured in TechCrunch. For those not in the Web 2.0 media world, TechCrunch is the Web startup version of the Wall Street Journal. It’s a pretty big deal.
This resulted in a several thousand unique visitors and over 100 new […]

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Kickstand Networking at the "cooler"

If you’re a kickstand member you probably already got this email but just in case you’re not or you didn’t….
NETWORK, LEARN AND GROW
Join us for the monthly meeting on July 10th at the WaterCooler.  The "Cooler" is at 1401 West Idaho (intersection of 14th and Idaho).
Catch up with people you haven’t seen for awhile, […]

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TechLaunch 5.0 Winners

In case you missed it, or in case you were at IdaVation next door and therefore couldn’t attend both (let’s not do that again next year please), here’s the official announcement of the winners.
Boise Companies Clean Up at TechLaunch 5.0
A healthcare technology company took this year’s “Entrepreneurial Idol” at TechLaunch 5.0, held in Boise May […]

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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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