The BDQ Event: Speed Dating with Startups
Jobs! That is what this event is about. We’ve teamed up with Venturef0rth and Philly Tech Meetup again to create a unique event focused on designers their offerings. The idea is to flip the traditional career fair on its head, putting the designers in the power position. Each designer will be given a unique space...continue reading
Creatives for Startups
Last thursday The BDQ co-hosted, with Venturef0rth and PhillyTechMeetup, an event aimed at bringing more designers into the local startup community. We began with some context provided by Elliot Menschik, of Venturef0rth, about how startups are run and what you might expect to encounter when entering one. This was followed up by a great panel...continue reading
The B.D.Q. Happy Hour
Rather pleased with tonight’s turnout. We, The B.D.Q., held a happy hour tonight for Temple MBA and UArts MiD students at Milkboy. The event literally actualized the premise of our group, to bring together designers and business people to begin conversations about the value of each others role and where it could go. I think...continue reading
Super-Post
I’ve been so busy I haven’t been able to post updates so this post is a super-post providing updates on multiple topics. Thesis We brought in our summer homework and the analysis and critique showed that there was nothing particularly wrong with the machinations of Filter. The business model, though new to us and interesting,...continue reading
The Business & Design Quad
I met with Georgia and Kyle, yesterday about our collaborative effort. For the sake of clarity and availability of names we have re-named ourselves(already) from The Quad, to The Business/Design Quad, or The B.D.Q. for short. We liked this because it’s more unique while being a little more explanatory. The name maintains the allusion to...continue reading
The Quad
In other news, I’m working with Georgia and two awesome MBA students from Temple whom I met while working at A&I. We’ve recognized how significant the work each other is doing, especially in the role it can play in the realm of entrepreneurship, so we’ve decided to formalize our relationship into something more usable. Currently...continue reading
