AustinStartup

My next door neighbor is Dave Thomas. (No, not related to the famous Wendy’s founder.) Dave, Karen, and their family have been great neighbors over the years and, while we may go weeks sometimes not seeing much of each other, due to being involved in our separate professional and personal pursuits, we always know they [...]

37signals’ dustup with GetSatisfaction almost 2 years ago now for bullying marketing tactics is still cited as an example of how, especially when it comes to customer care, the question of who “owns” your interactions with your users (and they with you) is a sensitive subject.

Everyone in town wonders where the Superstar is: the tech company that starts in Austin, is funded by Austin, and whose successful exit brings the cache that will solidify Austin as the Silicon Valley of the 21st century. (And make no mistake, that is in our grasp.)

Doesn’t it seem like we’re perpetually *almost* there, standing on a precipice with our toes hanging off? Are we waiting on some nebulous event to occur? Or can we propel ourselves into that elite status on our own terms? My hope is the latter but my fear is the former.

The 28th annual running of UT-Austin’s Global Moot Corp was completed this past weekend and, for the first time for this event, I participated as a judge. In case you didn’t catch the post-event coverage of the event, there were a couple of outcomes worth note.
First, already informally regarded as the “super bowl” of investment [...]

Entrepreneurs in the central Texas region have good reason to be excited this week. Not only has Austin been recognized repeatedly for the relative strength of its local economy in recent weeks, but on Monday, Austin-based Microventures launched its new site for peer-to-peer venture funding.

You’ve got to hand it to the mice in the ATX promotion machine…they are eating their multi-vitamins these days and spinning the wheels of Austin goodness extra fast in the major media. Take Time magazine’s recent coverage of Austin.

Earlier this year, Derek Williams and Paul Terry Walhus combined their efforts to launch Texas Coworking, an addition to the already growing trend of co-shared workspaces for entrepreneurs, business people and creative folk. After the continued success of Conjunctured, it’s quite clear that co-working is not only a viable solution for many, but a great means to bring everyone together under one roof and connect.

Las Vegas is the mecca for any and all surveillance, and has aggregated some of the most interesting behavioral data around. Among the lessons that the data exposes are two decision fallacies that fund the city’s gambling earnings, and which startups need to keep constantly in mind.

It’s time for Capital Factory 2010 to start kicking off with the opening of applications, startup speed dating, and office hours where you can meet the mentors and share ideas. If you didn’t keep track of Capital Factory in our inaugural year last year, five companies were selected for the program (Cubit Planning, Hourville, Sparefoot, [...]

For any potential and/or current entrepreneur, Andrews Kurth, a leading law firm for entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies, announced this week the launch of a new fixed-fee, start-up organization package.
In an effort to create cost certainty and streamline the process associated with launching a new company, Andrews Kurth is offering clients a comprehensive start-up organization [...]