“Would you, could you, spit in a tube?I would not, could not, spit in a tube.”- Guy Kawasaki (paraphrased) I just finished reading Guy’s summary of the 23andme Spit Party. It sounded interesting, and kinda gross, at the same time. I guess alcohol has no impact on DNA mapping… If you don’t already know about [...]
Florida Venture Blog
by Dan Rua…just a VC, living vicariously thru entrepreneurs…
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Nov 27
An Inventor’s Quick-Start Guide to Patenting Your Invention
I always like those Quick-Start Guides you get with a new computer or software. I learn what I need from one or two pages, and rarely ever read the full instruction manual — I learn best by doing. This Guest Post follows the same principle. Inventor, Mona Singh, has learned by doing with over 50 [...]
Nov 20
Florida Statewide Business Plan Competition
Last week I had the pleasure of judging the Sunshine State Venture Challenge — Florida’s only statewide business plan competition. There were two tracks of presenters: Limited Investment and Investment Intensive (my track). Like last year, the event was well-run and a value to participants and judges alike. Among many I enjoyed meeting, it was [...]
Nov 10
That Just Happened — SocialSpark that is…
“What does that do, does that blow your mind? That just happened!” ~ Ricky Bobby That is IZEA‘s announcement today of SocialSpark.com (codenamed Argus) — the future of online advertising. Ricky Bobby’s quote to Jean Girard kept running through my head as I watched Ted and Pete demo the world’s first advertiser social network, complete [...]
Nov 07
Vegas Map for BlogWorld, PostieCon and BloggersChoiceAwards
While planning my IZEA trip to BlogWorld/PostieCon I created a map of key locations such as the Hard Rock, Las Vegas Convention Center, Tao, Bellagio and others. The current zoom level allows you to see all the points of interest, but it’s more fun when you zoom in — for example, check out how clearly [...]
