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Retail and Social Web Guitar store, Redbone Guitar Boutique - @redboneguitar to be at Texas Guitar Show during SXSW
March 10, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Redbone Guitar Boutique
If you’re headed to SXSW, be sure an pay a visit to Richard Turner and his crew from San Antonio’s Redbone Guitar Boutique - @redboneguitar during the Texas Guitar Show / SXSW.
San Antonio’s Pocket Communications hosts new recording artist, Vita Chambers, in the Pocket Lounge
March 9, 2010 | Filed under Pocket Communications
via blog.pocket.com
San Antonio’s, Pocket Communications, is always on the watch and in the know for up and coming musical artists.
Vita Chambers is someone you’ll want to watch. In fact, she’ll be in the Pocket Lounge today at 4 PM CST.
You can Fan Vita here on Facebook. Follow here on MySpace. Or here on Twitter.
Here new song, Young [...]
Texas Lt. Governor, David Dewhurst talks about business opportunities in Green and Clean Technologies between Texas and Israel
March 8, 2010 | Filed under Clean Tech, Texas Israel Chamber, Water Tech
via youtube.com
During the recent Cleanovation conference sponsored by the Texas Israel Chamber of Commerce, Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, talked about the opportunities in Green and Clean Technologies for Texas and Israel to work together.
David’s not only a politician, he’s a businessperson who gets it.
San Antonio’s College Radio Station, KSYM- 90.1, Begins Fundraiser; Please show your support and give!
March 5, 2010 | Filed under Blog
Worth Reading: Benefits of Social Media
March 5, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Social Media, Social Media Consultant, Social Media San Antonio
What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later
View more presentations from Marta Kagan.
My Column in the San Antonio “Express-News” - What the “Cool Kids” from San Antonio Are Going To Be Doing at SXSW 2010
March 4, 2010 | Filed under Blog
Today’s column in the San Antonio “Express-News” illustrates the collective smarts and fun that is converging on Austin next week at SXSW Interactive.
The column and this video are just a sampling of who’s doing what. And there’s more coming.
I’ll be teaming up with Nan Palmero from SalesBy5 to do daily reports for the online edition of the [...]
San Antonio’s TechInTwenty.com Features Redbone Guitar Boutique’s Approach in Using Social Media to Build a Global Business
March 3, 2010 | Filed under Redbone Guitar Boutique, TechInTwenty.com
San Antonio Startup, TechInTwenty.com recently shot a segment at my favorite guitar store, Redbone Guitar Boutique (also based in San Antonio.) If you’re a retailer, there’s some great lessons you can learn from these guys.
San Antonio’s Vidacare OnControl Bone Marrow System Is Quantum Leap Forward for Bone Marrow Procedures
March 3, 2010 | Filed under Vidacare
For many cancer patients, a bone marrow biopsy and/or aspiration is one of the most dreaded aspects of their diagnosis and treatment plan. The traditional method for gaining bone marrow involves grinding a needle by hand and sheer force through a patient’s skin and bone, and the procedure is often described as “brutal,” “excruciating” and [...]
San Antonio - You Can Participate in Applying for Funding & Resources from Austin’s Capital Factory
March 1, 2010 | Filed under Capital Factory, Texas Venture Capital, Venture Capital
Capital Factory, an Austin-based early stage accelerator for tech startups, is opening up its second annual call for startup applications and can include San Antonio-based companies.
Founded in 2009 by local entrepreneurs Joshua Baer, Sam Decker and Bryan Menell, the program’s goal is to get a startup pointed in the right direction with a [...]
San Antonio Tech Mixer Follows Innotech / March 4 - Tech Center 4:30 - 7:30 PM
March 1, 2010 | Filed under Blog
How GVTC Competes Against Big-Ass Broadband / Broadcast TV Service Providers like AT&T, Time Warner, DirectTV, etc.
February 27, 2010 | Filed under Blog
GVTC began more than half a century ago as a telephone cooperative with the purpose of providing modern phone service to remote parts of the Texas Hill Country and other rural areas to the north of San Antonio. Today, GVTC has evolved into a comprehensive communications provider with offerings that go well beyond residential and [...]
Lights. Camera. Action. How to get your startup listed in the credits of a way cool major motion picture.
February 26, 2010 | Filed under Texas Venture Capital
Here’s an idea to help you juice up your startup: get your company name listed in the credits of a major motion picture in the making.
In doing so, you can lay claim that your startup is in good company with the likes of Jude Law, Sir Ian McKellen, Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry. Even the Prime [...]
Emerging Medical Technology Conference - March 3rd
February 26, 2010 | Filed under Innotech
On March 3 and 4, INNOTECH will be in San Antonio. The annual Information Technology Conference will be held on March 4th. This year INNOTECH is also presenting an Emerging Medical Technology (EMT) conference on March 3rd.
Immediately following the EMT, Technology Connexus Association, a Texas 501(c)3 that works to promote science and technology in the [...]
Worth Watching - How Israel Has Become a Startup Nation…
February 25, 2010 | Filed under Israeli Technology
Pear Analytics’ Website Analyzer: Oh - there’s an app for that
February 24, 2010 | Filed under Blog
Introducing the Website Analyzer for the iPhone. Get it.
San Antonio’s Pear Analytics is making it easier and cooler than ever to get your Website Analyzer reports.
Simply download the free iPhone app and get your analysis on the go. What’s awesome is that you can store your website reports in the History section and easily reference [...]
Innovate 2010 - the world’s most promising startups - are you one?
February 23, 2010 | Filed under Innovate 2010
Now is the time. The Innovate!100 is the place.
Guidewire Group, a global market intelligence and advisory firm passionate about technology entrepreneurship, is teaming up with leading partners and sponsors to host a global competition to identify and accelerate the world’s 100 top technology, media and telecommunications startups.
Startups, especially early-stage startups, need all of [...]
My Interview with Dr. Eli Opper, Israel’s Chief Scientist, prior to the Texas Israel Chamber of Commerces’ Cleanovation Event - Austin; #TxCleantech
February 22, 2010 | Filed under Blog
via youtube.com
When you think of the term, “Chief Scientist,” you might not associate it with the commercializing and export of technology. In the case of the Office of the Chief Scientist, Dr. Eli Opper is actually part of the State of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. And his role is [...]
CleanTX Forum Other People’s Money: The New Funding Landscape
February 21, 2010 | Filed under Venture Capital
SecureLogix’s CTO, Matt Reddy, to speak at this months IdeaXchange at Idea Finishing School
February 19, 2010 | Filed under Dean McCall
Come join us for some drinks and munchies and listen to how one San Antonio Entrepreneur took his start up company to the finish line.
Our speaker this month is San Antonio Entrepreneur Matt Reedy. Matt is Director of Research & Development for SecureLogix Corporation.
In this role, Matt participates in the overall product planning and roadmap [...]
Texas Israel Chamber of Commerce’s Cleanovation Conference Takes Place on Monday, February 22
February 19, 2010 | Filed under Blog
We are extremely fortunate to have added Texas General Land Office Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Lt. Governor David Dewhurst as speakers. There will be numerous presenting companies, the Chief Scientist of Israel Dr. Eli Opper, Mark Armentrout of the Texas Institute, and many more.
We have over 20 innovative Israeli companies attending and almost 75 US companies. Registration ends [...]
‘Not Cool Like Us’ Launch Party” / A San Antonio Startup of a Different Sort - Feb 25
February 18, 2010 | Filed under Not Cool Like Us
This is a startup of a different sort.
This is early playhouse theater - the kind your parents or grandparents used to watch. It’s important to attend so you can see what the future of IP based social television could turn out to be like.
Oh, there’s free beer and wine at the Cameo Zumbro Room, and you’ll wanna [...]
Unofficial Pre-SXSW Mixer - San Antonio - Wed / Feb 24 @ C4 Workspace
February 18, 2010 | Filed under Blog
Unofficial Pre-SXSW Mixer - San Antonio
Host: Gray Web Technology & Design
Type: Party - Mixer
Network: Global
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: C4 Workspace
108 King William, San Antonio
PLEASE REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE:
SXSW is just a month away! What better time to connect with fellow San Antonians planning [...]
State-wide PBS Stations to Broadcast Texas Lyceum’s Recent Great Debate - “Our Growing Lives Online; Safe or Not”
February 15, 2010 | Filed under Denim Group, John Dickson, Texas Lyceum
Last weekend, John Dickson, Denim Group Principal and Conference Chair of the Texas Lyceum - #TexasLyceumSA acted as Conference Chair for the Texas Lyceum’s first quarterly meeting of 2010.
Starting this Thursday, regional PBS stations in Texas will air the Great Debate. It’s great to see the issue of Cyber Security being brought to the [...]
Details Here on Texas-Israel Chamber’s Cleantech Event / Austin - Feb 22
February 13, 2010 | Filed under Texas Israel Chamber
Israel and Texas Working Together for Cleantech
Date: February 22, 2010
Location: Austin Hilton Hotel | Austin, TX
As the first Cleantech conference of its kind, the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Government of Israel-Economic Mission and the Austin Chamber of Commerce cordially invite you to participate in the Texas-Israel Cleanovation Conference next February 22, featuring the world’s most [...]
Att: Startups - There’s still time to apply for a panel position at the Beta Summit / March 4
February 9, 2010 | Filed under Blog
Innotech San Antonio is still looking for a few good tech startups to apply for a panel position at this year’s Innotech Beta Summit March 4.
So far, the Rackspace/Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce event has attracted five firms, Dean McCall, the Beta Summit chairman, said. However, there is still an opportunity for others [...]