Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Upcoming entrepreneur, small biz, networking and social media meetups

Tech Networking, Coworking, General interest

For entrepreneurs and small business - All presented by the Dublin Entrepreneur Center


Focus on Social Media


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Open position(s) - Links to over 500+ tech jobs in Central Ohio - updated 2.9.10

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Roundtable Discussions – Best Trends for Using Social Media for Business

Hosted by Sandy Blanquera and the Social Media Sig Team members (Tom Williams, Jason Velliquette, Christy Williams) at the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center.

Using social media in business can help your marketing campaigns, as long as you know what you are doing. Since each social platform is unique in its features and opportunities, we have created a chance to come together and share best practices and practical tips.

Our roundtable discussions will highlight technical questions and tips, strategy suggestions, methods for tracking, monitoring and more. Each table will be facilitated by either a committee member or a guest facilitator so that all can share. Joining us as guest facilitators for the day are social and web experts: Cheryl Harrison, Nate Riggs, Julia Kinslow & Andrew Spott with the following topics:

  • Making Facebook Work for Business – Christy Williams
  • Growing business through LinkedIn - Nate Riggs
  • Twitterlicious - Cheryl Harrison
  • Blogs - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – Tom Williams
  • The Net worth of growing your network – Jason Velliquette
  • Stop talking @them. Engage! - Andrew Spott
  • Teetering between social and traditional marketing – Julia Kinslow

Attendance is limited to the first 70 registrants. We will close registration on March 2nd at 5pm. If the event is sold out, you may still register to be placed on a wait list. In the event that an opening becomes available, you will be contacted via email. Exact cash or check accepted at the door.

Date: March 3, 2010
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Where: The DEC (Dublin Entrepreneurial Center),
7003 Post Rd., 4th floor
Dublin, 43016

Directions and a map can be found here.

Click here to register.

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COSI - Sweet Science - Feb 11

Tempt your taste buds with the Sweet Science of Chocolate at COSI's after hours adult-only party on February 11th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Indulge your chocolate dreams with decadent candies and sinful chocolate drinks. Learn from the best chocolatiers in Columbus. Sample sugary concoctions, and learn the science behind the cocoa bean. If you're looking for a night out with your girlfriends, or a special evening with your Valentine, you won't want to miss Sweet Science at COSI. The chocolate martinis are flowing!
Register by February 4th, and you'll be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to the Spaghetti Warehouse or The Elevator restaurant.
Science demonstrations and samples provided by: Anthony Thomas, Pure Imagination, and Abbott Labs.
Stop by Spaghetti Warehouse or The Elevator restaurant on February 11th before coming to COSI's Sweet Science event, and mention COSI to receive $10 off your dinner bill.
And, February 11th is also COSI's Parent's Night Out - parents go out (or enjoy Sweet Science at COSI) while kids ages 5-14 learn about Valentine's Day science, have dinner, and make chocolate at COSI! COSI Members pay $25 for first child ($15 each additional child) and non-Members pay $35 for first child ($20 each additional child.)
Register by calling 614-228-2674, or purchase tickets online by clicking the "more info" link below.

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Monday, February 8, 2010

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR at Safelite AutoGlass. Voted one of the Best Places to Work in 2008 and 2009! We are growing!

Responsible for designing, building, and supporting the hardware and software on which to run the application jobs and services that support Safelite's day-to-day business operations.
Installs, supports, and maintains processor and storage hardware, operating systems, and system support software. Supports server and storage configurations, operating system management, security, and hardware/operating system performance. Provides technical support to applications development and other IT support teams.

This is the second level of a multi-level career development class series. Work assignments enable incumbents to obtain the experience required for advancement to Systems Administrator III and Senior.

Knowledge is required on the following subjects as appropriate to the support role:
•HW – Mainframe, RISC or Intel Servers, Disk Arrays, SANs or Tape Libraries;
•OS – MVS, AIX or Windows;
•System Support SW – VTAM, CICS, MQ, Exchange, Active Directory, SQL Server, Tape Mgmt, SAN Mgmt, Scripting, C++, Java, .Net

Bachelors degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems, engineering, or other related field preferred.
Two to four years experience with one or more of the following products:
•HW – Mainframe, RISC or Intel Servers, Disk Arrays, SANs or Tape Libraries;
•OS – MVS, AIX or Windows;
•System Support SW – VTAM, CICS, MQ, Exchange, Active Directory, SQL Server, Tape Mgmt, SAN Mgmt, Scripting, C++, Java, .Net Multi-site, call center, or other related IT experience helpful.

Apply online: https://www6.ultirecruit.com/BEL1001/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*3A1564121F9A615E
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Upcoming TechLife technical meetups

Technical Professional Development
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This weeks Business Builders speaker - David Bianconi

This Week: David Bianconi - Progressive Medical

Tuesday @ 7:30PM in Scott Labs Room #040


Mr. Bianconi drew on his experience overseeing several businesses and his entrepreneurial spirit to start Progressive Medical in 1986. Initially a provider of electromedical and other durable medical equipment, Progressive Medical has continually expanded its portfolio of services under Mr. Bianconi's leadership. As Progressive Medical continues to grow, Mr. Bianconi will continue to provide the vision and leadership that Progressive Medical has become known for. He also will work closely with clients to ensure that Progressive Medical continues to develop innovative services that help them meet their objectives.
Mr. Bianconi is an active member of his community and in the industry. A sampling of his volunteer efforts includes serving on the Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees, on the Advisory Board to TechColumbus as well as a Board position for Kids Chance Ohio.. He has been honored with several awards noting his compassionate, integrity-driven business practices, most notably ranking in Business First Fast 50 for each of the past 14 years.
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Columbus’ Newest Startup TiXiT Offering Great Event Discounts

by Michele Savoldi on February 8, 2010 · source: Greatest City of All







20100204 TiXiT Logo - BigInterview with TiXiT CEO, Mike Figliuolo
I had the pleasure of talking with Mike Figliuolo about Columbus’ newest company. As you read the interview I am sure you will agree this is another exciting venture for Columbus, Ohio and you’ll want to check out TiXiT!
Michele: So who is TiXiT and what do you guys do?
Mike: TiXiT is a Columbus-based company that offers event promoters (sports, music, theatre, etc.) an intelligent system for discounting and selling tickets that would otherwise go unsold.  We love the idea of negotiating discounts directly with venues and passing those along to consumers.
Michele: Where did the idea come from?
Mike: This is a classic “start-up started in a Starbucks” company.  I was having coffee with Dave Cherry (TiXiT’s founder) one day and he told me about this idea he had for a ticketing discounting company.  I’ve been involved in start-ups for several years and when Dave mentioned it, my eyes lit up.

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Vision Quest - Jumping off corporate - a friend's story

This is a great story of a childhood friend who jumped off the corporate bridge 10 years ago and hasn't looked back...What are you doing to follow your dreams?



Ten years ago, as a footloose bachelor of 35, David Simchock clocked out of the corporate world and set out on a journey that would turn his life upside down. With a nest egg of savings, he left his suit-and-tie job as a manager for a large power company in England, where he’d resided for five years, and set out to scratch a long-festering itch to travel. He had no itinerary but had a mission to create a meaningful experience. So off he went, to Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Chile, Thailand, Laos, Nepal. After a year of traveling, he says, “I wanted to keep going.” And go he did — across about 25 countries on five continents over the course of three years. He would learn to speak Spanish in Ecuador. He would journey up the Amazon for eight days aboard a stranger’s aluminum boat. He would serve as a toastmaster at a New Zealand wedding. And he would spend a month motorcycling from France to Italy, with a detour along the way to attend the San Fermín festival and watch participants run with the bulls in Pamplona. “You can live on $10 a day in some of these countries,” he says. “If you drink beer, it gets a little more expensive.”

When it was over, when at last he returned to his native New Jersey, Simchock would take the lessons he’d learned from three years on the road and parlay them into a successful new career — one he could do in his own back yard.

Simchock, now 45, stands in the finished basement of his studio in Pennington that serves as the headquarters for his photography business, Vagabond Vistas (vagabondvistas.com). The venture is a direct result of his wanderlust. When he started traveling, he carried a Nikon F80 (later upgraded to a Nikon D700 digital SLR) to capture thousands of images: unsmiling elderly men in Peru, laughing children in Vietnam, street scenes in Krakow and Kathmandu. Everywhere he went he would show his work, and the response was always the same: “These are really good. You should do something with this.” Do something with this. He agreed, but do what?

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COSI puts university research on display

COLUMBUS - Two moms pushing strollers watch as a woman named Beth has a full body scan done just a few feet away at an unlikely venue: the Center of Science and Industry, a downtown museum known as a hands-on discovery mecca for kids.

There's more to see behind the glass walls of a lab at the museum: a machine that assesses body mass and composition and an assembly of fitness equipment including a treadmill, stationary bike and a Nintendo Wii.

In what's believed to be the country's first working research lab inside a science museum, researchers at Ohio State University seek to teach the public about nutrition and exercise and expose both adults and youngsters to work that was previously done behind university walls.

The newly opened "Labs in Life" brings that Ohio State research into the open at COSI.

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Support COSI and check out COSI's Imagination Celebration on March 13 - click here to see

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GroundWork Group News

John Hrusovsky, CEO of GroundWork group, will be participating on a panel discussion at the Clark Schaefer Hackett conference, “Serving the Common Good. The Case for Not-for-Profit Convergence” on Wednesday, March 3. The panel features executives and board members who have engaged in various collaborative and convergent models and will discuss their experiences.

Please click here for registration information.

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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Shout outs, out and about, open positions


...A big shout out to all the winners of last week's Innovation Awards - click here to see the list of winners - http://bit.ly/dqmJsf ...special shout out to 2x winner ..Exacter Inc...

...Interested in what's next in mobile? - check out MobileX Columbus - http://bit.ly/94Fsgk - on March 4 - attendance will be capped register early

....Big shout out to Luke Barbara and the team at the Business Builders Club for putting on a national class event last Friday - Alleviating Poverty through Entrepreneurship - they're great representatives of the talent , passion ,and potential our college youth possess

...Live in the Easton area check out - 2/10 - TechLife AfterHours - Easton - http://bit.ly/9VlNPQ on Feb 10 at Fado's

...Live in the Polaris area check out - 2/24 - TechLife AfterHours - Polaris - http://bit.ly/cP7x7b

...Looking for a job? - 2/25 - Nationwide Development Center Open House -Needed: J2EE Developers and Requirement & Testing - http://bit.ly/bnlRWX

...Multiple openings at Motorists - click here for link to search



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Bootstrapping Startups For the Win

By Brian Link

Here in Columbus there have been a few Internet startups, and each entrepreneur if you asked them would tell you that getting started is the hardest part. Many people think they have a great idea, maybe even have written it down and dreamed of turning it into something big. But taking those first few steps of talking to other people, committing your own money, finding a team to help build it and figuring out how to tell the world about it is where you need great strategy (and some luck).
One strategy, if you’re lucky enough, is to borrow a million bucks from your rich uncle. You might also find an angel investor or venture capitalist and beat the one in a million odds and get funded before you have a product or revenue. The much more likely scenario and the smartest strategy is much more difficult, if you can pull it off. It’s called bootstrapping.

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Microsoft to Offer U.S. Scientists Free Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com

Microsoft to Offer U.S. Scientists Free Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com

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Friday, February 5, 2010

And the winners are: TechColumbus Innovation Awards






Last night the technology community was out in full force to celebrate innovation ,entrepreneurship, and excellence. Kudos to the TechColumbus team and all the volunteers for putting a incredible event.

Share in the experience by checking out the twitter stream - click here and visiting the TechColumbus facebook page.

Congratulations to the winners!!!
  • High School Innovation Award Winners: Alburuj Rahman and M. J. Yatsko.
  • Outstanding Service Innovation Award (fewer than 50 employees) - Exacter, Inc. - www.exacterinc.com
  • Outstanding Service Innovation Award (50 or more employees) - Progressive Medical - www.progressive-medical.com. - (Ben's note - Woohoo - this is the company that I'm part of - a special shout out to our founder Dave Bianconi and all the team members at Progressive Medical)
  • Outstanding Product Award (50 or more employees) - Veeam Software. - www.veeam.com
  • Executive of the Year Award (less than 50 employees) - Alan Arman, CEO of 3X Systems. - www.3x.com
  • Outstanding Woman in Technology Award - Cheryl Herbert, President of Dublin Methodist Hospital-OhioHealth. - www.ohiohealth.com
  • Inventor of the Year - Joseph Heremans-OH Eminent Scholar Nano-tech, Prof of Mechanical Engineering, Prof of Physics, OSU
  • Outstanding Technology Team Innovation Award - Mettler Toledo Weigh-In Motion Project Team. - www.mt.com
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