http://awesomeinc.org technology. creativity. startups. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:24:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Brian Raney We don’t have interns at Awesome Inc. We have team alpha - a well oiled machine that knocks out todo lists quicker than Muhammad Ali can knock out Sonny Liston. They tackle assignments better than Ray Lewis tackled opponents in his prime. ... 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/ by tim savage Launching a brand is just like taking a leap of faith. No matter how much time you spend talking about how great it is going to be and the benefits for every one in the world, the brand still has to launch. I attend a church locally where ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/08/22/jump-off/ The Awesome Inc iPhone app released to the app store on August 19th. Search keyword "awesomeinc" and download it for free. The app features: - news/blog feed - calendar of events - Awesomecast - Registration for the Awesome Community - sign up now to get details on what this will be in the future. *** ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/08/20/awesome-inc-iphone-app-released/ by Brian Raney Last week several members of Team Awesome traveled to Boulder, Co to visit Techstars. For the unfamiliar, Techstars is a mentor-ship driven summer-long program in Boulder and Boston for entrepreneurs to accelerate their business. They select about 20 companies from all over the nation to participate in the ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/08/14/awesome-inc-visits-techstars/ Prosper Media Group created a wrap-up video for the Mobile Conference from July 18. It's a great video, so check it out! http://awesomeinc.org/2009/08/05/awesome-inc-mobile-miniconference-video/ Thanks to all attendees, speakers, and volunteers. The conference was a huge success. View pictures from the event. If you attended the conference, please fill out our six question post-conference survey here. Press Releases: Ace Weekly - Techs in Lex Fuel Your Apps - 9 Reasons To Attend an App Conference Fuel ... http://awesomeinc.org/2009/07/21/awesome-inc-mobile-miniconference-its-a-wrap/ What's Next in Lex? On June 25th Awesome Inc hosted the second Nextington event.  Nextington 2 featured presentations from the Kentucky Space Program, the 2010 Alltech FEI Equestrian Games, and the Legacy Trail. http://awesomeinc.org/2009/06/27/nextingon-2/ Jason Falls, founder of Social Media Club Louisville, has posted a video walkthrough of Awesome Inc.  Thanks a bunch for coming by Jason.  We were glad to have you. Here's the link to the article: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/04/07/building-community-for-startups-is-awesome-inc/ And the video: http://awesomeinc.org/2009/06/06/jason-falls-social-media-explorer/