February’s Refresh: How Do You Run a Creative Services Business?

by Kevin Lawver on January 27, 2012

We have a speaker for February! Erik Reagan from Focus Lab is going to share some of the secrets he’s discovered in the three years his been running his company with Bill Kenney. I think this is a perfect compliment (…)

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Startup 101: The Slides

by Kevin Lawver on January 18, 2012

Thank you to everyone who came out last night to hear Marcus speak, and especially Marcus for speaking! Marcus sent me his slides, and has said we can share them, so go get ‘em (minus the videos)! We’ll be keeping (…)

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Startup 101: January’s Refresh

by Kevin Lawver on January 5, 2012

Happy New Year! Refresh this month will be a doozy. Brady Cannon from TAG got us a speaker all the way from Atlanta! Marcus Crockett, the CEO of Squidbid is going to give a presentation called Startup 101: 10 Important (…)

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Discussion: What Makes a Connected City?

by Kevin Lawver on December 21, 2011

Thank you to everyone who came out to Refresh last night! The turnout was more than we could have hoped for and I loved how everyone participated. I thought the discussion was really great and we came up with some (…)

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A Special December Refresh: What Makes a Technology-Enabled City?

by Kevin Lawver on December 6, 2011

We didn’t have Refresh last month, but we’re going to do something special this month on the 20th! The Creative Coast is helping the City of Savannah figure out what we need to do to become a real tech powerhouse (…)

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No Refresh This Month

by Kevin Lawver on November 14, 2011

Due to a bunch of different things, we’re not doing Refresh this month, but, we are going to have a meeting early in December. It’s going to be epic so don’t miss it. As soon as I have the date (…)

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Geekend’s Hackathon – Still Looking for Teams!

by Kevin Lawver on October 31, 2011

I just got word from Jake that there are still a few spots open for teams for the Geekend Hackathon. What’s a hackathon? Well, if you’d shown up for October’s Refresh, you’d know (not that I’m bitter about it or (…)

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October’s Refresh: Hackathon 101

by Kevin Lawver on September 22, 2011

Geekend is coming up in November, and this year, they’ve added the Hackathon! Having participated in my fair share of these things before, I thought it would be fun to do a Hackathon Bootcamp in October to give the locals (…)

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Let’s Get Learning!

by Kevin Lawver on August 20, 2011

It’s already clear that most jobs now require some computer skills and that employers are already having a hard time filling those positions, and in the future they’ll probably require at least basic programming skills (even if that means being (…)

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