First Utah Blogger's Conference

I'm looking forward to attending the first Utah Blogger's Conference on June 13 at the Miller Innovation Center. Among the speakers will be Phil Windley and Tim Stay, two of the more prominent bloggers in the state. The biggest draw for me, though, will be meeting and getting to know bloggers from around the state.

There will be free admission and free dinner. See you there!

Starting up? Consider an incubator

Michael Eager alerted me that the business incubator at Provo Labs is now accepting applicants. This looks like a great opportunity for entrepreneurs in Utah Valley, especially if they are BYU students because the new Provo Labs building is just across the street from campus on 9th East.

A few of the benefits include weekly training by Paul Allen, office space, web hosting services, a Blackberry phone, and networking events. The price looks very reasonable.

I'm a big believer of launching your company in an incubator. When my dad and I launched T-Splines almost two years ago, we first "incubated" with CEDO, an Orem non-profit that provides mentoring, advice, and office space to startups. (Our offices weren't at CEDO, we mainly used their mentoring services.) Following that, we "incubated" again at Zygote Media Group for a year. Being at Zygote was great for us. Our little 20 x 20 cubicle got a little cozy at times (just before we released our first product we had eight employees crammed in there). However, being able to observe the Zygote culture, see how a 3d content creation house worked, and have weekly strategy meetings with their CEO was invaluable to me.