Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN) • Hacker News Board

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

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Post by gtracy » Thu, Apr 22, 2010, 3:14 AM UTC

Madison has many parallels with Boulder but not necessarily in the realm of nurturing tech startups. So there is a lot to learn. Bring me to Boulder for the week, and I'll soak it all in and bring it back to Madison.

Hopefully, in a year or so, I'll have an opportunity to reciprocate.

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

#12

Post by samratjp » Thu, Apr 22, 2010, 4:17 AM UTC

I am graduating from college (with awesome student loans of course :-) I want to work for a startup in not just a tech hub, but a place with a high quality of life. Of course, I want to start my own startup and have been keeping an eye on the Boulder area culture - it'd be nice to see the action and the people in person so I can invest my limited resources wisely.

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

#13

Post by mkramlich » Thu, Apr 22, 2010, 6:38 AM UTC

It's a great week to see Boulder too. The weather should be awesome. Sunny, and amazing view of the mountains. Lots of hiking and climbing opportunities. -- from a guy who lives about 20 minutes away, went to school at CU-Boulder and visits Boulder regularly.

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

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Post by tbrooks » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 3:06 AM UTC

I would enter but it would force me to choose between Startup Week and my honeymoon :(

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

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Post by jacquesm » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 10:11 AM UTC

apsurd wrote: post #8

Hello, Jade here, just finished watching the "Never mind the Valley..." video. Pretty motivating - I've always respected the Threadless story. I am Jade, 24, from L.A. California. I've never been out of the country and have only been to Vegas, Tempe, Arizona, and most recently San Fransisco for startup school I opted out of going to college because I didn't agree with the "go to school to get a good job and be foreve…

You got my vote because I sincerely believe you deserve a break, it's not a sob story but it definitely sounds like someone trying very hard and learning from their mistakes.

Best of luck to you, hope you make it out there.

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

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Post by jasonsosa » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 1:43 PM UTC

I will be flying into Boulder from Grand Rapids, MI. Look forward to meeting everyone and checking out the city.

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

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Post by chrisjohnston » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 8:21 PM UTC

I'm a marketing guy not a dev guy. I went back to college at 38 to study Internet Marketing and get a degree to verify much of what I've learned on my own the last 5 years(Hurricane Katrina changed my life direction radically, in a good way). I want to partner with a dev guy and create a great startup but there just aren't that many here in my hometown, New Orleans.

I've seen so many good ideas languish because no one knew how to market them. Its a shame too because it is incredibly cheap today(in money, not time) to mount a great campaign to get your product seen. I hope that I can go to Boulder Startup Week, network with bright developers, and find someone to partner and build a company with.

This would also be the best way for me to convince my wife to consider moving to Boulder.

Re: Boulder Startup Week May 4-8 (free airplane tickets to HN)

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Post by linktylr » Sat, Apr 24, 2010, 12:22 AM UTC

Because Boulder Startup Week is the poor man's SXSW and after leaving my job in September to go freelance and doing my taxes in April, I just realized that I'm a poor man.