April 2011 Archive

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Give me back the Xbox remote, grandma!!!!
Not sure what to get Grandpa or Grandma for their birthday or Mother’s Day?  Consider purchasing them the Microsoft Kinect Sensor with an Xbox 360 for that next special event. Matt ...
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Fill Your Online Sales Cup with Serial Testing (Excerpt)
Did you know that all of the changes you’re making to your Web site are largely wasted? Really. If you were to put just a little discipline behind your site changes, ...
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Austin conference will link gamers with potential investors
Published in  Austin American Statesman on April 3, 2011 at 6:41 PM BY BRIAN GAAR, PLUGGED IN In today’s decentralized world of gaming, where more and more people are making video ...
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Integrity is worth more than your career
Recently I started tweeting startup related quotes at the start of each day. This morning I read a quote by Ryan Freitas the founder of Second Verse. He is quoted ...
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Austin Women Entrepreneurs Help Women in Latin America 
Build Businesses as Path out of Poverty
By Chasity Larios This month, DiscoverHope, an international development nonprofit based in Austin, Texas, is highlighting the work of Austin women entrepreneurs helping women in developing countries start fair trade businesses ...
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Are You a Multiplier or Diminisher?
At a recent TAB Conference in Colorado, I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic presentation and spending some time with Liz Wiseman, author of Multipliers – How ...
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What Social Entrepreneurs Can Learn From an Old Nonprofit
I talk a lot about what nonprofits can learn from social entrepreneurs–how to be more innovative, think bigger, create sustainable business models, etc. But I also think that in the ...
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Let’s Go Down Together
Tweet One of my very favorite songs is called Down Together by the Refreshments.  The refrain includes the lyrics, “Cars break down and people break down and other things break down ...
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The National Healthcare Debate is Bad for Your Health
Admit it — your head hurts from the endless back-and-forth coverage of the national healthcare reform debate. By now everyone with any kind of media access whatsoever is feeling the ...
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Old crows celebrate Fiesta with trade show
(Editor’s note:  While most of San Antonio goes into a party mode, it’s amazing to find that some of the city’s leaders in cyber technology will hold the biennial FIESTACROW ...

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Wendy Covey 5 Core Steps in the PR Marathon
As businesses continue to tighten budgets and work to do more with less, decision ...
Image conan-obrien-2-202x300.jpg How Perceived Failure Can Be a Blessing in Disguise
“A perceived failure can be a catalyst for profound reinvention.” In Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, ...
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Houston startup enthusiast, Jeff Reichman the founder of January Advisors has a great idea: ...
jason-cohen How to convince a startup to hire you
By Jason CohenThis is part of an ongoing startup advice series where I answer ...
houston-technology-center-bg Impacting Our Community; HTC Scorecard
The Houston Technology Center (HTC) serves as the nexus of new ideas, technological innovation ...
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That was the motivational message given to NASCAR driver Kurt Busch by his team ...
marc nathan SXSW 2012 Schedule
SXSW Interactive is only a few weeks away, but as anyone who has ever ...
Thom Singer Asking Better Questions
I was inspired by a post by Joan Eisenstodt on the "Meetings Focus Blog" ...
Nell Edgington - Social Velocity A Contest to Help Your Nonprofit Manage to Outcomes
I’m excited to announce something a little different on the Social Velocity blog: a ...
Image kingphoto-300x227.jpg Would MLK Disagree with MLK Day?
Today we commemorate the birth of one of America’s greatest heroes—Dr. Martin Luther King ...