Archive for April, 2008

Austin Ventures Commits $50 Million to Create Social Enterprise Software and Services Company

Monday, April 28th, 2008

[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 ...

Rackspace IPO Hints at Expansion

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

[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

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

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 ...

Far From Silicon Valley

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

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

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

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 ...

Sports Entrepreneurship and I2P Workshop

Monday, April 14th, 2008

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 ...

Internship Opportunity at Conformity

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

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 ...

2008 NCAA Championship Game Party

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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: ...