creative
Feb. 26, 2013 9:30 am
Betamore begins to offer tech and design classes, but some question the price tag
Are community resources beholden to a level of access associated with free events? Or is there value in higher-price events with presumably higher value? That’s a question currently bubbling over the rollout of paid education classes that are a part of the revenue plans for new Federal Hill hybrid incubator-coworking Betamore.
creative
Feb. 25, 2013 8:30 am
Help plan the second annual Baltimore Innovation Week, scheduled for Sept. 2013 [Events]
An events-heavy week this week begins tonight with the EdTech Meetup at the Digital Harbor Tech Center in Federal Hill, where students will be displaying several online publications now in the works. The second installment of the revived Refresh Baltimore series takes place Tuesday night. On Wednesday, another edition of TechBreakfast. After that, head down to the Emerging Technology Center [...]
business
Feb. 18, 2013 10:30 am
Paul Singh: Series A crunch is ‘fact,’ startups need ’12 to 18 months’ of funding [VIDEO]
It’s no secret that a Series A crunch is happening, as 500 Startups‘ partner Paul Singh reminded the audience during a presentation he gave at Betamore on Feb. 11. “The Series A crunch is a fact,” Singh said. “There are a lot of overfunded early-stage companies now.”
creative
Feb. 18, 2013 9:00 am
Harlem Shake: watch Baltimore tech community members break it down at Betamore [VIDEO]
You’re familiar with those insufferable Harlem Shake videos, yes? (Insufferable because they’re annoying, and insufferable because YOU CAN’T STOP WATCHING THEM. LIKE, EVER.) A group of Baltimore techies has made its own contribution to the dance formerly known as the Harlem Shake, and now known as some Internet thing where people just gyrate wildly to [...]
business
Feb. 13, 2013 10:00 am
Paul Singh: 500 Startups partner says ‘this decade will be the rise of the angels’ [SLIDESHOW]
Like a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt, startup founders will soon see angels all around them. “This decade will be remembered as the rise of the angels,” said Paul Singh at Betamore on Monday to a crowd of startup owners and fellow angel investors. Singh, a native of Northern Virginia and a partner in California-based 500 Startups, [...]
business
Feb. 11, 2013 8:30 am
Howard County CIO at Columbia TechBreakfast // CreateBaltimore 3 [Events]
Steel yourselves, because the second full week of February throws down. Tonight head to Betamore to hear from Paul Singh, partner with 500 Startups, on how the angel investing game is changing rapidly. Tomorrow morning is another installment of Columbia TechBreakfast, with Howard County CIO Ira Levy in the mix. Big decision to make Tuesday [...]
creative
Feb. 7, 2013 9:30 am
Help Plan Baltimore Innovation Week 2013 [EVENT]
We’re already gearing up for the second annual Baltimore Innovation Week in September, and we want you to help plan it! Come Thursday Feb. 28 evening in Federal Hill for a fun, interactive brainstorming event to think big for next fall’s chance to show off Baltimore. RSVP here.
business
Feb. 4, 2013 8:30 am
Tech Crawl returns // Inaugural Exec TechBreakfast // Looking for a co-founder? [Events]
TechBreakfast hits two milestones this week with its inaugural Northern Virginia breakfast and its first Exec TechBreakfast, where Digex founder and owner of a British naval warship, Doug Humphrey, will participate in an open Q&A session with startup owners looking for advice. Tech Crawl returns tonight, and while tickets for the crawl are sold out, [...]
business
Feb. 1, 2013 10:00 am
Uber Baltimore: on-demand car service officially launches, will be available all day Super Bowl Sunday
Uber is watching you, Baltimore. That was the clear impression communicated by the Uber “God View” map, on projected display Thursday at the startup’s lunchtime launch event at City Cafe. Really, the launch event was late to its own party: the on-demand car chauffeuring service that picks up discerning riders in sleek black vehicles thanks [...]
dev
Feb. 1, 2013 9:30 am
VineBowl.com: show your Baltimore Ravens spirit in 6-second video ‘Vines’ [VIDEO]
What happens when you combine a brain trust of Baltimore techies and the fervor of a Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl appearance? Well, someone invariably deciphers Vinepeek.com‘s API and works with a team of Ray Lewis-crazed tech professionals to create a way for fellow Baltimoreans to upload six-second videos of recorded Ravens fanfare and have them [...]
