Josh Tabin 
Wednesday, 29th of October 2008 at 03:28:46 PM
Authors Sarah Lacy and David Wallace will be at Caroline Collective this Saturday, November 1, from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. to talk about their books: Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good and One Nation Under Blog. Sarah is a well known journalist and David is the former Mayor of Sugarland. Both are great speakers and [...]
Josh Tabin 
Monday, 27th of October 2008 at 12:36:13 PM
On Tuesday, November 18th, the Houston Technology Center will host its Gulf Coast Innovation Conference. It will include 30-40 fast paced emerging technology company presentations. This day long conference will feature two panel presentations and finish up with a networking cocktail reception all to take place at the InterContinental Hotel near the Galleria. The first panel includes [...]
Josh Tabin 
Monday, 13th of October 2008 at 07:32:01 PM
Startup Weekend veteran and local developer Robert Gremillion has launched CalFeed this week to provide users with a guide of events hosted online. Robert and I talked through the idea almost a year ago and I am pleased to see that he has followed through on his idea.
CalFeed is best described as a Digg for [...]
Josh Tabin 
Monday, 13th of October 2008 at 06:40:24 PM
Houston-based Voxofon has become the first VoIP company to provide service for the new Android platform built by the Open Handset Alliance according to a company release. The new service, which offers transparent cost optimization for roaming and international calls, will be available for use on Android phones when they become available later this year.
Earlier [...]
Josh Tabin 
Monday, 13th of October 2008 at 06:08:27 PM
It’s time again for the Rice Alliance I.T. & Web 2.0 Venture Forum. Last year’s event was well received and included Web 2.0 for the first time. It was an event where Laura Mayes of Kirtsy (p.k.a. Skirt) stole the show with her mints and charm. I expect this year’s forum to outshine previous events [...]
Josh Tabin 
Friday, 3rd of October 2008 at 06:28:44 PM
Now that Ike is pretty much behind me, I’ve been able to catch up on a few things, mostly e-mail and blog posts. Here are a few items of note regarding Houston technology startups:
Houston-based MarineCFO, a developer of software for managing marine fleet operations, said last week that it has raised a Series A funding [...]
Josh Tabin 
Friday, 3rd of October 2008 at 12:00:42 PM
I personally cannot understand why so many people are taken aback by recent events in the capital markets. From my perspective, this is the only possible outcome from decades of failed oversight and unbridled expansion. Regardless of who or what you blame for our current mess, some new economic realities face entrepreneurs that are important [...]
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