Most start-up entrepreneurs talk about exiting the company within five to seven years, but not Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote. “We’re creating the 100-year start-up,” Libin said. He also calls it “The Forever Start-up.” Evernote explicitly does not have an exit strategy, Libin said. He doesn’t want to sell the company or take it public […]
Evernote Austin’s open house
November 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It took an hour and half to get everyone checked in at the door of Evernote’s new offices in Northwest Austin Thursday night. A guy in the parking garage said it was easier to get into a ZZ Top concert than Evernote’s new offices, said Rich Warwick, its vice president and general manager for Austin […]
Famigo lets families play together safely on small screens
November 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Susan Lahey Special contributor to Silicon Hills News When people write about Austin start-up Famigo’s new tool, the Sandbox, they focus on the benefit: Parents can pass their mobile phones to children, touching the Sandbox icon, and restricting that kid to a safe world of age-appropriate games. In the Sandbox, he can never dial […]
Hurricane Party reinvents itself as Foreca.st
November 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Eric Katerman, one of the founders of Austin-based Hurricane Party, spoke at Austin Startup Week at the Tiniest Bar in Texas. He said the team at Hurricane Party spent a year building a product that no one really wanted. They’ve since created Foreca.st, which is in Beta testing. Hurricane Party was party of The Capital […]
MyLocalReporter connects companies with the media
November 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Dave Manzer started Austin-based PROverCoffee.com in 2010. He arranges monthly meet ups with members of the media and the business community. This interview with Manzer is from Startup Week at the Austin Startup Bazaar. He recently launched MyLocalReporter to help companies in Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth pitch their companies and products to […]
Comic Con works its magic in Austin
November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Isadora Vail Special contributor to SiliconHillsNews.com Wizards, video game characters, sci-fi villains, super heroes and superstars attended the 2011 Wizard World Comic Con, a local spin off of the world-famous San Diego comic book convention. Hundreds of pop-culture fans gathered at the Austin Convention Center to trade comic books, buy action figures, and listen […]
Entrepreneurs hope to launch the next big thing at 3 Day Startup San Antonio
November 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In 72 hours, a group of strangers met, brainstormed ideas and then built working prototypes for six companies. The companies included Spear Guard, an e-mail security firm, Renew Couture, a recycled clothing line, Stride Sync, a music sharing app, Golf Average, a statistical analysis app to improve golf performance, SimpLingo, a browser plug-in to learn […]
Austin-based Mass Relevance partners with Twitter
November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Twitter wants to harness the power of TV to encourage people to log on to the micro-blogging site. To that end, it struck up a partnership with Austin-based Mass Relevance today. Mass Relevance created a content curation system for an estimated 250 million tweets each day. For example, NBC’s The Voice used Mass Relevance’s platform […]
Today’s startup profile focuses on ZippyKid
November 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
Vid Luther started ZippyKid, which hosts and services WordPress websites. Starting at $20 a month, San Antonio-based Zippykid provides fast and secure hosting on Rackspace’s servers. Ten Questions with Luther, founder and CEO of ZippyKid. 1Q. Where did you come up with the idea for Zippy Kid? A. Basically the idea came about because I […]
Famigo creates a virtual sandbox to keep kids safe
November 3, 2011 by 1 Comment
In our backyard, under a giant oak tree, my husband built a marvelous sandbox. My son spent hours playing there and I never worried about his safety. The sandbox in today’s fast-paced digital world has become the cell phone, laptop or tablet computer. So parents need new tools to ensure their children are safe. That’s […]
