Hey, guys. Hope y'all are staying warm. It only hit 80 here today. Katie and I have officially lived out here two years to the day. It feels like yesterday that we were scrambling to pack and get on the road for a job that fell into her lap. In fact,...
Nat Finn
ValpoLife.com Digital Media Predictions 2014
2014 Digital / Social Media Survival Tips...Use the Advertising Tools! The big survival tip - every bit of content has a place. Find it! There’s a reason why, year after year, folks like Blackbird Cafe, Catch 22, Cartronix, Figure Eight...
Startup Front Meetup – “How We Qualified for Startup Business Funding with Elevate Ventures”
Since the area’s first Twitteradi’s first blue cheese cheeseburger lunch meetup in January, 2013, local business & technology leaders has been working on helping local businesses and entrepreneurs grow business ideas. On Wednesday night,...
October 2013 #NWITweetup Returns to Catch 22
The #NWITweetup party continues back at Catch 22 Bar & Grille in Merrillville, IN on October 9th. All those wonderful crazy cats and characters you’ve come to know and love will be in attendance - small business owners, social media...
May NWITweetup Ventures to Iconic Shoreline Brewery
On Tuesday, May 21st from 6:30pm to 8:30pm+, #NWITweetup social media community will continue their impromptu tour of Northwest Indiana’s portion of the Craft Brew Belt by heading up along the shores of Lake Michigan to hang out at iconic Shoreline...
Bryce Billings – Why His Was a Valpo Life Worth Living
I got the call from my mother Tuesday night... ‘Just talked to the OldOld Man. Bryce Billings passed away. He didn’t know any more. I quick-dialed the OldOld Man to check on him. He was sadden but stoic. After 88 years, he knows the ghosts inside...
Blackbird Diaries: Finn’s Southwest Florida Edition
Even in the worst of times when the world feels like Barry McGuire’s Eve of Destruction, there is still a peaceful hum that coconut telegraphs along the palm trees and out to the horizons down here in Southwest Florida. As Amos Lee would sing,...
How to Start the Family Express Social Media Community Manager Position
ValpoLife asked a few of us to give tips, tricks and tactics on how to start the Family Express Social Media Community Manager Position. Coach Lee explained what not not to do. Daver sketched his approach. Allyn Hane sent a few of us the his white...
Attention Charities & Non-Profits: JaG TOUR USA 2010 Looking to Lend You a Hand Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Good help is so hard to find nowadays. Luckily for us, two great guys will be riding into town to just that. The JaG USA Tour will be riding into town on the evening of Monday, August 16th, 2010, looking to lend a hand. What is JaG USA Tour? JaG USA...
Open Invitation to #NWITweetup’s Social Media Day Celebration
Have you wanted to get your business into the thick of the Social Media Revolution but were not quite sure how? Do you want to meet those who know how? Then join ValpoLife's Chris Mahlmann, Cartonix's Eric Carter, Golden Technologies' Nat Finn and...