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See Elevator Pitches from the September OpenCoffee Club

Speaking of OpenCoffee Club, at last month’s get together we brought our video camera and let people there give us their elevator pitch.  Two companies took us up on our offer:

 

Misty Khan with Advena Artemis told us about her company and the benefits of their HuntressPro CRM product.  A contact management tool that operates with [...]

Join us for the Houston OpenCoffee Club October Meetup

Join us for the next Houston OpenCoffee Club on Thursday, October 18th! 

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 will give all entrepreneurs an opportunity to record their 90 second elevator [...]

StartupHouston interviews Laura Mayes with Sk*rt at StartupWeekend

 

I was also fortunate enough to interview Laura Mayes with Sk*rt (Sk-rt.com), who also came up with the idea that we adopted for our StartupWeekend project, TipDish.  Laura has a great story to tell about how Sk*rt got started and should serve as a great example for others in Houston who are considering doing their [...]

StartupHouston interviews Erica O’Grady at StartupWeekend

Well, it took longer than I wanted to get this together, but after wrestling with Ulead’s Video Studio 11+ for over a week, I have finally put together a template that makes it easy to output and upload videos.  So here we go, the first of a few more videos that we have from the [...]

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It’s rare to find someone in the advertising industry that appreciates the value of turning your customers into raving fans. Allison Gower is such a person.

Allison Gower is no stranger to startups. In 1998, she founded The Platform Group Gallery, a Houston based manufacturer of promotional packaging. Just make a cursory review of their website [...]

StartupHouston interviews Andrew Hyde of StartupWeekend

One of the great experiences of being at StartupWeekend Houston was the chance to spend some time and work along side of Andrew Hyde, founder of Startup Weekend.  Andrew clearly has a passion for what he is doing and his enthusiasm and relaxed attitude clearly helped to make this both a fun and productive experience [...]

Startup Weekend – An End or A Beginning?

It was clear to me before heading into this weekend that launching a company over the course of 48 hours was stuff of fantasy. Now that the weekend is behind me and I had a chance to catch up on some well needed sleep, I have a different perspective.

TipDish is a social media directory and [...]