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A running perspective on Florida's growing tech and venture community, with an occasional detour to the Southeast/national scene, venture capital FAQs and maybe a gadget or two....
Recent Posts Tagged With 'gainesville'
Gainesville is Titletown: Back-to-Back National Champs -- AGAIN!
Just in time for ESPN's Titletown contest, Gainesville just landed another back-to-back national title to go along with it's back-to-back NCAA basketball titles, multiple NCAA football titles and reigning Heisman Trophy Winner, Tim Tebow. Gainesvill...
Don't Tase Me Bro
I was going to let the whole Andrew Meyer tasing brouhaha skip this blog (even though I'm broadcasting from ground zero), but one shining example of crowdsourced capitalism caught my attention. If you don't already know about CafePress, you should c...
AxoGen: First Human Nerve Graft Implant
AxoGen, a recent neighbor from GTEC and a company Inflexion came very close to funding, recently announced a significant milestone: the first human nerve graft implant (not autograft, taken from another part of the body). I'll leave the teaser quote...
GUT II - Even Bigger than Last Time
If you thought GUT I was big, wait until you see GUT II.Gainesville Underground Technology II is bulging this Thursday, July 26th, 5-8pm. Location is UF, CSE E221.I am keynoting with a short bit on launching fundable companies, but more importantly,...
Economic Gardening: Grow Your Own
I just completed reading Alison Trinidad's coverage of Jacksonville's "Economic Gardening" in the Florida Times-Union. Although the topic is second nature for venture hotspots, the call to "grow your own" is getting louder across the rest of the cou...
GUT: Gainesville Underground Technology
Steve/Colin: you guys can relax now. GUT was a success, big success, like "I can't wait for GUT 2" success.For those of you who weren't there Wednesday night, the guys behind Orangeply pulled together a great unconference in Gainesville -- for the un...
