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• 01.22.08
  My Love Affair with TechStars: Applications Now Open Geek, Startup, Tech, TechStars, Upcoming Events, Women, entrepreneurship |

  It started innocently enough. Last summer, the cloud of mystery that shrouded the Boulder tech community prior to the arrival of the TechStars intoxicated us. We knew a group of talented tech types was slated to descend on the area at any moment but when we asked for details we were told it was Top Secret. The only way you were getting into that secret society was if you knew a gatekeeper. I desperately wanted to know a gatekeeper. I met the TechStars one by one as summer progressed. I remember meeting Josh Fraser of Eventvue ...
• 01.01.08
  So You Want to Become an Entrepreneur in 2008? 8 Tips From Japan on Becoming Your Own Boss Japan, Projects, Startup, entrepreneurship |

  Let's kick off the New Year with some helpful advice on how to develop your entrepreneurial skills. Eight lessons I picked up from doing business in Japan. Ganbatte! 1. Stand the Envelope Up If you make the decision to become an entrepreneur, be prepared to be very broke for more time than you may be comfortable with. When we opened the studio in Japan we invested all but a hundred dollars of our hard-earned cash from being English teachers to secure the space, pay all the deposits and get our licenses in place. The day I took out ...
• 12.12.07
  Women in Tech are the Hairy Armpits of the 21st Century Geek, Tech, Truth, Women |

  Walking around town yesterday, talking with a friend and fellow girl-geek, the subject of armpit hair came up. "It's like abortion," my friend says, "people are either violently for or against." We are both decidedly "for" it. I was a late bloomer, which is just a friendly way of saying 'socially inept,' all through school. My peers seemed to "understand" boys before me. They flirted voraciously on our long bus trips with the chorus or band to Florida or Virginia. Endless games of Suck and Blow went down in the back of the bus. Nobody ...

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