June 2011 Archive

Bryan-Menell
RISE Expanding to New York City
If you’ve been a part of the entrepreneurial scene in Austin at all, you’ve probably been part of a RISE event. The Relationship and Information Series for Entrepreneurs ...
Bryan-Menell
How to Raise Capital for Startups
As you can imagine, I receive tons of emails from people who all seem to have one question on their mind; how can I raise capital for my ...
How a Testing Culture will make you the Zappos of Your Industry
It’s happening in every industry as we speak. Decision makers are looking at information that tells them how the Internet is impacting their business and their industry. It may be happening ...
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Internal Meetings Need Better Networking, Too
Many companies do not think about the power of business relationships INSIDE the company.  Yes, we all know that having strong relationships with clients, referral sources, vendors and others in ...
Go Where the Action Is, but the House?
      In several companies I’m involved with now we’re wrestling with the notion of locating the businesses where the action is. Positioning yourself along with a collection of like-minded entrepreneurs, even ...
Is the Drug War Hurting the Economy?
You may remember this blurb about the war on drugs in our June 2011 Newsletter: Forty years ago this month, President Richard Nixon launched a “war against drugs.” It has turned ...
George Launey
OSHAtrac On Track toward Entrepreneurial Success
Austin software solution helps businesses comply with government reporting requirements [caption id="attachment_2829" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="George Launey"][/caption] Tracking and recording complex OSHA data in compliance with federal standards can prove a brutal chore ...
Understanding How to Navigate the Bank Lending Process
Banks and other lenders are difficult to predict in their loan decision-making processes. Having been on the inside of banks, loan committees, and lending decision-making for the past 16 ...
Steve Guengerich
Mobile Alchemy Makes 20
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich It was good to see the announcement in Austin’s paper of record, the Statesman, today about the launch of Catapult Systems‘ mobile business. Last Thursday, at the ...
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Smart.Clean.Energy
Pecan Street Project Inc., Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) and the Webber Energy Group will host a weeklong course on entrepreneurship and business development in the clean energy and smart grid ...

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Thom Singer Asking Better Questions
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Nell Edgington - Social Velocity A Contest to Help Your Nonprofit Manage to Outcomes
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Image kingphoto-300x227.jpg Would MLK Disagree with MLK Day?
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