AustinStartup:
Microsoft Bizspark is back again to sponsor the 2010 SXSW Accelerator program. Expanded to 2 days, this is a great showcase for emerging technology companies to get their product or service in front of the world. Accelerator takes place March 15-16th during the SXSW Interactive Festival. Who could forget judges such as Guy (Read More)
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Bigfoot Networks, the networking technology company behind the Killer line of gaming network cards, today announced it has raised $8 million in a Series B financing round led by existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Palomar Ventures and Raven Venture Partners. It will use the investment to fund product developme (Read More)
AustinStartup:
The Austin chapter of the national Association of IT Professionals (AITP) is excited to announce the 2009 IT Executive of the Year Awards winners held in conjunction with the 2009 InnoTech Austin Conference & Expo.This was the 12th annual IT Executive of the Year awards competition and is the premier recognition event for C (Read More)
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For Austin businessman Dr. Bruce Meleski, the importance of a good night’s sleep is something that most business executives overlook. “Business executives, especially those involved in a startup, work hard to make them work, ” Meleski said. “At the end of the day, they need a good night’s sleep to meet their work demands. (Read More)
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Austin entrepreneur Jeff Chambers, former U.S. product director for HomeAway, Inc., has acquired PropertyMaps.com, a leading residential real estate search engine. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.Real estate has been one of the hardest hit sectors during the recent slow down in the US economy. However, that pressu (Read More)
AustinStartup:
Zilliant, the leading provider of price optimization and margin management solutions for B2B manufacturers, distributors, high-tech, and industrial service companies, today announced the release of Margin Insight v7.0 pricing and margin analytics software. Formerly branded ZPPS Analytics, Margin Insight helps B2B companies (Read More)
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I will be speaking at the SXSW Interactive Conference in March 2010, delivering a presentation called "How to Network at a Multi-Day Conference".I am very honored, as this is the third year I will be included on the schedule for this amazing event.If you work in or around the technology industries and have never attended SX (Read More)
AustinStartup:
One of our primary missions here at Austin Startup is to showcase the vibrant tech community and culture here in town, and in the process fulfill our motto of convincing tech entrepreneurs and influencers to “Ditch the Valley, Run for the Hills.” With that in mind, we are proud to welcome new Austinite Carla Thompson of the (Read More)
AustinStartup:
I originally posted this interview on the Collaboratory, but I wanted to also share it with AustinStartup readers.I had a chance to sit down with the founders of Socialware for an interview. I edited our talk down to under 5 minutes. Socialware is an alliance partner of ours, and is creating a new category of software name (Read More)
AustinStartup:
Austin-based NetStreams has been acquired by publicly traded company ClearOne, according to the following press release. NetStreams had raised over $27M from investors, including Austin Ventures.NetStreams is the global leader in digital media networks based on Internet Protocol (IP) technology that is used in a wide variet (Read More)
AustinStartup:
We’ve been tracking the progress of Austin-based Uvumi for a while. They showed an early glimpse of the product at Austin Tech Happy Hour a few months ago, then launched a beta shortly after that. Today they are officially launching to the public, and have proven themselves to be a great resource to both musicians and fans. (Read More)
AustinStartup:
A recent ReadWriteWeb article got us thinking – what local government initiatives are out there to help the local startup community? So, we did a bit of investigating and here is what we found out: I sat down with with Eve Richter, coordinator for the City of Austin’s Emerging Technology Program, to discuss the program and (Read More)
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InnoTech Austin & Beta Summit -- Thursday, October 29, 2009 at the Austin Convention CenterNext Thursday is InnoTech. If you live in Austin you should check out this event.Registration and information available at www.innotechaustin.comBelow are discount codes for readers of this blog to utilize. InnoTech ($28 price) (Read More)
AustinStartup:
The State of Texas has awarded $1,000,000 to Qcue, a member company of the Austin Technology Incubator, through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). The investment was announced today at the Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization.Qcue develops dynamic pricing software that helps sports and enter (Read More)
AustinStartup:
Join us this Thursday, October 22nd for the Austin Tech Happy Hour at the Molotov Lounge from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. For those that have not attended before, the Austin Tech Happy Hour is the perfect setting for the emerging technology community and thought leaders to mingle, relax and enjoy conversation outside of twitter. (Read More)