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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

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The newest accelerator, based in New York City, is called the R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator. R/GA creates advertising and marketing products based in technology and design and has earned countless accolades over the years, including Advertising Age’s “Digital A-List” and “Agencies of the Decade.”

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Looking For A Design HackStar for Startup Revolution

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I’m starting to integrate a bunch of new stuff into the Startup Revolution site now that I’ve finished book #2: Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur. I’m looking for someone with web design chops who has experience with WordPress to work with me on some stuff.

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Take A Chance On Yourself

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This morning, the New York Times had a great article which compliments this titled An Entrepreneur Who Took A Chance on Herself. Initially I didn’t see myself as a good fit, but decided to help out in any way I could (process development, statistical analysis, survey design, business plan, etc…).

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How To Predict The Future

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I chose to use computers I owned that were designed for compactness for their time. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.) Had one plotted the trend over time, soon cities like New York were going to be buried under horse manure.

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Startup Phenomenon, November 13th-15th in Boulder

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Startup Phenomenon is designed to bring attention to these communities, from small towns to large cities, as we explore how this startup phenomenon works. And you may have seen that the New York Times recently dubbed Boulder “ Silicon Valley for Ad Agencies.”. Collins, Denver, and Colorado Springs.)

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IAP at MIT

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Muse Analytical is still in product design mode (miniature, portable, chemical analysis) and crossing the gap between tech and product vision is fun. So far it’s been really cool – I’ve spent time with all of the companies and am focusing on two of them - Thingdom and Muse Analytical.

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What Was Day 1 Like?

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The first week was spent just googling "web site design", "web site architecture" and "web server" to try to get a handle on all of the acronyms we were coming across (such as CSS, HTML PHP MYSQL, ROR, JS, AJAX). It’s one thing when you don’t know how to do something (e.g.,

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