spacelab_’s Post

If you asked me two weeks ago to build a fullstack app for the City of Philadelphia's permit process, I would have laughed. Now you can use this app to see if you qualify for an EZ permit project. Check it out! ⭐️ https://lnkd.in/eXqKmkTu Looking back on my first full month working at Contenda (FSH Tech), I can't help but be incredibly grateful for my team and the things I've been able to accomplish. Here's a short list. Three things I've done: 1. Built back-office software in Python 2. Interviewed candidates for our Board of Advisors and potential hires 3. Automated our internal bidding process with LLMs, using multiple APIs Two things I've learned: 1. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast 2. Focus on the people because solutions are for people, not technology One moment I've loved: Every team dinner in Fishtown

Updates, creative frontiers and how far can we take creativity? We’re always on the fight against boring and to take people on meaningful, creative experiences which we’ve done for local government, corporates, tourism, development organisations, community groups and organisations, business associations… (and more!). Continuing on this trajectory, and building on our 10-year anniversary, this year we are focusing and expanding further into workplaces and schools, something we’ve been working towards for years. So now we’re diversifying our offerings into: - Corporate workshops that unleash creativity and take people’s imagination beyond what they knew they could do - Conference networking to create meaningful and memorable connections that might even become the highlight of the event - School offerings to rocket fuel kids imagination and ways to learn to create better futures - And getting our own creative initiatives and creative thinking tools out into the world It’s been fun gathering images of our previous work in these areas and updating our website (https://lnkd.in/gAbunxHV). You can probably tell we’re pretty excited about all this, and to be able to share it with you! If we’ve piqued your interest or you know any potential collaborators or people we should connect with please let us know.   Finally, how do you contribute to the fight against boring?  Let us know!

As a CEO, which I'm not, it's important to understand how your micro interactions can lead to macro results... 🤔 I was reminded of that yesterday. I joined the Pavilion community yesterday after teaching the RevOps Summer course back in June and July this year. I've followed Pavilion's CEO, Sam Jacobs, on LinkedIn for a while but never interacted with him. Once I joined, he sent me a LinkedIn request so I followed up with a short message. His response, which probably took 15 seconds to type, made my week as it helped validate some of the good feedback on the course I had received. At the same time, it will also: 🚀 Make me try that much harder to ensure my upcoming Winter Session is a step above my Summer Session. 🚀 Encourage me to truly interact with the community and build meaningful connections. 🚀 Validate the plan that Brendan Tolleson and RevPartners have to sponsor the community enabling the beginning of a hopefully long-term partnership. I may never meet Sam but his simple validation that the course I created for his company's community provided value to the participants will make me a life-long fan. So as a reminder, 15 seconds now can pay dividends 15 days or 15 months down the road, you just never know.

We’ve been hearing a shocking ⚡️ amount of buzz about FutureShock, and with Summer ‘24 fast approaching, we are amped 🔌 to take some time to share what this program is all about. (ok, turning the volume down on the puns…) FutureShock is the culmination of a lot of learning. We want to make that learning more visible as we gear up for year 2! Watch this space for a deep dive into the 3 key outcomes we build towards in FS⚡️: building muscles to own your learning, exploring your interests & career, and building strong relationships. If you or a school leader you know is interested in adopting FutureShock in Summer ‘24 (and beyond!), please complete the interest form at bit.ly/FutureshockSummer

Interested in legal tech? Read this blog post to find out about my legal tech journey and what I enjoy about the role!

Networking and learning more about current state of innovation across the corporate landscapes. I am at InnoLead Impact 24 conference in Boston.

Over the last two years, my team and I have scaled V1 @ Michigan from a scrappy events team to a vibrant community reaching thousands of students — it’s been the journey of a lifetime, and we’re still just scratching the surface in our mission to skew the University of Michigan's culture towards building. V1’s in an exciting place right now — as we bring back Startup Fair to connect top technical talent to fast-growing startups, scale up resources for our pre-idea incubator, and continue rallying builders at Ship-It — I find myself wishing I had another two years to spearhead this next chapter! Beyond hyped for our next generation of leadership. If you’re passionate about creating a world in which Michigan regularly produces top technical founders, find yourself drawn to solving challenging engineering problems, or have an insatiable urge to rally the most driven people to build and achieve great things — join us at v1michigan.com/team. PS: if you’re an undergrad looking to build something amazing this fall, keep an eye out for our Product Studio launch in September. We can’t wait to meet you :)

The three absolutely critical qualities that cofounders need to have. 1) Alignment of Values You need to be in it for the same reasons with the same morals. If you work with someone that you trust to do the right things, you will sleep better at night and have way less stress. 2) Alignment on Product Vision This applies to technical founders, nontechnical founders, and everyone in between. The product and early stage MVPs need to be agreed to upon before, during, and after building it. Friction and disagreement can help build better products but it’s absolutely essential that the vision is aligned. 3) Ability to Step Up Cofounders who can take time off and have the other cofounders step and vice versa is critical. I’m fortunate enough to have Robert McIntosh who definitely as all three and much more. What else would you add to this list?

Personal growth is expensive? Wrong. That’s simply not true. You don’t have to drop big money to grow, but you do need to invest time. Time to figure out who you are. Time to get comfortable with being uncomfortable in new spaces. Time to put yourself out there and network. Time to plan your intro (trust me, it helps). Time to listen to others, learn about them, and build connections. Time to follow up and say hello. Last night, I met some amazing people at the launch of Techspace new venue in Farringdon. (thanks for the great new team). It reminded me how valuable these interactions are. So, what’s your next event? Take 5 minutes now and find one. Go on, it’s worth it.

Day 2 at Quirk's Media in New York City - let's do this!! 🗽 🙌 Get exclusive insights from our very own Director of Client Partnerships, Doug Thompson, and our CCO of Bulbshare, Oliver (Oli) Felstead! Hear what they've been enjoying and learning during their time here. Be sure to say hello to the team if you see them! 👋 #Quirks #Bulbshare #Insights #Research #QualInsights