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Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which connects highly talented and motivated web developers, business managers, graphic artists, marketing gurus, and startup enthusiasts in order to form companies from concept to launch!

Indianapolis will host its Startup Weekend Event on December 5th – 7th at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at the IUPUI campus downtown.

Panel Discussion: Why is Corporate Blogging Critical to a Company’s Success

You’ve heard so much over the past few years about the importance of web-presence and dynamic web 2.0 sites and now the latest buzz in the marketplace is blogging. The Confluence panel discussion brings together Indy’s best Blogging talent to uncover why Blogging is a critical component that needs to be prevalent in your 2009 corporate marketing initiatives.

The group of executive-level panelists will share techniques on how to start your corporate blog, how to keep your corporate blog fresh, how to enlist contributors, and how to judge the market reception and key performance indicators of a successful blog.

Great interview and simple description of cloud computing on WishTV with my friend, Brian Wolff, at BlueLock.

It’s a fascinating technology that, I believe, will eventually encompass all of the Internet. If you’d like to read a great book on the future of cloud computing, I’d recommend Nicholas Carr’s The Big Switch.

The last year that I’ve spent with Patronpath has been an incredible roller coaster ride. The company is in a tremendous growth spurt and hugely successful!

Special thanks to Doug for allowing me to guest post on his blog!

It’s not a bad thing.

Every week, for more than a year, I’ve had a reminder from 43 things to Start a Successful Business. That’s a tall order! Starting a business is one thing, making it successful is quite another.

If you’ve not bought your tickets already, be sure to get them while you can! (And for a 15% discount, use code BLOGDISC)

I’ve reduced the size of the video a little to fit in my blog, so some of the graphics look a little distorted. You can see this full video at Techpoint’s Video Magazine.

This is a video done for Techpoint by Cantaloupe to showcase the 2008 Mira Award winners. This was an incredible achievement by Patronpath and provides some great insight into what we do and why we won the award. Great video and you even see me in it for a split second.

For those of you that noticed that I disappeared off the net this weekend, I apologize for not even posting a note or two. We had a bit of a family crisis at home that took all my attention and energy. No matter how important my blog is and keeping up my online reputation, nothing is as important as family.

I am very thankful for my friends, online and offline, during these challenging times. I had quite a few emails this weekend just asking if everything is okay. (It’s not okay yet, but it will get there.)

There are quite a few blogging conferences that happen around the country each year. The value of attending a blogging conference is enormous, exposing you to search engine optimization, copy writing, blog technology and how to make your blogging experience a profitable one. That’s why many attendees pay upwards of $2,000 to attend these conferences.

You don’t need to pay $2,000, though! How does $49 sound?

I may have had a bit too much fun with iMovie on this video! This was the first meeting of the Southside Smoosier Tech Club at The Bean Cup.

Join the club over at Smaller Indiana. We’ll see you next month!

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Yesterday was a great day at The Bean Cup. Patric stopped by from Noobie, Doug Theis from Lifeline Datacenters and later in the day, Adam from Text By Request.

Here’s another email that I love to get, but usually don’t do anything with! This is the Downtown Indianapolis, Amazingly New Email.

I stay subscribed because I hope that a new design comes forth - the information to promote downtown Indianapolis is all there, but the design makes the email unreadable and unusable. Here’s why:

Looking forward to speaking with a couple good friends, including Kyle Lacy, here in Indianapolis tomorrow at a workshop: Online Social Networking for You and Your Business.

The morning will start with: Why social networks are powerful forms of communication for business and which social networks are best for your business and your goals presented by Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins.

I recognize issues with the weather and appreciate that the airlines wish to keep people safe. My 14 year old daughter is on her first trip with her class to Washington D.C. She’s been sending photos to me of the White House, the Washington Monument, the Constitution and other sites since she arrived on Sunday night.