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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 [...]

Startup Weekend - Lean Customer Development - Bootcamp 2

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 [...]

San Diego Venture Group (SDVG)

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 [...]

Social Proof

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 [...]

Effective Team Approach

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 [...]

American JOBS Act

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, [...]

Al and Bryan of Embarke chattin' it up at March Mingle

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.  [...]