Too lazy to write a “real” story about it, I’m posting Balihoo‘s official news release here. Balihoo, besides being wildly successful and on an ambitious growth path, is made up of some of Boise’s best technological and leadership minds. Kevin Donaldson brought the live simulcast of Startup Lessons Learned last spring, jointly supported TechBoise, ITC and Highway 12 Ventures in bringing the founder of TechStars, David Cohen, to The WaterCooler. Congrats to CEO Pete Gombert and Team at Balihoo. You certainly deserve the recognition! Here it is… MEDIA RELEASE Shane… [ read more ]

That’s right, Girls in Tech are throwing a big summer bash for the entire Treasure Valley tech community and you’re invited! It’s a great excuse to enjoy some sunshine and maybe even talk to some other tech folks. Best thing is: There will be smart ladies there, guaranteed  RSVP Here

This morning in his State of the City address, Mayor Bieter announced a solar project in the works near the Boise Airport. So cool! Thanks to our friends at Red Sky Public Relations, we now have the lowdown. Read the press release in its entirety here: Sunergy World to Build Idaho’s First Large-Scale Solar Generation Facility Boise-based $45 million facility to produce 10 megawatts of power BOISE, Idaho – (June 2, 2010) – Sunergy World (http://sunergyworld.com), an Idaho-based renewable energy services firm guiding wind, solar and biomass project development across the… [ read more ]

On Friday, April 23 our friends at Balihoo hosted a simulcast of Startup Lessons Learned, a daylong workshop held in San Francisco. While these lessons were helpful to entrepreneurs everywhere, we also recognize that Treasure Valley startups likely have learned some lessons of their own. On June 2, 5:30pm at The WaterCooler (moved to accomodate Idavation, which is being held on TechBoise’s regular meeting day of May 26) we’ll give several young, successful and revenue positive Boise companies the chance to share these lessons and the stories of their successes. The panel… [ read more ]

I was perusing the TechBoise archives today (actually, trying to steal an old blog post for use as a template) and came across this post by Tac Anderson from a year and a half ago. The funny thing about this post is that I’ve had IDENTICAL conversations with Alex, Brad and Ben from KidCheck, and many others we won’t call out here about this very thing: while Boise is looking very healthy on the VC side, the Angel community is starting to come around (albeit slowly) and we’re working to build… [ read more ]

Hey all! Local tech startup KidCheck, Inc, www.kidcheck.com, will be joining us at TechBoise tomorrow night. Brad Hennessey and team will be sharing their tales of the now famous David Cohen funding rejection, subsequent bootstrap, international success, and the company’s next steps. Tomorrow, April 28, we’ll be meeting at 5:30 at Nebula Shift, 609 W. Main Street in Boise. Look for the door with the Nebula Shift sign and head upstairs. Beverages are taken care of in collaboration with last month’s sponsor, Mark Monitor, and Nebula Shift. We don’t yet have… [ read more ]

If you’ve ever thought of turning in your lanyard and putting that sweet idea to work, whether it be a gadget, killer app, or the next big thing in web 3.0, next week is for you. If you didn’t already want to start your own company, you may reconsider. Next week a bunch of geek-minded folks have assembles some great events for you to check out. The kicker: THEY’RE ALL FREE. No kidding. April 22- Ignite Boise If you haven’t yet heard of Ignite Boise, you could be a troglodyte. Come… [ read more ]

Hey Boise Entrepreneurs, We are very excited to have David Cohen and Andy Sack from TechStars here on the evening of Wednesday, April 21 6 PM at the @watercooler! David is the founder of TechStars, and Andy is the executive director of TechStars Seattle. The application period is open for this years TechStars Seattle, and we have a great opportunity to hear from David and Andy regarding the benefits of the program, it’s successes, and application process. TechStars is a 3 month, highly intensive program that mentors entrepreneurs, and startups… [ read more ]