Thank you to Laura Kilcrease, former Entrepreneur in Residence at the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin, for interviewing me, Laura Lorek, founder of Silicon Hills News at South by Southwest Interactive last March.
Silicon Hills News Reports on the Tech Innovation Happening in Central Texas
July 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Women@Austin Provides Insights on Startups and Fundraising
February 15, 2014 by 2 Comments
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The Capital Factory in downtown Austin smelled like roses and perfume on Thursday night. Red heart balloons, roses and heart-shaped doilies decorated the tables, walls and windows of the main presentation room. The tech accelerator and incubator hosted more than 100 women for the inaugural Women@Austin event, […]
The Importance of ATI to Austin’s Tech Industry
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Austin Technology Incubator started off as a lab at the University of Texas at Austin 25 years ago. No one knew what an incubator was in 1989 but they understood labs so George Kozmetsky, dean of the business school and ATI’s founder, called it a lab for students to learn about entrepreneurship and technology […]
Wild Basin Investments Focuses on Angel Investing in Austin
September 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Wild Basin Investments has an interesting spot in the Austin angel world. A family office, meaning an investment firm run for a particular family, Wild Basin invests in a broad spectrum of early stage companies. The current portfolio includes enterprise software companies, mobile, CPG, pharmacology, medical devices […]
How to Get Money from VC and Angel Investors
May 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Austin has one of the nation’s most active angel networks through the Central Texas Angel Network, known as CTAN. Last year, CTAN, with 100 members, invested about $8 million in 28 companies, including 13 new companies and 15 portfolio companies. Every angel investor is doing it because […]
