On a sunny Thursday morning at the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles’ Universal City, bright blue, pink and yellow lights bounced on the walls and ceilings of grand ballroom. It looked more like a Hollywood nightclub. But here, a group of 20-something entrepreneurs was looking for the chance to network and share ideas for transforming the ever-evolving Web. Read the rest of this entry »
Good old fashioned fun in a digital age
As summer draws to a close, we look back at what we accomplished. How many of us can say that somewhere between our other feats of work, relaxation, and family and friends over these brief few months, we cracked open a good book? Managed to finish the whole thing, from cover to cover?
Confessions of an entrepreneur
After returning home recently from Los Angeles, I was brainstorming ways to convey the message of some of the individuals I met at Twiistup 6. Watch the confessions of an entrepreneur by Glenn Gutierrez and take a look inside the mind of a young Internet innovator.
Lights. Camera. And plenty of action!
by Kiran Sood
I returned to Chicago Saturday night after my trip to Universal City in Los Angeles to attend Twiistup 6, a technology, media and entertainment conference. I spent three nights and four days speaking to – and networking with – those who are fast changing the face of communications. I was amazed at the background, experience, and determination of the twentysomethings who jammed the event.
A Fusion of Technology and Communication
At the start of summer, I began my reporting by interviewing influential bloggers in the economic realm on topics related to personal finance and the job market. Our conversations centered on their individual successes in the dissemination of information to an audience of other 20-somethings who would find this information relevant in their day-to-day lives. The authors of these blogs are young people who had emerged from the world of education to a domain where success is determined by the amount of followers and the level and nature of conversation created through online communities.
















