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With all the SOPA madness reaching insane outcry levels, some people like me are wondering what everyone is going to do with all their free time once this is squashed once and for all? There seems to be such widespread hate and dissatisfaction by basically everyone not named Chris Dodd.
Some protests have been very creative and well organized. In fact it's the most impressive marketing I've seen by rogue bands of anti-marketing developers in quite some time. But despite all the coverage and protests about it, this one by OSnews is by far the best. So hide every Obama war room meme you've ever cherished, SOPA gonna find you. Check it out here.
For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.