Speaking at Small Biz Tech Tour 2010 – Salt Lake City: Attend Free or 50% off
This Thursday is the Salt Lake City stop for the Small Business Technology Tour 2010. They’ve already been to Bay area, and are heading to Boston, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta next.
I’m speaking on “How Entrepreneurs Leverage Technology to Build a Successful Business” at 10:30 a.m.
Other Utah based speakers are Jesse Stay (Social Too), Brock Blake (Funding Universe), Tom Dickson (WillItBlend from Blendtec), Kelly King Anderson (Startup Princess), Jyl Pattee (Mom it Forward), and Brandt Page (Launch Sales and Marketing).
The full agenda is on the Small Business Technology Tour
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Birthdays, Aging, and Startups
Tuesday was my 36th birthday. Or as I put it in iCal as a recurring appointment (hey, I’m a forgetful person) a few years back: Greatest Day in the History of the World.
I got thinking that in a lot of ways, birthdays and the process of aging can teach us some things about startups and entrepreneurship. Here’s what I came up with:
– Time
Birthdays mark the passage of time. They signify an annual marker that combined will be your lifespan. Some lives are very long. Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997) lived to be 122 years old, and had the longest unambiguously documented lifespan (I’m 29.5% there). Some lives are cut short. But every year, without
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All I Can Jet (a.k.a. Social Networking anytime before circa 1994)
The folks at JetBlue woke up one day last year and said, stop the presses!! We’ve got an idea. Let’s sell a pass where in a typically slow time of travel, for a fixed fee, customers can fly ALL THAT THEY WANT for 30 days.
They called it the All You Can Jet (AYCJ) pass. They sold out several days early. This year, they brought it back. They’ve got quite the social engagement of people on their Facebook page for All You Can Jet.
I had some travel I needed to do for Doba in Sept; specifically, attend the Shop.org Annual Summit in Dallas and meet with some business partners in the Bay Area,
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Why I don’t give a damn about the news, and why you shouldn’t either
I do not watch, read, follow, or care about “the news”. I’m talking general news. You know, stuff on CNN or KSL 5 (local NBC affiliate).* And I’m not exaggerating. I don’t care about it. Not one little bit. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero.
Extreme News Delay
I found out about the Haiti earthquake 2 days after it happened. The oil leak in the Gulf? Like over 3 days. Mosque new Ground Zero? Couple days delay. I asked Amy what other major news stories I might have missed, and she said “like the kid that killed Natalie Holloway killed another girl in south america.” I have no idea who Natalie Holloway is, or for that matter, that sadly, she
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Back in Black
First, a 15 step explanation on the photo:
1. I love AC/DC
2. Back in Black is one of my favorite AC/DC songs/albums.
3. I haven’t blogged in a hair under 3 months.
4. Some reasons for that is I’ve been spending time on Twitter (@jeremyhanks) and FaceBook (My Profile)
5. Status updates (micro-blogging) is extremely space constrained
6. I like to talk. Verbosely. And spew my opinion. And kick off the occasional rant (Health Care Cluster *#&@ & Best Rant of All Time. Seriously.)
7. There’s an inherent conflict between #5 and #6
8. Blogging lets me type for as long as I want. AND YOU WILL READ
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Capital, Capital, Capital
This Thursday, there are 2 events in Utah about capital. One is a 6 part series about how to raise $ put on by the Utah Fund of Funds. Here are the details, the other an every other month meeting by a group called GenX Capital. Definitely both great resources if you’re an entrepreneur in Utah interesting in Fund Raising, and let’s be honest, what entrepreneur isn’t??
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We have lined up another great guest for the May 27th lunch – John Pestana. John was co-founder and executive vice-president of Omniture, which he formed with Josh James while attending BYU. John helped grow the company to its current size and also played an important part in
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The MountainWest Capital Network Deal Flow Conference: Fund, Finance, Buy or Sell
Just put details up on the LaunchUp.org site about the MountainWest Capital Network Deal Flow Conference.
I think it’ll be a great event, definitely worthwhile to go to if you see any type of fundraising in your future–which come on, let’s be honest, is like 110% of entrepreneurs, right?
Hope to see you there.
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