Don’t call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear
Makin the tears rain down like a MON-soon
Listen to the bass go BOOM
Explosion, overpowerin
Over the competition, I’m towerin
Wreckin shop, when I drop these lyrics that’ll make you call the cops
Don’t you dare stare, you betta move
Don’t ever compare
Me to the [...]

BarCamp Houston III is coming soon. Are you pumped yet? Check out these links for updates as they come. I predict that this will be a seminal event in the technology startup community so plan on being there, no matter what it takes:

BarCamp Houston III Wiki
Facebook event
Meetup event
Upcoming event

Be there or be square!

This past Thursday night I attended the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston’s annual Men’s Night Out event. This year’s speaker was Nando Parrado, a member of a Uruguayan rugby team that in 1972 crashed with his team in the Andes and survived against all odds over 14,000 feet in the mountains for 72 days before [...]

This morning I had the pleasure of meeting the founders of qcue at the Houston Technology Center as part of a team presenting Houston as the new corporate headquarters for the newly formed startup. The morning group included delegates from the Greater Houston Partnership and the Rice Alliance as well as your friends from Startup [...]

Thursday morning I had the pleasure of being a part of a morning long panel discussion regarding technology and economic development with the West Houston Leadership Institute, a ten month program sponsored by the West Houston Chamber of Commerce whose purpose is to train and develop leadership in the West Houston community. Cliff Simpson of [...]

The company that Blair Garrou commented about at the Rice Alliance Information Technology Venture Forum as having “the best logo I’ve ever seen,” Playnormous, was featured in an article (subscription required) by the Houston Business Journal today. Playnormous is an online community where children and their parents can learn about health in a fun and [...]

Houston kicked off 2008 with a strong quarter of venture capital investment according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. In the first quarter of 2008, 10 Houston based companies raised $124.5 million in venture capital compared to 27 companies that raised $242.6 [...]

Houston and Guy Kawasaki favorite, sk*rt has rebranded itself as kirtsy as of this morning. Over the past few weeks, kirtsy’s team has been running a contest to rename the popular content aggregation site for user-selected stories that have relevancy among women. The new name is play on the original, without that pesky hypen in [...]

Houston is quickly becoming known as the mecca of social media and one of our own is moving on up. Charles Lewis of Pop Labs has taken his viral YouTube video to the main stage with the launch of his new site, The SEO Rapper. Hey Chuck, let me know if you need a beat [...]