http://www.voodooventures.com Idea Fuel Blog Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:59:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The digital media tax credit in Louisiana is up for renewal in this legislative session.  Senator Ann Duplessis presented SB 277 which has been passed by the Senate and is now in the house.  There is a competing bill, but SB 277 is the one I'm supporting.  The bill ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/06/13/supporting-sb277/ Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret gets it. In one fell swoop, after hours of wrangling on Monday at the Louisiana State Legistature, Moret was patched in on a crackling cell phone connection. After listening to all sides, he said that the most important thing to him for a company to ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/05/21/secretary-moret-90-rule/ I'm excited to announce that Peter Bodenheimer has joined Voodoo Ventures as our new Interactive Director.  He makes a great addition to the Voodoo & Flatsourcing team. Peter and I have known each other for a while and its been a pleasure working with him thusfar.  He brings very technical project ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/05/07/voodoo-welcomes-peter-bodenheimer/ Eric Marcoullier has been a huge supporter of the NOLA tech community and has become a good friend through time spent at SXSW and in SF.  He went to school for a minute at Tulane and is coming to town this weekend. Eric's done a lot, and I'm really looking forward ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/04/17/come-see-eric-marcoullier-speak-at-tulane-monday/ We're back from SXSW and I was invited to present a review of the Net2NO Y@ Pack's efforts at the Digital Media Alliance (DMA) yesterday. It is great to see the DMA gaining steam and taking an active leadership role in the New Orleans tech community. While I was tapped ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/04/15/tribecon-the-community-conference/ I'm taking a quick moment this morning to reflect on everything that happened, and everyone we met at WordCamp NOLA this weekend. I wasn't able to be there on Saturday because of family commitments, but Friday was a really stellar day and I heard the same about Saturday. I want ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/04/13/wordcamp-rocks-nola/ Lots to report, I'm gonna do it Marcoullier-style and keep it as concise as possible: SXSW Net2NO <3 SXSW road trip rocked.  See pics and wrapup. Thanks to all sponsors. Video coming soon. Our Outsourcing 2.0 Panel went great.  Not as many fireworks as we expected, but good discussion.  Thanks to Sandeep, Andrea ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/03/31/quick-hits/ Friday morning the Net2NO krewe (aka NOLA <3 SXSW aka Y@T Pack) will be on the road to Austin.  This road trip has taken a lot of planning, and a lot of people have worked very hard to make it happen.  And now it's here, so let's rock it.  This ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/03/11/how-to-rock-sxsw/ My presentation for The Feast last Friday revolved around lessons I have learned in my 9 years as an entreprenuer and business owner.  I've included the slides below, but wanted to add some notes, because many of the slides are not self explanatory. The Beauty of Bootstrapping - Doing it AnywayView ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/02/13/the-beauty-of-bootstrapping-doing-it-anyway/ I stopped by the "Group Think" that SENO held last night with local entrepreneur Blake Haney.  You may have heard that his ambitious new project, HumidBeings is launching in beta later this month. One of the biggest mistakes that I have made, and I coach others on is not following the ... http://www.voodooventures.com/2009/02/12/humid-beings/