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We are two weeks into Techstars, in the beautiful city of Boulder, Colorado, and it has been wonderful. There is so much to experience when you are surrounded by a group of cool people you haven’t met before, away from home, being a part of something fresh and new. Talking about experiences, here is a list of things I did for the first time ever, after coming to Boulder...

The First ‘Startup Experience’

How is being a part of a startup, different from working for an established behemoth of a firm? Well, frankly, I think of an established company as a 100 page book of ‘connect the dots’, and think of startup as play-dough. One is a monotonous, rarely intriguing, to be repeated over and over again, with a high success rate. Play-Dough on the other hand, well, it’s so much more fun, so much more creative, and you may not end up with what you thought you were making! (not hinting at any Techstars startups… ).

The First Ice Hockey Match

So many of our interests are programmed into us subconsciously. Sports is certainly one of them.

We may find a zillion reasons for why your favorite sport is supposed to be the best, but in the end, it’s the common passion that our people have for it, that sucks us into it. And, it can happen at any age. Vikas and Jeff, being from Michigan, are hard core Red Wing fans, and asked me and Shun to watch the Stanley cup finals with them, and it was great. (Actually, if you count the ‘Bart Vs Lisa’ episode from The Simpsons, it was my second ice hockey match). I now find Ice Hockey cool...

The First Waffle

Most of the western food that has influenced the east, is fast-food from USA, pastas and Co. from Italy and Mexican food from, well, USA (it’s more like “Mexican” food). So I can safely claim that you won’t find waffles anywhere in India. I had one with pecans the other day, and it was awesome.

The First Martini

(I am being forced to write this….)

I have been above the age limit for some time, and the other day, I decided to take the plunge by getting a vodka+wine mixture, called, The Strawberry Confusion. It contained strawberries, and well, couldn’t figure anything else out. Maybe that’s the confusion part of it. A drink, so true to it’s name. The exclusiveness of the moment called for a picture to be taken using Jeff's ever-handy camera phone.

And this concludes my First Blog at Fluxcapacity…cheers to that!