Boulder Brainjam review

April 17th, 2008 | by Klaus Holzapfel |

Since the event was broadcast live on Twitter all this is old news: Dave Taylor of Intuitive Systems organized the first Boulder Brainjam which took place on 4/11.
Local entrepreneurs were invited to talk about their company or what they were up to for 5 minutes. About 40 people showed up.

Observations
1. Boulder is nowhere near to silicon Valley but has a great community of forward thinking entrepreneurs - supported by a network of seasoned mentors (Techstars, Dave Taylor himself and many others) that can help young companies with their baby steps.

2. “What is your Carbon footprint?” is a question an entrepreneur should be able to answer in Boulder.

3. I faced a huge variety of people: Seasoned developers and finance experts as well as young guys with (maybe) the big Web 2.0 idea. I would encourage everyone to step out of their bubble once in a while and mingle with people they usually don’t have too much in common with. Start your own event if you can’t find one nearby.

The questions from the participants showed that people really listened to each other.

4. I expect great things from Boulder as an IT / Web 2.0 center in the future. The manpower and the spirit is there.

5. Who was all there? Here is a list of participants (not everyone listed attended).
The Brainjam was very well organized: Event T-Shirts and stickers were provided by Stickergiant and Printfection. AAA venue and great catering. Way to go Dave!

I hope to see a sequel next year..

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  1. One Response to “Boulder Brainjam review”

  2. By Dave Taylor on Apr 18, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks! Glad you had a good time and found it valuable and interesting. We’ll do some sort of follow-on soon… :-)

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