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I still am amazed at the amount of companies that I encounter that operate without any sort of business planning whatsoever. There are many types of business planning activities that a company should spend time on: Marketing plan: what do you sell and to whom do you market toward? This is rudimentary analysis and modeling that [...] Hi All! You may or may not have noticed a new tab at the top of our blog leading to a new directory of startups in Houston. If not, you can also click here to get there. We are just getting started, so you may only notice a couple of companies at first, but stick [...] A new research report from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire shows some interesting trends in angel investing throughout the US: Angel investing is down 6% in the first half of 2007 compared to the first half of 2006; Startup Weekend – Houston is next weekend. Are you excited? Several sponsors have already been lined up for the event: Linux Journal Kurt and I will be blogging the time away throughout the event and will have some special guest bloggers as [...] “Because opening up the site just wasn’t enough, apparently: Facebook is branching into a new role as an investor. The company has announced a new program called FBFund to provide grants to developers who are interested in creating applications for the Facebook Platform. FBFund, with cash infused by Facebook investors Accel Partners and the Founders [...] Join us for the next Houston OpenCoffee Club on Thursday, September 20th! About : The Houston OpenCoffee Club encourages open and informal discussion and networking among entrepreneurs, technology enthusiasts, and investors to help grow startup companies in the Houston area. At this month’s Houston OpenCoffee Club we are going to spice things up a bit and give all [...] Houston based life science startup, ThromboVision announced today the closing of a $4 million Series A round of financing from National Health Care Services and a group of private investors. The company plans on using the funds to build an infrastructure and fund clinical trials of their ThromboGuide product towards FDA approval. The [...] September 14th, 2007 | Category: BioTech/Life Science, General, VC and Angel Funding |
 Leave a comment If you’ve been to an OpenCoffee event recently you may have met Misty Khan and learned about her new sales contact management software, Huntress Pro. If you are a networking fiend like I am and are tied to Microsoft Outlook, you will appreciate this new release that addresses the shortcomings of Outlook. I had a chance [...]
I received an email from Marc Nathan over at the Houston Technology Center reminding me that the Rice Alliance is having their annual I.T. and Web 2.0 Venture Forum on Thursday, Nov. 8th. Actually, as recently as last year it was known as just the I.T. Venture forum, but this year it [...] September 12th, 2007 | Category: Events, General, Houston Venture Capitalists, IT and Web 2.0, VC and Angel Funding |
One comment Sorry I have been absent from posting lately but it has been a hectic couple of weeks. After the Labor Day weekend, I went up to Austin to visit a client at the Austin Game Developers Conference. That was very interesting to say the least. I let my inner geek shine while wearing my BarCamp [...] |
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