So, we haven’t updated in awhile so I figured I would write a post to talk about where we are currently at. I recently returned from a deployment in support of my new unit, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ELEVENT (NMCB 11). I only spent about 6 weeks on deployment as I transferred to battalion after […]
We officially have our first investor! An investor has invested to help us build the product. After our initial estimates, this would get us about ¾ of the way through the project; however, recent estimates with our development and design staff are showing we may be able to build the entire site out with only […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Start Up Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups! Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attendees have technical […]