The Entrepreneur’s Organization of Oklahoma
I recently joined the Board of Directors of my local state chapter of an international non-profit called the Entrepreneur’s Organization, or EO.
Patriotism in the Tech Venture
We were short a software engineer for most of today, but for the most fortunate of reasons: Originally from Shanghai, our developer spent a lot of the day in front of a judge becoming a citizen!
Launch of GeoIntelis.com!
At the beginning of March 2011, the company that I run full-time, R7 Solutions, launched our new Web 2.0 mapping and workflow service: GeoIntelis.com! Here is the announcement blog post on the GeoIntelis.com website. Since then, we’ve announced a slew of new data packages for
Quick Mini-Reviews: TweetDeck, Wink, CamStudio, VCOrganizer, DriveImage XML
You certainly get your money’s worth at TechVentureGeek! Here are 5 product mini-reviews in the space of a single post – and most of them are freeware! First, we’ve switched over to TweetDeck for our tweeting. As speculated previously, HootSuite came up with a monetization
Exploration of the Inevitable: “Sentiment Mining”
Sitting here, listening to “Der Kommissar” and thinking about the future. I haven’t had time to blog recently, with the birth of our second child, but I’m just going to dive back in with an “Exploration of the Inevitable” First up, automated sentiment trading. Precipitated
I’m back… and it’s a girl…
I had some difficulty keeping up with my posting schedule this summer after the birth of our second daughter, Ella, but autumn is here and it is back to school time at TechVentureGeek! We’ve been very busy at R7 Solutions launching new services this quarter,
Oklahoma’s Human Capital: Why it is a Problem and Why it Matters
I usually write about general venture development and tech start-up topics, but this topic is really important to me, so I’m going hyper-local today. Most of the time, I’m in Oklahoma or Texas, where my companies are based. I grew up in Oklahoma City, born
Honoring Those Who Serve and Sacrifice with Help Starting A Business
Earlier this year, I posted a tweet about a dinner I was attending as a volunteer mentor to the Veteran’s Entrepreneur Program. There were several inquiries after my tweet, and I promised to tell you more. So today, Memorial Day, I wanted to mention this
Review: Intervals for Project Management and Time Accounting
At R7 Solutions, in addition to GeoRoom, GeoIntelis (and soon to be announced GeoDomis), a good percentage of what we do is to provide professional services. We provide software engineering, business process design and strategic IT consulting. Just like any professional services firm, that means
Blog Roundup: The best I’ve heard… Clean up that hairball before you try to sell it to somebody else!
Excellent post on some of the pitfalls that entrepreneurs run into when raising funds for their startup after their A Round of investment: Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First (He’s got a gross photo to kick off his