AustinStartup

A slew of innovative companies are presenting today at the DEMO Conference in San Diego. One that caught our eye is the Austin-based ge.la.to; it’s a free dating site that takes online dating to a whole new level and that makes Match.com and eHarmony.com look archaic. Users create a dating profile – in just two minutes – that’s distributed across a myriad of social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Last.fm.

This will be the 3rd year of the Beta Summit at Innotech Austin, and the second year for me to host the event. We’re looking for 5 companies who would like to show off their latest technologies, even if it’s in beta form, to our audience attendees. Previous companies to showcase at the Beta Summit [...]

Ringful, a personal healthcare startup is pleased to announce its selection to participate in DEMO conference’s first ever AlphaPitch, which according to DEMO co-producer Matt Marshall, features the “coolest, earliest-stage companies.”
At DEMO, Ringful will launch a mobile healthcare application suite, available at http://PreventiveCare.mobi/, which turns any mobile phone, from the iPhone to low-end voice-only [...]

It’s the time of the season to launch companies. Between the TechCrunch50 and DEMOfall, over 100 companies are launching themselves, or products this month. Here’s a rundown of companies of interest, and we’ll have more details as they launch.

80legs – Some friends from Houston are doing some interesting things with grids.
EthicsEd – MicroAssist is launching [...]

GDC Austin is in town this week over at the Convention Center. It draws 3k developers, designers, writers, and other creatives from all over. The focus this year is on connected gaming space, encompassing MMOs, virtual worlds and social networking games. This year’s event has more than 130 lectures, panels, keynotes, and round table discussions, [...]

The AppStore continues to experience impressive download numbers and explosive growth, and if it hasn’t already been said, has changed the face of software distribution forever. While not without its faults, the AppStore is a great platform to launch new ideas, extend existing product functionality, and cost-effectively promote brands and engage consumers.

Austin entrepreneur Thomas Marriott was trying to find a multi-function iPhone carrying case, and just didn’t see anything on the market. So what did the former GameWager co-founder do? He decided to explore the market opportunity. The result is the Pocketpack, which can be purchase at www.killthewallet.com.
Thomas and his team did some good old fashioned [...]

Our guest blogger today is Greg Garrison, the president of vrecruting – Recruiting solutions from vcfo. He has over 17 years experience in the recruiting and staffing industry, and is regularly quoted nationally as a thought-leader in employment trends. He can be reached at ggarrison@vcfo.com or 512-450-6569.
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Fall is always the time of year for the Clean Energy Venture Summit, October 14-15 at the incredible AT&T Conference Center on the campus of UT. This summit provides clean energy technology companies and entrepreneurs a venue for presenting their innovations to venture capitalists, angel investors and strategic investors that currently invest in clean energy, [...]

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Tab Schadt, the founder and CEO of DoubleHorn Communications (www.doublehorncommunications.com/).
Q:   What commitments or beliefs drive DoubleHorn Communications on a daily basis?
1)      We remind ourselves daily that we are Texas Owned, Texas Operated, Texas Focused.  In other words, we avoid casting a wide net and not delivering on fundamental expectations of [...]