In 2008, Houston’s finally seemed to break through the public relations barrier on the national stage with some major dap provided but such notables as Forbes, Newsweek, and Kiplingers. The tech community is thriving, entrepreneurs are coming out of the woodworks and we seem to be getting some traction on the venture capital front (more [...]

I am in the process of revamping the site and making it more functional and user-friendly. If you experience any major problems, please let me know. Posts should still be visible but the calendar and directory will be mostly unavailable. I expect that we will have the new site up and running in no time [...]

We are all about change…and want to walk the talk. That being said, we also know what we are and are not.

The site has been functional (and non-functional at times) but needs to better reflect the diversity of Houston’s startup community. So I am placing an all points bulletin to anyone with some skillz (which [...]

So today I got a nice little note from the guys at DFJ Mercury letting me know that they made Entrepreneur Magazine’s VC100 list of Top 100 venture capital firms for a second straight year. The guys did 4 “first time fundings” last year (Phurnace, Marval, Illumitex and Glycos Bio) which was as many as [...]

I got the horse right here
The name is Paul Revere
And here’s a guy that says that the weather’s clear
Can do, can do, this guy says the horse can do
If he says the horse can do, can do, can do.

“Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys And Dolls

I like analogies (and music lyrics also [...]