Houston StartupDigest – December 5, 2011

6/12/2011

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston.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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Happy Monday! We have had some truly jam-packed and full of awesome tech start-up events this Fall in Houston and I don’t think any of them have me as excited to announce that Steve Blank, a globally recognized leader in the technology start-up community is coming to Houston to talk at the Lean Startup Circle monthly meeting. Steve Blank is a writer, founder/investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and is currently teaching Entrepreneurship in 3 major universities.Come to the Houston Lean Startup Circle meeting at the Houston Technology Center this Thursday, December 8th at 6:30pm to hear Steve talk about Customer Development and share stories around his experience in the Houston energy industry.

Make sure you check out ALL of our great events this week too!

 

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.

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What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Django Houston Meetup
When: Monday December 5th, 2011 7:00PM
Where: Stag’s Head Pub, 2128 Portsmouth St, Houston TX 77098

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.

 

Rice Alliance I.T. and Web Venture Forum
When: Thursday December 8th, 2011 8:00AM
Where: Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University

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.

 

Houston Lean Startup Circle Presents Entrepreneur Steve Blank
When: Thursday December 8th, 2011 6:30PM
Where: HTC Conference Center, 410 Pierce Street, Houston TX 77002

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

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