Central Texas’ strong concentration of companies focused on nanotechnologies should be excited about the recent news regarding Nanotailor Inc.  The Austin-based company, focused on creating lower costs for nanomaterials, has licensed a NASA process for producing single-walled carbon nanotubes.  Even more exciting is that he company plans on producing commercial quantities by the end of 2007. And, given that by 2014 the amount of products expected to be produced with nanotechnology is expected to be [...]

Itzbig is getting even bigger with the addition of a new CEO. Jim McGovern has taken the position of CEO, while co-founder Jim Hammock will move from CEO to chair the board. McGovern most recently spent six years at Marketwire (previously known as InternetWire) in Los Angeles, but is now calling Texas home. He was with TicketMaster/CitySearch for a number of years, moving from GM to Executive VP of Operations and finally to CTO in [...]

It became clear after the last happy hour that we’ve grown too big to share a venue with anybody. So we’ve rented out Gruv just for the happy hour this month. If you’re not a clubber, Gruv is a cool new club on Fifth Street downtown, just a few doors East of Kenichi. From Congress it’s just a few doors West. For more information and a parking map, check out the Current Events section of [...]