Memphis has been chosen to host a “startup weekend” in late May. The word has been hot around Memphis the last couple of weeks concerning this event. Startup Weekend is a 3 day event where local entrepreneurs get together and launch a company.
Topics: Startups

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Mercury Launchpad just launched here in Memphis a couple weeks ago. They aim to make it a little easier for micro-startups to get going.They are a venture of Mercury Tech Labs. I was invited to their launch party and wrote a little about it on my...
Topics: Startups

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Startups fail at an alarmingly high rate. Not just tech startups, but new businesses of all kinds. The logical response to any risky strategy is to balance the risk through diversification… but does that apply to startups too? If your business...
Topics: Strategy

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I recently had the chance to interview Tim Courtney of Silicon Prairie Social. It’s an interesting idea and Tim seems to be having lots of success with it. The Q&A is below.1. How did Silicon Prairie originate? Where did the idea come...
Topics: Midwest

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I recently had the chance to interview David Armstrong, found of BounceBase, a portal for searching everything on the web. He had some good replies to my questions about starting a business outside of silicon valley. 1. How did Bouncebase get started,.
Topics: Startups

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