670_ It’s IP TV - Listen and Watch
Live each Monday afternoon.

Guests are listed in order of appearance, Please join us Monday at 2:00pm. All interviews are archived for anytime viewing. BTW, if you have any entrepreneurial interview ideas, contact us.

Monday July 6, 2009 - Best of Series
This weeks guests are...

June 29, 2009 -Watch Video
2:00 Melodie Reagan: Auromira, Career Challenges
2:15 Dave Drach: Microsoft, Emerging Business
2:30 Michael Webb: Michael Moto, Going International
2:45 Bart Taylor: ColoradoBIZ Mag, Changing Media

June 22, 2009 - Watch Video
2:00 Kathleen Quinn Votaw & David Strong: ACG - M&A
2:15 Aleen Campbell: Saving Lives and Raising Money
2:30 Steve Replin: When the Banks Say No...
2:45 Adam Sachs: TechStars Winner (Via SKYPE)
         (SKYPE Address: w3w3tv)

June 15, 2009 Video - Colorado Rising IP TV Show
2:00 Allison Taylor, Business Growth
2:15 Rob McNealy, Social Media
2:30 Karl Dakin, Innovation
2:45 Steve Baker, Entrepreneurs

June 8 Video Link - Watch
2:00 Chris Onan - Venture Capital Update
2:15 Colleen Stanley - Sales Strategies
2:30 Michael Vaughn - Botanic Gardens
2:45 Jim Wilson - Entrepreneur of the Year

Monday, June 1, 2009
2:00 Sue Wyman - New Job Market, Jivaro Group
2:15 Brad Bernthal - Silicon Flatirons
2:30 Chris Wood - Green Summit
2:45 Larry Nelson, Author, Mastering Change

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PART 1: Mini-roast while Passing the Baton at Silicon Flatirons
Ray Gifford - Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow and Advisory Board Chair and Partner, Kamlet, LLP was the moderator. Ray was then joined by David Getches, Dean University of Colorado School of Law.

As Silicon Flatirons Center closes out this program year, they are moving on to a new chapter where founder, Phil Weiser, heads off to the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division and the new "Killer application", Dale Hatfield, steps into the role of Executive Director. At this Passing of the Baton Ceremony, the evening was spent in recognition of Phil Weiser's 10 years of dedicated service and to welcome Dale Hatfield's leadership. The program opened with welcome remarks from Travis Mitchell, Board President, Communications Technology Professionals. This was an evening of poking fun and covering a great sense of loss while welcoming Dale Hatfield... - 11109985 bytes - 6/22/09 LISTEN

681_ The roast continues as two of Phil's colleagues turn up the heat
PART 2: Brad Bernthal - Silicon Flatirons Entrepreneurship Initiative Director and Associate Clinical Professor of Law got us all laughing. Brad was followed by Paul Ohm - Silicon Flatirons IT/IP Initiative Director and Associate Professor of Law continued the fun. 11174768 bytes - 6/22/09 LISTEN

681_ Then two admirers tried to put a ball and chain around Phil's leg
PART 3: With a little shift in gears Sue Wyman - Silicon Flatirons Executive Communications Advisory Board Chair and President of Jivaro Group and JivaroCXO was followed by Anna Noschese - Silicon Flatirons Program Director had fun but they focused on getting Phil back in a couple years.
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681_ The fun evening was topped off with an exchange between Weiser and Hatfield
The FINALE : Dale Hatfield - Silicon Flatirons Executive Director had talked about retiring but the baton he was handed doesn't allow for that. Phil Weiser - Silicon Flatirons Founder had a great time as he was joined by his lovely wife and daughter along with 100s of friends.
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675_ Event Photos around the Business & Technology Community
CSIA: Apex Awards - RVC: The Entrepreneurial Frontier - Bard Center: Business Plan Competition - SFC: Feld-Weiser One-on-One - ACG Denver Speaker: Roy Dimoff Viawest - Ernst & Young: Entrepreneur Finalists - CORE: Distinguished Speakers Series - BCBR: Mercury 100 - RVC: Colorado Capital Conference - NCWIT: Conference at Google - NCWIT: Symonds Innovator Award - ACG: Speaker, Thomas Richards, Qwest - And many more. Click on album cover to view the entire album...click to enlarge...or view as a slide show. Click here to view: - 6/15/09

671_ There is a positive light at the end of the tunnel for the IT sector
Larry sat down and talked with Carl Fitch, CEO of Statera and Laura Gordon. Carl and Laura are co-chairs of the 9th Annual CSIA Apex Awards. They atarted out discussing an overview of the IT industry in terms of its position today. Carl pointed out that there was a great deal of pulling back in the first quarter of 2009. Now he is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel as there is more activity. He suspects that it will recover, but it will be 2010 before we see a full recovery. Laura pointed out that she has seen many that have lost their job, and others in the corporate environment are beginning to start their own companies. There are many motivations for the spurt in entrepreneurism including the opportunity to implement ideas that couldn't be done in the corporate environment. Their discussion about the Apex Awards and how the corporate and individual nominees along with the judging process was very insightful. The date of the 9th annual Apex Awards is June 9, 2009.
Related Links: Apex Awards || Statera || Software Channel || Find It || Keywords: Carl Fitch, Statera, Laura Gordon, CSIA, Apex Awards, Software, IT Industry, Entrepreneurs - 6/8/09 > Bytes: 13421821 LISTEN

668_ Entrepreneurs are people who would just be dreadful employees
When Ellen Siminoff was asked, "What is it about you that makes the entrepreneur part tick?" Ellen, who was a founding executive at Yahoo said, "When I started Yahoo, we were a small group of folks and thought we were changing the world! For me, it's about the idea and the people and the excitement of creating it." Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT founding board member, along with Larry Nelson interviewed Ellen, CEO and president - their mission,. "Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing)." About 18 years ago, Ellen and her husband started a different company, they were distributing television programming in Eastern Europe and she fell in love with the media industry. In 1994, at the Los Angeles Times, Ellen started running their online classifieds (this was really early), and she realized technology could be used to deliver media in a really interesting way. Today she's a great fan of the Kindle. Lucy asked what's next for Shmoop? Ellen's reply, "Well, I think we've done a really great job on Lit, history and poetry. We're going to do more in Civics, and get some of the maths and sciences up there because I think it's really important to be able to read, write and do arithmetic." There's more...
Related Links: NCWIT Home || Shmoop University || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || PodCast Directory || Keywords: Ellen Siminoff, Shmoop University, Lucy Sanders, Lee Kennedy, Entrepreneurs, National Center for Women & Information Technology, NCWIT Heroes 6/1/09 > Bytes: 18852679 - 6/1/09 LISTEN

686_ Letting go of space in order to create more independence and activity
Meet Dr. Sara Honn Qualls, CU TTO New Inventor of the Year, Colorado Springs. Her research interests focus on family development in later life and clinical interventions; also the development of neurological wellness and assessment tools for elderly care management. Not a moment too soon as statistics from the national insurance commission reveals that by 2012 one new baby boomer will reach age 65 every nine seconds. "As we age in our society, of course more and more of us are living longer, we are living in very long term relationships. How families navigate those changes is interesting..." and this has lead Sara to a further interest in the very robust challenges faced by families in which a member has Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. "Those families really are America's heroes. They face amazing challenges and they ante up remarkable resources and energy, and we need to figure out ways to support them." That has lead Sara to her third interest which is housing context in particular. "What do people look for when they move into a housing campus, including independent apartments or assisted living, what do they need and how can we best support them so they can actually upsize their life - letting go of space in order to create more independence and activity?" Here we have the lady working on the answers we will all need as time goes forward.
Related Links: CU TTO Channel || Sara Honn Qualls || Caring Family || Palisades at Broadmoor Park || CU TTO Awards || Keywords: Dr. Sara Honn Qualls, CU TTO New Inventor of the Year, Colorado Springs, Neurological Wellness and Assessment Tools, Elderly Care Management > Channels: CUTTO 12296989 bytes - 6/29/09 LISTEN

685_ TechStars alum joins the Entrepreneurial Toolbox Series
Emily Olson is a TechStars alum and for people who've listened to our Entrepreneurial Toolbox Interview series you've heard David Cohen talk about TechStars a wonderful program here in Boulder to help budding entrepreneurs. Emily is a cofounder, Foodzie, an online market place where you can discover and buy foods from all kinds of passionate food producers and growers. Business Week named Emily and the three cofounders some of the most promising entrepreneurs in tech. "We're growing a lot." says Emily, Right now, people want farms local to them and to have more sources for that. So that's where Foodzie is focusing, helping the growers market and the people to find what they're looking for and using the tools we've developed to do that. When asked what Emily like about technology in the food industry she had a long list of great points.. Small producers have a hard time getting into the big stores, the Internet provides unlimited shelf space without the brick and mortar; you can get to know the grower - something never possible in a store and the videos and social media bring so much more information to the buyer. There's more...
Related Links: Foodzie || NCWIT Home || NCWIT Practice || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || Find It || Keywords: Emily Olson, Foodzie, TechStars, Lucy Sanders, NCWIT, National Center for Women & Information Technology, Entrepreneurial Toolbox > Channels: NCWIT 21531797 bytes LISTEN 6/29/09 LISTEN

684_ Some say we are facing a moral as well as financial crisis
Richard Eidlin, Founder, the Progress Group, a consulting firm and Christine Marquez-Hudson, CEO/Exec. Dir. Mi Casa Resource Center were interviewed by Larry at the Mi Casa Resource Center in Denver. They were talking about collaboration while looking at the role of social entrepreneurs in the greater Denver community focusing particularly on low to moderate income people who are aspiring business people and wish to have a social mission attached to the business activity they're involved in. Christine says the mission of Mi Casa is to advance the economic success of Latino families, ("..we work with all other groups, but the Latino community is our focus") Mi Casa has been involved in business development for almost 25 years. They offer a 13 week program [in English and Spanish], that helps new and aspiring entrepreneurs start their business, including connecting with lenders. Mi Casa's interest is in helping these new entrepreneurs to think about incorporating social issues into their new businesses as well as strategies to be environmentally friendly. The Progress Group is sponsoring 'The Responsible Economy Roundtable' on July 9 at the Mi Casa Resource Center. Speakers include André Pettigrew, Executive Director, Office of Economic Development, City and County of Denver, Steve Murchie from the Keiretsu Forum and others...
Related Links: Mi Casa Resource Center || Progress Group || Responsible Economy Roundtable || Social Entrepreneurship || PodCast Directory || Keywords: Christine Marquez-Hudson, Richard Eidlin, Mi Casa Resource Center, Progress Group, Responsible Economy Roundtable, Social Entrepreneurship, Latinos, Entrepreneurs > Channels: Social Entrepreneurship 10672172 bytes LISTEN 6/29/09 LISTEN

676_ Dear Ned, I saw your blog recommending setting data center thermostats to 75°
We couldn't help but ask, "Do you really do that? And if so, how's that working out?" Ned and Trent got into a very eye-opening discussion. Ned McClain and Trent Hein, co-founders of Applied Trust Engineering have launched a new series called, "Dear Ned...I'm in over my head". Ned went onto say, "We really care about the environment - we're concerned about conservation and using the least amount of energy needed to do business in our normal ways, but overall in this economic environment we should all be concerned about saving money. Turning up the thermostat in your data center can save a lot of cost on cooling and air conditioning. This heating, ventilation, air-conditioning cost is a tremendous part of data centers. Sometimes 50% of all the energies you spend on your data centers isn't running the computers but is keeping those computers cool. We visit a lot of data centers that were built in the 70's,80's or 90's and computers built in the 70's really needed to be kept cold. But computers built in the late 90's or 2000's have a lot more tolerance for heat. So when you walk into a data center that's really cold and you see only modern hardware, there's a gap there. Those folks are probably operating with 1980's practices for keeping their data centers at 70°F or lower when in fact they could probably turn it up 5 or 10 or more degrees and save 100s or thousands of dollars each year. Then they talk about Google...
Related Links: Barking Seal Blog || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Dear Ned || Keywords: Data Center, Ned McClain, Trent Hein, Applied Trust Engineering, ATE, Barking Seal, Dear Ned > Channels: Dear Ned Bytes: 13526834 LISTEN 6/15/09 LISTEN

Silicon Flatirons Passing of the Baton Ceremony
@ Wittemeyer Courtroom, Wolf Law Building
June 16, 2009, 6:30pm
Sponsored by Communication Technology Professionals (CTP)

Please join Silicon Flatirons as we recognize Phil Weiser's service and welcome Dale Hatfield's leadership at the Passing of the Baton Ceremony. A reception will follow. Registration

674_ Feld-Weiser: One-on-One Feld on Work-Life Balance


For entrepreneurs, lawyers and other professionals, work-life balance is often a topic that individuals plan on thinking about when they have time. Phil Weiser, Professor of Law and Telecommunications engages in a discussion with Brad Feld, Managing Partner, Foundry Group, about a topic that is very elusive for many entrepreneurs. Brad said, "This topic took me 15 years, a failed first marriage, and my current wife (Amy Batchelor) almost calling it quits for me to realize that I had to figure out what 'work-life balance' meant to me." This recognition lead to Brad's commitment to a series of rules, which evolved into a set of habits that include: 1. Spend time away; 2. Life dinner; 3. Segment space; 4. Be present; 5. Meditate. Notably, Brad's view on life-work balance is not that working hard is not important; it's that "balance improves the quality/quantity of work that you can get done and you become more effective at accomplishing stuff." Listen to the entire Feld & Weiser, One-on-One on Work-Life Balance. LISTEN
Related Links: Photos || Silicon Flatirons Passing Baton Ceremony || Feld Blog || Foundry Group || Keywords: Brad Feld, Phil Weiser, Work-Life Balance, Entrepreneurs, Work-Life Balance, Amy Batchelor 6/15/09 > Bytes: 44730621 LISTEN

673_ Fabulous teachers, a keen interest in math and science lead to an IT career
Terry Morreale introduces us to yet another Woman in IT. We're talking to Professor Elizabeth Jessup, Computer Sciences Department at CU. For some, their career path is pretty straightforward. Terry asked, "How did you get to Professor in the Computer Sciences Dept at CU?" "It was a long and convoluted route. In high school I became interested in math and science, I had fabulous teachers. I went on to college where I was a math major, but I also took a lot of physics." Today she teaches numerical computing. When asked what type of research she did, Liz explained that computers in general can't represent numbers exactly. Larry was very surprised. "The first main issue is how to get the right answer on a computer. There are standards in place so you don't have to worry... but scientists do. The second issue is how to get the right answer in a reasonable amount of time. We're always interested in speeding up the process." Terry asked if Liz noticed a difference in student enrollments for computer sciences. As suspected they're down but much worse for women. "It's cyclical, but at the high point women represented 35% down to single digits today." Liz thinks working on the curriculum can help - she's had success in the past. Listen now for more insights...
Related Links: Barking Seal Blog || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Liz Jessup || w3w3.com Blog || Keywords: Elizabeth Jessup, Terry Morreale, Applied Trust Engineering, ATE, Barking Seal, CU, Computer Sciences > Channels: WiIT Bytes: 13526834 LISTEN 6/8/09 LISTEN

672_ Colorado Companies to Watch – Growing and Creating Jobs
"However many billions the federal government is pumping into the economy, one truth rings clear: It will be business that will lift the country out of the doldrums and thrust it forward into the 21st century," says Colorado Biz Magazine. Larry talked with Stephanie Steffens, who gives us an overview of an exciting new program 'Colorado Companies to Watch' recognizing second stage companies all over the state of Colorado. She said, "In addition to the gala event on the 25th of June, we're also going to recognize these companies through a year-long program called 'This Week's Company to Watch' where we spend a week highlighting that company, press releases, interviews, attention and recognition, and we will do that every week for 50 weeks. An example of one of the resources is the partnership with ACG Denver. This is about all the companies in Colorado that are growing, creating jobs, developing valuable products and services, and a lot of times creating brand new industries. These are incredible companies that make a huge impact in our state, day after day; fly under the radar, nobody knows they're there - but they're plugging away and creating a huge number of jobs. On June 25th all 50 companies will be receiving awards.
Related Links: Colorado Companies to Watch || Advance Colorado || Colorado Rising || ColoradoBiz || Keywords: Colorado Companies to Watch, Stephanie Steffens, Second Stage Companies, ACG, Colorado Biz, Awards, 6/8/09 > Bytes: 12905119 LISTEN

669_ Come See Applied Trust's Engineers and the Barking Seal Off-leash
Trent Hein and Ned McClain, co-founders of Applied Trust Engineering who also co-authored the, " LINUX Administration Handbook" (Second Edition) have launched a new series called, "Dear Ned...I'm in over my head". In this first issue they discuss the Conflicker Worm. They said, "There are new things about this worm that make it interesting and others that make it the same old game. We've had malware like viruses and worms around over the past 20 years now. In fact this past fall we celebrated the anniversary of the Morris Internet worm, one of the first major malware to spread over the Internet. Unlike viruses and worms of the past, this one is controlled by a human or group. It might have appeared that nothing happened April 1st, but if your computer is infected, your computer is controlled. What are the implications of this? Your computer data could be wiped off - erased or your computer can be controlled and used in a malicious manner. What can you do? Best practices for keeping your machine healthy, 1. Virus protection, but that's not enough. 2. Do your monthly updates and patches...listen for more. Come See Applied Trust's Engineers Off-leash! IT infrastructure engineers are a unique breed and Applied Trust's herd is no exception. Whether it's esoteric technical details about an application security vulnerability, or hints on how to squeeze a little extra performance out of your server, you'll read honest, from-the-trenches commentary on the Barking Seal blog.
Related Links: Barking Seal Blog || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Find It Page || Keywords: Dear Ned, Applied Trust Engineering, ATE, Ned McClain, Trent Hein, Conflicker Worm, Virus Protection, Malware, Barking Seal, > Channels: ATE Dear Ned Bytes: 6467503 - 6/1/09 LISTEN

It's IP TV and there are several ways for you to interact! Colorado Rising, a new media interactive TV channel, is focusing on our strengths. w3w3tv.com is mobilizing organizations in Colorado to support businesses, government and education for the good of all. Click " Live Web cast Link" below to watch and listen online. Skype in voice or video and - Chat on line. Watch and get involved....

April 27, 2009 SHOW - Watch Video Now

This is NCWIT week at the w3w3.com! April 27, 2009...
The National Center for Women and Information Technology, located right here in Boulder, Colorado, and Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-founder will be celebrating their 5th anniversary. (PRESS Release) On May 11, 2009 they will hold the NCWIT Symons Award (In Memory of Jeannette Symons) honoring Anousheh Ansari. Background here
Next is the NCWIT "Global Status of Women in Technology" event which will be held May 12-14 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Details here

658_ Social Media: You have to accept that we live in public today
Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT founding board member, along with Larry Nelson interviewed Tina Sharkey, Chairman and Global President of BabyCenter for the NCWIT Entrepreneurial Tool Box Series. Prior to joining BabyCenter, Tina was co-founder and chief community architect of iVillage.com. BabyCenter is the Web’s #1 global interactive parenting brand, reaching 78% of new and expecting moms online in the United States, and reaching 15 million parents monthly across 18 markets worldwide. When Tina was asked about the social media she replied, "I can tell you that social media is not an empire unto itself. Social media is really a facilitating and enabling platform about the tools, the services and applications that allow people to connect, communicate and share with each other. Social media is really a collection of things that enable conversations and sharing, that enable discovery. It's the media that's created by people and you have to figure out who are the people you trust and who is in your circle of friends, whose opinion do you trust?" She goes onto share some practical online insights...listen now...
Related Links: NCWIT Home || BabyCenter Home || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || NCWIT Board Reception Photos || PodCast Directory || Keywords: Tina Sharkey, BabyCenter, Lucy Sanders, Blogs, Entrepreneurs, National Center for Women & Information, Social Media, Expecting Moms, Entrepreneurial Tool Box; Channel:NCWIT Bytes= 29381070 > 5.4.09 LISTEN

660_ Colorado's Entrepreneur EcoSystem and ICT
Governor Bill Ritter was Introduced by Phil DiStefano, Provost and Interim Chancellor, CU Boulder. (Ritter is a CU Law School Alum, a 1981 graduate) The Governor addressed the topic of Entrepreneurship in Colorado. "As Governor I have this privilege of meeting really special people, and special in that they really contribute in a significant way. Brad Feld has been this remarkable presence in Colorado and as Governor, I can take advantage of having a person like Brad talk to me, help me, mentor me about this field, about ICT (Information, Communications, Technology) and about the world of entrepreneurship and his cohort in this is Phil Weiser. I lived in Africa for three years and I was a prosecutor before becoming Governor, and I used to tell folks, as a prosecutor, if someone would have said to me, "We need ubiquitous broadband", I would have arrested them, I didn't know what it meant. These guys really helped me, about this issue, make sense of this industry. Phil is really gifted in his own right as a law professor, but also about how he developed this eco system that we're a part of. We are working in this state so that we can emerge from this economic downturn in a way that is faster, stronger, that we are better positioned for the future because together we've established a strategy to get there." Ritter went onto talk about the economy and Colorado's Entrepreneur EcoSystem.
Related Links: Silicon Flatirons Center || Brad Feld Blog || Governor Ritter Website || PodCasting Directory || Keywords: Governor Bill Ritter, Brad Feld, Phil Weiser, Silicon Flatirons, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Information, Communications, Technology, ICT > Channel:Entrepreneurs Bytes= 29829854 > 5.4.09 LISTEN

659_ Putting the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Perspective
The Entrepreneurial Week hosted by Silicon Flatirons Center was a smashing success on many fronts. On Thursday session, it was kicked off by Phil Weiser, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research & Executive Director of Silicon Flatirons Center and then Brad Bernthal, Associate Clinical Professor of Law Technology Policy, Entrepreneurial Law addressed the issue of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Colorado. Brad said, "My contention is there are three notable factors which underlie these industry sectors with the drive and success or failure of the Front Range Eco System going forward. And they are these; first Creative Class, Critical Mass and third a Heavily Networked Ecosystem. The name "entrepreneurial ecosystem" suggests a place, a location in which people interact and if you are starting a company, where to locate is an important decision. Today more and more this decision is being driven by what region do you want to be in to start your company or want to work for an emerging company. The comparative strength of a region..." Listen there is much more.
Related Links: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem || Silicon Flatirons Home || Entrepreneur Channel || Find It Archives || Photos || Keywords: Brad Bernthal, Silicon Flatirons, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Phil Weiser, Creative Class, Critical Mass > Channel:Entrepreneurs Bytes= 17476548 > 5.4.09 LISTEN

656_ Everything You want to know about working with non-profits and technology
Confluence is an information technology services firm dedicated to supporting the culture, mission and budgets of the nonprofit sector, and select local government clients. Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT founding board member, along with Larry Nelson interview Lisa Rau, Chief Executive Officer of Confluence for the Entrepreneurial Tool Box series. Lisa is also on the faculty of the Center for Nonprofit Advancement's Learning and Leadership Institute. She shared some great ideas about partnerships, social networking and strategic strategy assessments. Lisa said, "Non-profits are all about building community, outreach, advocacy, education and these are all things that social networking can be very instrumental in. It's better to have one or two widgets you can work with than a whole group of them. Even with a blog, the technology is the easy part. It's the organization part where someone has to work with the blog, post it and review comments in order to make it fresh and worthwhile." Listen for more...
Related Links: NCWIT Home || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || Confluence Corp || Find It Archives || Keywords: Lisa Rau, Confluence Corporation, Non-profits, Lucy Sanders, Entrepreneurial Tool Box, Entrepreneurs, National Center for Women & Information Technology, NCWIT > Channel:NCWIT Bytes= 19066883 > 4.27.09 LISTEN

News Worthy: National Entrepreneurs Week Colorado

Photos at LifePics - More photos coming!

A week filled with important events, beginning with CU Tech Transfer and the Boulder Innovation Center: Technology Entrepreneurship Luncheon and then on to the Entrepreneurial Mash Up: Where you were immediately inducted into a Rock Band, recognized Brad Feld with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and much more fun and networking. But that was just the beginning: We had the Feld-Weiser One-on-One (video below); then Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Glenn Jones; next, Putting the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Perspective conference with keynote address by Governor Bill Ritter; the CU New Venture Challenge Finals and you can keep going this week with the April Entrepreneurs Unplugged... PHOTOS on the Events Page

649_ Association for Corporate Growth, Dever brings in fouder of Travelocity
At the 7th Annual Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference Larry sat down with Terrell (Terry) Jones, fouder of Travilosity.com to discuss success in turbulent times. Terry understands dealing with unprecedented change and what has to be done to be successful. During the interview he focused three things, 1) dealing with change and the speed of change; 2) how important innovation is and particularly in large companies. Travelocity began within American Airlines, which is a little rare, ideas don't always flourish in big companies. 3) and then he talked about building digital relationships with your customers. It's not that face-to-face is going away, but if we don't understand that digital connection with the customer, we're not going to have that customer anymore. Terry said, "Travelocity went through unprecedented change in a very short period of time. The Internet is sort of like Darwinism on steroids - everything happens so quickly. We went from 10% commission on our tickets over three years to zero from the airlines - our entire revenue stream was cut out, we had to revolutionize the company." Listen for more sage advice.
Related Links: Essential Ideas || KAYAK || ACG Denver || M&A Channel || PodCasting Directory || Keywords: Terrell Jones. Terry, Kayak, Essential Ideas, Association for Corporate Growth, Denver, ACG, Travilosity, Kayak, Change > Channel:ACG Bytes= 66166401 > 4.13.09 LISTEN

648_ Overarching concerns over privacy and how to maintain data records
Internationally there is the whole problem with harmony and privacy laws - how do we share that information properly while maintaining privacy. And when you outsource a function to another country, what impact does that have on the data they're working with? And of course, ethics is the grey area between legality and morality. But, amazingly, there are some common grounds of harmonization and we focus on the grounds of commonality and go from there. Terry Morreale, producer and director of the Women in IT Channel and senior engineer at Applied Trust talked with Betty Pierce, President, Secure Network Systems about this important issue and other concerns and solutions. "Secure Network Systems was formed here in Colorado, and it's actually been making a lot of inroads nationally with regard to certifications by different federal agencies for what's called "Phipps 201" or the convergence area. We've also worked for the transportation worker identification credential system, Maritime Port - basically the convergence of logical and physical security with identity. Then the overarching concerns over privacy and how to maintain data records so they aren't used for nefarious or incorrect purposes." Listen for more...
Related Links: Secure Network Systems || Ethics Work Group || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Find It Page || Keywords: Betty Pierce, Secure Network Systems, Terry Morreale, Applied Trust, ATE, Ethics, Privacy Laws, Information Technology Security Channel:WiIT Bytes= 16593087 > 4.13.09 LISTEN

647_ Winning partnership of a computer scientist and a cardiologist
David Allen, CU Associate Vice President for Technology Transfer said, "Collaborative cardiac imaging research with a computer scientist and a cardiologist." is what led to winning the University of Colorado's Technology Transfer 'Inventors of the Year, UC Denver' award for Drs. John Carroll and James Chen." Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States and in the State of Colorado. Among cardiovascular diseases, the only type that is increasing in number and relative percentage is heart failure. By integrating research and the training of scientists and physicians specializing in heart muscle disease and heart failure, the Institute allows a more efficient and creative approach to the training of future scientists and physicians while markedly enhancing the potential for securing program grants and the ability to integrate training program and research. Larry talked with them on a number of topics including funding and its challenges during these economic times. Their overall scientific goal is to derive a complete understanding of the molecular mechanisms responsible for the development and progression of human myocardial failure and to produce new diagnostic treatment modalities. We need more winning research like theirs.
Related Links: University of Colorado at Denver & Health Sciences Center, Div. of Cardiology || CU TTO Home Page || CUTTO Award Photos || Tech Transfer Channel || w3w3.com Blog || Keywords: Dr John Carroll, Dr James Chen, Cardiac Imaging, University of Colorado at Denver & Health Sciences Center, David Allen, CU TTO, Tech Transfer Channel:CUTTO Bytes= 11751030 > 4.13.09 LISTEN

This is NCWIT week at the w3w3.com! April 27, 2009...
The National Center for Women and Information Technology, located right here in Boulder, Colorado, and Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-founder will be celebrating their 5th anniversary. On May 11, 2009 they will hold the NCWIT Symons Award (In Memory of Jeannette Symons) honoring Anousheh Ansari. Background here
Next is the NCWIT "Global Status of Women in Technology" event which will be held May 12-14 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Details here

655_ Reaching more than 14 million women each month with blogs and more
Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT founding board member, along with Larry Nelson interviewed Elisa Camahort Page the co-founder and COO of BlogHer for the NCWIT Entrepreneurial Hero Series. BlogHer is the leading community and media network for women who blog. BlogHer reaches more than 14 million women each month via annual conferences, a Web hub, and a publishing network. She is a blogging pioneer and marketing executive with 18 years of experience in Silicon Valley. Elisa was at the vanguard of professional and business blogging. Among the seven blogs she writes are blogs with personal, professional and political focus areas. Elisa opened her own high-tech marketing consultancy, Worker Bees, after a successful career as a marketing executive in the cable broadband sector. Founded in February 2005 as a labor of love by three bloggers, BlogHer's mission is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education, community and economic empowerment...listen for more entrepreneurial ideas...
Related Links: BlogHer Home || NCWIT Home || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || w3w3® Media Network Blog || Keywords: Elisa Camahort, BlogHer, Lucy Sanders, Blogs, Entrepreneurs, National Center for Women & Information, Silicon ValleyTechnology, NCWIT Heroes > Channel:NCWIT Bytes= 28647552 > 4.27.09 LISTEN

657_ Good software comes from a collaboration between developers and designers
Rashmi Sinha is a designer, researcher and entrepreneur. She is confounder & CEO for SlideShare. Rashmi believes that good software comes from a true collaboration between developers and designers. Her background is social software & interface design. Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT founding board member, along with Larry Nelson interview her for the NCWIT Hero Series. How and why she became an entrepreneur is very interesting and many entrepreneurs will be able to relate to her story. Rashmi has a PhD in Cognitive NeuroPsychology from Brown University in 1998. After moving to UC Berkeley for a PostDoc, she fell in love with the Web, and realized that many issues that Web technologists think about are problems of human psychology. She worked on search interfaces & recommender systems. SlideShare is a great way to get your slides out there on the Web, so your ideas can be found and shared by a wide audience. Do you want to get the word out about your product or service? Do you want your slides to reach people who could not make it to your talk? Let your slides do the talking! This takes PowerPoint to a new level. Listen for more...
Related Links: http://www.slideshare.net/ SlideShare NCWIT Home || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || Rashmi's Blog || PodCasting Directory || Keywords: Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare, Lucy Sanders, PowerPoint, Entrepreneurs, National Center for Women & Information Technology, NCWIT Heroes > Channel:NCWIT Bytes= 22030213 > 4.27.09 LISTEN

653_ The reinvented web is a more social, more connected place
Lucy Sanders, CEO and Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and NCWIT founding board member, along with Larry Nelson interview Mena Trott, Co-Founder, President, Six Apart. Mena has been involved in the weblogging space since she began publishing to her own weblog, dollarshort.org, in early 2001. She speaks regularly at industry conferences. Mena can be found writing about weblogging and Six Apart at Mena's Corner. Mena pointed out, "At Six Apart, we provide the tools that have helped reinvent the web as a more social, more connected place full of distinct voices and lively conversations. In just a few years, millions of bloggers have dramatically changed the face of media, communications and society. We believe in the power of blogging, and that's why we make the most powerful and expressive platforms and services available: Movable Type, TypePad, Vox, Blogs.com and TypePad AntiSpam." Six Apart and its famous products Movable Type and TypePad helped pioneer the blog category and move blogging into the mainstream. Since 2001, it has enabled millions of individuals, media companies and enterprises to create blogs and form rich, interactive communities. Six Apart powers conversations among passionate people and leading organizations around the globe. Listen for more...
Related Links: NCWIT Home || NCWIT Blog || Heroes Channel || Six Apart || PodCasting Directory || Keywords: Mena Trott, Six Apart, Lucy Sanders, Movable Type, TypePad, Vox, Blogs, AntiSpam, Entrepreneurs, National Center for Women & Information Technology, NCWIT Heroes > Channel:NCWIT Bytes= 21183323 > 4.20.09 LISTEN

652_ Doing Business in Mexico can be very profitable...if done right
Starting a business in Mexico can easily take two plus months just to get the doors open. If you are going to start doing business in Mexico through an M&A it's a great deal trickier. Troy Braegger of Holme Roberts & Owen discussed the ins and outs with Daniel d