Doba Donates to Kiva and Utah Geek Culture
Doba drop shipping CEO Jeremy Hanks announced they made $4,000 extra from Guy Kawasaki’s visit yesterday. He said he will donate the money to several people on Kiva - a site where you can loan money to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Thanks to Jeremy and Doba for bringing Guy to town. Doba’s gift fit perfectly.
Incidentally I wish I could’ve stayed around and met more of the crowd. If there was ever a whos-who in tech in Utah, this was it. All in one room. For example, I didn’t know it but I sat next to Paul Alstrom, a VC at Vspring. I met Brad Baldwin of Rocky Mountain Voices. Jeff Barson of Sendside (incredible idea - secure email system and also guts!) was there but I didn’t get a chance to say hello. I got to catch up with Pat Vaughn from First Fridays. Also Phil Windley (he said, hi Janet, on our first official meet). I met Marina Martin who has more apartments across the country than anyone I know. She’s an efficiency expert who I’m now following on Twitter. There were many others.
Utah really does have a vibrant geek culture. I wish we had more hubs or gathering places. I appreciate that we have brought speakers like Guy and Seth here. Who will be next? We really need an email list and a quarterly gathering like this. The other day I actually caught myself daydreaming about opening up a coffee shop (that sells hot chocolate too - for the benefit of my biz partner Paul Wilson) and outfitting it with all the things geeks need (wireless connection and set up so people could work the day there and perhaps a small gift shop with Guy’s recommended`books and some reference books, etc).
Most of us feel a bit isolated - that was a topic at lunch. We work alone or with one business partner. This is the biggest threat to me getting a full-time job again. I like interacting with people! Whenever we talk I realize how similar we all are. Even Guy was saying he just needs to get Truemors to make a million dollars in advertising every month and he and his business partners will be content. We can all relate to that.
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