Q&A Wednesday :: OtherInBox

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Joshua Baer of OtherInBox. The company has created a website product that allows you to manage the email you receive from companies you interact with. The company launched at the recent TechCrunch50 event. We’ve got 25 more beta accounts for our users.
Q: How did you get the original idea for [...]

Q&A Wednesday: Voyant

This week’s Q&A Wednesday is with an Austin-based company that debuted at DEMO 08, Voyant.  Voyant has just released the latest Web 2.0 version of its free do-it-yourself financial planning platform that gives consumers greater control over their financial health.  We recently sat down with CEO David Kaufman to find out more about the company [...]

Q&A Wednesday : Piryx

Today’s Q&A Wedensday is with Tom Serres, founder of Piryx. The company will be launching their piryx.com and realpolitix.com websites on Friday with the goal of making technology accessible for political candidates.
How did you first get the idea for Piryx?
Piryx began as an idea three years ago when I realized I wanted to make a [...]

Q&A Wednesday: Games2U

This week’s Q&A Wednesday is with Games2U, an exciting new Austin-based company focused on creative entertainment.  What’s that have to do with Austin Startup?  Well, there actually is a lot of cool technology that goes into the company.  So, we sat down with David Pikoff to find out more about the company and what the [...]

Q&A Wednesday: Mirage Networks

This week’s Q&A Wednesday is with Mirage Networks, an Austin-based company focused on network security, which was recently named Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year.  Austin Startup sat down with Greg Stock, President and CEO of Mirage Networks, to find out more about the network access control market, the history of the [...]

Q&A Wednesday: Mumboe

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Austin-based Mumboe, originally founded in 2005 as FineTooth. Austin Startup sat down with Bill Kane, the CEO of Mumboe, to talk about their technology, where they are headed, and why there is an “e” at the end of their name.
Tell us a bit about Mumboe?
Mumboe is an on-demand [...]

Q&A Wednesday : GameWager

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is Thomas Marriott, co-founder and President of GameWager. They recently relocated the company to Austin. We talked to them about their online gaming website, and the reasons for relocating to Austin.
Tell us a little bit about what you’re building at Gamewager. When will you be launching?
GameWager is an online platform that enables [...]

Q&A Wednesday : SpanningSync

Our Q&A Wednesday today is with SpanningSync founder Charlie Wood. Their technology will help you connect Google Calendar to your iPod, mobile phone, and most importantly for most users, iCal. We caught up with Charlie last week, and he agreed to give us the scoop on the company.
Give us the elevator pitch for Spanning Sync.
Spanning [...]

Q&A Wednesday; Conformity

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Scott Bils, Founder and CEO of Conformity. The company recently announced their product, and some of the first SaaS companies that they will be interoperating with. You will definitely be hearing more about Conformity in the future.
Give us the elevator pitch for Conformity.
Conformity has created the first software-as-a-service (SaaS) user [...]

Q&A: eVapt

Our Q&A Wednesday today is with Ranjit Nayak, the founder and VP of Marketing for eVapt. It’s an early stage company in the Austin Technology Incubator that is finding ways to make Software as a Service (SaaS) companies more successful.
How did you first get the idea for eVapt?
Having worked for a decade in the enterprise [...]