By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The fifth Longhorn Startup Demo Day at the University of Texas drew the largest crowd ever. Close to 1,000 people registered to attend the event and most of them showed up despite the cold front and blustery weather that blew into Austin on Thursday. The evening featured […]
Persistence and Confidence Key to RetailMeNot’s Cotter Cunningham’s Success
October 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
Mark Cuban and Cotter Cunningham to Speak at Longhorn Startup Lab
October 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Longhorn Startup Lab started out two years ago as a way to jump start undergraduate entrepreneurs at the University of Texas at Austin. The program run by Bob Metcalfe, UT professor of innovation, and Joshua Baer, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Capital Factory, has graduated four classes so far. Ben Dyer, entrepreneur in residence at […]
RetailMeNot.com launches new mobile coupon site
January 24, 2012 by 6 Comments
WhaleShark Media’s RetailMeNot.com, online coupon site, announced the launch of its new mobile site. The new site provides coupons and other deals to Apple iPhone and Android mobile phone users worldwide. It also provides exclusive in-store mobile deals from retailers who want to reach customers on their mobile devices. “In 2011, we experienced triple digit […]
WhaleShark Media seeks to dominate the deal industry
January 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Eoghan McCloskey Special Contributor to Silicon Hills News The popularity and success of daily deal sites such as Groupon and Living Social have created opportunities for others like WhaleShark Media. The Austin-based startup connects consumers with multiple daily deal and coupon services like Deals.com and CouponShare.com as well as deal sites outside of the […]
