Houston StartupDigest – November 14, 2011

15/11/2011

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Happy Monday! Houston Startup Weekend is this weekend and the Houston teams will be competing with more than 50 other Startup Weekend’s around the world in Global Startup Battle. Come out and compete for some amazing prizes and if you can’t make it, then vote for Houston Startup Weekend’s winning team in the Global Startup Battle and support Houston’s tech startup community. Tickets are going fast so don’t wait!
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

 

 

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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

PyHou Monthly Meetup Featuring “Super Secret Python Project Revealed”
When: Tuesday, November 15th, 2011, 7:00PM
Where: Stag’s Head Pub : 2128 Portsmouth, Houston TX 77098

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

 

OpenCoffee Club
When: Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 8:00AM
Where: The Coffee Groundz, 2503 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77006

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.

 

Third Annual Green Building Components Expo
When: Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 5:00PM
Where: 122 College of Architecture Bldg Houston, TX 77204-4000

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.

 

 

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Houston StartupDigest – November 7, 2011

8/11/2011

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Happy Monday!Houston Startup Weekend is looking like it will sell out well before our November 18th date. Houston Startup Weekend is competing with more than 50 other Startup Weekend’s around the world in Global Startup Battle. I hope you will come and compete with other tech entrepreneurs internationally – bring your winning idea to Houston Startup Weekend. Tickets are going fast so don’t wait!

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:
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

Django Houston MeetupWhen: Monday November 7th, 2011 7:00PM

Where: Stag’s Head Pub: 2128 Portsmouth, Houston TX 77098

Join the Django Houston meetup group to learn more about this open source web framework.

WordPress e-Commerce with Flexishop

When: Monday November 7th, 2011 7:00PM

Where: UCTC : 1730 Jefferson Street, Suite 127, Houston, TX 77003

Learn to install, setup and customize the WordPress e-commerce theme WP FlexiShop. This theme allows for the sell of online goods with a built in shopping cart, with options for shipping, taxes, and payment gateways.

NASA/JSC – Introduction to Entpreneurship

When: Thursday November 10th , 2011 7:30AM to 4:00PM

Where: JSC Gilruth Center

Join the Houston Technology Center and NASA, Johnson Space Center for this introduction to what you need to know to be a successful entpreneur.

Startup Metrics – Lean Startup Circle

When: Thursday November 10th, 2011, 6:30PM

Where: Houston Technology Center :410 Pierce St, Houston, TX 77002

Hiten Shah of KISSmetrics will talk about metrics that Startups should measure. He’ll cover A/B Split Testing, Cohort Metrics, and more.

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Houston StartupDigest – August 22, 2011

22/08/2011

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Happy Monday! 

I had a great time yesterday at the first Houston Code Camp at the Microsoft Center. I ran into a number of my digest readers and had a chance to catch up on what everyone is working on with their tech startups and ideas.

Earlier this week, I also had a chance to learn a new skill – live streaming via uStream and recording simultaneously to embed in a website. I was at SpaceUp Houston’s Commercial Spaceflight Panel Thursday and if you missed it, you can still catch the video on SpaceUp Houston’s website now – there are some great presentations by aerospace companies, many of which are recent tech startups.

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

 

 

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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

PyHou Tutorial
When: Tuesday, August 23rd, 4:30 PM
Where: UT School of Public Health / Reuel A. Stallones (RAS) East Wing Room 305 – 1200 Hermann Pressler St – Houston, TX 77030 

This is part of a tutorial series given by Walker Hale at the Texas Medical Center on the Python programming language. Newcomers are definitely welcome. It is not necessary to have attended previous sessions, so jump in!

Locksport International @ TX/RX Labs
When: Tuesday, August 23rd, 8:00 PM
Where: Tx/Rx Labs – 2010 Commerce St. – Houston, TX

They’ll be picking locks, listening to music, and generally having a riot. Let us know if there’s anything special you want to practice or experiment with, or teach us something new.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship
When: Thursday, August 25th, 8:45 AM – 5:30PM
Where: Houston Technology Center 410 Pierce Street, Houston TX 77002

Planning the details of your company’s roadmap to success is arguably one of the hardest tasks you will ever undertake, and the most critical to the successful launch and growth of your venture. Topics will include things like preparing a business plan, business structures and forms of ownership, financial projections, marketing, and finding capital sources.

Houston Drupal Users
When: Thursday, August 25th, 7:00PM
Where: Caroline Collective 4820 Caroline St Houston TX 77004

Join other Drupal users to share topics such as using views and what CCK modules people are using followed by a Q&A.

Houston Lean Startup Circle
When: Thursday, August 25th, 6:30PM – 8:30PM
Where: PROS – 3100 Main St. (10th Floor) – Houston, TX 77002 – USA

Eric Reis will video conference in for about 15-20 minutes for a Q&A, followed by a book review / presentation on Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank if we have time left.

 

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Houston StartupDigest – July 25, 2011

25/07/2011

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Happy Monday! 

This week is a slow week for events – which is all the more reason why I hope to see you make it to at least one of them!

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:
The Kauffman Foundation supports entrepreneurship and innovation so that economies grow and prosper and ultimately human welfare expands. Kauffman develops, operates and funds programs such as Startup Weekend, Kauffman Labs, and Global Entrepreneurship Week. Follow the Foundation on Twitter @KauffmanFDN

 

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

TiE Houston July Social
When: Wednesday July 27th, 2011 6:00PM
Where: Café Moustache, 507 Westheimer Rd Houston TX 

Come learn about TiE and network with entrepreneurs and investors in the Houston community at TiE Houston’s July social.

Houston Drupal Users Monthly Meeting
When: Thursday July 28th, 2011 7:00PM
Where: Caroline Collective, 4820 Caroline St Houston TX 77004

Join the Houston Drupal User’s group for this month’s meeting that will discuss creating an agenda for topics/presentations for future meetings and a call for volunteers for the 2012 SW Drupal Summit.

 

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Houston StartupDigest – July 18, 2011

18/07/2011

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Happy Monday!

This week I want to highlight a new event in Houston – the Door64 Hi-Tech Happy Hour on Tuesday night. This event has been very successful in the Austin area and this is the first time for Door64 to come to Houston.

If you run into someone who hasn’t heard of StartupDigest yet – please invite them to sign-up! Also, save the date for the Fall Houston Startup Weekend October 21st-23rd!

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:
The Kauffman Foundation supports entrepreneurship and innovation so that economies grow and prosper and ultimately human welfare expands. Kauffman develops, operates and funds programs such as Startup Weekend, Kauffman Labs, and Global Entrepreneurship Week. Follow the Foundation on Twitter @KauffmanFDN

 

 

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

PyHou and Django Combined Meet-up

When: Tuesday July 19th, 7:00PM

Where: Stag’s Head Pub – 2128 Portsmouth St – Houston, TX 77098 – USA

Join the Python and Django Meetups for a combined meeting: Eloy Zuniga Jr. will be speaking on South — A tool to provide consistent, easy-to-use and database agnostic migrations for Django applications.

Door64 Houston Happy Hour

When: Tuesday July 19th, 5:30PM – 8:30PM

Where: 4601 Washington Ave Suite 150 Houston TX 77007, 360 Sports Lounge

If you’re a technology professional, you’re invited to the Houston Door64 Happy Hour. Come out to 360 Sports Lounge in downtown Houston and enjoy a night of networking in a fun, social atmosphere.

Houston OpenCoffee Club

When: Thursday July 21st, 2011, 8:00AM

Where: 2503 Bagby Street Houston TX, The Coffee Groundz

Come mingle with Houston’s growing tech entrepreneur community. This is a great event to meet some of the smartest people in Houston’s tech scene and share ideas. Feel free to drop in and out throughout the morning.

 

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Houston StartupDigest – June 27, 2011

27/06/2011

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This week we have some really great events, including an opportunity to talk with Houston’s Mayor Annise Parker and find out what the city’s plans for small business and entrepreneurship are going forward. Then come out to Geek Gathering and wish Technology Bytes a very Happy 16th Birthday Friday night.

Have a great week and a safe 4th of July next Monday – be sure to check your inbox for next week’s Houston StartupDigest before heading out to watch the fireworks and celebrate our great country’s Independence Day.

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

 

Houston StartupDigest is made possible exclusively by:
The Kauffman Foundation supports entrepreneurship and innovation so that economies grow and prosper and ultimately human welfare expands. Kauffman develops, operates and funds programs such as Startup Weekend, Kauffman Labs, and Global Entrepreneurship Week. Follow the Foundation on Twitter @KauffmanFDN

 

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

Houston WordPress Meetup
When: Monday June 27th, 2011, 7:00 PM
Where: UCTC – 1730 Jefferson Street, Suite 127 – Houston, TX 77003 

Come here presentations and learn about using WordPress at this monthly meetup.

Houston Android Developers
When: Tuesday June 28th, 2011 7:00 PM
Where: Zebec Center – 2425 Fountain View – Suite 120 – Houston, TX 77057

This will be a getting to know you, get the ball rolling, find out what people are interested in meeting and learning about to develop Android applications.

After Hours Network – Mayor Annise Parker
When: Tuesday June 28th, 201 6:00 PM
Where: Little Napoli – 6445 Westheimer Rd Houston TX

Come hear Houston’s Mayor Annise Parker talk about successfully facing Houston’s Many Challenges and Leading Houston into a Great Future at this week’s After Hours. This will be an opportunity to ask questions and meet other Houston entrepreneur’s and small business owners in a small and personal atmosphere.

Houston .NETwork – Recap of Microsoft Tech Ed
When: Thursday June 30th, 2011 6:00 PM
Where: Pariveda Solutions – 4203 Montrose Blvd., Suite 100 Houston, TX 77006

This Meetup’s topic will be a recap of last month’s Microsoft Tech Ed Conference. Danny DiPaolo will review some of the upcoming technologies that were revealed at Tech Ed and will present a general recap of the Conference.

A Special Geek Gathering
When: Friday July 1st, 2011 7:00 PM
Where: 2503 Bagby, Houston, TX 77006 The Coffee Groundz

This month, the Geek Gathering will celebrate 16 years of Technology Bytes in addition to the normal Geeky conversations.

 

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Houston StartupDigest – May 23, 2011

23/05/2011

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Happy Monday!

This week is short on events and gives us all a little break after last week’s overloaded schedule. I don’t know about you all, but I am really looking forward to the upcoming 3-day Memorial Weekend.

Be sure to go check-out SpaceUp Houston June 25th at their upcoming 1-day conference where they will be developing a geo-location, space-focused mobile app/game called “SpacePoints.”

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:
The Kauffman Foundation supports entrepreneurship and innovation so that economies grow and prosper and ultimately human welfare expands. Kauffman develops, operates and funds programs such as Startup Weekend, Kauffman Labs, and Global Entrepreneurship Week. Follow the Foundation on Twitter @KauffmanFDN

 

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

PyHou Tutorial Meetup
When: Tuesday May 24th, 2011 4:30PM
Where: 1200 Hermann Pressler Houston TX, UT School of Public Health Rm 305
This free series covers topics such as reading and writing files, data structures, scanning directories, integration with R, integration with Java for developing in the Python programming language.

 

De-solder and a Movie Night with TX/RX Labs
When: Wednesday May 25th, 2011 7:00PM
Where: 2010 Commerce St Houston TX

Come out for a movie and pizza and help the lab make sure it is stocked with parts! De-soldering equipment provided along with pizza and movie by TX/RX Labs. Just bring yourself.

TX Rx Labs Weekly Meetup
When: Friday May 27th, 2011 7:30pm
Where: Tx/Rx Labs – 2010 Commerce St. Houston, TX

Join TX/RX for their weekly meetup around technology, security, software development, programming, robotics, and more. They also have classes coming up for the spring/summer including introduction to soldering, electronics, website development for beginners and more.

 

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Houston StartupDigest – May 9, 2011

10/05/2011

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Happy Monday! This week is the Houston Technology Center’s annual Gala to celebrate entrepreneurship. I am so excited and honored to be able to attend this year’s Gala and see who the featured entrepreneurs will be.

I want to mention that next week, May 16th- 20th, is Celebrate Enterprise: a 4-day, multi-event celebration for C-level executives, business leaders, and entrepreneurs to share ideas, gather insight, and celebrate capitalism and the entrepreneurial spirit in Houston.

Coming up June 25th, SpaceUp Houston is hosting their 2nd SpaceUp event that will be a 1-day conference around creating a geolocation, space-focused mobile app/game called “SpacePoints”. They are currently seeking sponsors and registrants. If you know anything about mobile app development or want to help design the rules and structure of the game, then they want you!

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:
The Kauffman Foundation supports entrepreneurship and innovation so that economies grow and prosper and ultimately human welfare expands. Kauffman develops, operates and funds programs such as Startup Weekend, Kauffman Labs, and Global Entrepreneurship Week. Follow the Foundation on Twitter @KauffmanFDN

 

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

PyHou Tutorial – Biopython
When: Tuesday May 10th, 2011 4:30PM
Where: 1200 Hermann Pressler St Houston TX UT School of Public Health East Wing Room 305
Newcomers are welcome to this intermediate tutorial session that will cover the basics of installing and using Biopython, a set of freely available tools for biological computation.

 

Netsquared Meetup
When: Tuesday May 10th, 2011 7:00PM
Where: 2128 Portsmouth St Houston TX, Stag’s Head Pub

NetSquared was developed to mine, profile and accelerate innovative projects using web and mobile-based technologies focused on social change, locally and globally. Join local technology professionals, entrepreneurs, NPO’s seeking advice on new social technologies and geeks to discuss how technology can make the world a better place.

A Celebration of Entrepreneurs Gala
When: Thursday May 12th, 2011 6:30PM to 9:30PM
Where: Four Riverway Houston TX Omni Houston Hotel

The Houston Technology Center is honoring Welcome Wilson, Sr. and celebrating Houston’s incredible entrepreneurial spirit by recognizing outstanding local entrepreneurs. Network with Houston’s top community and business leaders and meet 40 featured entrepreneurs from the Houston community.

TX Rx Labs Weekly Meetup
When: Friday May 13th, 2011 7:30pm
Where: Tx/Rx Labs – 2010 Commerce St. Houston, TX

Join TX/RX for their weekly meetup around technology, security, software development, programming, robotics, and more. They also have classes coming up for the spring/summer including introduction to soldering, electronics, website development for beginners and more.

 

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