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Jul1st2008

Next Houston Startup Happy Hour is this Thursday, July 3rd

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Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center are proud to present

Start JULY off with a BANG at the Houston Startup Happy Hour!!!

Here is your chance to meet Houston’s growing network of emerging startups, entreprenuers, investors, and technology enthusiasts to share drinks, tips and beta invites. Swap business cards and war stories and learn something new about Houston’s Tech Scene!

This month we will feature a demo from one of Houston’s hottest startup companies: SnapStream Media !!

 

Join Us For:

  • ->   Free drinks for the first 25 people
  • ->   Wine-by-the-glass drink specials from 6 pm to 8 pm
  • ->   Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
  • ->   A live demo of SnapStream’s new TV search software!
  • ->   Open mic for all startups to make announcements and provide sneak peeks of their latest sites and services
  • ->  Meet Houston’s hottest innovative startups and entrepreneurs

 

The July Houston Startup Happy Hour features a live presentation of SnapStream’s latest release of their TV search software. SnapStream’s consumer product was showcased by Bill Gates in his keynote at the Windows XP Launch in 2001 and since then it’s received lots of industry awards and recognition, including PC Magazine Editor’s Choice. Snapstream’s newest product, SnapStream Enterprise, allows organizations to record and search within thousands of hours of TV recordings. It’s used by 1) presidential campaigns, 2) city/state/federal governments, 3) TV shows (like E!’s The Soup), 4) K-12 schools and universities, and many more. Come meet the founders and see a demo of their TV search software in action at Thursday’s Houston Startup Happy Hour!

Thanks again to SnapStream for also being the sponsor of the July Houston Startup Happy Hour!

 

The Tasting Room

When:
Thursday, July 3rd
6pm - 9pm

Where:
The Tasting Room @ River Oaks
2409 W. Alabama
(713) 526-2242
(Click here for map)

RSVP (here)
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Jun3rd2008

Next Houston Startup Happy Hour is this Thursday, June 5th

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on June 3, 2008
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Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center are proud to present
The June Houston Startup Happy Hour.

Open Call for Demos! Show up and Show Off!

The June Houston Startup Happy Hour features an open call for any startups who want to demo their sites to just show up and demo. We will have an area in the back to set up for laptops with power and wireless access. We will be putting together a video of all demos and promoting them on our site. Come one, come all and show Houston what you’ve got!  There will also be an open mic opportunity for all startups to share recent announcements with the rest of Houston’s startup community.

Email us if interested: events “@” startuphouston.com  

New Location! New Format!

Here is your chance to meet Houston’s growing network of emerging startups, entreprenuers, investors, and technology enthusiasts to share drinks, tips and beta invites. Swap business cards and war stories and learn something new about Houston’s Tech Scene!

Join Us For:

  • Free drinks for the first 25 people
  • Wine-by-the-glass drink specials from 6 pm to 8 pm
  • Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
  • An open call for startups to demo
  • Open mic for all startups to make announcements and provide sneak peeks of their latest sites and services
  • Meet Houston’s hottest innovative startups and entrepreneurs

The Tasting Room

When:
Thursday, June 5th
6pm - 9pm

Where:
The Tasting Room @ River Oaks
2409 W. Alabama
(713) 526-2242
(Click here for map)

RSVP (here)
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Apr30th2008

Join us for the next Houston Startup Happy Hour on Thursday May 1st

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on April 30, 2008
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Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center are proud to present
The May Houston Startup Happy Hour.

Demo by Strongroom Solutions

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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 view, approve, and pay invoices online. There will also be an open mic opportunity for all startups to share recent announcements with the rest of Houston’s startup community.

New Location! New Format!

Here is your chance to meet Houston’s growing network of emerging startups, entreprenuers, investors, and technology enthusiasts to share drinks, tips and beta invites. Swap business cards and war stories and learn something new about Houston’s Tech Scene!

Join Us For:

  • Free drinks for the first 25 people
  • Wine-by-the-glass drink specials from 6 pm to 8 pm
  • Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
  • A live demo of the Strongroom Solutions site
  • Open mic for all startups to make announcements and provide sneak peeks of their latest sites and services
  • Meet Houston’s hottest innovative startups and entrepreneurs

The Tasting Room

When:
Thursday, May 1st (tomorrow)
6pm - 9pm

Where:
The Tasting Room @ River Oaks
2409 W. Alabama
(713) 526-2242
(Click here for map)

RSVP (here)
Sponsored by Phillips & Reiter, LLC

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Our sponsor for the May Startup Happy Hour is Phillips & Reiter, LLC. Phillips & Reiter is a new kind of law firm, offering an innovative approach to managing legal services. Their senior legal executives provide counsel to growing organizations on an as-needed basis, at a fraction of the cost compared to hiring a full-time General Counsel or traditional law firms. P&R has offices in Houston, Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth. Continue reading ‘Join us for the next Houston Startup Happy Hour on Thursday May 1st’

Apr8th2008

April Houston Startup Happy Hour Jams with JamsBio

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 We had a great time at the April Houston Startup Happy Hour this past Thursday with the JamsBio launch.  The turnout was greater than we expected and filled the entire bar area (see photos and video below).  We went with a different venue (The Tasting Room) and format (Demos + Networking) for this month’s startup happy hour and I’ll have to say that while we still have some tweaking to do, it was a great event. 

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Stephen Newman, Matt Williams and the rest of the JamsBio crew did a great job with their demo as well as bringing lots of free T-shirts for everyone and we were excited to be part of their launch.  Also, many thanks to JamsBio for also sponsoring the event so that we could offer free drinks to many of you who made it by early.

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I learned of two new social media startups at the event that are due to launch in private beta soon, and one established startup that just successfully secured their second round of funding.  Unfortunately, I can’t report on them yet, but there are a lot of details that will be coming out soon.  Marc Nathan of the HTC also announced Guy Kawasaki’s upcoming appearance at the HTC to give a presentation on The Art of The Start.  Overall, very exciting to see the many new things going on in Houston’s startup community.

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Here are some of the other startups and tech companies that were seen at the event:

Based on our April experience, here is how we plan to run the May event.

  • We are looking for a startup company to demo their latest and greatest features or newest version of their site. Please send an email to [events 'at' startuphouston 'dot' com] if interested.
  • The demo will be held in the back room (called The Wine Cellar) of The Tasting Room on the big Plasma screen TV.  This will help to cut down on some of the crowd noise we experienced in April’s event and will let the demoing company present longer if needed.
  • We are also looking for sponsors for the event.  The cost is $200 and goes directly back into promoting the event.
  • The startup that is demoing their company can also be the sponsor, but does not have to be.  It does make some sense though because the funds will be used to drive more people to the event who will also see the demo.
  • We will provide as much promotion as possible for both the demoing company and the sponsoring company

Let us know your thoughts.  Did you make it to the Happy Hour?  Was it a good event?  Did you meet new and interesting startups and people?  Did you like the demo or would you recommend another way to show off Houston’s hottest startups?  Tell us what you think in the comments section.

Apr1st2008

Join Us for the April Houston Startup Happy Hour this Thursday

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on April 1, 2008
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Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center are proud to present
 The April Houston Startup Happy Hour.

Sponsored by JamsBio

The April Houston Startup Happy Hour features a completely new format including a live presentation of JamsBio.com launched publicly this week by Mouth Watering Media LLC. JamsBio is a new and unique website created by and for music lovers to exchange memories about life experiences and the music associated with them. There will also be an open mic opportunity for all startups to share recent announcements with the rest of Houston’s startup community.

New Location!  New Format! 

Here is your chance to meet Houston’s growing network of emerging startups, entreprenuers, investors, and technology enthusiasts to share drinks, tips and beta invites. Swap business cards and war stories and learn something new about Houston’s Tech Scene!

Join Us For:

  • Free drinks for the first 25 people
  • Wine-by-the-glass drink specials from 6 pm to 8 pm
  • Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
  • A live demo of the new JamsBio site, launching this week!
  • Free T-Shirts, compliments of JamsBio
  • Open mic for all startups to make announcements and provide sneak peeks of their latest sites and services
  • Meet Houston’s hottest innovative startups and entrepreneurs

The Tasting Room

When:
Thursday, April 3rd
6pm - 9pm

Where:
The Tasting Room @ River Oaks
2409 W. Alabama
(713) 526-2242
(Click here for map)

RSVP  (here)

Meet Houston’s most innovative startups and entrepreneurs!

The Tasting Room at River Oaks has a great venue where there is room to socialize with the group, as well as areas to have side conversations. Try some great wines (and other mixed drinks) and share the latest and greatest info on yourself and your new tech venture. The wine cellar room also has a plasma screen TV and laptop that can be used to give other demos and show off your site.

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Mar7th2008

Houston Startup Happy Hour for March is Cold, Wet, & Fun!

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on March 7, 2008
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Thanks to all who braved the rain and cold and made it out to our March Houston Startup Happy Hour.  All in all we had about 40 people show up, had several new faces, and had a great time.  Here are some of the pics:

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Click here to see more of the March Startup Happy Hour photos on Flickr. 

Here are some of the startups and tech companies that came out:

Let us know how we can make the April Startup Happy Hour even better in our comments section!

Feb6th2008

The February Houston Startup Happy Hour is this Thursday

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on February 6, 2008
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If you love <3 Startups as much as we do, then you don’t want to miss our next Houston Startup Happy Hour this Thursday (tomorrow), Feb. 7th!

Our last Houston Startup Happy Hour was such a smash (over 100 people) that we decided to make it part of a full time schedule. From now on the happy hour will always be on the first Thursday of every month, starting with our next event on Thursday, February 7th (tomorrow). Sonoma Wine Bar has a great venue where everyone feels instantly relaxed, can try some great wines (and other mixed drinks), and share the latest and greatest info on themselves and their new tech ventures.

So here is your chance to meet Houston’s growing network of emerging startups, entreprenuers, investors, and technology enthusiasts to share drinks, tips and beta invites. Swap business cards and war stories and learn something new about Houston’s Tech Scene!

Here are more of the specifics:

When: Thursday, February 7th (tomorrow), 6pm - 9pm
Where: Sonoma Wine Bar
Map: Click Here
RSVP: Click Here

Hope to see you there!

A Few Updates:

• I just confirmed with Sonoma that we will have a screen, projector, and laptop (and free wifi) there for people to be able to show off their sites. This is a great chance to show people more about what you do or give them a sneak peek at that beta you’ve been working on.

• Rakesh Agrawal of SnapStream will be giving away a couple of “Set” decks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(game)) at the happy hour.

• And, last but not least, if you are an experienced developer, sales engineer, or office manager, SnapStream is currently looking to fill these positions and you can find out more from Rakesh at the happy hour or see the info on their site here.

Jan14th2008

5 Ways Networking can help your Startup stand out in 2008

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For 2008 Startup Houston has invited some of Houston’s best and brightest to provide guest posts on topics that they feel can help the Houston startup community to experience more success in 2008. 

MistyKhan_profilephoto We are proud to have Misty Khan as our first guest blogger for January.  Misty is the President and CEO of Advena Artemis, which provides sales consulting and the HuntressPro sales productivity software package for Microsoft Outlook, and has a wealth of experience in the areas of entrepreneurship, business development, CRM implementation and optimization, business process mapping, project management, and engineering.

We look forward to many more great posts in the months to come from Misty and others.

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Feeling a Little Lost & Overwhelmed as a Start-Up Company?

If you are, then as one of my old bosses used to say “don’t feel like the lone ranger.” I see a lot of questions on LinkedIn.com from start-up principals who feel the same way (especially in the technology sector) where founders may have more technical than business skills. But never fear, because there is a great solution to help ease these feelings called ‘networking’ and you may be surprised how much it can really help you out.Here are a few things networking can do for you as a start-up:1. Introduce you to other start-up principals who are or were in the same boat as you. These folks can be a great source of not only a sympathetic ear (don’t underestimate the value of the ear), but also of solutions they used to get past common hurdles. Why reinvent the wheel when someone else has probably already come up with a great solution that they are more than willing to share with you.

2. Introduce you to potential investors, advisors and board members. I see a lot of VCs and angel investors hanging out at OpenCoffee Club meetings as well as the Houston Technology Center (HTC) and other great networking events here in Houston. These guys are interested in hearing about new opportunities to invest in, and you have one, so why not seek them out where they congregate. Even if you don’t find a willing investor, you are going to get some great feedback from these folks on what you need to do to get an investor’s attention or where to find the kind of investors that will be interested in your opportunity.

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Jan2nd2008

Don’t Miss the Houston Startup Happy Hour tomorrow (Thursday)

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Start your New Year right by joining us for the next Houston Startup Happy Hour this Thursday (tomorrow), Jan. 3rd!

Our first Houston Startup Happy Hour was such a smash (over 100 people) that we decided to make it part of a full time schedule. From now on the happy hour will always be on the first Thursday of every month, starting with our next event on Thursday, January 3rd (tomorrow). Sonoma Wine Bar has a great venue where everyone feels instantly relaxed, can try some great wines (and other mixed drinks), and share the latest and greatest info on themselves and their new tech ventures.

So here is your chance to meet Houston’s growing network of emerging startups, entreprenuers, investors, and technology enthusiasts to share drinks, tips and beta invites. Swap business cards and war stories and learn something new about Houston’s Tech Scene!

Here are more of the specifics:

When: Thursday, January 3rd (tomorrow), 6pm - 9pm
Where: Sonoma Wine Bar
Map: Click Here
RSVP: Click Here

Hope to see you there!