Author Archives: Ryan

Earthprotect.com Launches Enhanced Website

July 21, 2010 – 11:31 am

After achieving over 10 million page views in an eight months time, environmental advocacy website Earthprotect.com proved its content relevant to environmentally concerned users. The site’s leadership team then turned its focus towards the visitor experience. The recent relaunch of the site in May aims to provide a more user-friendly experience along with [...]

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DuckDuck Deal Plans Boulder Treasure Hunt

July 16, 2010 – 12:03 pm

Since its launch in April, Boulder-based DuckDuck Deal has provided a way for local businesses to communicate deals, promotions and specials to users in the Boulder area. Through DuckDuck’s iPhone App and the web, users can view real-time deals from bars, restaurants, and stores in their immediate vicinity. With nearly 80 businesses signed up, [...]

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Tweety Got Back: Twitter Backgrounds Installed in a Single Click

July 12, 2010 – 4:09 pm

Twitter, the popular micro-blogging site, became a sensation in no small part due to its famous limitation: a user must encapsulate every post (or ‘tweet’) into 140 characters. While this constraint applies to everyone, one feature that is highly customizable is the background of a user’s Twitter page. The founders of Tweety Got Back have [...]

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July New Tech Meetup – Boulder

July 9, 2010 – 2:14 pm

There were plenty of laughs, some in depth question and answer, and a few somber moments as July’s New Tech meetup deviated from the usual format in favor of giving the stage to local non-profit groups that were searching for technical help. Although the format was different, attendance did not suffer as the courtroom [...]

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Silicon Flatirons Event Discusses Colorado Telecommuncations History

July 5, 2010 – 6:10 pm

Silicon Flatirons convened an event that focused on the history of Telecommunications in Colorado, but perhaps because of the setting which the event was held, the special summer edition of Entrepreneurs Unplugged turned into a little bit of a University of Colorado love fest amongst the six member panel. The event deviated from [...]

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Girls in Tech 303 Hosts Inaugural Event

June 21, 2010 – 9:28 am

The inaugural Girls in Tech 303 summit took place last Saturday with a focus on leadership and mentoring amongst women in the Boulder technology community.  Girls in Tech is a national organization with local branches across the country. The Boulder/Denver chapter was started back in February by Kate Brown, Managing Director. Saturday’s summit featured two [...]

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June Green Tech Meetup Recap

June 13, 2010 – 8:40 am

June’s Green Tech Meetup began with the usual call for announcements which featured several groups looking to hire. The near capacity crowd in the auditorium, as well as anyone watching online via a live streaming feed, watched three groups present this week:
Commercialization & Deployment Center: Allison Wise, a strategist from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory [...]

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June New Tech Boulder Recap

June 3, 2010 – 9:27 am

This month’s New Tech Meetup in Boulder featured five presenters as well as an interesting product review by the crew at One Button Life. Of the 350 people in attendance, about a third self-identified as newcomers to New Tech Meetup. Continuing in the vein of informal audience interaction, Robert Reich, founder of New Tech Boulder, [...]

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