http://innovationbreakfast.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:24:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our weekly Innovation Breakfast discussions are far-flung.  But no matter what the topic du jour is , it is interesting to "take the temperature" of the group.  The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is designed to measure consumer confidence, defined as "the degree of optimism on the state of the ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/entrepreneurship/breakfast-discussion-appetite-for-uncertainty This is a continuing report from the weekly Innovation Breakfast.  Once again, conversations ended up touching on funding (among other things.)  One of the reasons we started the Funding Friday (#ff$) conversations on Twitter... This morning's conversation at Innovation Breakfast touched on information sources:  where do you get your information?  In ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/where-do-you-find-funding-info We started off the day thinking about bootstrapping.  The early conversations at Innovation Breakfast were about bootstrapping but we were quickly sidetracked with conversations about individual entrepreneurial ventures.  (This is a great group to get feedback from if you are working on the early stages of a project.) However, before the ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/entrepreneurship/breakfast-discussion-funding-while-working Every week we have some fascinating conversations at Innovation Breakfast.  We do introductions, and get to know you and your company but the far-ranging discussions on the industry are among the most compelling reasons to come out to Waltham for coffee on Friday mornings.  In keeping ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovation/breakfast-discussion-funding-flexibility For the last several weeks, we've been meeting with small groups at the Cafe on the Common in Waltham for Friday morning chats and to see what connections we can make for folks.  There's been a continuing theme:  money...it makes the world go round and sometimes, just a little bit ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/the-funding-friday-concept You always try to go out with a bang...and, boy, did we ever.  Bill Warner's talk on "Startups from the Heart" was fantastic!  (Videos are below the break.)  And well received by our largest crowd so far.  (Yes, we opened up "ticket sales" quite a bit beyond the usual small ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/the-last-innovation-breakfast-and-the-first Our May 21, 2010 Innovation Breakfast will feature TechStars mentor and serial entrepreneur, Bill Warner.  Bill will be discussing how to “Build Your Startup From the Heart.”   Much of the advice that entrepreneurs get regards how to "follow their head."  How to make logical decisions about their business.  This month's ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/bill-warner-building-startups-from-the-heart Bringing in Rachel Happe from the Community Roundtable was a sure thing.  Note only have I seen Rachel speak several times (and she's always taught me something new) but the regular lunch time get-togethers hosted by Community Roundtable generally provoke some of the more interesting conversations I am involved in. Like ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/april-breakfast-notes Our April Innovation Breakfast is scheduled for Friday, April 16 at 8:30 am at the IBM Innovation Center, 404 Wyman Street in Waltham.  We'll be talking about Community Management and our discussion leader is Rachel Happe of The Community Roundtable, a peer network for community managers and social media practitioners.  ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/april-innovation-breakfast-community-management Much thanks to the British Consulate and the UK Trade and Investment group who came to our rescue with a site for our March event.   We could have taken up their lovely space all day with the fascinating discussion kicked off by Nick Goggans from Conversion Associates. We loaded up our ... http://innovationbreakfast.com/innovative-events/march-innovation-breakfast-the-future-of-publishing