Thanks to everyone who came out to the Mohawk Valley Young Professionals event. Rick Short and I were honored to be asked to present and meet so many cool folks from the MoVa. Hopefully we were able to inspire and give you some ideas about how to thrive here. But the real takeaway from the evening should be the new faces and connections we all made. Remember, it’s not about the ipod – it’s about the infrastructure. That being said, below, here’s my little attempt at infrastructure. I’ve included an embed of our slide decks from the evening- feel free to share them, remix them or steal them. While many of the things I spoke about this evening are taken from my opinions and experience, I also borrowed a lot of great points and analogies to share with you from books, talks, and workshops I’ve been to from likes of Gary Vaynerchuk, Guy Kawasaki, Chris Brogan, Jay Baer, and more. Hope you’ll check them out as well. They’re brilliant. Trying my best to cite my sources…
Also, here are some links to some of the peeps and organization who are making noise and making change in our area. I hope you’ll connect with some of them and work to build something great. Thanks again for showing up.
- Mohawk Valley Young Professionals
- CNY Rollerderby – Heather Espe, Mel Morgensen (Twitter)
- Utica Beard Council
- MV Chamber
- The Tramontane
- Rick Short
- Geoff Storm
- UticaRocks Twitter List (if you’re new to Twitter, here’s a short list of local folks to connect with – in one fell swoop)
