What I Learned at Start Up Weekend
Last weekend, most of the Roundpeg team participated in Indianapolis’s third Start-Up Weekend. The goal of the weekend was for teams tor go from concept to business launch within the 54 hour event. At the end of the weekend, each team presented their new venture to a board of judges, with the winning team moving on to a global start-up competition. More than anything, I feel like the weekend was a learning experience. A few of the lessons I took away from Start-Up Weekend: 1. Passion is infectious – The best part of Start-Up Weekend was how excited participants became about their...
read moreLet's Put Indy on the Tech Map!
This weekend, we were privileged to be a part of Startup Weekend here in Indianapolis. Startup Weekend is a global movement where aspiring entrepreneurs spend an intense 54 hours creating a business from scratch. Here in Indianapolis, 60 dedicated Hoosiers launched seven new companies with products ranging from a scientific database to a portable laptop desk. StatsSquared, a tool that helps track Twitter ROI across multiple accounts, has advanced to Round One of the Global Startup Battle. Our Hoosier team will duke it out against 15 other teams from Beirut to Boston. We need your...
read moreLet’s Put Indy on the Tech Map!
This weekend, we were privileged to be a part of Startup Weekend here in Indianapolis. Startup Weekend is a global movement where aspiring entrepreneurs spend an intense 54 hours creating a business from scratch. Here in Indianapolis, 60 dedicated Hoosiers launched seven new companies with products ranging from a scientific database to a portable laptop desk. StatsSquared, a tool that helps track Twitter ROI across multiple accounts, has advanced to Round One of the Global Startup Battle. Our Hoosier team will duke it out against 15 other teams from Beirut to Boston. We need your...
read moreHalf Baked Ideas are the Ingredients to Success
When I first started Roundpeg, I wanted to focus much of my efforts on teaching managers how to improve their results with a bit of creative thinking. One of my favorite techniques was kicking off serious brainstorm sessions with something very silly. The purpose? To get people talking, feeling comfortable sharing ideas and taking risks. We used this type of technique as a kick off to the activities at StartUp Weekend. Before we started the serious pitches and product concepts we held what is known as the “Half Baked Pitch Session” The idea is simple, each team was given two...
read moreMeet Jennifer Riley Simone
Our new intern, Jennifer brings a unique background to Roundpeg Surfing the web for companies on the cutting edge of small business development, social media, marketing and a fun atmosphere to boot, I came across Roundpeg. Poking around the services offered, the blog posts, the team photos, and Roundpeg Radio, I knew I needed to meet these people. For the past year plus, I have been working part-time with a small manufacturing company in Connecticut, helping them grow their web sales and niche marketing efforts, as well as creating a marketing plan that will guide their next five years of...
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