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January 21, 2010

Austin Keeps On Impressing…

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Tuesday’s Entrepreneur Hours in Austin reminded our venture team why this town is a great place to start a business.  We met with 12 early stage companies driven by creative local entrepreneurs.  Some of these entrepreneurs have peeled off from other ventures, recently quit a more stable job, or are still “moonlighting” while collecting a consistent paycheck.  Regardless of the situation, all the folks we met with were determined to get to the next level and were looking for some practical advice.  The fun part for us was that each group had their own unique questions and challenges, which kept the daylong event fresh and exciting.  Here is a snapshot of a few of our conversations:

  • Talked with an expert in the web analytics space about measuring social media ROI
  • Discussed go-to-market approach for a digital media distribution platform
  • Offered fund raising advice for a consumer web play that recently went live
  • Relayed the challenges that we are witnessing in the complicated Healthcare IT space
  • Debated the sales distribution options for a fledgling SaaS B2B software application

The one thing that AVEH wasn’t short on was candid feedback.  We definitely are not experts in every space, but if there was an opportunity to relay an experience or message from what we are seeing in the start-up world, we made sure we passed on to the entrepreneur.  If we thought someone was headed down a difficult path we didn’t try to sugar coat it.  Our goal is to reach out to the local entrepreneurial community, offer applicable advice and identify companies to keep on our long-term radar screen.  Tuesday accomplished all of those and more.  We can’t wait for the next event and we look forward to hearing updates from all the past participants.

As you may have noticed, we have started “conversation” tabs for each of our AVEH cities.  All participants (and any entrepreneurs for that matter) are encouraged to join the discussion.  We would love for these conversations to serve as a forum for participants to offer feedback on AVEH and for the general entrepreneurial community to ask questions/give comments.  Go ahead, take advantage of it.  Click here for the Austin Conversation.

Thank you Austin

 

December 21, 2009

AVEH Back in Austin – Jan 19

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As we ring in the new year, we are also ringing the bell on our second AV Entrepreneur Hours in Austin.  The date is Tuesday January 19th.  We are still determining the exact location and schedule, but mark your calendars nonetheless.

Again, we are looking to have conversations with software and internet entrepreneurs.  If you are new to the game, scroll down and learn more about the exact format.  Start sending in slot requests to entrepreneurhours@austinventures.com and we will do our best to accommodate as many folks as possible.  Make sure to provide your name and a short description about your company or the idea you want to discuss.

Thanks – we are looking forward to it.

 

September 23, 2009

Austin Event Recap

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Well…our inaugural event is behind us.  Yesterday we successfully, I think we can call it that – it was great, held our first AVEH event!  Thanks everyone for coming out and spending time with us.  It was a long day but certainly well worth it.  We had 13 meetings with 13 really interesting Austin based entrepreneurs, all with intriguing ideas – many already have their products launched and in a number of cases some pretty interesting traction.  Markets that were represented included digital stock photography, content/commerce for online pets, online education, hiring, local search and much more.  We had a blast and the event only further confirmed that Austin is one of the best places to find great entrepreneurs and great ideas.  We’ll be announcing out next Austin event shortly so be on the lookout.  And Dallas, get ready we’re coming up in January.  Thanks everyone, and we want to hear from you – give us your feedback!

 

Regards – AV Venture Team

 

September 18, 2009

Schedule for AV Entrepreneur Hours

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Due to a flurry of last minute requests we are still processing time slots for our first event on Tuesday September 22.  The schedule will be posted later this afternoon.  Everyone will receive an email confirming whether we were able to fit them in and, if so, what time slot they will be at.

Thanks,

AV Venture Team

 

September 3, 2009

Austin Event – September 22

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Austin Ventures’ Entrepreneur Hours first event:

When:  September 22, 2009, 11:30 – 5:00

Where:  The Belmont – 350 W. 6th Street

Sign-up:  Send an email to entrepreneurhours@austinventures.com and let us know who you are and what you would like to discuss.  We will distribute/post time slots by September 18th.

Format:  We will have a table in the back room.  Each entrepreneur/team will have 20 minutes to discuss the topic of their choice with members of our venture team.  Feel free to bring any additional materials.  We hope to fill 10 time slots for our first event.