What’s Your KRED?
SoftLayer loves startups. The culture, the energy, the potential … It’s all good stuff. As you may remember from my 3 Bars 3 Questions interview and our Teens in Tech profile, one of the ways we...
View ArticleStartup Series: Tech Wildcatters
Tech Wildcatters is a mentor-driven technology startup accelerator led by entrepreneurs in the Dallas area. The 12-week “boot camp” runs every spring and fall, providing experience and exposure to the...
View ArticleStartup Series: Distil
As you may have read in one of my previous posts, SoftLayer partners with various startup accelerator programs around the world. This gives us the incredible opportunity to get up close and personal...
View ArticleMassChallenge = Massive Opportunity
What would you do if your business received $50,000-$100,000 with no strings attached and no equity given up? Spend it to market to new customers? Invest in your infrastructure to scale your...
View ArticleTechStars Cloud @ SoftLayer – DAL05 Data Center Tour
Last week was HUGE for the inaugural class of companies in the TechStars Cloud accelerator in San Antonio. The program’s three-month term concluded with “Demo Day” on Wednesday where all of the...
View ArticleMeet Catalyst, SoftLayer’s Startup Incubator Program
catalyst [kat-l-ist] noun – A person or thing that precipitates an event or change. also SoftLayer’s killer startup incubator program. It’s official, Catalyst has launched on the SoftLayer website:...
View ArticleStartup Series: Dudepins
The Catalyst startup incubator has been running at full-throttle for a while now, and I’ve been blown away by the killer startups that have joined the program. The best part of my job is meeting...
View ArticleA Catalyst for Success: MODX Cloud
SoftLayer has a passion for social media, online gaming and mobile application developers. We were in “startup mode” just a few years ago, so we know how much work it takes to transform ideas into a...
View ArticleCommunity Development: Catalysing European Startups
SoftLayer works hard and plays hard. A few weeks ago, I traveled to Dallas for the first “Global Catalyst Summit”* where the community development teams in Europe, Asia and the United States all came...
View ArticleShould My Startup Join an Accelerator/Incubator Program?
As part of my role at SoftLayer, I have the opportunity and privilege to mentor numerous entrepreneurs and startup teams when they partner with us through our Catalyst program. One question I hear...
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