Yesterday was the 6th annual Rice Alliance IT and Web 2.0 venture forum, at Rice University in Houston. The event showcases tech companies from all around Central Texas. The judges select five companies (from a huge crowd of applicants) for the morning sessions where they get 10 minutes on stage to pitch their company to a panel of venture capitalists. After the pitch, a few of the VC’s are selected to give feedback to the [...]
If you’re going to the Rice Alliance forum tomorrow, make sure to be there at 3:30 for the Texas Web 2.0 Bloggers panel. I will be on the panel along with the top tech bloggers from Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Perhaps you already read the Texas Startup Blog (Alex), or the Startup Houston blog (Josh). We’ll be discussing the state of our respective cities in terms of startups, the investing environment, and who knows [...]
Greg Garrison is the president of vrecruting – Recruiting solutions from vcfo. He has over 15 years experience in the recruiting and staffing industry, and is regularly quoted nationally as a thought-leader in employment trends. He can be reached at ggarrison (at) vcfo or 512-450-6569. Is your startup company hiring or firing? Chances are you’re doing a little of both. Neither is easy and both events impact you, the individual, your team, your company and [...]
Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social commerce applications that drive sales, today introduced Bazaarvoice QuickTake, a new social navigation tool that allows customers to more easily mine the opinions of other consumers in order to make the best purchase decisions. With QuickTake, shoppers can now access a quick-view summary of user-generated content related to that product – directly on the product detail page. This QuickTake summary includes average overall rating, as well [...]
If you’ve got kids, you know that they outgrow clothes in a matter of months. Sometimes they get worn once. Sometimes clothes get buried in the closet and before you get the tags off, they’ve outgrown it anyway. Well now there is a great resource for parents, a marketplace for baby stuff. It’s a great idea really, and will get even better when a few thousand people are on there. But don’t make the mistake [...]
Boundless Network, a technology-enabled branded merchandise distributor, announced today that it has acquired Texas-based distributor Custom Solutions. According to Boundless Network CEO Jason Black, the acquisition is a win for both firms. “Custom Solutions has strong relationships with some of the country’s top brands. Now, as part of Boundless Network, Custom Solutions will be able to leverage our technology platform to expand market share and offer quantifiable value to clients who are looking to save [...]
eVapt, a member of the Austin Technology Incubator and one of the Austin Emerging 100, announced the closing of a new round of funding by Applied Reasoning, LLC. The terms of the financing were not disclosed. “Applied Reasoning, one of our seed round investors, is the perfect investor to help us sustain growth,” said Divakar Jandhyala, CEO, eVapt Inc. “This funding will help us ride out the economic crisis and increase momentum in the market.” [...]
We’re going to have a great crowd our for happy hour tomorrow at Molotov Lounge from 6pm – 8pm. The early bird tickets are all sold out, and regular registration is $7.50. You must register here in order to attend. If you just show up, it will be $10 cash at the door. If you register, you’ll also be invited to the community at EventVue, which will grab your Twitter address, and retweet anything you [...]
If the definition of “news” is based on the root of the word (“new”) then this one definitely fits the bill. UnBoundID must have filed some documents with the Texas State Securities Board and/or the SEC stating that they’ve raised $2M of a planned $3M round of financing from Silverton Partners. So what’s new about that? Let me count the ways. First of all, who are these guys? If their goal is to be stealthy, [...]
If you’re an entrepreneur that is starting up a company in the clean energy space, or are evaluating that area, you should consider attending the Clean Energy Venture Summit. The event starts tomorrow, and is right here in your own backyard. You get the chance to attend a top notch conference with no hotel or travel expenses. This event brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and executives from the clean energy space. Let’s face it, the future [...]
