The SXSW Accelerator will be back for its third year of showcasing some of the web’s most exciting innovations at SXSW 2011. This event provides an outlet for companies to present their new online Entertainment products, Social networking applications, News related technologies, Music related technologies, Health technologies, or Innovative web-based technology services to a panel of industry experts, early adapters, and representatives from the Venture Capitalist community. Past example of judges have been Guy Kawasaki, [...]

Nicole Ozer, Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director at the ACLU of Northern California, will discuss smart internet privacy policy for startups on Thursday, November 18, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Eidman Jury Room at the UT School of Law, 727 E. Dean Keaton St. 78705. The seminar is co-sponsored by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and the University of Texas Law School American Constitution Society. Ozer is an expert [...]

Guidewire Group’s Innovate!2010 is making its way through Austin this Thursday, November 11, as part of a 30-city international tour to seek out the 100 most promising start-ups in the world. Held at the IBM Innovation Center, the Austin Pitch Slam is an opportunity for local tech and communications entrepreneurs to vie for a chance at being named to the Innovate!100 list of most promising startups. You know the drill:  “X” company gets 5 minutes to pitch [...]

Never heard of  Wootstock?  Here’s how its creators describe it on their site: For literalists, w00tstock is a live concert series that periodically appears in different cities: Hosted by Adam Savage (of Mythbusters), blogger Wil Wheaton, and music/comedy duo Paul and Storm Has a mix of music; comedy; geeky short presentations; and thought-provoking stories Or for the the metaphorically-minded, w00tstock is: Nerd Vaudeville / Geek Variety Show The best parts of a Convention rolled into [...]

Austin-based incubator Capital Factory, is hosting an Entrepreneurship for Programmers training day next Thursday, August 26^th.  The training is part of the Lone Star Ruby Conference at the Norris Conference Center, which continues on Friday and Saturday, and features speakers Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub and Blaze Mizerany of Sinatra.

One of the most pressing issues for startups and small businesses is selecting the appropriate health care provider and package for entrepreneurs and their employees. No matter how new or small your company is, you can get health insurance. And, it might not be as expensive as you think.