Willamette Angel Conference Coming in May, 2009

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Jason P

The Willamette Angel Conference is coming May 14, 2009. If you are a Willamette Valley company looking for some capital to get you business really moving, then consider participating in this event. Dave Hersch, the CEO of Jive Software in Portland, will be the Keynote speaker and there will be many local angel investors participating.


Interested? Well, now is the time to start thinking about your pitch, getting your business plan water tight, and getting early advice. To help you with that John Sechrest at the EDP has setup a Corvallis Business BootCamp to get new companies ready and to get founders up to speed quickly.

Hope to see you there!

Ignite Corvallis Videos!!!

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Jason P

Thanks a ton to Loyan who shot, spliced, produced, and uploaded the videos for Ignite Corvallis 1!

1. What is Ignite? – Jason Prothero, ProWorks Corporation

2. Reaching Overseas Markets - Don’t Be a Jelly-Donut! - Jeff Gardner, ViewPlus Technologies

3. Natural Building, Housing and the Environment - Shannon Dealy

4. What Motivates You to Build Stuff? - Carl Niedner, Coelo

5. Coding Style – Trevor Misfeldt, CenterSpace Software

6. How *Not* to Kill a Side Project - Paul Bausch, OrBlogs Founder

7. A Journey to Becoming a Participant in a Niche Open Source Project – Rory Plaire

8. Social Media for B2B Communities - Jerry Saveriano, Sanda

9. Why SpeakerLunch - Chris Nordyke, State Farm Insurance

10. Corvallis Renew-abled – Ravi Sinha

11. Business in a Box – Kathleen Hutchinson, The BEC

12. How to Get Out of Survival Mode – Wendy Kincade, BlueSky Morning

13. Social Media Helps You to Share Your Taste - Wookie Bae, Strands

Here's a few to check out now:



Ignite Corvallis was standing room only

Posted on November 15, 2008 by John Sechrest

Wow! The High Tech After Hours and the Ignite Corvallis went very well. The Ignite brought in more people than the room could hold. We will need to think about different venues for the next time we do it. We did 13 presentations and some of them were just hysterical. I am still chuckling about the Re-newable Corvallis talk by Ravi. It was generated a lot of conversation.

We will do a debrief next week. If you have comments good or bad, now is the time to post them.

Its Official! Corvallis is Cooler than Eugene! :P

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Jason P

I wanted to find a cool visual of the tweets for Ignite Corvallis and I stumbled across a tool that is the equivalent of a twitter DeathMatch!

Check out Twitter Spectrum and put in any 2 terms to compare.

I put in Corvallis vs. Eugene and look at all of the Corvallis related tweets! Corvallis has tags like Tech, Ignite, BeaverBarCamp, SAO Corvallis, and SpeakerLunch. Where as Eugene has tags like sitting, watching, and reading. Sounds boring to me! And the cloud on the left looks bigger doesn't it?

Alright, so maybe this doesn't prove anything, but its fun anyway.

Our First Ignite Corvallis Was Great!

Posted on by Jason P

Thanks to all those brave souls who were thrown into the fire and came out OK. Everyone did a great job! Can't wait until next time!

Flickr Slideshow
tag: ignitecorvallis


Comment here if you have any praise/comments/suggestions for future Ignites!

Ignite Corvallis is Today!

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Jason P

Come on down to Ignite Corvallis at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center @2:30pm and see all of the cool presentations!

Its going to be fun!

10 Reasons you should come to Ignite Corvallis and High Tech After Hours

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Jason P

The Corvallis High Tech After Hours is coming up on Thursday 11/13 starting at 1:00pm and going until 8:00pm. It will be held at the CH2M Alumni Center at OSU.

http://www.hightechafterhours.com/
http://www.ignitecorvallis.com/


1:00 Welcome
1:10 Open Innovation Panel
1:30 Key Note - Peter Adkinson - Hidden Games
2:30 Ignite Corvallis
3:45 Break
4:00-8:00 HTAH Expo

Top 10 Reasons to go to Ignite Corvallis and HTAH:
1) The ignite process has been very fun in Portland and Seattle, it will be the first attempt at an ignite in Corvallis

2) Peter Adkinson invented some seriously cool games and has been successful in business around those games including Magic: The Gathering and Dungeon and Dragons.

3) Get to know the people who are doing High Tech Business in the area. There are people here who are doing well.

4) Some of our interesting startups have gotten tables. We have some interesting technology companies spinning up.

5) People who are looking for jobs will likely wander by, so if you are hiring, you might want to wander by too.

6) Students can get in for free

7) Leadership Corvallis will be coming over and participating, see who is engaging in the Leadership program this year.

8) Come meet the new director of the Business Enterprise Center

9) Find out more about how startups can get funded at the Willamette Angel Conference

10) Connect with the people working on commercializing products out of OSU

Ignite Corvallis Is Set!

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Jason P

Here's the Ignite Corvallis speaking order:

1. What is Ignite? – Jason Prothero, ProWorks Corporation

2. Reaching Overseas Markets - Don’t Be a Jelly-Donut! - Jeff Gardner, ViewPlus Technologies

3. Natural Building, Housing and the Environment - Shannon Dealy

4. What Motivates You to Build Stuff? - Carl Niedner, Coelo

5. Coding Style – Trevor Misfeldt, CenterSpace Software

6. How *Not* to Kill a Side Project - Paul Bausch, OrBlogs Founder

7. A Journey to Becoming a Participant in a Niche Open Source Project – Rory Plaire

8. Social Media for B2B Communities - Jerry Saveriano, Sanda

9. Why SpeakerLunch - Chris Nordyke, State Farm Insurance

10. Corvallis Renew-abled – Ravi Sinha

11. Business in a Box – Kathleen Hutchinson, The BEC

12. How to Get Out of Survival Mode – Wendy Kincade, BlueSky Morning

13. Social Media Helps You to Share Your Taste - Wookie Bae, Strands

Hope to see you there!

Ignite Timer

Posted on by Jason P

From one of our speakers, Rory Plaire:

If you or anyone you know is interested, I wrote a Windows Mobile 5 timer which buzzes every 15 seconds starting from 5 minutes and counting down. It really helps with training to pace yourself for the Ignite! presentation

I put it up on Codeplex...

http://www.codeplex.com/IgniteTimer/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=19281

Submission Deadline Approaching Fast!

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Jason P

Just a reminder:

the deadline to submit slides is next Tuesday, Nov 4th. If you need a couple more days, we will be flexible, but try to get those in ASAP :). Submit to ignite.corvallis [AT] gmail [DOT] com

On another note:

O'Reilly has set up a cool swag site for all of the Ignites!

Ignite Community Online Store : Ignite Corvallis

Hope to see you at Ignite Corvallis and High Tech After Hours!

How to give a successfull Ignite Presentation

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Jason P

Jason Grigsby over at User First Web blog has a great post on how to give an Ignite Presentation.

Go check it out when you start to make those slides!

How to Give a Successful Ignite Presentation

Deadline Approaching Fast!

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Jason P


The deadline for Ignite Corvallis presentations is approaching fast!

November 4th is the submission deadline!

Ignite Corvallis Presentations

Posted on by Jason P

The presentations are rolling in for Ignite Corvallis.

Here are some examples of the presentations we have in so far:

"Why SpeakerLunch" - Chris Nordyke

"What motivates you to build stuff?" - Carl Niedner, Coelo

"Social Media helps you to share your Taste" - Wookie Bae, Strands

"How *Not* to Kill a Side Project" - Paul Bausch, OrBlogs Founder

"Social Media for B2B Communities" - Jerry Saveriano, Sanda

Ignite Corvallis! as part of High Tech After Hours

Posted on October 7, 2008 by John Sechrest

I hope you'll join us for Ignite Corvallis in November at High Tech After Hours.

Ignite Corvallis
Thursday, November 13th, 2:30 -3:45 pm
CH2M HILL Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (Across from Reser Stadium)

NOTE: Submission deadline for presentation proposals is Tuesday, Nov. 4th.

email proposals to ignite [DOT] corvallis [AT] gmail

Ignite is coming to Corvallis! Share burning ideas.

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers. Topics range all over the map - from straight-up tech to creative arts to hobbies to general knowledge topics. This will be the first official Ignite Corvallis and we invite you to be part of it.

We need your help to make Ignite Corvallis a fantastic event. Here's what you can do...

1) If you plan to attend, please add yourself to the Ignite Corvallis Upcoming page as an attendee. This will help us get a more accurate attendance count and plan accordingly:

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1100706/

2) Are you interested in being a presenter? Please submit you ideas! The deadline for proposal submission is Thursday, October 23rd.

email proposals to ignite [DOT] corvallis [AT] gmail

Not sure what to present? Watch some presentations from other ignites:

* Previous Ignite Events - http://ignite.oreilly.com/see_it.html
* Ignite Portland #1 Videos - http://www.igniteportland.com/watch/
* Why Deutschland Loves David Hasselhoff -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZmxxG8dDkI&feature=related
* Ignite Portland #3 Videos - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=IP3+ignite&search_type=&aq=f

We hope to see you at Ignite Corvallis!



What is Ignite?

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Loyan Roylance

The Short and Sweet (from http://ignite.oreilly.com/)

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then 100s of 5 minute talks have been given across the world. There are thriving Ignite communities in Seattle, Portland, Paris, and NYC.

What Not to Do (from http://www.igniteportland.com/teportland.com)

We want Ignite to be about promoting and sharing burning ideas. If those ideas happen to take the form of the company you work for, the startup you’re trying to get funded, or any other self-serving commercial interest, then so be it. We’re fine with it, really. But whatever you present had better be interesting, because that’s what it’s going to be judged on in people’s minds. if you’re going to market to people at Ignite Portland, you’d better be smart about it. Because if you’re not, it’s likely to blow up in your face, and end up making people hate you. Don’t say we never warned you.

Don’t do anything that’s going to get you or us in trouble. Nothing blatantly illegal (I’m not talking about “how to rip a DVD”, I’m talking about “how to make meth in your kitchen” or “how to make a car bomb”). In short, I guess the only “real” rule is “Don’t Be Stupid”. That seems to cover pretty much everything, doesn’t it?

"What is Ignite" by Jeff Silverman


Dawn Foster - What is Ignite?


Ignite Presentation in Corvallis on "What is Ignite" by Jason Prothero

Agenda & Presentations

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Ignite Corvallis 6


This page will be updated after the submission deadline with the lineup for Ignite Corvallis 6!


Directions

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Ignite Corvallis 6 is going to be held in conjunction with the Willamette Innovators' Night.

November 2015

Sponsorships

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Interested in sponsoring?  Send an email to contact@willametteinnovators.com