Our hiring philosophy at FamilyLink.com has been to recruit the best talent we can find, regardless of location. So we have engineers, designers, and marketers scattered in several states and in two countries as well. As we have grown from a dozen to more than 60 employees and contractors, the c ... Read more

At the risk of provoking the wrath of the “iTelligentsia” I must rant about my experiences getting cheated by Apple. The iPhone’s dandy accelerometer reports the device’s orientation to iPhone apps. Except that my iPhone is calibrated 6 to 7 degrees off kilter, as shown in this pho ... Read more

Last week my son and I read a great book from Andrew Clement's Jake Drake series titled Know-It-All about a school science fair. A know-it-all scares his classmates away from the competition by touting his great work -- an expensive project really put together by his father. But the hero Jake ... Read more

From Cary Snowden, one of the administrators of the Utah iPhone Developers Group on Facebook. The Utah iPhone Developer Group has announced their next meeting. Here are the details. For those of you who are already working on iPhone apps, this is a great way to connect with the local iPhone develop ... Read more

A few months ago I twittered about wanting to hire someone to travel for the next 365 days throughout North America for a special project (which is still in the works.) I even suggested the person may have to legally change their name, in the publicity-stunt spirit of Half.com, Oregon or DotCom Gu ... Read more

On Tuesday, June 23rd at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City, FundingUniverse will be announcing the first ever Utah Angel Investor of the Year award winner. The top 15 finalists for this award are Alan Hall, Craig Earnshaw, David Carter, Gary Williams, Hal Widlansky, JD Gardner, John ... Read more

A few years back, inspired by the book “Angel Investing,” we founded FundingUniverse.com and started holding SpeedPitching events–two hour events where about ten entrepreneurs could have a few minutes at small tables with 2-3 investors. FundingUniverse SpeedPitching events h ... Read more

Several of the best Utah high-tech companies have billboards along the I-15 corridor from Provo to Salt Lake City that are focused on recruiting. I recall billboards from Omniture, Mozy, Property Solutions, The Generations Network, Orange Soda , and Doba . I’m sure there are others as w ... Read more

I worked this week in Missoula, Montana where my brother and his family live. On my way home, through Idaho, I decided to stop in Rexburg, the home of BYU-Idaho, and do some networking with entrepreneurs here. In the tradition of the old Provo Labs Brainstorm Lunches (nick-named Twinkie Talks b ... Read more

So I’m definitely not unique in thinking this thought or typing this phrase. Searching Google yields 257,000 pages that contain the phrase “To Blog or Not To Blog.” So clearly a plethora of deep thinkers have pondered this question. But the reason I am pondering whether to blo ... Read more