Stacy Zoern, CEO of Community Cars, Inc., runs a car manufacturing business out of Pflugerville. But that’s not the most remarkable part. Zoern, who uses a wheelchair to get around, wanted to find a car that would provide independence to wheelchair users. Online, she found the Kenguru, an electric smart car. Only problem was the […]
BuildASign wins the Startup Olympics Summer Games
June 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
BuildASign won the first ever Austin Startup Olympics Summer Games. The company, co-founded by Dan Graham, received a $10,000 prize to donate to its charity of choice. BuildASign chose Austin Pro Bono, a nonprofit that connects lawyers and other professionals to nonprofit organizations. “SpareFoot took home the silver this year, earning $5,000 for Kure It […]
Austin Startup Olympics Summer Games this Saturday
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will kick off July 27th in London. But you don’t have to wait that long. Some of the best geek athletes in Austin will be demonstrating their athletic prowess this Saturday at the Summer Austin Startup Olympics. (And if it’s anything like the Winter Austin Startup Olympics, held last January […]
Veteran entrepreneurs advise startup founders to have “intestinal fortitude”
February 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
BY L.A. LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The buzz surrounding the Initial Public Offering of Facebook and the billions Mark Zuckerberg will receive might make people think that running a startup leads to fame, fortune and fun. But several entrepreneurs offered up a different view at the Texas Venture Labs “Been There, Done That” […]
The importance of play at Austin Startup Olympics
January 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Never underestimate the importance in play in the workplace. People who play together have better collaboration and social skills, according to SocialWare, which produced this info graphic on the Importance of Play in Enterprise. But the guys at uShip already know that. They got together with seven other startups companies: BuildASign, Mass Relevance, Adlucent, Sparefoot, […]
uShip wins first Startup Olympics in Austin
January 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Geek athletes compete at Austin’s Startup Olympics
January 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
Put Geek athletes into the Google search engine and what do you come up with? A correction suggestion for Greek Athletes. So the conclusion must be that Geek athletes are an evolution of the ancient Greek athletes that invented the Olympic Games in 776 BC in Olympia in Greece. And as part of that evolutionary […]
“Shipping Wars” featuring Austin-based UShip
January 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tip of the hat to Bryan Menell at AustinStartup for bringing this new “Shipping Wars” show to our attention. The reality show debuts on Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. on A&E and it features a competition among some of the best haulers with UShip, an Austin-based company that created a global marketplace for shipping items. […]
