http://awesomeinc.org technology. creativity. startups. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:59:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Brian Raney Do you love the rush you get as you step from the concourse into the heart of an enormous stadium? Lexington web developer Tyler Green sure does, and he has created a new social network, Stadium Fanatic, to connect with other sports fans who feel the same. "I've ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/07/14/stadium-fanatic-launch/ By Aaron Fons There's nothing I love more than walking into a room full of important people or introducing myself to a high-level executive at a certain corporation, saying "Hi, I'm Aaron Fons" and seeing their eyes light up. Not having to explain who you are can come in extremely handy, ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/07/10/do-something-awesome-1-get-your-name-out/ By Luke Murray Okay, so this whole idea of a week of ludicrous speed business growth seems to be a bit tough for people to wrap their heads around. I feel you….that makes sense. If someone came to me and said ‘Hey Luke, I’m going get Awesome Inc to go from ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/06/07/free-awesomecamp-demo-session/ For those of you that haven’t known, I have been behind the scenes at Awesome Inc. running the social media campaign as a volunteer for nearly a year now. I did it in hopes of meeting great people and seeing tech and/or creative communities grow in Lexington. The experience has ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/06/07/passing-the-torch-taking-a-bow/ By Luke Murray We wanted to answer an inevitable question up front: What’s the deal with AwesomeCamp? Now, I’m not going to insult your intelligence by just copying and pasting the information from the page itself (you can obviously read) so I’m going to talk more about the story BEHIND AwesomeCamp and more ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/05/31/introducing-awesomecamp/ By Nick Such SXSW = South-by-Southwest. "SXSW Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/03/31/sxsw-download/ By Brian Raney One of the pictures on the break room wall at Awesome Inc is of Tom Perkins. I would speculate that most of my friends don’t know of Tom Perkins. Most of them probably don’t even know of his venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, (KPCB) which ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/03/23/rockstars/ By Brian Raney We don’t have interns at Awesome Inc. We have Team Alpha - a well oiled machine that knocks out to-do lists quicker than Muhammad Ali can knock out Sonny Liston. They tackle assignments better than Ray Lewis tackled opponents in his prime. They throw down ... http://awesomeinc.org/2010/01/19/awesome-inc-welcomes-in-the-team-alpha-spring-class-of-2010/ By Luke Murray Andy Cox manages our art gallery, fixes up our art studio, and is just an all around handyman. He is great! Andy's most recent project was to install a "Victory Bell" - an idea we got from Gray Construction - a local construction company here in ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/12/29/celebrating-victory/ By Luke Murray Winners are the ones who fail. Failures are the ones who never play. First, the best podcasts on entrepreneurship are the ones found at Stanford's Entrepreneur Corner, or e-corner (http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html). Speakers for Stanford’s Entrepreneur Seminar Series include such high profile people as Carly Fiorina (former HP CEO), Steve Balmer ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/12/18/how-to-get-people-to-fail-more/ By Matt McGarvey That's right...six new innovation-driven Kentucky companies started by lunch. Not a bad morning’s work. Ten additional entrepreneurs signed-up for vouchers to start their company within the next 90 days. This was the outcome of a Start-up Slam held in Lexington on Friday, November 20th at ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/12/09/1490/ By Brian Raney ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/11/17/startup-weekend-lexington-09/ By Nick Such Inventors, idea people, and entrepreneurs converged in Lexington this evening for the 5th annual Inventors Conference hosted by the Central Kentucky Inventors Council (CKIC.org). The team from Awesome Labs stopped by to talk ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/10/16/climate-of-awesomeness/ By Luke Murray Awesome Inc. is headed down to Nashville's Barcamp.  "BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event."  I'm ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/10/15/nashville-barcamp-09/ By Luke Murray On Tuesday I went up to Cincinnati for one of the first Cincy Coworks day of coworking.  I realized the strength and ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/10/02/a-day-at-cincy-coworks/ By Luke Murray ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/09/27/start-a-business-with-100-people-in-3-days/ By Luke Murray For three days every year, some of the most brilliant innovators in the world converge in Louisville, KY to attend The Idea Festival - a TED-esque conference that comes in the form of a series of lectures and performances by leaders in all areas of left and/or right-brained ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/09/27/the-idea-festival-what-its-actually-about/ by Luke Murray Last Saturday Awesome Labs had their first ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/09/21/lessons-from-the-first-invention-saturday/ by Luke Murray Dear Members of the Hi Tech, Creative, and Entrepreneurial Communities of Columbus, I visited your fine city a couple weeks ago in order to attend an Innovation Series Event put on by Ben & Sandy Blanquera about Local iPhone and Mobile Innovation & Development .  I'm planning on bringing ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/09/02/a-letter-to-the-people-of-columbus-oh/ by Nathan Fort Last Wednesday, Awesome Inc attended the second Forge Lexington event at Silvacola Farm, hosted by Lyle Hannah and his wife. For those who are not familiar with Forge Lexington, it is a networking event designed to bring together investors and entrepreneurs in the Lexington area. The Silvacola Farm provided ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/09/02/business-in-the-bluegrass/