Blog: Jef Lippiatt

Secure Your Startup

2016-07-06 by Jef Lippiatt

Recently I've had the pleasure to have some great exchanges with Christopher O'Rourke, founder and CEO of Soteria, on the Charleston Tech Slack community.

He made me aware that Soteria offers premium secuirty advice at a reasonable price within their product SecureStart�. The best part? Pricing starts at $0/month for startup businesses. You read that correctly, free!

Many startup businesses don't take their security as seriously as they probably should. Especially considering the potential risks with smart devices and everything IoT (Internet of Things) related.

Hackers aren't only taking aim at mega corporations. Any company with significant Intellectual Property (IP) or a large customer base can easily become targets. Ignorance may be bliss, but if you can protect yourself for free, why wouldn't you?

Charleston Build Guild

2016-06-23 by Jef Lippiatt

Announcing the Charleston Build Guild meetup. What is it? It will be a monthly gathering for all web folks that enjoy chatting over drinks. The group is growing and aiming to have their first meetup after reaching 50 members (currently they are at 39). So why not join now?

So who is at the helm of this new group? That is none other than Aaron Carpenter, a recent transplate to Charleston by way of Traverse City, Michigan. I encourage you to checkout his venture Legendary Lion Web Design as well.

Dimenstional Audio

2016-06-21 by Jef Lippiatt

If you are looking to make your website, videos or advertisements more vibrant, you need to checkout Dimensional Audio.

Dimensional Audio is run by IIan Ponimansky. He plays a variety of instruments including guitar, piano and drums and everything he creates is done in-house.

Whether you are looking for a theme song, jingle or video track Dimensional Audio can craft something unique for your needs. They even offer mixing and mastering services for previously recorded tracks.

Check out this metal sample of theirs below:

Losing Track of Time

2016-06-20 by Jef Lippiatt

Losing time. It happens to all of us. But I specifically failed to see a milestone date come and go. Luckily it isn't anything that will get me into hot water.

It was Startup Chucktown's 3rd Anniversary (back on June 6th). I'm not sure how I failed to see that coming, other than not setting a reminder.

I just wanted to take a quick moment and thank those of you that stay engaged with the blog and Twitter feed. This is all for you and hopefully you find the content interesting and useful. If you ever want coverage on a specific topic or your startup venture, please reach out.

Periscope Up for Startup Motiv

2016-06-03 by Jef Lippiatt

Have you noticed the new curious button in the sidebar? Perhaps you caught me streaming from a tweet in your feed.

I've decided to start broadcasting on Periscope. Currently, I'm still working on the kinks (frequency, vertical or horizontal, length, etc.). I've decided to call the sessions "Startup Motiv". I've purposely left the "e" out because focusing entrepreneurial motivation as much as motives. I'm aiming to keep each session between 2 to 7 minutes.