Return on Community: Zappos, Tony Hsieh and the Downtown Project

Last week, I spent three days in Las Vegas in a partial immersion into the world of Zappos and Tony Hsieh. I took the requisite tour of the Zappos facility and felt the dedication of the Zappos team, hung out in Tony’s apartment, and heard him present a vision for The…

Building the Entrepreneur Community in Boulder, Take 2

Boulder has a thriving entrepreneur community and now an EO Forum (Entrepreneur Organization) affectionately called Sector 7G. I can speak from personal experience in saying that EO has been essential in my development as an entrepreneur and I honestly don’t foresee myself leaving it. Given the success of the first…

Principles to Run the Company

As a follow-up to the Imulus DNA we extended and redefined our “Imulus Principles.” It’s been great to have this as a standard to make decisions from. For us, this has given us clarity and in the spirit of open source I hope others borrow…

Start with Why: Imulus DNA

Based on Simon Sinek’s book “Start With Why” and the concept of the Golden Circle we have approached how we look at Imulus and our strategy to move forward in a new and more meaningful way. This concept is founded on…

Happy 10th Birthday Imulus

10 years ago today John, Scott and I made Imulus a reality.

This wasn’t a spur of the moment decision, but rather the culmination of the dotcom collapse and the closing of the Refinery Interactive office in Boulder. We learned many lessons from Refinery that we subsumed and adapted into Imulus. The…

Here’s $100 for Saying No to Us

My job is to find the best matched clients for Imulus. Contrary to what most people believe, good salesmen aren’t all about the mighty dollar. Sure there are some who will sell their souls to score a big project, but that’s not me or the company I represent. We invest significant…

Boulder’s New Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Forum

Back in the Spring of 2012 I was looking for more guidance on how to better run and grow Imulus. Being an entrepreneur sometimes feels like you are on an island.

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) was created for entrepreneurs to…

Wednesdays Are for Getting Shit Done

We love and appreciate Time. It’s truly a non-renewable resource.

As we’ve grown, so have our distractions. Those distractions are usually innocent encounters or questions that are easier to discuss in person than email. In the last few months the whole office has felt a bit less productive, so we…

Whiteboard Alternative – The Bamboo Board

UPDATE: We’re launching this as a Kickstarter Project on 9/10/12 under a company called Draft.

I love the idea of whiteboards but their aesthetic has much to be desired. When we moved into…

How’s This for Startup Culture?

The good people at Applied Trust created this wonderful illustration of the Boulder Startup Community. This is a great place to live, work and start a business. We’re proud to be here.