Startup Weekend New Orleans

We are way too happy!

Startup weekend round 2 did not go quite as well as we had hoped.  There certainly was a lot more competition in New Orleans and a lot more talent.  Having said that, our feedback after not placing was somewhat inconsistent and we got different answers from the judges and coordinators.  We felt like we addressed […]

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Hackathon @ USM

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On Saturday, September 21st, we made our first attempt at recruiting!  It didn’t go quite as well as we had hoped.  However, we did find the talent we needed…well, at least short term. Jessica was able to secure us a venue, Bianchi’s Pizzeria in downtown Hattiesburg.  They serve delicious brick oven pizza and awesome craft beer!  Be […]

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The Uniform of My Country – Captain Karen Dorman Kimmel

Never Forget, Sept 11

Without a word, this uniform also whispers of freezing troops, injured bodies, and Americans left forever in foreign fields. It documents every servicemen’s courage who by accepting this uniform promises the one gift he truly has to give his life. I wear my uniform for the heritage of sacrifice it represents and more. I wear […]

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Voices from Down Range: A Hunt for a Deadly Sniper From Two Perspectives

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We’ve decided to start a new feature, “Voices from Down Range”.  Here we will feature a story from the front lines, reminding all readers how real the combat is that our service men and women deal with every day.  The following post comes from Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Ben Anderson via At War: Notes from the Front […]

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Labor Day weekend…oddly productive

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So after our meeting on Friday, we had a lot to get done.  Fortunately, our motivation has, and will continue to be extremely high.  Each of our skills sets compliment each other quite nicely so we each had our own areas of focus.  Before we even realized it, Eric had our new splash page, this blog, a […]

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We Won Startup Weekend! …now what?

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The Giglines team met up on Friday, 30 August to discuss our plan forward having recently won Startup Weekend Biloxi and finally having had time to digest it.  Pat and Jessica met at the Innovation Center where we spoke with the director, Steve, at length about our new 1 year free “Virtual Lease”, which essentially […]

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