Without any fanfare or publicity, San Antonio’s MX Challenge closed in July without awarding its $500,000 prize. Jesus Salas, the program manager, posted a message to the site: “Hey innovator, Thanks for the interest that you showed for the MxChallenge. After evaluating the low demand on the competing participants we decided to shut down the […]
San Antonio MX Challenge Seeks to Solve Problems and Realize Dreams
January 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The XPRIZE Foundation organized a four-day adventure trip to visit tech companies in California last February. XPRIZE Founder Dr. Peter Diamandis wanted to showcase space and ocean innovation to a select group of entrepreneurs. Part of the event involved a Zero G flight in which the passengers […]
Social Media Tips and Tools for Startups
January 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Geekdom, the collaborative co-working space in downtown San Antonio, kicked off a new speakers event Thursday called The Master’s Series. “Our goal is to pummel you with amazing information,” said Lorenzo Gomez, director of Geekdom. The first speaker, Christie St. Martin talked about social media tips and […]
San Antonio MX Prize Officially Launches
January 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The San Antonio MX Challenge has officially kicked off. Silicon Hills News broke the story about the first local X-Prize challenge late last year when some members of the HeroX organization briefed the technology community about the contest at Geekdom. Now the contest has officially launched at Geekdom, a collaborative co-working space in downtown San […]
