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Karl McCollester avatar

Karl McCollester900 pts

Cofounder of GovPossible PBC
Just watched the Techstars Miami director present on fundraising; some good notes in a notion document from him here: https://deciduous-run-c40.notion.site/Hacking-Fundraising-Close-faster-84803d027f2e414a93ba1a0f51509a95
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Jeff Siler avatar

Jeff Siler410 pts

Owner & Founder at Interactive Display Systems, Inc.
Morning all!

Our Mobile Interactive Kiosk - MIK - is complete! Praise God!!!

We will have it on display at the Lexington Chamber's Lexpo event tomorrow evening, and would love for y'all to come out and see MIK.. There will be about 80 vendors besides us there.

https://www.lexingtonsc.org/chamber-event/business-lexpo-2022

I am putting together marketing materials, and have a page of MIK info linked below.

Hope to see you there.

I will also have MIK out front at Tech Beans this Wednesday, if you can't come out tomorrow evening.

ids.cloud-screen.com

MIK Publication
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Delano Palmer avatar
Delano Palmer
Congratulations!! that is awesome
Jen Roberson avatar

Jen Roberson740 pts

I create confidence in others and tell their stories!
Our Kickstarter page is ready to launch (after Easter) who wants a sneak peek?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wanderingwagon/1282366513?ref=dp8drp&token=de98b4cc

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Jeff Siler avatar

Jeff Siler410 pts

Owner & Founder at Interactive Display Systems, Inc.
It might be a great thing to do one Tech Beans meeting is to have one of you Ramen Life studs/studettes give us a demo of the site and what all can be done.

It's kind of follow your nose with the menu stuff on the left, but it's always nice to be given an overview and point out great features, etc.

I'm trying to figure out how to search for my previous posts, etc.

Hep me hep me.

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Jeff Siler avatar

Jeff Siler410 pts

Owner & Founder at Interactive Display Systems, Inc.
Tech Beans showcasing page suggestions

Hello all. Giving a bit more intel on my ask/give this morning. Here's a sample page of our Cloud Screen™ software containing web page/YouTube list/slideshow/etc.

https://ids.cloud-screen.com/Publication/kioskDemo/

I want to put something together to showcase what's happening in our eco system with pix of our successes, videos, logos, etc. - a nice pic for today's pitch etc. I want content from y'all to promote yourselves, and be able top show off what I can do.

Is there a way to for members to add stuff to a folder on here of content (pix, logos, videos), URLs, etc.? Trying to think of the easiest way to get stuff from y'all.

I'm going to bring The SHOW CASE™ next week with a humble draft page cobbled together. Attached is a photo of The SHOW CASE™ so you can see what I mean, with a sample page on the screen.

Thanks in advance!
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Gore Bolton avatar
Gore Bolton
Feel free to grab our site or any sub pages !!
https://landintelligence.net/
Thank you !!
Jeff Siler avatar
Jeff Siler
Hey Gore, not sure what voodoo needs changed on your site, but I can't embed it in a Cloud Screen™ page as is. I can grab pix or logo no problew. Would love to have yours as an embed to put extra stuff with.
Julie Tuttle
Julie Tuttle

Julie Tuttle260 pts

Partner at Styx Companies
Hello Friends and Founders!

We would love to get all of your feedback in on the Community Pledge this week, with the goal of presenting the final Pledge next Wednesday, March 16th, at Tech Beans. Please review and send over feedback to myself, Nell Fuller, and/or Thaddeus Jones Jr. by Friday, March 11th. We will combine notes, implement, and get it all finalized! Excited for the future and moving on to the next big thing! See below for the latest draft.

DRAFT (v5)
The Community Pledge
The Columbia innovation community is an inclusive destination for innovators of all races, genders, ethnicities, educational attainment, and experiences.  We, the members of the Columbia innovation community, believe that great founders build great companies, that great companies build great communities, and that great communities support all innovators.
Through our words and actions, the Columbia innovation community will help foster a greater Columbia, one which is a thriving and equitable economy for all.
To support my community, I pledge that:
  • I will put the needs of the community first and make decisions based on what would be best for the community.
  • I will intentionally engage in positive collaboration among all ecosystem actors, and act from a place of abundance rather than engaging in a zero-sum-game.
  • I will nurture community projects with the aim of building a thriving startup community.
  • I will help foster the next generation of entrepreneurs and community leaders.
  • I will adopt a #givefirst mentality without an expectation of getting anything in return.
  • I will elevate underrepresented voices to leadership roles.
  • I will do what I say I am going to do.
  • I will connect individuals asking for help with my network, when possible, with as little curation or filters as reasonable.
  • I reject the idea of gatekeepers and will work to ensure everyone in the community is treated as an equal with equitable access to resources and opportunity.
  • I will publicly support this pledge and encourage others in the community to do so as well.
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Gore Bolton avatar
Gore Bolton
this is my favorite list of 10 things from Investors Business Daily - https://www.investors.com/
IBD’S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS

Investor’s Business Daily has spent years analyzing leaders and successful people in all walks of life. Most have 10 traits that, when combined, can turn dreams into reality. Each day, we highlight one.

1 HOW YOU THINK IS EVERYTHING: Always be positive. Think success, not failure. Beware of a negative environment.

2 DECIDE UPON YOUR TRUE DREAMS AND GOALS: Write down your specific goals and develop a plan to reach them.

3 TAKE ACTION: Goals are nothing without action. Don’t be afraid to get started. Just do it.

4 NEVER STOP LEARNING: Go back to school or read books. Get training and acquire skills.

5 BE PERSISTENT AND WORK HARD: Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Never give up.

6 LEARN TO ANALYZE DETAILS: Get all the facts, all the input. Learn from your mistakes.

7 FOCUS YOUR TIME AND MONEY: Don’t let other people or things distract you.

8 DON’T BE AFRAID TO INNOVATE; BE DIFFERENT: Following the herd is a sure way to mediocrity.

9 DEAL AND COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY: No person is an island. Learn to understand and motivate others.

10 BE HONEST AND DEPENDABLE; TAKE RESPONSIBILITY: Otherwise, Nos. 1-9 won’t matter.
Nell Fuller avatar
Nell Fuller
This is great! Thank you for sharing!
Gore Bolton avatar

Gore Bolton900 pts

Doctor Land
Kudos to the work that the Soda City Marketing Mastermind is doing to help with marketing best practices. This week we added a page for top marketing tech tools and started updating hashtags in the community. Pro tip to everyone from the SCMM - use the same handle on all SOCIAL profiles !! Get yours to us to include in the mastermind. You can join our wiki style reference page on notion here -

www.notion.so

Notion – The wiki tool for Soda City Marketing Mastermind
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Jeff Siler avatar

Jeff Siler410 pts

Owner & Founder at Interactive Display Systems, Inc.
Microsft Teams - has anyone done any development work with embedding a Teams video meeting into a web page?

Trying to do some leg work to put together scope for my developers. Thansk!
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Thaddeus Jones Jr. avatar
Thaddeus Jones Jr.
Are you able to download the video assets as a stand alone video?
Jeff Spencer avatar

Jeff Spencer900 pts

Cofounder of Playfora
***UPDATE***
121 squares purchased!
Roughly $600 donation.
VIEW YOUR SQUARES HERE: https://www.runyourpool.com/public/nfl/squares/standings.cfm?league_id=201194&check=5B075583F540C8A8C0195F7056C00C00&grid=1




We're a loooooong way off from hitting our goal of a $1000 dollar donation.

Please ask at least one other person if they want a chance to win up to $500 while benneffiting a good cause. (Benedict's Entrepreneuership program)

$10 per square
Venmo: @playfora1 (0300)
Write "TechBeans" in the note

Thank you to Joe Q Wade Caughman Daniel Andrews Tim Hess Chris Heivly Richard Burts Jeff Siler Tony Perricelli Ronnie McKnight Karl McCollester Julie Tuttle for purchasing squares!

Super Bowl Squares is random. Here's a video on how it works https://youtu.be/EM0Oi5rOH5E
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Jeff Siler avatar
Jeff Siler
Hey Jeff, I'll be happy to post on FB ad LinkedIn. What link can you give me to post?
Jeff Spencer avatar
Jeff Spencer
sorry for the late reply. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NXpRmKvUv0HSpafbJ-yeBPYowXDyGKPbTMrVIvukKro/edit?usp=sharing
Jeff Spencer avatar

Jeff Spencer900 pts

Cofounder of Playfora
**Fundraiser update**
A quarter of the way to our goal of 200 entries and a $1000 donation.
Join now!

playfora.page.link

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