Pittsburgh

Wawadoo Wants To Make Sure You Know What to Do

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ March 18, 2011 / Leave a comment

This post was originally created for Startup Pittsburgh, for posts like this one from me and other authors, check it out. Last week Tim, the CEO of Wawadoo made time to have a drink with me. I had met his co-founder, Chris at open coffee club last week and was...
Bubble Free Burgh?

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ March 16, 2011 / 1 Comment

I traded a couple tweets with Mike Capsambelis (@mikecaps) several weeks ago and it got me thinking about the bubble in tech investing. The Pittsburgh startup scene is one of the fastest growing tech startup scenes around, for the full year of 2010 the VC dollars in our system were...
It’s Social Media, Startups and Pittsburgh in a top 10 List

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ March 2, 2011 / 1 Comment

I blog about Startups and Social Media in Pittsburgh, so when I found out this morning that a social media startup made a top 10 list that included Pittsburgh, I was done looking for todays blog post! I mean, WHAT does Pittsburgh like looking at more than top 10 lists? ...
When We Say Silicon Valley is Different

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 16, 2011 / Leave a comment

I have spoken before about Pittsburgh and other regions should not try to compare themselves to Silicon Valley. Well, as part of my morning reading, I found the picture above from PWC’s MoneyTree and it really screams my argument. The numbers are for Q4 and show that the entire mid-west...
New College Graduates in an Entrepreneurial Community

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 10, 2011 / 1 Comment

I have twice referred to Brad Feld and the work he’s done (and lessons he’s recorded) on building entrepreneurial communities. Well, a couple of weeks ago he made another relevant post. This one was about how to incorporate college graduates in to your community. In my opinion the most relevant...
Some News Around Accelerators

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 9, 2011 / 1 Comment

One of the more interesting phenomenon in the startup world right now is accelerators. The concept, funding extremely early startups and assisting them as they grow, is not a new one at all but the recent growth of them is crazy. I’m having a hard time deciding whether I think...
Taking a Day…

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 4, 2011 / Leave a comment

I’m taking the day off of blogging so that I can knock some things out (fortunately Brent Johnson already took care of Rick DiPietro for me) before the day wraps up. Like many Pittsburghers, I don’t want any work hanging over me this weekend.
Ideas Worth Hundreds, Maybe Even Thousands of Dollars

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 2, 2011 / Leave a comment

I have built my career working and playing with technology concepts that can change large parts of the world. Concepts like the one behind my current company, or the ones I write about (FourSquare, Facebook, LivingSocial, GroupOn, etc…) all have the possibility to be worth millions. Not all great ideas...
The PG Continues to Impress Me

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 26, 2011 / Leave a comment

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is a newspaper and newspapers in their current form aren’t going to last too much longer. Even the New York Times now has more Twitter followers then subscribers. That means that if you love the Post-Gazette like I do, you should be encouraged not enraged by their...
Looking at Brad Feld’s Advice Again

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 15, 2011 / 4 Comments

I wrote a post in October about a little speech Brad Feld gave about how to build an entrepreneurial community. He went on to expand his thoughts in an article for the publication Private Equity Hub (and then reproduced it on his own blog). In the expanded thoughts he breaks...