It’s hard to believe that it’s time to start thinking about SXSW 2010! Make sure to nominate a panel by Friday, July 10th! http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Melissa Simpler, CEO of Affinegy. Give us the elevator pitch for Affinegy. How long has the company been around? Affinegy makes software that removes networking complexity for consumers who wish to lead a converged Digital Lifestyle, and enables service providers to maximize revenues and profitability in the Digital Home. Our solutions deliver the “it just works” consumer experience that enables mass market adoption of video, data and voice services delivered [...]

Today’s guest blogger is Corey Blahuta, the managing director for the Austin office of vcfo. The firm specializes in operational finance and accounting, HR Solutions and recruiting services for companies of all sizes. He can be reached at 512-345-9441. I had an unusual experience the other day that I thought other entrepreneurs would find interesting and possibly instructive. I received an e-mail from a successful business owner and entrepreneur looking for some advice on software [...]

Matt Silk, one of the co-founders of Waterfall Mobile, was in Austin for a few days. We had a chance to catch up with him and ask him about what the company was up to these days. The company is based in the Silicon Valley, but works with big brands everywhere. The company did some really incredible work with their Msgme platform, which allowed the average person to provide neat SMS features without having all [...]

Chicago-based INCISENT Technologies, the #4 Fastest Growing Software Company in the U.S., has announced plans to expand its presence into Austin, Texas. The new office will serve as a software development site for the company’s Consumer Optimization and Business Intelligence Technologies. INCISENT creates technologies that are catalyzing the transformation of traditional industry through unique solutions for the Internet Age. INCISENT’s Consumer Optimization and Business Intelligence technologies are at the forefront of this transformation in online [...]

Last week, the folks from the DEMO conference came to Austin looking for some great new startups to launch at DEMO Fall ’09 in San Diego in September. The invite said over 160 people had RSVP’d and it seemed like everyone involved with tech startups in Austin was in attendance. Chris Shipley has been producing the DEMO conference for 15 years, and the Fall conference will be her last. Matt Marshall, the editor of Venture [...]