Monday, 12th of May 2008 at 06:36:15 PMA recent bizjournals study that ranks the brainpower levels of America’s 100 largest metropolitan areas places Houston 83rd with a brainpower index of 41.05. Madison, Wisconsin topped the list with an index of 57.80. Washington and San Jose were right behind Madison. Washington boasts the nation’s largest share of adults with advanced degrees, 22.2%, while [...]
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Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center are proud to present Demo by Strongroom Solutions
 The May Houston Startup Happy Hour features a live presentation of StrongRoom Solutions. StrongRoom Solutions offers a B2B service called the Payables Lockbox that is an online bill-pay service that lets business customers [...] April 30th, 2008 | Category: Conversations, Houston Startup Happy Hour, Houston Venture Capitalists, IT and Web 2.0, VC and Angel Funding |
 Leave a comment As we wrote here, Guy Kawasaki is coming to Houston to speak at the Houston Technology Center about his book, The Art of the Start. We will be there covering the event and asking questions that we hope will help Houston’s entrepreneurs and startups. In addition, we’d like to ask for your input. What questions would [...] April 23rd, 2008 | Category: Conversations, Events, General, IT and Web 2.0, VC and Angel Funding |
3 comments   I found out today via Marc Nathan and also via Dwight Silverman‘s TechBlog that Guy Kawasaki is coming to the Houston Technology Center to speak about The Art of The Start on Thursday, April 24th at 7pm. I can’t tell you how excited I was to hear this news as this is obviously the type of speaker that [...] April 2nd, 2008 | Category: Conversations, Events, General, Houston Venture Capitalists, IT and Web 2.0, Interviews, VC and Angel Funding |
2 comments One of our favorite Startup Houston readers asked a great question so I figured I’d give y’all my two cents: what will startups need to do to obtain funding in a frightened economy? Straight answer: the same thing they would do in good economic times. But seriously, there are different answers depending on what type of business [...] So I was curious today about what you, Startup Houston readers, are truly interested in hearing about. Houston is a vibrant technology community and has many industry specializations. Of them, what are you interested in us covering. This will not mean that something will get dropped due to non-interest, but like I stated earlier, I [...] Longtime friend of Startup Houston, Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOM (Stacey is in Austin and used to write for The Deal), authored a post this week about the elements needed to develop a High-Tech-Hub: “Money, big companies and good weather. That last one isn’t a joke; quality of life is important. For example, many people want to [...] Join us for the next OpenCoffee Club! About : The Houston OpenCoffee Club encourages open and informal discussion and networking among entrepreneurs, technology enthusiasts, and investors to help grow startup companies in the Houston area. Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The Coffee Groundz You can RSVP and see who else [...] February 20th, 2008 | Category: Conversations, Events, General, Houston OpenCoffee Club, Houston Venture Capitalists, IT and Web 2.0, VC and Angel Funding |
2 comments The New York Times makes a compelling case for Seattle’s tech startup scene as a promising future competitor to Silicon Valley. The statement that resonates the most is: “A start-up ecosystem needs social networks, support businesses and a business culture that views failure as a badge of honor, not shame.” I think Houston has elements one and [...] I was listening to Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio this past week and the topic was baseball salaries. Colin made note of the fact that the New York Yankees have, what amounts to an almost unlimited supply of cash to acquire as much talent as they can bring in. Unfortunately, this has not translated into [...] |
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