Jet Blue Tickets
Dinners at restaurants like Taste, The Larchmont Bungalow and The Griddle
Improv Classes from Improv Olympic
Post Production Classes from Video Symphony
Art Work by Jeremy Corbell
At the end of the month, I’ll be locked in a room for 54 hours, participating as a mentor and adviser for LA Start Up Weekend. I definitely feel honored and inspired to be among the great thought leaders and creators who will be leading the project development teams. I even got a new head shot! Everyone’s welcomed to attend. Details below…
Mark your calendars for April 30th – May 2nd, and get ready for an even bigger and better Startup Weekend.
Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, ‘out of the box’ thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in Boulder, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, Boston, DC and more.
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.
The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours. Sound intense? It is.
Tickets will go on sale 3/21, and there are only 75 spots, so buy your tickets early!
Be sure to follow the Twitter Hashtag #LASW
Money is a big part of fulfilling big ideas but nowadays it’s even harder than ever to come by. Luckily, Pepsi can help! While choosing to skip the $3 million Super Bowl ad for the first time in 23 years, they have set aside many more millions for the Pepsi Refresh Project. Every month, Pepsi is accepting 1,000 ideas in areas of Health, Arts & Culture, Food & Shelter, The Planet, Neighborhoods and Education. Regular folks like you and me, businesses of all sizes and non-profits are all welcome to submit. With grants from $5,000-$250,000 are awarded to up to 32 ideas, what’s there to lose?
Good on Pepsi for embracing digital, not to mention giving people a chance to make positive changes in their communities. Most of the Super Bowl ads this year lacked the pizzazz of years past anyhow. BTW, who still watches commercials? Even my mom skips them and she doesn’t even know what a DVR is. But I digress.
Have a light bulb moment today? You should head over to RefreshEverything.com to submit your idea or check out the leaders in each category and vote for your favorites. If you want to see how some of the past winners are doing, head over to the blog and read some of the grantee stories. There’s a really great one about a Twitter based app that allows young volunteers to measure and share their impact based on geo location. For more info on this $25,000 grant recipient, go to myImpact.org.
