RockyMountainVoices - Powered by PodTech.net

Bourquin Brothers on The Transition to New Media

Brad Baldwin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:35:52 +0000

Tim and Emile Bourquin are the founders and producers of the New Media Expo, the most popular convention for podcasters, online video creators and bloggers. The expo and 2,000+ attendees are heading to Las Vegas August 14-16, 2008. Registration is still open, but the special “early” rate ends June 30th.

Brad Baldwin connects with Tim and Emile at a Podcast Tuneup party where they were talk about adding more video and live streaming sessions at this year’s expo. They also discuss the transition of traditional media outlets that are adopting and incorporating new media into their content offerings.

Special thanks to the Podcast Tuneup team for use of their new recording studio for this podcast.

Tags: Brad Baldwin, Emile Bourquin, new media, New Media Expo, Podcast Tuneup, RockyMountainVoices, Tim Bourquin

ConnectCast: Scoble Talks About Cemaphore, Solera Raises $5M, Innovation Awards Finalists

Cydni Tetro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:01:49 +0000

Good PR gets Robert Scoble to break news for Cemaphore product. 22 Finalists named for the Utah Innovation Awards. Solera raises $5m from Canopy Group and the MWCN entrepreneur of the year for 2008 award goes to Amy Reese Andersen of Mediconnect.

Tags: Robert Scoble, Cemaphore, mediconnect, solera, utah innovations

ConnectCast - Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs and UofUtah 2nd Behind MIT

Cydni Tetro — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:08:20 +0000

Cydni Tetro and Colin Kelly discuss the key events this week, including the release of the Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs from vSpring Capital. It is a peer-nominated and peer-selected group of individuals that the community predicts will become a CTO or CEO of a high-tech company in the next five years. This is the fifth year of the program. In addition, the University of Utah was rated 2nd behind only MIT in the number of technology spin-offs based on university research. MIT had 23 and the University of Utah had 20.

Tags: Colin Kelly, Cydni Tetro, MIT, University of Utah, venture captial, vSpring

ConnectCast - Venture Debt, Facebook Applications and Reflecting on James Levoy Sorenson

Cydni Tetro — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:23:55 +0000

Some quick highlights in this weeks Connectcast include reflections about James Levoy Sorenson’s legacy includes inventing disposal surgical masks and an entire legacy of medical innovations. A quick discussion around Venture Debt options and when they should be considered - Innoventures a new company, UVEF tackles social media for young entrepreneurs and Paul Allen’s World Vital Records We’re Related Facebook app takes off.

Tags: innoventures, james levoy sorenson, venture debt