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Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives a Mission to Connect People With Popongo

StartupNation

I later moved to Denver, Colorado, and have worked in the world of banking and real estate as a partner and co-CEO of a company called Legacy Management Group since 2004. I was on a mission to develop a game that would be exciting, challenging and engaging – a game that was just as fun to watch as it was to play. Popongo was born.

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

From the age-old realms created in myths to the digital domains we traverse today in video games, the fidelity of these worlds has never been more immersive nor culturally impactful. Before the 2010s, most studios developed their own internal engines to build their games. EA’s Frostbite, Infinity Ward Engine, etc).

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Feature Friday: Megan Burton, EO Atlanta

Entrepreneurs' Organization

What stood out to Megan was that EO encourages and values diverse opinions while cultivating a culture of trust that gives members the opportunity to develop in a peer-to-peer learning style with true transparency. Megan’s favorite aspect of EO is her forum, which she says has been instrumental in her growth as a leader.

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Summer in the City: Why there's no other place I'd rather be than New York

This is going to be BIG.

I love being in New York City because I’m friends with an aerialist, social workers, doulas, cooks, teachers, actors, professional triathletes, bankers, lawyers, emergency service workers and sure, software developers, too. It takes a long time to build a truly thriving, world-class entrepreneurial tech community.

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Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Both Sides of the Table

Don’t get me wrong, I do think an important sign from startups is their ability to keep a startup culture going for as long as possible and one sign of this in the early days is scrappiness. It was probably true, but I created the wrong mindset – the wrong culture. Our company developed a cost-conscious mentality.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Three Simple Questions that Transformed My Career Path

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Although I loved the school environments, which involved both hard work and fun, the work environments were cutthroat and competitive “up or out” business cultures. Then in 2004, I read The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko and decided to have the lifestyle I wanted, I had to become an entrepreneur. Not so much.

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