awefulBrown Goes To AZ Startup Week February 2016

This is the first post of the first podcast.
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This episode is about my experience at AZ Startup Week, the new and old acquaintances I met at the events, and the wisdom they blessed me with.

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Music fades in. Anthony's script Hello listeners and welcome to the first AwesomeWebStore podcast hosted by your Humble Narrator, awefulBrown.
The goal is to document my journey. Share the blessings of lessons learned, wisdom shared, and encouraging stories and words to help you show grit and ingenuity through your journey and with the challenges you face. I hope you do the same with me and for others you encounter. On this journey I'll be working on becoming a professional developer, creating The Elementary MBA, monetizing the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription so that it pays for itself, and becoming the better me. Every podcast will have two files. The first file will have the links, contact info for the people and firms encountered, and info they shared with me. The second file will include that info delivered in story form and much longer.
Here we go.
Greg Head’s The 7 Lessons to Grow Up Your Startup in Arizona. Here they are: 1. Solve A Problem 2. Find A Problem 3. Focus 4. Sell or Die 5. Be A Fanatic About The Important Things 6. Get Great Help 7. Manage Your Head Game 8. It's Hard His current mission is: To Help 10,000 entrepreneurs And Small Business owners create a better business and a better life. You may sign-up for local free workshops & Mentoring Opportunities @ GregHead.com/azworkshops Darryl Keeton of Black Diamond Business Solutions: Don’t try to create something that already exists. Use what exists. If it doesn’t exist, find talent that’s passionate about your cause and allow them to make it. Don’t waste time learning how to make it.
Mario Martinez; Angel Investor: if you’re into EdTech (Education Technology) checkout Picmonic and Sokikom Games S-O-K-I-K-O-M Games
Jake from I’m Tipsy: You may use Facebook API to obtain the demographic info on any brand/page/group on Facebook and then target more users like that on Facebook. ---
Hello listeners and welcome to the first AwesomeWebStore podcast hosted by your Humble Narrator, awefulBrown.
The goal is to document my journey. Share the blessings of lessons learned, wisdom shared, and encouraging stories and words to help you show grit and ingenuity through your journey and with the challenges you face. I hope you do the same with me and for others you encounter. On this journey I'll be working on becoming a professional developer, creating The Elementary MBA, monetizing the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription so that it pays for itself, and becoming the better me. Every podcast will have two files. The first file will have the links, contact info for the people and firms encountered, and info they shared with me. The second file will include that info delivered in story form and much longer.
Here we go.
I'll discuss my experience at the closing ceremonies at Phoenix Startup Week in this episode. Startup Week is much different than Startup Weekend. I participated in Startup Weekend in November of 2015. It was a learning experience. I want to thank The Elementary MBA Team, the original members and those that were there after we were politely asked to split into smaller teams. Including RezTech, Preetham & Phyo. It's the only team to leave the weekend with a product. The rest had ideas or business plans at best. Lots of great ideas. It was good to learn how the competitions actually work. I went into it thinking that you pitch what you produce that weekend. You pitch to win! I should've known better. The future. But first the recent past. Startup Week is a week of workshops and networking for those audacious enough to attempt to create a startup. What's a startup? A startup is a company that plans to grow very quickly. That's my understanding of a startup. I gathered that from my interactions with those in the community and from what I experience in the world. Therefore every new business isn't a startup and shouldn't aim to be a startup. You should research it yourself. It might not be the right path/journey for you. By the way, a startup doesn't have to be a NEW company or idea. The key is growth. What did I experience at the few events that I attended at Startup Week? First I'll tell you which events I attended. I attended the closing talk by Greg Head. The former Chief Marketing Officer of Infusionsoft. My former employer. A company...