On February 14th, we hit a pretty amazing milestone at Embarke! We processed our 1-millionth behavioral profile for our customers! The even more amazing thing? We hit 1.5-million just 7 days later! We’re humbled and honored to be growing at this rate and have our customers, partners, mentors, advisors, peers, and team to thank. It’s [...]
Accelerator, Demo Day, and 3 Crazy Months
As you know, we’ve been in Seattle for the past 3 months at the Microsoft Accelerator powered by TechStars. At times it’s felt like an eternity, and others it feels like we just started. Suddenly, it’s 2013 and we’re about to pitch on stage to hundreds of investors in 13 days! Twice. [...]
Embarke Accepted into Microsoft Accelerator for Azure / TechStars!
We’re in a little bit of shock right now, even though we’ve known for a few weeks that we were accepted into the Microsoft Accelerator for Azure powered by TechStars! Bryan and I have always said that getting into TechStars was a stretch goal of ours…to see it finally happening, and in conjunction with Microsoft’s new accelerator, [...]
Embarke Team Explodes in August!
I’m proud, beyond proud, to say that our team…our family…has grown in dramatic fashion this month. Not only have we added two amazing developers (guys that have the ability to “get us there”), but we’ve also brought on another amazing advisor! Here’s the rundown: DEVELOPERS Dave Churchville Thinks in Code Customer Development Guru Founded Multiple [...]
Opportunity – Judging and Mentoring at Startup Events – Startup Weekend and More
First, I hope all of you are having an awesome 4th of July week (I think most of you are celebrating both weekends, since the 4th is on a Wednesday)! No complaints about that, right? In the spirit of this holiday, I’d like to share a little about opportunity and how this country allows us [...]
Bryan Hall Coaches Startup Weekend Participants on Lean Startup Customer Development Principles [video]
Our CTO, Bryan Hall, had the honor of teaching a Lean Startup Bootcamp for Startup Weekend. This happened the weekend before as part of a trial “boot camp” for the Startup Weekend San Diego program. In parallel with this “Lean Track”, there was also a “Tech Track” where Qualcomm Labs showed off their API that’s [...]
Embarke Selected as one of San Diego Venture Group’s Cool Companies
Every year, San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) selects their list of “Cool Companies” from hundreds of local company submissions. Today, they announced that Embarke is one of 30 that were selected! We’re very proud to be a part of this elite group of local San Diego Startups, and excited that SDVG sees the potential Embarke [...]
Evaluating Technology Based on Specs vs. Social Proof – Microsoft DevCamp Cloud
As an engineer, I am often driven by the technical aspects of a design decision. When I selected a cloud platform for Embarke I looked at the feature set, pricing, tool chain, reliability, roadmap etc. in order to pick the best platform. I selected Windows Azure largely based on its technical merits. In April I [...]
Being Effective vs. Being Efficient – Lean Startup Machine Experience
As a startup founder I am always trying to do more with less. This typically means that I am trying to get more work done with less time and money and end up focused on efficiency. This is really tempting because it is very tangible and easy to measure. When I negotiate a better rate [...]
Benefits of Microsoft BizSpark Plus [VIDEO]
The co-founders of Embarke sat down to talk about the benefits they’ve received from Microsoft’s BizSpark Plus program. The original 15 minute conversation was clipped down to 4 minutes for quick consumption. The transcription of this video is below. Al Bsharah: Hi, my name’s Al Bsharah. Bryan Hall: And I’m Bryan Hall. Al: We are [...]
Obama Signs JOBS Act – Crowdfunding Begins…?
Mark April 5, 2012 on your calendars people. It’s a monumental day. Today is the day that President Obama will sign the JOBS Act. For entrepreneurs and startups, the most exciting piece of this is crowdfunding. As Howard Lindzon says, crowdfunding has been around for years. So what’s the big deal with this legislation? Today, [...]
March Mingle 2012 was Awesome!
Embarke decided to sponsor March Mingle 2012 this year, and the only bad thing about it is it only happens once a year! The venue was East Village Tavern and Bowl. The event was great and we met a ton of people interested in Embarke. I’ll keep this short and get right to the photos. [...]
Embarke in the Demo Pit at the Launch Festival
Embarke had a table in the “Demo Pit” at this year’s Launch Festival (commonly known as the “Launch Conference”). The event was quite large with around 150+ companies in the Demo Pit with us, and 40 or so companies pitching on stage. The festival was two solid days, day one being 8am-6pm and day two [...]
Embarke Accepted into Microsoft’s BizSpark Plus Program, Gets $60k for Free
We’re proud to announce that we’ve been accepted into the Microsoft BizSpark Plus program! As Founder Institute graduates, we were given a special opportunity to become members of this program that could give us up to $60,000 of free Windows Azure services. Not a bad kick-start for the next couple of years. From the BizSpark Plus website: [...]
Embarke Launches New Website, Focuses on API Product
After grinding it out for a few weeks, today we officially launched our new website! As you can see, the focus is heavy on the API we’ve been working so diligently on. The purpose of this website re-launch is multi-fold: Build it on a Content Management System that we can grow with. Showcase the Social Conversations API. Have [...]
CTO of StockTwits, Chris Corriveau, Joins Embarke as Advisor!
I’m incredibly proud to announce that Chris Corriveau, the CTO of StockTwits, has joined Embarke as an advisor today! Chris has been an amazing resource for both Bryan and I since June of 2011, and it was time we made it official. He’s been a firm believer in what we were trying to accomplish even when [...]
Embarke Tied for 3rd in Demo Table Competition at Founder Showcase
Hi folks! Some more good news we couldn’t wait to share with you: We just received word that Embarke was tied for 3rd in the demo table competition at the Founder Showcase last week! There were 31 other tables at the showcase so we’re pretty proud of this accomplishment. The spectators at the conference were [...]
Embarke Launches Private Beta!
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 – Embarke released its first beta version of code (nicknamed “iterate”). The launch occurred at the Founder Showcase in San Francisco to a crowd of 500+ attendees. After weeks of preparation, a weekend of insanity, a day of the Showcase, and another day of Founder Institute Graduate sessions, we were [...]
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