Monthly Archives: April 2008
Austin Ventures Commits $50 Million to Create Social Enterprise Software and Services Company
[via austinist.com] Local venture capital firm Austin Ventures is contributing up to $50 million to create a company that will build a social networking platform for corporations. Jeffrey Dachis, who led Razorfish during its reign as one of the original digital services firms, will be the chairman and chief executive officer of the new company, … Continue reading
Rackspace IPO Hints at Expansion
[via GigaOm] Data center and hosting provider RackSpace Inc., has filed to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering. Its financials seem generally sound (unlike many tech companies it’s actually profitable), although profits did drop by 10 percent in the last year. Rackspace is headquarted in San Antonio, TX.
PartnerUp
Here’s a cool site. PartnerUp is an online community for entrepreneurs and startups that helps them find people for their business, such as co-founders, business partners, advisors, board members, and skilled technical people. In addition, PartnerUp helps entrepreneurs ask for and offer up advice, find commercial real estate, and find resources for their business. [via … Continue reading
Far From Silicon Valley
Interesting post by tech blogger Robert Scoble on lack of acknowledgment given to tech firms outside of the Valley. Mentioned in the article were some local firms (San Antonio), some of which I had never heard of: PerfTech Kulabyte NewTech
UT Entrepreneurship Happy Hour
When: Friday (5/18) at 4pm Where: Spider House [map] [website] There’s nothing better than a group of entrepreneurial-minded individuals after a round of frosty or caffeinated beverages. Come on over and talk about/throw around ideas relating to entrepreneurship/tech commercialization/tech-start-ups. Or just come, hang out and listen to all of the ideas. Hope to see you … Continue reading
Sports Entrepreneurship and I2P Workshop
Sports Entrepreneurship: Phil Rawlins on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, UTC 1.118, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM The market pain: Soccer is the largest sport in the world, with the most heavily attended games of any sport. Over 30 billion viewers watched the World Cup matches in Germany in2006. The sport is booming in North America … Continue reading
Internship Opportunity at Conformity
Conformity is developing the industry’s first software-as-a-service (SaaS) management solution that will enable organizations to centrally manage and control user access to On-Demand applications. The Conformity solution is currently available in Beta release, with general availability targeted for June 2008. Conformity is currently seeking an MBA student intern(s) to assist with market research efforts to … Continue reading
2008 NCAA Championship Game Party
SEMA invites all McCombs students to the: 2008 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME McCOMBS WATCHING PARTY Monday, April 7th – Tipoff: 8:21 p.m. Scholz Garden (17th & San Jacinto) Join your classmates to watch the big game and to cheer on whoever helps your bracket! Food will be provided courtesy of SEMA.
Update: March Madness Finals Party
SEMA invites all McCombs students to the: 2008 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME McCOMBS WATCHING PARTY Monday, April 7th – Tipoff: 8:21 p.m. Scholz Garden (17th & San Jacinto) Join your classmates to watch the big game and to cheer on whoever helps your bracket! Food will be provided courtesy of SEMA.
TES Event – I2P Workshop #5: Selling Your Idea
Learn the presentation skills you’ll need to make a top-notch I2P presentation! Not competing in I2P this semester? These skills will apply no matter what you are selling! Speaker: Dr. Gary Cadenhead, IC2 Director & former Moot Corp Director Free food! When: Tuesday, April 15th from 6:00 to 7:00pm Where: ACE 2.402 Hosted by the … Continue reading