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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We are lacking sponsors for this month’s happy hour happening this Thursday. Anyone interested please contact me via email at josh<at>startuphouston.

So I have wrestled internally about doing this, but times have gotten that I need to make a point of distinguishing my professional life from what I do for the startup community in Houston. I am often asked to meet with members of our community to provide an evaluation of their business, introductions into the [...]