Come to the Houston Startup Happy Hour’s First Anniversary

Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center invite everyone to join us in celebration of a plethora of December events:

• This will be our One Year Anniversary for the Houston Startup Happy Hour. To give y’all some history on the event, “when local blogger and entrepreneur Laura Mayes brought her business partners from New York and North Carolina to Houston in December 2007, it was the perfect excuse to show them a little Texas hospitality and introduce them to our vibrant and diverse technology startup community. They liked Houston so much that they’re co-hosting their own marketing conference here, the Mom2Summit on February 19-21 in partnership with another leader in the Houston Technology Community, OpMom.”
• One of the reasons we decided to have the event on the 2nd Thursday instead of the usual 1st Thursday this month was to coincide the happy hour with the wrap-up of the Rice Alliance’s 6th Annual I.T and Web 2.0 Venture Forum. Since we will have my fellow Texas startup dudes in from around the state (Alex, Bryan and Dean), Marc and I thought it’d be nice to make it so they could stick around if they’d like and you would have a chance to get to know them better, in a more social setting. I spoke to Brad Burke about this and he is all for us having this follow on to the forum. Super cool!
• GreenCamp Houston ’08 is being held the following Saturday at the Houston Technology Center so we are going to make this our official kick-off event. Registration for the event is still ongoing so please register and carve out time to come by and join us for a BarCamp style day devoted to Green Houston. So far, we have received sponsorship from the new climate change practice at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell and local venture capital sensation DFJ Mercury. Sweet Leaf Tea has generously donated cases of tea for the event as well and more sponsors are lining up. We are expecting some incredible attendees and hope to spur awesome dialog about all things green in Houston.

The happy hour will be at a brand new Houston venue this time: Saute. Founded by Connie Lacobie (and co-owned by Houston software entrepreneur and technology community leader Kevin Lacobie) also the founder of Té House of Tea, Saute is a strong believer in fair trade concepts and supports international culture by highlighting international recipes, art, and dance.  They are also firmly attached to our local communities, and strive to bring you local produce and free-range products, and local art and dance connections. Here are the details:

When: December 11, 2008
Time: 6:30pm until we get tired, bored or too hammered to press on…
Where: 2303 Richmond Ave., Houston TX 77098
Between Kirby and Greenbriar, sharing the parking lot with Blue Fish Sushi, Hobbit Cafe, & LZ Pub .

This ought to be a grand event and one you should not miss. We’ll see you there and Happy Holidays!