Blogs your wayTexas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 27/02/2010
Ryan Roberts posted the roster of next week’s events (via LaunchDFW): Monday March 1st – Dallas Startup Happy Hour The first Monday means Startup Happy Hour. The Dallas Startup Happy Hour is the talk of the startup community in Dallas. Check out the coverage in the Dallas Morning News here. As a result of the events, several [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 22/02/2010
Ethan and I finished his latest pinewood derby car for Cub Scouts this evening. He decided to build a car to commemorate the Olympics, complete with a snow and tress (don’t get me started on the whole ‘drag’ conversation - my son is the one that made his first car with all 50 state flags). [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2010
Architel is hosting Bootstrapping 2010 by the MIT Enterprise Forum on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM. The event will be held in Architel’s community room at the Dallas INFOMART (1950 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 2019, Dallas, TX 75207). Registration is $20 including dinner (discounts available for entrepreneurs - proceed to registration or ask [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2010
If you have ever been in a hang glider you know about ‘Negative Target Acquisition’. The concept is pretty simple, if you focus on the obstacles you are more likely to hit them. Hang gliding instructors will tell you, “Don’t focus on the power lines or the trees, instead focus on the path.” Of course [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2010
The Dallas Morning News ran a nice piece about me this morning, but while it was generally correct there were a few errors and omissions. I think my biggest problem with the article was that it failed to mention my current business partner Scott Ryan. Very few entrepreneurs have the ability to succeed without great [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 06/02/2010
Over the years I have tried to share my experiences as an entrepreneur in this blog - some experiences that make me seem smarter than I actually am and others that make me seem downright stupid. Unfortunately this week I find myself in the latter position. Eventually most entrepreneurs will find themselves involved in a [...]
SXSW Interactive News (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
On March 15 at the Hilton Austin Downtown, 32 companies will do their best to dazzle a live audience and panel of judges with ideas, innovations, and products that provide a glimpse into the future of technology. By March 16, after an intense and inspiring free-for-all, only 12 will stand a chance at capturing the attention of the industry and all that comes with it. And only four will emerge as Microsoft...
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 03/02/2010
Two years ago I asked, “Should Startups Pay to Pitch” and last year after reading a post from Jason Calacanis titled, “Why startups shouldn’t have to pay to pitch…“ I revisited the issue. Earlier this week I got several emails from a group called youngStartup Ventures that called my attention to this issue once again. Koby [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
What happens when you take entrepreneurs and give them a global problem like ‘global warming’ to solve? They build a business. Tens of thousands of them have started companies focused on making money around global warming, but a few have actually tried to solve the problem. Microsoft’s ex-CTO, Nathan Myhrvold is one the few who [...]
InfoWorld (Free subscription) | 07/01/2010
BMC said Thursday it has purchased Austin, Texas, startup Phurnace Software, which makes products for easing the deployment of Java applications. Terms were not disclosed. It plans to sell the Phurnace products under the moniker of BladeLogic Application Release Automation, as well as embed the technology into its BladeLogic Server Automation Suite.
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 07/01/2010
BMC said Thursday it has purchased Austin, Texas, startup Phurnace Software, which makes products for easing the deployment of Java applications. Terms were not disclosed. It plans to sell the Phurnace products under the moniker of BladeLogic Application Release Automation, as well as embed the technology into its BladeLogic Server Automation Suite. As companies' Java application footprints grow larger,...
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 01/01/2010
Since launching ShopSavvy back in 2008 we have participated in one or more online polls or votes each quarter. I groan a little each time, but at the end of the day we need the exposure winning might create. For example, last year we were nominated for a Crunchie by internet voters, but [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 19/12/2009
I was driving to Nacogodoches (network coverage is spotty at best on Highway 175) when I saw a Google alert for ShopSavvy (our barcode scanning price comparison application). One of my heroes, Tim O’Reilly, had written an article titled ‘Why Using ShopSavvy Might Not be So Savvy.” When I tried to click on [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 15/12/2009
Just a quick note that ShopSavvy 1.1 has been released for the iPhone. Here is the download link: ShopSavvy 1.1 for iPhone. The latest version includes: easier scanning (with aiming bars) scanning hints (progress and tips) support for Europe (international bug removed) support for Touch (we heard you loud and clear) all user reported bugs (price alerts and others) Here is [...]
Texas Startup Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
By Guest Poster: Sanjay Sathe, Founder and CEO, RiseSmart When I was looking for a change as a senior executive at Dallas-based Sabre in 2006, I got firsthand experience with outplacement services and with searching the Web for jobs. I was surprised by how frustrating and time-consuming it was to use the major job boards (even [...]
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