By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Where can an entrepreneur go to get feedback about their business and to solve problems? 1 Million Cups San Antonio, which launches Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Café Commerce at the main library in downtown San Antonio. It’s a weekly entrepreneurial educational program, which features two startups […]
Kauffman Foundation’s 1 Million Cups Launches at Cafe Commerce in San Antonio
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Michael Dell Named the UN Foundation’s Global Advocate for Entrepreneurship
June 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I started Dell 28 yrs ago with $1000. Revenues in 1984 were $6 million. Last year $62.1 billion. Impossible is nothing. — Michael Dell (@MichaelDell) June 10, 2012 To focus the globe on entrepreneurship, what better way than to put someone in charge who has been there, done that. Last week, the United Nations Foundation […]
Dell’s Ingrid Vanderveldt on Six Trends Shaping Entrepreneurs in 2014
January 13, 2014 by 2 Comments
By INGRID VANDERVELDT Dell’s Entrepreneur in Residence Special Contribution to Silicon Hills News We’re seeing more entrepreneurial activity in the U.S. than ever before – a result of factors including low cost of entry for startups, increased availability of funding for early-stage startups, and valuations for successful startups hitting an all-time high. With the New […]
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 […]
UTSA’s New Dean of Business Focuses on Entrepreneurship
September 30, 2013 by 1 Comment
By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Last summer, Gerard Sanders became the new dean of the College of Business at the University of Texas in San Antonio. Sanders comes from the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business and brings numerous credentials in management and finance, including a doctorate in management from the […]
UT’s Texas Venture Labs receives $6 million gift
May 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The University of Texas at Austin announced today that the Texas Venture Labs at the McCombs School of Business has received a $6 million gift from Fort Worth businessman Jon Brumley. And the incubator will be renamed the Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs. “This investment is a game changer that enables us to expand the […]
Entrepreneurial Insights from Dr. T of National Instruments
May 1, 2012 by 1 Comment
James Truchard couldn’t find a job that he liked so he created one. That’s what the co-founder, known as Dr. T, president and CEO of National Instruments, said last week during an interview with Bob Metcalfe, University of Texas professor of innovation and coinventor of Ethernet and cofounder of 3Com. Unlike some of today’s technology […]
10 Companies Shine at UT’s 1 Semester Startup Demo Day
April 27, 2012 by 8 Comments
All of the entrepreneurs presenting at the University of Texas’ 1 Semester Startup Spring Demo Day Thursday night appeared polished and professional. The 10 company teams had solid ideas and at least one, PhotoWhoa is already turning a profit. Josh Baer, one of the instructors and founder of Capital Factory and with UT’s Department of […]
SXSW panelists advise how to foster entrepreneurial communities
March 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
BY SUSAN LAHEY Special contributor to Silicon Hills News Startups in Austin may forget how good they’ve got it. A SXSW panel Sunday called “How to Build Entrepreneurship Communities” explored strategies used by other places—Los Angeles, Omaha Nebraska, New York City—to build communities for startups. In many places, key players don’t know one another or […]
UT Entrepreneurship Week features startups and tech veterans
February 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In 1984, Michael Dell started his computer company in a dorm room at the University of Texas and now he is one of the world’s richest men and runs Austin’s largest company. Since then, hundreds of entrepreneurs have launched ventures while at the university or upon graduating. To put the spotlight on entrepreneurship, a group […]
