Okay, for a lot of you this is probably old news. But since everyone else was making the announcement I figured that I’d better say something on my site.
TechBoise is a community driven site for the Boise tech scene.
Around the first of the year I had this crazy idea that Boise needed a site that brought together all of the various tech activity in the valley. While pitching my idea to a small group of new media types Sarah volunteered to help build the site using WordPress. So I went to Yahoo! and bought the domain for $1.99 (if you’ve never used Yahoo! before they discount your first purchase) and we’ve been working out the details ever since.
People keep asking me why I’m doing this. I am passionate about tech, small business start ups and Boise. And since I am a tech start up in Boise it seemed like a good fit. That and I didn’t have enough to do.
I believe that Boise has a two year window of opportunity to build a thriving tech community here or not only will we loose out to other city’s but we’ll loose the tech companies we do have. So while BVEP does their thing and the local government does nothing, I figured for $1.99 and some time and effort I could see what I could do to make a difference.
The other question people ask me is how am I measuring success. That ones easier to answer: If we have a thriving tech community here in two years, then I’ve done my part. For me that is the only measure of success.
So head over to the site, check it out, leave a comment or submit a letter.
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