Fresh New Foodzie!
When we started Foodzie a little over a year ago, we knew that attitudes about food were shifting… people care to know more about the food they’re eating; particularly who’s making it, and where it comes from. So we set … Continue reading
Posted September 1, 2009 by rob
Engineering and Eating – Come Work for Foodzie!
“Foodzie is looking for a VP of Eng. to lead their development efforts. There is food involved! http://joblink.tw/9ftg” (Tweet this) Foodzie is an online marketplace to discover and buy food directly from small passionate producers and growers. Attitudes have shifted … Continue reading
Posted August 11, 2009 by rob
Internships with Meadow Lark Farm Dinners
This past summer, we had the unique opportunity to attend a Meadow Lark Farm Dinner in Boulder, Colorado. The farm dinner offers attendees a chance to get a better understanding of the origin of their food. Each farm dinner starts … Continue reading
Posted February 25, 2009 by rob
Foodzie Secures Seed Financing!
We’re happy to announce that we’ve closed a $1 million seed financing from Jeff Clavier of SoftTech VC, First Round Capital and strategic angels. We’re going to be using this investment to build our community marketplace and to implement marketing to attract … Continue reading
Posted December 16, 2008 by rob
Foodzie’s Television Debut!
This evening we’re going to be featured in a Current TV documentary that highlights some of our experiences in the TechStars program. Here is a description of the story from the film’s director, Megan Sweeney: StartUP takes place in Boulder, Colorado … Continue reading
Posted November 17, 2008 by rob
Social Entrepreneurship
Last month at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media, gave a sobering keynote about the vacuity of Web 2.0. After pointing out some of the most pressing issues facing our country, he chided that some of … Continue reading
Posted October 13, 2008 by rob
Introducing “Seth Ellis Chocolatier”
We’re happy to announce that today marks the launch of our first “alpha store”! We’re honored to have Seth Ellis Chocolatier as the first artisan producer featured on Foodzie… you can check out the Seth Ellis storefront here. You’ll notice that … Continue reading
Posted July 22, 2008 by rob
Cities and Ambitions
About a month ago, I came across a great post by Paul Graham that discussed great cities and how their culture affects the ambitions of the people within them. Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you … Continue reading
Posted June 30, 2008 by rob
TechStars – First 30 Days
In a little over a month’s time the Foodzie team has left our corporate jobs behind, sold a car, put a house up for sale and moved from North Carolina to Colorado. As we discussed in our post, Better in … Continue reading
Posted June 28, 2008 by rob
Podcast | Brad Feld with Foodzie
Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to sit down with Brad Feld, a Director of the TechStars program and a great mentor to our company. At the tail end of our meeting, Andrew Hyde the Community Director for TechStars … Continue reading
Posted June 20, 2008 by rob
