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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

Coworking spaces are a really cool option for a lot of workers that, for whatever reason, don’t really fit in to a traditional office space like startups, telecommuters, small businesses, and especially creatives in search of collaboration. Citizen Space. Dogs are welcome in this welcoming, casual coworking environment, too.

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First (and not last) time at iOSDevCamp 2011

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

The hackathon follows a similar format of a Startup Weekend, Friday night – networking, idea pitches, some teams form, Saturday – teams done forming, hack hack hack, and Sunday - hack, submit, present your hack. Before the weekend, all the attendees can create profiles on CrowdVine.com, a social network for events.

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Best Lady Gaga concert (& tech) experience

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Earlier this month, San Jose was graced with Ms. If you go to YouTube the night of the concert (search “lady gaga san jose concert 2010″), you can re-live the concert through someone else’s lens. Tags: Social Networking Technology. Gaga’s presence two nights in a row.

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. VoiceBase - Transcription and search of voice communications (presentations, conference calls, etc.) Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bump - These guys got my vote for the Peoples Choice.

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My observations of people starting up

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

I guess that I was searching for fame and fortune, but ended up spending lots of time over theoretical ideas. Networking events happen every day of the week and are mostly in the Palo Alto/Mountain View area and San Francisco, sorry San Jose folks, you have to make the trek up north, but it’s worth it!

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

It is several thousand dollars, which is a lot of cash for a struggling entrepreneur in search of seed funding. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January.

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ProfessorVC: Don't Stop Believin'

Professor VC

According to todays San Jose Mercury , Davaran has been trying to break into the music business for the past three years and after the release of this YouTube hit, has started getting calls about new projects. The search for a world series ticket brought up some more thoughts about entrepreneurial finance. ► January. (1).