mobileTechTuesday by Steve Guengerich Last week, September 6-10, was ATX Startup Week (that A, for Austin, TX y’all). Championed by Jacqueline Hughes and directly inspired by Boulder Startup Week, a robust programming schedule was built around Capital Factory’s 2011 Demo Day, with support from a number of anchor sponsors. A few personal observations from the week – some that are mobile-related, some not: The five “Class of 2011″ Capital Factory companies were remarkable in their [...]
I hang out with a lot of software and SaaS types. One of the most frequent questions I get about Dachis Group is around our consulting services, and if we will ever make money in ways other than just hourly services. We’ve been quietly building some incredible “big data” capabilities, and I’m happy to say that today we’re finally launching a glimpse into that data set. It’s called the Social Business Index. Over the past [...]
Invodo has added a number of high-profile clients, becoming the de facto leader in online video for business. In addition, the company has introduced an InPlayer rating system feature to help gather feedback from consumers and gain insight on how to further optimize video for its clients. Invodo recently signed a number of new clients including AutoAnything, Autozone, Coffee For Less, Hammacher Schlemmer, L’Occitane, Office Depot, Really Good Stuff, and The Sports Authority. These businesses [...]
Over the weekend I read accounts of some firefighters from one area of Bastrop where 11 of 24 firefighters at a station lost their own homes. I also saw some horrible pictures from local tech entrepreneur Richard Bagdonas who went to Bastrop over the weekend to offer any assistance he could provide. Thanks to the great work of Piryx and David Walker at Conjunctured, a relief effort has been organized on behalf of the startup [...]
Today’s Q&A feature is with Jennifer Svensson, CEO VertiGO Solutions. VertiGO’s new consumer app, Yippity, will launch in beta at tonight’s Austin Startup Week’s Austin Tech Happy Hour. Q: Give us the elevator pitch for your company. VertiGO Solutions is a mobility systems integrator that offers everything from mobile device recycling to the sale of new devices and services to complex mission critical solutions. VertiGO is pleased to announce our new solution called Yippity. Yippity [...]
Mutual Mobile today announced their move to a new headquarters in Austin’s Capitol Tower Building to support the company’s rapid expansion in the US market. Having formerly occupied three different historic buildings in central Austin, the new 40,000 sq. ft. office space consolidates all Austin employees into a single location, with enough additional capacity to double staff size within the next 12 months. According to a recent survey, Austin now leads the nation in terms [...]
Two of my favorite companies have now combined forces. Today in my email I received a message from the founder of Capital Factory company Keepstream. I will re-post it here for you. Congratulations to everyone involved! Keepstream is joining Infochimps! We are excited to announce that Keepstream has been acquired by Infochimps, leading API provider and data marketplace! Keepstream co-founders Jim England, Tim Gasper, and Huston Hoburg are joining Infochimps in order to help them develop exciting new [...]
