Codeup Wins the 2014 San Antonio InnoTech Beta Summit

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Codeup, a 12-week boot camp to teach technical skills to people, won the 2014 InnoTech Beta Summit on Wednesday afternoon. Michael Girdley launched Codeup last year and the first class of 28 men and women is about to graduate. The startup, based at Geekdom, charges $9,850 per […]

Seven San Antonio Startups to Pitch at the InnoTech Beta Summit

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Seven startups will pitch at the eighth annual InnoTech Beta Summit on Wednesday. The event, which takes place at 3 p.m. at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, will showcase some of the best and brightest new technology startups in San Antonio. Each team will have five […]

Five Austin Startups Demo Products at the InnoTech Beta Summit

By L.A. LOREK, Founder of Silicon Hills News The Beta Summit at InnoTech Austin on Thursday featured five innovative startup companies. Joshua Baer, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Capital Factory, served as the event’s moderator. He pitched his startup, OtherInbox, at the InnoTech Beta Summit a few years ago. The startups each had eight minutes […]

Gary Shapiro, head of CES, advocates for innovation at InnoTech San Antonio

Gary Shapiro, the president of the Consumer Electronics Association, spoke Thursday morning at InnoTech San Antonio about the need to promote innovation in the United States. He also supports the JOBS Act, which President Obama is expected to sign into law today. That legislation contains a crowd funding provision that makes it easier for startup […]

InnoTech’s Emerging Medical Technology Symposium takes place today

At the San Antonio Convention Center, the Emerging Medical Technology Symposium is taking place from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The agenda includes a luncheon and keynote presentation by Dennis McWilliams, president, CEO and founder of Apollo Endosurgery about its greatest challenges for raising money. Following the keynote presentation, a panel discussion runs from 1:30 […]