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Thanks for coming out to Startupalooza! We didn’t know how many of you to expect and you certainly didn’t disappoint; the place was packed with lots of startups and people interested in them. I know we got lots of resumes, hopefully you get a call back. But oddly enough we had left over beer.

And if you weren’t able to attend, check out our jobs page. We’re still looking for rockstar candidates.

Here are some photos and I hear the video will be up on Youtube soon :) :

CIMG1994 Hosted on Zooomr

Don’t mess with Aimee Hosted on Zooomr

Cynthia our PR and beer expert Hosted on Zooomr

I don’t know Phil but he’s dressed to find a job Hosted on Zooomr

Update: Bahn has his wrap up on the corporate blog.

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Reminder that today is .

8 companies, 7 CEOs, kegs, pizza, 5:30-8pm, 308 Occidental Ave. S.

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There was some confusion with porting my number. It should be back online again. Feel free to text/call me :).

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My six year old Bauer 1000’s are on their last legs. Turns out my feet sweat a lot and I wasn’t taking out the footbeds and so the rivets rusted out and rooted the floor of the skate preventing re-riveting of the tower. Turns out this was probably a good thing since skates have come a long way since and my skates were actually a size too big. To replace them I spent most of the day Saturday (before going to Vancouver) trying on all the skates NW Pro Hockey had. My feet ended up liking these Easton 1200c’s the most (fortunately they didn’t like the $650 high-end Bauer’s):

EastonSkates Hosted on Zooomr

I’m looking forward to a new season of hockey beginning in a week or two (but not the $1000 in league fees).

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NY Times, Young Internet Producers, Bankrolled, Are Seeking Act II:

Jay Adelson, 36, and Kevin Rose, 29, are parallel entrepreneurs — starting a second company just as the first one is taking off.

If I were an investor/boardmember/employee of either company I’d be worried because I’d want my CEO 100% focused on one company. The chance of startup success is low enough without having to distract the CEO with side projects. I also imagine they wouldn’t tolerate their employees splitting their time between two or more companies so why the double standard with the CEO?

(Note: I have the same complaint about Bezos and his space flings and had a compliant about Gates mixing both Microsoft and the Gates Foundation).

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I’ve been trying out Blue Dot recently to bookmark pages (they’re a Pioneer Square company, we’re a Pioneer Square company…). To see what I’ve been bookmarking go here: http://bluedot.us/users/mattgoyer.

…I’m still baffled that they chose a name where the .com wasn’t available.

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Crate and Barrel has launched a modern store: CB2. It’s like DWR for people who make less than $100,000.

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This past weekend we drove up to Vancouver primarily to see a hockey game but we did some drinking and shopping too. Here are some photos from the Canucks vs The Ducks pre-season game. This first photo is from our $20 seats (face was ~$30) in the 300 level:

Canucks vs Ducks Hosted on Zooomr

Then after the first period we moved down:

Canucks vs Ducks Hosted on Zooomr

Last weekend we were also in Vancouver, that time for some shopping, etc. Here is a photo from the boat show on that little island that’s not really island whose name I’ve forgotten:

Vancouver Boat Show Hosted on Zooomr

Both times we stayed at the Hotel Georgia for ~$100/night via Priceline.

Oh, and on the way home yesterday there was a huge line to get back into Canada. It must have been over three hours long. We’ve never seen such a line before. Anyone know what the deal was?

Update: Border-guard walkout creates traffic backlog:

Dozens of guards walked away from their posts at four border crossings in the Vancouver area, causing a massive backup of vehicles attempting to enter Canada on a busy Sunday night.

The guards walked off the job after they got word that an armed, murder suspect in the United States was headed toward the Canadian border…

Apparently Canadian border guards aren’t armed and walk off the job when there’s a known dangerous situation headed their way. Imagine if the US border was secured in a similar fashion!

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Someone grabbed my camera the other day and took some photos. Here’s me in my cube:

My Cubicle Hosted on Zooomr

Here’s Andrew one of the real estate agents:

Andrew Hosted on Zooomr

And here’s a photo of the square our building is on:

Occidental Square Hosted on Zooomr

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Some folks are up in arms about a trademark of Redfin’s. I find this slightly humourous because the tech blogger echo chamber has already gone through this once before.

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