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How do new businesses get ahead in the “Money Game”? Navigating the growing startup financing landscape is the focus of the latest animated video from the Kauffman Foundation’s sketchbook series. Watch “Money Game,” where Kauffman Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky breaks down the methods entrepreneurs use to raise capital, and the benefits—and hazards—of each.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

The Django Houston meetup will discuss configuring and using Solr to provide solid search.

Houston Android Developers – Critiques of Your Android App Idea
When: Tuesday December 6th, 2011 6:30PM
Where: 3200 Southwest Freeway, 9th Fl Conference room of Idea.com

Come share ideas for android apps with the group and hear feedback on what others think about the app’s market viability.

The Information Technology and Web venture forum will focus on new IT and web technologies. Companies will be presenting a 90-second elevator pitch to 400-600 investors, entrepreneurs and successful business people looking for the next big idea in IT and web technology.

Steve Blank, serial start-up founder, author, and educator on entrepreneurship will present on Customer Development.

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Check out these sketchbook videos on “finding the magic sauce of entrepreneurship” and “three things entrepreneurs do” narrated by Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Come out to the annual Fast Tech 50 Technology conference to learn who the fastest high-tech businesses in Houston are. The conference begins with a CEO Technology Forum over breakfast, followed by the change to view more than 25 new technology companies at the Technopalooza, and concludes with the award luncheon.

Come meet Houston technology startups, entrepreneurs, and investors who will be representing Houston at SXSW interactive in 2012 and mingle with the Fast Tech 50 winners. If you are interested in showcasing your technology startup at SXSW, then this is a great event to learn how.

GroundUP Houston events encourage entrepreneurs and people with start-up dreams to share their experiences with like-minded individuals.

Open to the public, this forum offers some of Houston’s best networking opportunities for the tech community,as well as updates from HTC’s Client Companies.

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Houston StartupDigest is curated by:
Sarah Worthy – Schipulite at Schipul

Houston StartupDigest is made possible exclusively by:
Check out these sketchbook videos on “finding the magic sauce of entrepreneurship” and “three things entrepreneurs do” narrated by Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Vote for Houston’s Startup Team!

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Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off today. Be among the millions of people in 123 countries celebrating, networking and learning about entrepreneurship. Find an event near you or plan your own. Visit gewusa.org for U.S. info. or unleashingideas.org for all other countries.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

This month, Enfold Systems’ Alan Runyan will lead the meeting and reveal a super secret Python project.

The Houston OpenCoffee Club gives you a chance to meet and chat with other entrepreneurs, techies, and investors in the Houston area in an informal setting over coffee.

This event is free and open to the public. The expo offers new companies with sustainable technology products across Architecture, Engineering and Construction industries a chance to introduce their innovations to investors and the Houston community.

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Houston StartupDigest is curated by:
Sarah Worthy – Schipulite at Schipul

Houston StartupDigest is made possible exclusively by:
Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off in one week. Be among of millions of people in 123 countries celebrating, networking and learning about entrepreneurship. Find an event near you or plan your own. Visit gewusa.org for U.S. info. or unleashingideas.org for all other countries.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Houston StartupDigest is curated by:
Sarah Worthy – Schipulite at Schipul

Houston StartupDigest is made possible exclusively by:
Kauffman’s website Entrepreneurship.org is a free online site chock full of content and resources for entrepreneurs, business mentors, investors and anyone in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Content ranges from information entrepreneurs need to launch a company to policies and research that has been conducted regarding entrepreneurship. Check it out at www.entrepreneurship.org.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

PhoneGap is an open source solution for building cross-platform mobile applications with web technologies. This month, the Houston Android Developer group will walk you through the process of building a PhoneGap application that you can deploy on both iOS and Android devices.

Join TiE Houston, TiE Austin and TiE Dallas for the annual TiE Texas Funding Forum where aspiring entrepreneurs have the opportunity to present business cases to angel investors and venture capitalists and receive funding for their brilliant ideas.

Join the Houston Startup Community following the TiE Texas Funding Forum to welcome entrepreneurs and investors from all over Texas who have come to Houston for this annual event.

GroundUP Houston events encourage entrepreneurs and people with startup dreams to share their experiences with like-minded individuals over coffee and pastries.

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Startup Weekend founders share tips and insights in their first book, How to Take a Company from Concept to Creation in 54 Hours. Funded by the Kauffman Foundation, the book outlines key beliefs that have yielded powerful results. Order your copy Nov. 8, 2011.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Join the Houston Lean Startup Circle for an experimental meetup held online on a Google+ Hangout and will feature 4 startups x 15 minutes each to pitch and demo their MVP, followed by group feedback.

Meetup with the Houston Drupal Users group to talk about all things Drupal CMS related.

The Speaker Series brings up and coming technical entrepreneurs in the Katy and Houston area to discuss and learn from other growth stage startups. This month, Nathan Green, founder of Campus2Careers.com, will be the featured tech entrepreneur speaker.

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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One day left for U.S. college graduates with innovative business ideas to apply to the Kauffman Foundation’s Global Scholars Program, newly expanded to include U.S. scholars. You’ll learn and network with an international group of aspiring entrepreneurs from January through June 2012. Apply here by Oct. 17, 2011.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

For October, Lawrence Jones will present on using IronPython and Lettuce for behavior-driven development in .NET.

The Houston NetSquared Meetup group invites a Non-Profit organization each month to share their technology and web challenges and successes in an open forum, casual environment. Come learn new ways to use technology to grow your business or non-profit this month with featured guest NPO SIRE.

This one-day event will focus awide range of topics as they relate to the research and practice of science, technology and culture. The conference speakers are widely known and respected for their expertise and will present each topic in a manner designed to engage both the lay person and the industry professional.

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Make sure you register this week for the Engineer to Entrepreneur (E2E) event on October 8th, hosted by SpaceUp Houston and the Houston Technology Center. Hear about successful tech startups that are aerospace spin-offs and then find your engineering dream team during the co-founder dating style forum to connect entrepreneurs with aerospace engineers.

Registration for Houston Startup Weekend is officially open so get your ticket at special early bird pricing and get ready for November 18th, 2011. We are honored to have the University of Houston’s College of Architecture as the venue for the Fall Houston Startup Weekend. I hope to see you there!

Have an event you would like to add to the calendar? Or did you really love or hate one of the events from this last week? Let me know – send in your feedback, comments, suggestions, rants and raves to: sarah@thestartupdigest.com or @sarahmworthy on Twitter.

Houston StartupDigest is curated by:
Sarah Worthy – Schipulite at Schipul

Houston StartupDigest is made possible exclusively by:
U.S. college graduates with innovative new business ideas can apply to the Kauffman Foundation’s Global Scholars Program, newly expanded to include U.S. scholars. Participants learn and network with an international group of fellow aspiring entrepreneurs from January through June 2012. Apply here by Oct. 17, 2011.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Allen Halsted, professional game developer, is preparing to release his first game, Hacker Wars, from his own shop, Random Features, Inc. Hacker Wars is a mixture of classic video game memes presented with the latest graphical eye candy on the Android platform. Allen plans to discuss the major differences between a normal application and a game engine. Then using source code from Hacker Wars, he will demonstrate scene construction, the render loop, a finite state machine and basic sprite animation.

GroundUP Houston events encourage experienced entrepreneurs and people with startup dreams to share their experiences with like-minded individuals. Houston has a rich history of people who have taken their ideas and grown them into successful businesses from the ground up.

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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And Save the Date: Houston Startup Weekend is officially confirmed for November 18th, 2011 and will be held at the University of Houston’s College of Architecture. I hope to see you there!

Have an event you would like to add to the calendar? Or did you really love or hate one of the events from this last week? Let me know – send in your feedback, comments, suggestions, rants and raves to: sarah@thestartupdigest.com or @sarahmworthy on Twitter.

Houston StartupDigest is curated by:
Sarah Worthy – Schipulite at Schipul

Houston StartupDigest is made possible exclusively by:
Kauffman’s website Entrepreneurship.org is a free online site chock full of content and resources for entrepreneurs, business mentors, investors and anyone in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Content ranges from information entrepreneurs need to launch a company to policies and research that has been conducted regarding entrepreneurship. Check it out at www.entrepreneurship.org.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Join Python and Django enthusiasts this month for discussion and questions about PyTexas.

Stop by for coffee and meet and share with other entrepreneurs, techies, investors, etc. This is an opportunity to informally share ideas with others in Houston’s tech entrepreneur community.

Meet active angel investors interested in aerospace and aviation startups. Hear presentations from aerospace entrepreneurs pitch and listen to special Keynote speaking Tom Pickens, Chairman of the Board at Astrogenetix.