BudgetPulse Blog | Personal Finance Tips and News » Events http://blog.budgetpulse.com Personal Financial Management Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 BudgetPulse at Tech Cocktail DC http://blog.budgetpulse.com/2009/12/04/budgetpulse-at-tech-cocktail-dc/ http://blog.budgetpulse.com/2009/12/04/budgetpulse-at-tech-cocktail-dc/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:54:55 +0000 Craig http://blog.budgetpulse.com/?p=779 Tech 001Frank Gruber of Somewhat Frank put on another incredible event last night at Left Bank in Adams Morgan in DC where the entire tech community of DC took part in the fabulous quarterly event known as Tech Cocktail DC.  Start-ups from around the area present and demo their sites in at a very casual and [...]]]> Frank Gruber of Somewhat Frank put on another incredible event last night at Left Bank in Adams Morgan in DC where the entire tech community of DC took part in the fabulous quarterly event known as Tech Cocktail DC.  Start-ups from around the area present and demo their sites in at a very casual and fun happy hour networking event.

BudgetPulse was lucky enough to be selected and I took charge and met so many great people in the DC area and explained how BudgetPulse could help them and to talk about our brand new savings goals function.  The people I spoke to were very impressed with the tool and everything we have accomplished before and agreed that there is a need for an alternative to the tools that sync such as a Mint.com.  Our efforts to reach an international audience as well impressed them.

They loved the new savings goals function and how its integrated with the personal budgeting software allowing for you to raise money and budget all in one centralized location.

The event was great and I  had so much fun seeing the familiar faces and catching up with others to hear about what projects they are working on.  The DC teach community has really come into its own and their is so much innovation and smart minded people here.

I can’t wait for the next event.  Here are some pictures of the event from last night to share with you.

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Here are some pics of the event for you to enjoy.

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You can see these pictures and more from other events on the BudgetPulse Facebook Page as well as our Flickr Page.

]]> http://blog.budgetpulse.com/2009/09/11/pictures-from-networking-event-in-dc/feed/ 0 A Night Out With Other PF Bloggers http://blog.budgetpulse.com/2009/04/03/a-night-out-with-other-pf-bloggers/ http://blog.budgetpulse.com/2009/04/03/a-night-out-with-other-pf-bloggers/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0000 Craig http://blog.budgetpulse.com/?p=322 Last night I met up with a few personal finance bloggers in the DC Metro area I have connected with over the past few months.  We met up for happy hour at McGinty’s Public House out in Silver Springs, Maryland.  I’ve never been to the area or to the group happy hour before so this was a completely new experience for me.  I was happy they invited me out, because it gave me the opportunity to meet face to face with people I connect with online on a regular basis.

Because this was my first time meeting up with the group, I was a little bit nervous and didn’t know what to expect, especially since a few of the others have met at previous events.  It also doesn’t help when I showed up 30 minutes late because I was sitting at the wrong bar in the restaurant waiting for people thinking they were all just late.  I had no idea what anyone looked like since I’ve never met them before, so I just sat there all puzzled, looking really pathetic. (My tip for others is to get some phone numbers).  Anyways, I eventually realized there was a bar upstairs and eventually found the group.

The night was great, after squeezing my way into the table and joining in on the ongoing conversations I relaxed a bit.  We were at the bar for about 3 hours, and discussed everything from blogging, to tips, to different strategies and other fun small talk.  Oh yea, and my Penn State was playing in the NIT finals so I had that on in the background, and of course we won.

These were the cool people I met last night….

Mike from CleverDude.com (A PSU alum like me)

J. Money from Budgets Are Sexy (bringing the mohawk back)

Mapgirl from Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge

Mrs. Micah from MrsMicah.com

DH from Debt Hater

Ginger from Girls Just Wanna Have Funds, and her husband ‘G’

Megan from Counting My Pennies

Amelia from Amelia’s Healthy Life

It was a good cast of characters and I look forward to the continuation of the group.

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