Tag Archives: held

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

Last week at the Arizona Enterpreneurship Conference (AZEC), a panel from AZ TiE titled “Who Got Funded and Why?” talked for nearly an hour about the dynamics of starting up. Steve Swedler, Chief Product Guy at Gangplank asked finally stood [...]

Posted in Community, Gangplank, Integrum, Personal, Startups | Tagged angel funding, authority labs, date designer, funding, Gangplank, held, Integrum, simple seating, vc | 7 Comments

$50 Billion Available to Mobile Innovators (iPhone Bailout Plan?)

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Derek Neighbors

At our tech accelerator Gangplank we get pitched an idea at least once a week that attempts to solve one of two problems.

Local businesses have few effective options to advertise because direct mail, radio and newspapers are losing traction.
Existing marketers/advertisers [...]