Here are 10 Utah Entrepreneurs You Need to Know
Every year vSpring Capital releases the Utah v|100 list, a list of 100 aspiring entrepreneurs and tech professionals who are likely to have success in the next 5 years within the technology industry. I’ve been on the list twice as a winner, and I’ve been nominated again this year. While this is a very humbling […]
Read more...Family Village – A Facebook Game I Can Get Addicted To
I’ve always avoided Facebook games such as Farmville, now Cityville, and other “Virtual Worlds” that seem to suck up your time while annoying your friends via your news feed. The fact is that’s all they do – they fake a sense of accomplishment, suck up all your time, and annoy your friends, depleting your wallet […]
Read more...Miss Those Old Style Retweets on Twitter.com? Try This Kynetx Extension
One of my biggest annoyances with the new Twitter API has been the migration to the new “retweet” structure where clicking the retweet button pulls the person’s Tweet into your own stream, with the person’s name and profile picture attached to it. The problem with this method is that it is not near as visible, […]
Read more...Counting "Real" Likes on any URL – Evaluating the Salt Lake City vs. Fresno Campaign
In the last week I saw one of the most amazing campaigns of unity amongst 2 communities, Salt Lake City, Utah, where I live and where I asked for your help, and Fresno, California. Both cities were entered into Walmart’s “Fighting Hunger Together” campaign in a race to get the most “likes”. The prize? 1 […]
Read more...Want to Give me a Christmas Present? Please Like This.
Fighting the homeless is something near and dear to my heart, especially when it’s at home. I have a non-profit idea I’ll share here later which I may pursue at some time and I think could completely (or closely) eradicate the problem of homelessness. This Christmas I’m thinking a lot of those that are less […]
Read more...Free Tickets to Come See the Will it Blend Guy (oh, and me)
Need I say more? This Thursday (that’s tomorrow), I’ll be speaking at the Small Business Tech Tour here in Salt Lake at the Miller Business Resource Center. I’ll be speaking on making your Small Business Big with Social Media – it’s one that can’t be missed! Here’s why I’m coming though (who cares if I […]
Read more...Who are the Utah Tech Bloggers on Twitter?
I had this long-winded post on how I thought startups, entrepreneurs, and investors in Utah aren’t reading enough Utah based tech blogs, hoping to start a “Read Utah” campaign, but I figured I’d do something about it instead. I’m looking for every Utah Tech blogger you know on Twitter. The Rule is they have to […]
Read more...Twitter Opens Up First Job Opening for its Utah Data Center
Just a few days ago, Twitter announced it was opening a new data center in Salt Lake City, Utah in order to expand its ability to accomodate its ever growing user base. The announcement was still somewhat vague, not specifying much about how many local jobs would be available and where in the Valley the […]
Read more...BoomStartup Brings TechStars-like Seed-Capital and Mentoring Program to Utah
I’ve talked often about Utah’s tech scene. While it doesn’t always get the publicity it deserves, there is an incredible booming tech scene happening here in the Salt Lake City area right now. Just last Wednesday I attended a Launchup event, where about 100+ entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers all conjoined in this monthly meeting to […]
Read more...Create for a Cause
Recently here in Salt Lake City we had the opportunity to have Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google visit. While I didn’t have the chance to see it, reading about it, he seemed to talk about a common worry I hear throughout this State. Here in Salt Lake City and around the area we have a […]
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