September 2011 Archive

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Seek mentors, not validation
When my son joined a pee wee football league a few years ago I noticed an interesting phenomenon that perfectly parallels entrepreneurial startups today.  At the first practice I found ...
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How much is your collection worth?
Ryan Zintgraff realized about six years ago that the market couldn’t offer him anything off-the-shelf to assess his stamp collection’s worth and manage inventory. So the self professed computer “piddler” built ...
Thom Singer
Innovation You by Jeff DeGraff
I recently read Innovation You: Four Steps to Becoming New and Improved.  It is a new book by the "Dean of Innovation", Jeff DeGraff. I have been thinking about the topic ...
Bob Villhard
Patent Reform: First To File Effective March 16, 2013
Patent Reform arrived as law on September 16, 2011.  The good news is that the Patent Office will soon have a “micro” entity fee structure which will allow many entrepreneurs ...
Jamie-Brown
Prestige to Profit – Leveraging National Media Attention
  Teresa Berg being interviewed by CBS corespondent Steve Hartman. Gaining national media attention is a coup for any company, but leveraging the coverage can make the event more than prestigious - it ...
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Ballad of The Lean Startup
  <!-- Tweet --> With IMVU not growing And revenue not flowing And with piles of cash monthly burning, They asked “Is it a mess, Or is it progress?” Then measured by validated learning. With their customers confused Eric’s ego was ...
Matt Scherer
Publicbeat builds the ultimate calendar
Patrick Dueley and Ethan Jones are what some you would call classic geeks. Yet, their first encounters were not as friends when they first encounter each other at San Antonio Roosevelt’s ...
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Spredfast Lands $12M Series B
Spredfast, a leading social media management system provider, today announced it has raised $12 million in Series B funding led by InterWest Partners. Also participating in the round is Austin ...
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Appconomy and Neusoft Form Alliance for China Market
Neusoft Corporation, the largest IT solution & service provider in China, and Appconomy, Inc. announced today plans to form a strategic alliance. By integrating the powerful Appconomy Platform ...
An Evening with Dr. Frank Moss, MIT Media Lab
  On Thursday, September 22, Dr. Frank Moss, until recently head of the renowned MIT Media Lab and formerly the Chairman and CEO of Austin-based Tivoli during its glory days, gave ...

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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 ...
Ben Dyer new 1-23-12 Bring Me the Trophy or Bring Me the Steering Wheel
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 ...