The U.S. government invests more than $2 billion every year in promising new startups with creative innovations. In Austin, startups including Tevido Biodevices, Spot on Sciences and Lynx Labs have received Small Business Innovation Research grants. So how does a startup go about getting one of the SBIR grants? That’s the subject of a meeting […]
Texas A&M Looks to Partner with Tech Entrepreneurs
August 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
BY LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Roy Truitt, founder of Austin-based startup ScanSee, wants to tap into Texas A&M’s rich engineering resources. Truitt, a serial entrepreneur who founded Truco Enterprises, which makes the On the Border brand of chips and salsas, created ScanSee four years ago. It makes an app, HubCiti, which can […]
How to Craft the Perfect Pitch
May 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News A good pitch can determine whether a startup lands money from investors to expand. But few entrepreneurs know how best to pitch. Texas State University’s Small Business Development Center held a special training session Wednesday afternoon at its Round Rock campus to help entrepreneurs titled “Pitching to […]
