A lot has been written lately about innovation, or the lack thereof, in the world of biopharma. One question that often gets asked: which countries lead the way in creating new medicines? Many people think that drugs originate in the nation where the companies that produce them are headquartered. The truth, however, is much more … Continue reading “Which Countries Excel in Creating New Drugs? It’s Complicated”
Category: Texas
Mizzen+Main Receives $1,200,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=855c6e80-7ee3-4113-994e-0831d419624f Date 8/29/2014 Company Name Mizzen+Main Mailing Address 1111 N Windomere Avenue Dallas, TX 75208 USA Company Description Mizzen+Main proudly manufactures our dress shirts in the USA. From the material to the stitching and finishing, every detail that goes into our shirts will continue to benefit our country’s resurgence as a textile … Continue reading “Mizzen+Main Receives $1,200,000 Series A Funding”
iSIGHT Partners Lands $6,948,276 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8f1d00ca-458b-40ae-8cd9-1a3a89ffe696 Date 8/29/2014 Company Name iSIGHT Partners Mailing Address 5950 Berkshire Lane Dallas, TX 75225 USA Company Description iSIGHT Partners is the leading global cyber threat intelligence firm, delivering intelligence services to over 150 public sector and commercial entities. We provide Fortune 100 companies with detailed, actionable intelligence essential to a comprehensive … Continue reading “iSIGHT Partners Lands $6,948,276 New Funding”
Ortho Kinematics Obtains $465,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dce26cf0-9da7-4dfc-b9da-6046779ab728 Date 8/29/2014 Company Name Ortho Kinematics Mailing Address 110 Wild Basin Road Austin, TX 78746 USA Company Description Ortho Kinematics, Inc. is a spine diagnostics company focused on spine motion analysis products and services. Website http://www.orthokinematics.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $465,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Ortho Kinematics Obtains $465,000 New Round”
Visio Financial Services Obtains $1,850,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=900bfb86-c912-4578-b334-62c41da18304 Date 8/29/2014 Company Name Visio Financial Services Mailing Address 1905 Kramer Lane Austin, TX 78758 USA Company Description Our passion is helping people reach their investment goals by enabling them to finance single-family investment properties with a fast, simple and dependable process. We draw on years of experience having bought, sold … Continue reading “Visio Financial Services Obtains $1,850,000 New Financing Round”
Texas Roundup: New Funds for Bellicum, AirStrip, and Green & Grow
Here is the latest innovation news from the Texas ecosystem: —Mizzen+Main, a two-year-old Dallas startup that sells men’s apparel made of moisture-wicking material, raised $1.2 million in a seed round Thursday. Investors include VegasTechFund—started by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh—and Dallas entrepreneurs such as Hunter Hunt of Hunt Consolidated Energy and Chris Kleinert of Hunt Consolidated … Continue reading “Texas Roundup: New Funds for Bellicum, AirStrip, and Green & Grow”
Green & Grow Obtains $6,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5d90bb38-53ec-4224-8057-37ad248adbdb Date 8/28/2014 Company Name Green & Grow Mailing Address 400 Josephine St. Bldg 2 Austin, TX 78704 USA Company Description Green & Grow Inc. (GGI) is dedicated to developing and commercializing biologically derived agricultural products that act in new ways to provide multiple benefits to farmers and other end users. Website … Continue reading “Green & Grow Obtains $6,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
Open Data Can Help Government Be the Airbnb of Civic Services
Until recently, 99 percent of government data around the world was shrouded in darkness. It was trapped in a vault, gathering mold, and never saw the light of day. But the vibrant open data movement, which is taking hold on just about every continent, has begun to radically change this. Now, government data is being … Continue reading “Open Data Can Help Government Be the Airbnb of Civic Services”
AirStrip Raises $25M to Expand into Home Health, Foreign Markets
AirStrip, a San Antonio, TX-based company integrating mobile health and IT technologies, has raised $25 million in a strategic funding round that includes new and existing investors. In a statement, AirStrip says the capital would be used to support the continued expansion of its AirStrip ONE mobile technology platform, introduce its technology to the home … Continue reading “AirStrip Raises $25M to Expand into Home Health, Foreign Markets”
ARCH Venture Exploits IPO Window To Raise $400M Fund, Its Eighth
Amid a boom in life science venture funding, ARCH Venture Partners has closed its eighth fund with more than $400 million in commitments, the firm announced Wednesday, and at least half of it is earmarked for one of the trickiest areas of innovation: emerging biomedical technology and therapeutics. The fund matches ARCH’s previous vehicle of … Continue reading “ARCH Venture Exploits IPO Window To Raise $400M Fund, Its Eighth”
Houston’s Bellicum Nets $55M to Boost Trials for Cancer Treatment
Houston biotech firm Bellicum Pharmaceuticals announced Wednesday it has raised $55 million in a Series C financing. Bellicum said 11 biotech and public mutual funds participated in the round, including RA Capital Management, Perceptive Advisors, Jennison Associates, and others. All of Bellicum’s previous investors, including AVG Ventures and Remeditex Ventures, joined in this fundraising as … Continue reading “Houston’s Bellicum Nets $55M to Boost Trials for Cancer Treatment”
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Lands $55,000,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74dd454c-1f4b-4e4e-bc2f-58404d436c49 Date 8/27/2014 Company Name Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 2130 West Holcombe Boulevard Houston, TX 77030 USA Company Description Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is developing next generation therapeutic vaccines and other immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of cancer and chronic infectious diseases. Bellicum utilize’s precise knowledge of the signaling pathways that regulate the … Continue reading “Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Lands $55,000,000 Series C Financing”
AirStrip Technologies Obtains $25,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e17b129b-1b87-4598-a1f5-70cafddf4668 Date 8/27/2014 Company Name AirStrip Technologies Mailing Address 335 E Sonterra Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78258 USA Company Description The AirStrip Technologies platform securely delivers critical patient information, including virtual real-time waveform data, directly from hospital monitoring systems to a doctor or nurse’s smart phone, laptop or desktop. The platform is … Continue reading “AirStrip Technologies Obtains $25,000,000 New Round”
Theatro Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82b9395d-5549-4b23-a725-b2126e551ccb Date 8/27/2014 Company Name Theatro Mailing Address 2701 Fondren Drive Dallas, TX 75206 USA Company Description Theatro has pioneered the market’s first voice-enabled enterprise wearable coupled with a software suite of productivity applications for brick and mortar retail, hospitality and manufacturing enterprises. Website http://www.theatro.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $5,000,000 … Continue reading “Theatro Receives $5,000,000 Series A Funding”
EMRes Technologies Lands $2,900,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=efe7d775-6159-48f5-9959-d3467ab0065f Date 8/27/2014 Company Name EMRes Technologies Mailing Address 4103 Ravine Ridge Trail Austin, TX 78746 USA Company Description We’re developing products we think are important to the audio space Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,900,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms … Continue reading “EMRes Technologies Lands $2,900,000 Series A Funding”
Coelacanths And Other IPO Thoughts Before The Autumn Markets Return
Ah, the final week of summer. Would that it could go on forever. And thanks for reading this on your mobile device with your toes in the sand. Just don’t forget to take a dip or toss a Frisbee when you’re done. No doubt many would like the current biotech IPO climate to stretch on … Continue reading “Coelacanths And Other IPO Thoughts Before The Autumn Markets Return”
WigWag Obtains $685,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1435f599-d6f7-482d-98e1-d83848e72966 Date 8/26/2014 Company Name WigWag Mailing Address 4009 Banister Lane Austin, TX 78704 USA Company Description There are many devices which you can control through your smartphone or across the Internet. Instead of having to control everything through an App, WigWag lets you make these devices do things automatically for you. … Continue reading “WigWag Obtains $685,000 New Funding”
Purewine Secures $30,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=71c39bd0-d901-4b83-a897-3dda8f776e2b Date 8/26/2014 Company Name Purewine Mailing Address 2700 Fairmount Dallas, TX 75201 USA Company Description PuraVino wine filters actively remove headache causing preservatives and reduce allergens from wine. The light bulb moment for creating PuraVino wine filters started with a headache. The kind of headache millions of people worldwide get after … Continue reading “Purewine Secures $30,000 Seed Funding Round”
Lantern Pharma Garners $30,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=59b39a67-afea-42b8-ab7b-8466338fc3b3 Date 8/26/2014 Company Name Lantern Pharma Mailing Address 4287 Belt Line Rd. Addison, TX 75001 USA Company Description Lantern develops novel targeted cancer therapeutics. Lantern identifies, acquires and advances de-risked, value embedded drug leads towards clinical success for unmet cancer needs. Website http://www.lanternpharma.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $30,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Lantern Pharma Garners $30,000 Seed Funding”
Coordi-Care’s Receives $30,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b64339fd-8666-4846-b608-8d0b4cf03437 Date 8/26/2014 Company Name Coordi-Care’s Mailing Address 2700 Fairmount Dallas, TX 75201 USA Company Description Software minimizes the amount of time doctors spend on menial tasks, while capturing valuable information to improve operational efficiencies. Website http://www.coordi-care.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $30,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The company will use … Continue reading “Coordi-Care’s Receives $30,000 Seed Financing”
Easy Eye Secures $30,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a2f656d1-bf89-4afe-8cbc-a3ba1dc1757c Date 8/26/2014 Company Name Easy Eye Mailing Address 2700 Fairmount Dallas, TX 75201 USA Company Description We sell over-the-counter reading glasses. Like Dr. Scholl’s, EasyEye uses a kiosk to provide a simple approach for consumers to make tailored reading glasses with the correct strengths for each eye, eliminating the overwhelming selection … Continue reading “Easy Eye Secures $30,000 Seed Round”
“Plan” Versus “Vision” Entrepreneurs and How a VC Evaluates Startups
Since I first joined Mercury Fund in 2008, I’ve seen the ups (now) and downs (2009) of venture capital in just six years. Despite the wildly different environments, I’ve noticed that the types of pitches we get, and our responses to them, haven’t changed much. Although we have seen small changes to some of the … Continue reading ““Plan” Versus “Vision” Entrepreneurs and How a VC Evaluates Startups”
What I’ve Learned From 25 Years in the Tech Industry
Building and running a successful startup in America’s fiercely competitive tech industry is never easy. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution or manual for how to go about it. But as they say, experience is the best teacher. So it’s my pleasure to share with you some of my own experiences and observations in building and managing … Continue reading “What I’ve Learned From 25 Years in the Tech Industry”
Innovation Hub: Rise of the Nerds
I was labeled one. You probably were too. And now that we’re grown up, lots of us believe that being a “nerd” is actually a badge of honor. But David Anderegg, author of Nerds: How Dorks, Dweebs, Techies and Trekkies Can Save America and Why They Might Be Our Last Hope, argues that the nerd … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Rise of the Nerds”
Texas Roundup: CPRIT, Saranas, SailPoint, Leto Solutions, Bearch
Here is the latest innovation news around Texas: —San Diego-based Curtana Pharmaceuticals is making the move to Texas after receiving a $7.2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. The agency, known as CPRIT, awarded 101 research, prevention, and product development grants totaling about $107 million on Wednesday. Curtana, which was … Continue reading “Texas Roundup: CPRIT, Saranas, SailPoint, Leto Solutions, Bearch”
Saranas is Building a “Check Engine Light” For Internal Bleeding
This year about 20 million patients in the U.S. will undergo a procedure in which a doctor will thread a catheter into a blood vessel to treat a cardiac ailment, say, or provide dialysis or chemotherapy. But in five percent of these “vascular-access procedures,” the catheter accidentally punctures the vessel, causing a slow leak of … Continue reading “Saranas is Building a “Check Engine Light” For Internal Bleeding”
What’s After Big Data? Niche Analytics, Data Wrangling, Smart Storage
Big data is a “hackneyed term,” said Michael Stonebraker. “I try hard not to use it.” It was wintertime when I sat down with a few database experts in Boston to talk shop. Stonebraker, an MIT professor and entrepreneur, is one of those graybeards who was working in big data long before it was called … Continue reading “What’s After Big Data? Niche Analytics, Data Wrangling, Smart Storage”
Bee Cave Games Garners $750,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=90427864-87d2-4855-bf8a-802bb05e0492 Date 8/21/2014 Company Name Bee Cave Games Mailing Address 1834 East Oltorf Street Austin, TX 78741 USA Company Description Bee Cave Games is dedicated to entertaining the world with the best casino games. Website http://www.beecavegames.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $750,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Bee Cave Games Garners $750,000 New Round”
Toopher Obtains $790,599 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7d804558-bbd1-4393-b99a-98715fa195b6 Date 8/21/2014 Company Name Toopher Mailing Address 1616 Guadalupe 7th Floor Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description We’re just normal people that think security is a right, not a privilege. We scoured the interwebbings for a viable solution but didn’t find anything worthwhile. So we nerded up and built Toopher – … Continue reading “Toopher Obtains $790,599 New Funding”
Datapipe Acquires Layered Technologies for Undisclosed Sum
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=13e82fa2-f30e-4a07-81b0-7f11a00eb165 Date 8/21/2014 Company Name Layered Technologies Mailing Address 5068 W Plano Parkway Plano, TX 75093 USA Company Description Layered Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of on-demand hosting, utility computing solutions and Web services. By providing high quality technology, infrastructure and support we enable customers to forego capital expenses and … Continue reading “Datapipe Acquires Layered Technologies for Undisclosed Sum”
Bearch Lands $2,100,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5dd803d5-2a01-4150-a149-76abb0a5a96b Date 8/19/2014 Company Name Bearch Mailing Address 200 E. 6th St. Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Unseen is a anonymous photo-sharing companiesBut Unseen isn’t there yet, from what I saw. A brief tour around one university’s photos in the app included spy shots of a girl commenters. Website http://www.getbearch.com Transaction … Continue reading “Bearch Lands $2,100,000 Seed Round”
From Autism to Diabetes to HIPAA, Rock Health Seeds 8 More Startups
In a year of booming digital health investment, incubator and investor Rock Health has padded its portfolio with eight more startups, two of which are still in stealth. The San Francisco firm, which since its launch in 2011 has become a major catalyst in the digital health space, has provided seed funding or grants to … Continue reading “From Autism to Diabetes to HIPAA, Rock Health Seeds 8 More Startups”
Austin Identity Management Software Maker SailPoint Sets New Course
Many startups grow by gobbling up competitors or by becoming part of a bigger company. Austin, TX-based SailPoint is pursuing a strategy that allows it to do both. On Wednesday, the maker of identity management software announced it sold a majority stake to Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm located in Chicago and San Francisco. … Continue reading “Austin Identity Management Software Maker SailPoint Sets New Course”
Accountable Lands $100,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=849b79b7-5192-4e3c-b873-f55601ee0899 Date 8/18/2014 Company Name Accountable Mailing Address 262 Carroll St. Fort Worth, TX 76107 USA Company Description Our software as a service provides all of the necessary tools and resources to maintain compliance, not just for doctors and hospitals, but for all organizations that are now required to be HIPAA compliant … Continue reading “Accountable Lands $100,000 Seed Financing”
Innovation Hub: Your Brilliant Other Half
We spend a lot of time celebrating one-in-a-million entrepreneurs: the Mark Zuckerbergs, the Steve Jobs, the Elon Musks. But what if most entrepreneurs are more like two in a million? People who couldn’t realize their vision without a brilliant partner. Joshua Wolf Shenk writes about this phenomenon in Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Your Brilliant Other Half”
Student Entrepreneurs Debut in Houston’s First “Bayou Showcase”
Rice University and the University of Houston hosted their first joint demo day, featuring a dozen startups working on everything from water purification to a thinking club to improve a golfer’s putting to a social video-conferencing network just for college students. The program was the first time both Houston universities worked together in nurturing their … Continue reading “Student Entrepreneurs Debut in Houston’s First “Bayou Showcase””
Carless in Cambridge: Bike & Car Sharing and the Future of Traffic
Nine weeks ago, I lost my fancy hybrid street/trail bike to one of San Francisco’s plentiful bicycle thieves. Seven weeks ago, in preparation for a big move east, I sold my car. Now I’m settling into a new apartment in Cambridge, MA, and for the first time in my adult life, I don’t own a … Continue reading “Carless in Cambridge: Bike & Car Sharing and the Future of Traffic”
Texas Roundup: New funds for Castle, Quarri, Omni Water, & Pivot3
“Always be pitchin’.” That’s the mantra of student entrepreneurs from the University of Houston and Rice University today as they practice for a first joint demo day this afternoon. We’ll report back on the event tomorrow, but, in the meantime, here are news highlights from the Texas innovation community in the past week. —Castle Biosciences, … Continue reading “Texas Roundup: New funds for Castle, Quarri, Omni Water, & Pivot3”
Non-Compete Agreements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Twenty years ago, renowned researcher AnnaLee Saxenian wrote a book called Regional Advantage, which compared the development of two high-tech regions, Silicon Valley and Route 128. Everyone in the tech world knows how this story played out: In the face of global competition and technological trends, Silicon Valley reinvented itself and roared ahead, while Route … Continue reading “Non-Compete Agreements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
Castle Biosciences Obtains $11,800,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=60903b64-7760-4e33-b845-d251f3f05652 Date 8/14/2014 Company Name Castle Biosciences Mailing Address 2014 San Miguel Dr. Friendswood, TX 77546 USA Company Description Any time someone is diagnosed with cancer, many decisions have to be made regarding development of an optimal personalized treatment plan. Development of an optimal treatment plan requires accurate information regarding the diagnosis, … Continue reading “Castle Biosciences Obtains $11,800,000 New Financing”
Houston Cancer Diagnostics Firm Castle Biosciences Raises $11.8M
Castle Biosciences, a maker of biomarker-based tests for rare cancers, said Wednesday it has raised $11.8 million in a Series E investment round. The money will largely be used to expand the clinical availability of its gene expression profile test for patients with cutaneous melanoma. The tests were first made available last year. Castle, which … Continue reading “Houston Cancer Diagnostics Firm Castle Biosciences Raises $11.8M”
Startups Warm to Urban Agriculture; Can They Reward Investors?
Using a smartphone, Jon Friedman can run a whole network of high-tech, urban farms. His company, Freight Farms, developed an app that allows farmers to control the growing conditions of truck-sized shipping containers filled with racks of hydroponically grown veggies. Before starting Freight Farms, Friedman and co-founder Brad McNamara had no background in food. But once … Continue reading “Startups Warm to Urban Agriculture; Can They Reward Investors?”
Sailpoint Receives New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ede85f49-dd7c-4e30-8089-63c1c0bbe2d6 Date 8/13/2014 Company Name Sailpoint Mailing Address 11305 Four Points Drive Austin, TX 78726 USA Company Description At SailPoint, we’re developing next-generation enterprise software that takes identity management to the next level. Our patent-pending technology solves the challenges of governance, risk management and compliance by helping organizations gain more visibility, make … Continue reading “Sailpoint Receives New Round”
Plum Secures $25,000 Seed Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=de3df034-cd87-4387-982f-9d22c7daea9d Date 8/13/2014 Company Name Plum Mailing Address 701 Brazos Street Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Plum, formally known as Ube, has designed hardware and software for a Wi-Fi smart dimmer, LightPad, which allows consumers to control the lights in their homes, whether they are home or away. Website http://www.plumlife.com Transaction … Continue reading “Plum Secures $25,000 Seed Financing Round”
The Perfect Hacker Storm: CyberVor Was Lightning; Here Comes Thunder
A Russian “hacker gang” they’ve dubbed CyberVor accumulated more than 1.2 unique user credentials from more than 420,000 Web services, ranging from smaller sites to major household names. For scale – if the CyberVor hack were a box office return, it would be the total global gross of the final Harry Potter as compared to … Continue reading “The Perfect Hacker Storm: CyberVor Was Lightning; Here Comes Thunder”
While Protesters Rage Against Tech Giants, Biotech Drives Quietly By
Not long ago, biotech made a lot of people angry. Up until 2005 or so, the annual Biotechnology Industry Organization conference attracted large street protests, which in turn attracted cops in riot gear in some cases (see San Francisco, 2004) as well as the attention of the industry’s top brass. Here’s then-BIO president Carl Feldbaum … Continue reading “While Protesters Rage Against Tech Giants, Biotech Drives Quietly By”
Quarri Technologies Secures $697,169 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6164c716-f988-4fcf-9b81-8996941505d7 Date 8/12/2014 Company Name Quarri Technologies Mailing Address 7500 Rialto Blvd. Austin, TX 78735 USA Company Description Quarri is a leading provider of on demand web browser information security solutions that secure information and content at the endpoint. Website http://www.quarri.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $697,169 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Quarri Technologies Secures $697,169 New Financing Round”
Texas Big Data conference
Join Austin Technology Council members and other private and public sector data leaders for executive-level presentations and discussions on the impact big data and government data transparency will have on new business formation, customer insight, market development, and predictive analytics that were science fiction only a few years ago. To register, click here.
Austin’s Besomebody Finds Market in Individuals’ Passions
Kash Shaikh wants to help people make money by pursuing their passions. His vehicle for that mission is a startup called Besomebody. Shaikh spent 10 years at Procter & Gamble, working on social media campaigns for everyday household products sold by the multinational giant. But it was doing the same for GoPro where he says … Continue reading “Austin’s Besomebody Finds Market in Individuals’ Passions”
Moneyball Meets Sales and Marketing: Tips from Two Masters
Moneyball has come to sales and marketing. I’m trusting you know about the revolution that hit baseball due to the arrival of sophisticated data and analytics—and if you don’t, well, read Moneyball by Michael Lewis. It shouldn’t be a surprise, in any case, to hear that the same type of data-mining and number-crunching that turned … Continue reading “Moneyball Meets Sales and Marketing: Tips from Two Masters”