By Joe Recomendes, Command Partners I recently had the opportunity to attend the Everywhere Else conference in Memphis, TN to meet and learn with many promising startups from across the country – Dan Rogers of Millenium Search, LLC has outlined some of the most promising companies in attendance on his blog – but I was
Hendrix College in Conway Arkansas was bursting at the seams with young entrepreneurs and seasoned corporate executives. They’ve come together this morning to celebrate the kick off of Startup Arkansas and to Think Big Arkansas. Event organizer, Lee Watson, did a great job of bringing startup community leaders from the entire state in to Conway
While there will be hundreds of startups vying to pitch anyone with a pulse during SXSWi 2013, Hatch, the official pitch contest as part of Startup Village has announced the finalists. Each company will present a four minute business plan to a panel of corporate, angel, and venture investor judges in front of the SXSW
American Airlines is truly committed to startups and innovation. They are a corporate sponsor of Startup America and offer a huge benefit to Startup America members who sign up for their free Business ExtrAA rewards plan. American has relationships with several startup organizations and entrepreneurs across the country have noticed there efforts. In 2012 American
Tis the season to launch Startup America Partnership regions. Monday we were in Atlanta for the kickoff of Startup Georgia with Scott Case and So So Def CEO & Founder Jermaine Dupri. Now Case along with Startup Community activist, investor and author Brad Feld are preparing for Startup Arkansas’ big launch on March 1st. While
Can startups be built anywhere in the United States? That’s a question the Wall Street Journal Accelerator’s blog and the Huffington Post have recently asked. Between those two widely read publications and last weeks everywhereelse.co The Startup Conference, the answer is a resounding “Yes”. Just to reiterate that though, Atlanta’s startup community came out in
It’s hard to believe that less than a year ago Silicon Valley based PandoDaily sent a reporter to Chicago and he came back suggesting that their startup scene was sleepy. Fast forward to February 2013 and we’ve been tracking the startup communities rapid growth here. Earlier this month NBC’s Today Show reported some amazing facts
Monday afternoon in Atlanta Georgia promises to bring the largest gathering of startups in the city since 1895 when it hosted the Cotton and International Exposition. Jermaine Dupri, entrepreneur and CEO of SoSoDef Recordings, is set to keynote Startup Rally which will showcase 100 regional startups at the Biltmore Hotel. The exposition and summer internship
Here’s the complete list of incubator and accelerator programs that you can apply to using an account from angel.co (Angel List). If youu’re not familiar with Angel List, it’s one of the three things we recommend you sign up for as soon as you start your startup, the list also includes CrunchBase and Startup America.
The Kauffman Foundation, in conjunction with Bloomberg Television, will present the fourth annual State of Entrepreneurship Address on February 5, 2013. The address will be given at the historic National Press Club in downtown Washington DC, just blocks from the White House. The event takes place from noon until 2:00pm. The address will be presented
The folks at StartupRockOn have done some phenomenal things since three startups, HyperVocal, EventFarm and Fighter Interactive formed the collaborative last year. They formed the company to promote startup and entrepreneurship alongside high profile events. We attended Startup RockOn parties at the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention. Although invited, we were unfortunately
The news about everywhereelse.co The Startup Conference continues to pour out. Today we’re pleased to announce that startup aficionado and best selling author of Likeonomics, Rohit Bhargava will be speaking and appearing at the conference. Everywhereelse.co has quickly grown to be the largest startup conference in the country. With over 2000 attendee tickets sold (only
In less than four weeks the nearly 2000 entrepreneurs, investors, startup founders, designers, developers and startup resources will converge on downtown Memphis at the Memphis Convention Center for everywhereelse.co The Startup Conference. (less than 15% of the tickets sold zipcode to TN) Arrival will be on a Sunday when all the attendees and investors (over
The Startup America stage as part of Eureka Park at the International CES started off with a bang this morning. Startup America CEO and technical co-founder of Priceline.com, Scott Case got a chance to have a fireside chat with Tony Hsieh. Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos, the founder of Link Exchange and the founder
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