Startup junkies, like bees, need a hive to be productive. The hive is that collection place where the magic can happen in the earliest stages of creating that “honey” of a business. Productive bees thrive around the buzz of others of their kind.

Since last week’s downgrade of the credit worthiness of the federal government by S&P, the markets have become more volatile than they already were earlier this summer.

The venture vibe came alive Thursday evening in Fayetteville at Buck Nekkid BBQ…Wow is all I can say. It was something to witness.

The NSF has launched the Innovation Corps, a “program to take the most promising research projects in American university laboratories and turn them into startups.”