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First Graduate

TheCodeFactory is excited to announce we have our first graduate. Ian Capstick and MediaStyle have grown from a single desk on the 2nd floor to a full office and studio on the 4th floor with plans to continue growing. We wish Ian, Travis, Sara, David and all the rest of the team much success as they leave the warm confines of our incubator and venture into a bigger space. Best wishes and much success moving forward. That said we have two new offices coming available in January. The former MediaStyle offices are pretty funky space with lots of natural...

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Economic Winter is coming…

How to prepare? As winter comes there are two groups of start-ups or as I like to call it “Ants and Grasshoppers” (This references Aesop’s Fables “The Ant and The Grasshopper”). An ant is a start-up that is working hard on a business model that delivers real revenue. A grasshopper is a start-up looking to build something cool perhaps community with monetization somewhere in the future. Cool ideas can turn into something valuable, just look at Twitter? My advice – Be the ant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper In economic winter cash is where the calories are. Sooo number one thing is to...

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Collaboration saying and doing…

…there is a difference. Collaboration is perhaps one of the most difficult words in the English language. The word is easy to pronounce or say, however, incredibly difficult to live by. Many people like to say collaboration but very few actually REALLY understand what the word means and live by the spirit and intent. True collaboration involves IMHO first and identifying the stakeholders, working to align interests and then collaboratively engaging stakeholders to create shared value. This approach is truly collaborative and benefits the entire ecosystem. Sounds simple but is actually very difficult because few make the effort. The...

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