Velocity Labs

The Lab Notebook

Notes from our team on building software and running projects.

  1. 3 Things We're Looking Forward to at RailsConf 2015

    Velocity Labs is traveling to Atlanta for RailsConf 2015. Here are a few things we're excited about for the conference!

  2. Easily retrieve tags from a PostgreSQL array in Rails

    This article will show you how to select array values easily, and efficiently, from a PostgreSQL array type using Ruby on Rails.

  3. {Event} Startup Book Club

    A monthly book club is starting in downtown Phoenix geared specifically toward topics on startups and entrepreneurship. Take a look!

  4. Entrepreneurship Series: Interview with Jenny Poon

    Jenny Poon — a woman who admittedly likes to tell people hell no, make little children cry and says the best part of being a business owner is, "I'm the BOSS!" Read our interview with creative director and designer Jenny Poon, and you'll see what makes this woman so successful (here's a hint -- she's won several Folio awards for best design, but for her, it's not entirely about design).

  5. Funding Pitch Videos from the 2012 ASU Startup Summit

    Fifteen startup companies pitch for funding to a panel of three judges at the 2012 ASU Startup Summit at SkySong.

  6. Entrepreneurship Series: Interview with Brian Webster

    In the second of our Entrepreneurship Series, we interview Brian Webster of Fat Cat Software. Brian shares his insights about being a developer and founder, the need for delegation as your business grows, and the importance of allowing user feedback to drive product development.

  7. Three Upcoming Opportunities for your Startup

    Here are three upcoming opportunities in Phoenix to get support, publicity, training, and possible funding for your startup. Take a look!

  8. Rapid Pitch Event at LaunchSpot

    Launchspot is an incubator in Tempe offering coworking space and funding to startups. Read more about how the program works and how to apply.

  9. Entrepreneurship Series: Interview with Paul Kenjora

    In the first of our Entrepreneurship Series blog posts, we interview Paul Kenjora, an entrepreneur who raised $1.5 million in Arizona for his tech startup. In this interview, he talks about lessons learned from running a funded startup.

  10. Startup America Partnership

    The Startup America Partnership offers resources, tools, marketing opportunities and access to capital to startups to help America's top young companies grow and create jobs.