Hope, Heroes and Startups Articles

I'm writing portraits of startup entrepreneurs and businesses for Technorati. I got the idea after attending Tech Jobs Under The Big Top. I live in Durham part of "The Triangle" made up of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. Tech Jobs Under The Big Top showed how startups in the Triangle are booming thanks to a programs such as Launch Box Digital and the American Underground.

My first thought was to write about startups in the Triangle then I saw a Sunday roundtable with Christiane Amanpour about finding a job in the worst recession since the depression. I could swear a baton was clearly passed from old economy (represented by Mort Zuckerman) to new (represented by an English major entrepreneur). After the interview I decided to speak with startup entrepreneurs across America.

Startups are the hope of a changing American and global economy powered by founding heroes, people I thought it would be fun to meet and talk with. Use the link below to read Hope, Heroes and Startups on Technorati soon:

ScentTrail on Technorati (profile page)

Hope, Heroes and Startups - Overview (on Technorati)

Spring Metrics (on Technorati)

Social Media Marketing (on Technorati)

DailyDigital (portrait of cool new curation tool on Technorati)

Jesse Lipson's ShareFile (from Raleigh, NC)

Here is how I described the "why" of these articles to one founding entrepreneur:

• Explore what drives startup entrepreneurs
• Identify helpful processes or tools (agile developement, Basecamp, etc...)
• Share cool "crossing the chasm" scaling tips
  
• Create community by sharing war stories and identifying key startup relationships and stakeholders

Scheduled Interviews

Zack Mansfield, Square 1 Bank (startup funding vis Square Roots program)
Derick Thompson, Daily Digital (social media startup)
Chris Heivly, Launch Box Digital (startup mentor, coach and accelerator founder)
Eric Boggs, Argyle Social (Measuring Social Media Marketing)
Morgan Siem, VP Social Media at Media Two, (Interactive Marketing Agency)
Eric and Cynthia Garrison, World Trade Enterprises (Web and App developers, SEO consultants and Internet Service Providers)

Interviews I Would Like To Schedule

Lucas Fishback, PlotWatt, (web startup to help lower electric bills)
Jed Carlson, ReverbNation (web site for bands)
Justin Gehtland, ThinkRelevance (web services)
Taylor Mingos, ShoeBoxed (web app)
Joe Colopy and Chaz Felix, Bronto, (email, mobile and social marketing)
Matt Williamson, Windsor Circle, (customer segmentation software)


others?


If you are part of a cool startup please email martinsellingzoe(at)aol so we can include you in Hope, Heroes and Startups or tweet @ScentTrail or Martin Marty Smith on LinkedIn.

Thanks, Martin
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