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 […]
TechStars Cloud Demo Day blasts off today in San Antonio
April 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Three months ago, a group of entrepreneurs moved into Geekdom in downtown San Antonio. Since then, the inaugural TechStars Cloud participants have been toiling away and working to create blockbuster cloud businesses that will change the world. Some have iterated, pivoted and overhauled their operations countless times. Names have changed. Teams have mixed it up. […]
The U.S. Needs to Focus on Innovation
April 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
About 10 years ago, Sino CES started operating in China. “We realized we couldn’t stop them,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, which puts on the world’s biggest electronics show in January in Las Vegas. “We couldn’t sue them,” Shapiro said. “So we entered into a partnership with them.” That’s […]
Gary Shapiro, head of CES, advocates for innovation at InnoTech San Antonio
April 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Startup America comes to Texas
November 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Startup Texas launched today. With Michael Dell on the board of Startup America, it’s natural that Texas is one of the latest regions selected by the organization to help foster entrepreneurship. Startup America launched earlier this year and is a private-public partnership initiated by President Obama and the White House. But Steve Case, CEO of […]
KLRU’s Capital of Innovation highlights Austin entrepreneurship
November 25, 2011 by 1 Comment
If you were so busy Wednesday night preparing for the big turkey day, that you forgot to set the DVR and you missed Austin public television station KLRU’s new gem of a program that focuses on Austin innovation, don’t worry. KLRU plans to re-run the program, Capital of Innovation: Episode #101, which debuted Wednesday night. […]
