Monthly Archives: July 2008

Social Magic

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

Last night, I gave a talk at Ignite NYC (thanks Brady for pulling it together!). Above is the video of my talk and below more detail on what I talked about: In college, I studied the concept of leadership pretty … Continue reading →

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Change the World

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

I wouldn’t call myself a PR or marketing guru, but since starting my new life as EIR at Rose Tech Ventures, it’s the skill-set our portfolio companies and friends have called me in for more than anything else. “Nate, you’re … Continue reading →

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Open Sourcing BricaBox

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

Today, I’m excited to announce that BricaBox, LLC is taking the first steps to open source the BricaBox Platform. Since I announced the end of BricaBox as a business last month, I’ve heard from a number of people that open … Continue reading →

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What do you need?

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a challenge Darren Herman posted on his blog. The title of my post, and the challenge itself, was “What would you do with 750,000 users?” Fast-forward a week, and Kevin Marshall sees my … Continue reading →

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FurtureMeme

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

It’s worth subscribing early to this new blog: FutureMeme.org — a new project by entrepreneur-extraordinaire Darren Herman — is a new community blog about, well, the future. Darren kicked things off with an about post on his blog and an … Continue reading →

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"It's about execution…"

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

You hear it every day by VCs, entrepreneurs, and strategists… “It’s not about the idea… it’s about the execution of it.” Entrepreneurs who still need to learn this lesson should look no farther than this post from Paul Graham called … Continue reading →

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Monitor110 Post Mortem

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

I’ve been increddibly deliquent in writing more BricaBox post-mortems, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t learn from others’ mistakes. Check out Roger Ehrenberg’s post-mortem for Monitor110, which was one of his first early stage investments (and a company he … Continue reading →

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Ignite NYC – 7/29/08

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

Every so often, there’s an event I have to tell you about, and Ignite NYC is one of those. Founded by Brady Forest and Bre Pettis, this event is like a traveling TED Conference. I’ve seen Ignite in San Francisco, … Continue reading →

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What would you do with 750,000 users?

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Nate Westheimer

My friend Darren Herman has issued a very interesting challenge on his website. The challenge to entrepreneurs is to solve this problem: I’d like to pose a challenge to all entrepreneurs or established companies who are looking to increase their … Continue reading →

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