Monthly Archives: January 2008

For Immediate Release Wednesday, January 31, 2008 Contact: Holt Hackney 512-478-8858, ext. 115 HHackney@hackneycommunications.com AUSTIN, Texas (January 31, 2008) – UT Professor James Nolen will be honored Friday night in Austin as a winner of the Acton Foundation’s national award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education. Nolen was nominated by one of his students for the … Continue reading »

Come have dinner with TES and chat with Bob Bridge, co-founder and CEO of Zilker Labs. Network with Bob and fellow student entrepreneurs! You might even find a group for the Idea to Product (I2P) Competition! Free food! When: Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 6:00pm Where: TAY 3.128 Hosted by Technology Entrepreneurship Society (TES) — www.texastes.org … Continue reading »

February 22-29, 2008 is Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford. Events are free and open to all students, parents, alumni and members of the greater Stanford community. The 2008 Innovation Tournament is open to all students at Stanford, as well as students around the world. The challenge will be revealed on Friday, February 22 during the Entrepreneurship … Continue reading »

From the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Naïve Networking: If you waste an entrepreneur’s time because you haven’t thought about your own goals, you are telling him or her that at best you are naïve; at worst, self absorbed. Not exactly the best first impression. Definitely worth the 10 minutes it will take to read … Continue reading »

The Texas Moot Corp Competition is a great opportunity to see firsthand how successful venture capitalists and entrepreneurs judge potential new venture investments. Volunteer Details We need volunteers to help with event scorekeeping and timekeeping. Scorekeepers will need a laptop to enter the scores electronically. Timekeepers will need a digital way to track time. Benefits … Continue reading »

Quick note for the McCombs MBA Entrepreneurship Society: The Club E Network (www.ClubENetwork.com) is an “online” and “on the ground” social network for aspiring, emerging and experienced entrepreneurs. Our open-source organization invites the entrepreneur community to join together globally to bring together their talents and encourage the free exchange of ideas and resources. Conceived by … Continue reading »

Here’s a note from the people at UUNI Hello, I’m writing to let you know that December’s early entry winner of $1,000 has just been announced. You can check out the winning entry from Stanford University at our website www.uuni.com just search for the ‘Big Idea’ group. If you haven’t registered yet it only takes … Continue reading »

The UT Sustainable Business Summit will join students, faculty, community leaders, and distinguished business professionals in a dialogue about how to leverage green business practices to create competitive advantage. Speaker panels will focus on the important environmental issues that face businesses in the 21st century and the economic opportunities therein. Half of the event will … Continue reading »

The 2008 Texas Moot Corp© Competition is here! Thinking of starting a venture? The Texas Moot Corp Competition shows you how new companies raise venture capital. This year’s ventures will continue the tradition of great UT Austin MBA start-ups that trace their fundraising directly to the Texas Moot Corp Competition. Recent competitors in the Texas … Continue reading »