Friday, 28th of March 2008 at 11:36:50 AMI have seen recent articles from Stacey Higginbotham with the Austin office of GigaOm as well as StartupHouston’s own Josh Tabin talking about what it takes to make a town a successful breeding area for technology startups and decided to follow up on a point that Josh made about the need for close proximity to [...]
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The Houston Business Journal recently reported on an Australian-backed VC firm, Zikyn Inc., that has opened an office at 11200 Westheimer. The CEO, Bridgette Penel, says that Zikyn is “a combination seed capital, incubator and venture capital firm” with an average expected investment of “$200k and up.” Also, apparently they are not limiting themselves to [...] Local Houston startup Advologix has announced the Spring 2008 release of AdvologixPM, a web-based law practice management solution for law firms of all sizes. The Spring 2008 release has significant new user, firm, mobile, and support enhancements that bring new levels of productivity, revenue generation, and ease of use to lawyers and their practices. We covered [...] The Houston area is emerging as a center for the life sciences industry. Numerous start-up companies have emerged in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and telemedicine. This is generating a demand for leaders with a background in both entrepreneurship and the life sciences. To educate these leaders, Rice University Executive Education, the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, and [...] Applications for the 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards are due THIS FRIDAY 3/28. Hosted by Ernst & Young, this is a great opportunity to recognize men and women around the country who have successfully built businesses of all sizes. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Data Call Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DCLT) announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire 100% of Podcast Ready, Inc., a local Houston startup and portfolio company of DFJ Mercury, in an all stock deal. Podcast Ready was created to accelerate adoption of podcasting by making subscribing and listening to [...] Apparently, we at Startup Houston are not alone in how great we think Houston is for technology startups. Forbes announced their Top 10 Up-and-Coming Tech Cities yesterday and Houston was listed #4 above a litany of other great cities. Here is the short list: Columbus, OH People have told us that the hardest thing to do in Houston is to find talent and to find capital. More specifically, we get asked all the time about finding great talent in Houston. People want to find great developers, designers or their next CEO. Well, we’ve just put up our job board [...] For the April Startup Happy Hour, we are looking to shake things up and try a new location as well as a new format. What we are looking for is a place that has a little more room, more parking space, and has a good layout that lends itself to doing presentations. Why you ask? [...] Thanks to all who braved the rain and cold and made it out to our March Houston Startup Happy Hour. All in all we had about 40 people show up, had several new faces, and had a great time. Here are some of the pics:
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