By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News A true life David vs. Goliath story played out in the early days of the PC industry-pitting upstart Compaq Computer against industry behemoth IBM Corp. Rod Canion, co-founder of Compaq, recounted the tale during a conversation Wednesday night with Brett Hurt, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University […]
Persistence and Confidence Key to RetailMeNot’s Cotter Cunningham’s Success
October 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
An Evening With Josh Baer: On Obama, Lionel Ritchie, and Not Getting Everything Right
October 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Josh Baer is living something of a charmed life right now. When ACL was rained out last Sunday, he managed to get Lionel Ritchie to give a private performance for 50 people at the home of a friend. His brainchild, Capital Factory, was visited by President Barack […]
How to Get Money from VC and Angel Investors
May 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Austin has one of the nation’s most active angel networks through the Central Texas Angel Network, known as CTAN. Last year, CTAN, with 100 members, invested about $8 million in 28 companies, including 13 new companies and 15 portfolio companies. Every angel investor is doing it because […]
Bazaarvoice stock soars in its first day of trading
February 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
Bazaarvoice made some newly minted Austin millionaires today. The social media marketing company stock debuted on the Nasdaq, priced at $12 a share, Friday morning and rose as high as 41 percent to $17.16 in the afternoon. The stock, traded under the stock symbol BV, opened at $15.77 a share, up 33 percent, when trading […]
