By: Mark Graffagnini, Graffagnini + Associates, LLC, www.graffagninilaw.com. Mark and his law firm focus on legal and business issues for entrepreneurs and investors. mg@graffagninilaw.com In the last few days, at least 10 entrepreneurs have asked me what I think about doing a convertible note round before they raise a larger financing round in Spring or [...]
What do Robbie Vitrano and Chris Schultz have in common with Brad Feld and Dave Mcclure? Besides being successful entrepreneurs, they also have all registered for a profile on the social fundraising platform Connect for a Cause. The site allows users to auction off meetings and the proceeds go to the charity of their choice. [...]
Every year, SXSW attracts a , “unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies.” This year the conference and festival will run from March 8th to 17th, 2013. On March 10th, the HATCH Startup Pitch will take place. HATCH is looking for 12 revolutionary startups to pitch in front of a panel and [...]
The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: Web Survey Company QuestionPro Acquires PollBob PollBob has been acquired by QuestionPro, an online market research firm based out of Seattle. New Orleans-based PollBob was co-founded by our very own Zach Kupperman [...]
Louisiana had a great showing at South by Southwest this past year between the StartupBus and Launch Pad Ignition. For newbie techs South by Southwest (SXSW) is a conference of gargantuan proportions in Austin, Texas every March that is split into three tracks: interactive, film, and music. This year, local companies and community leaders are [...]
The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: 2012 StartupBus America’s Competition Results: The 1st place winner was Cerealize, a company which allows users to custom mix their own cereal and have it delivered right to [...]
The Louisiana StartupBus has completed its inaugural journey and was a huge success said Terry Jones, Managing Director of RIO, the Regional Innovation Organization, and also the Conductor of the bus. One of its teams, Scoringo – Stuart Adams, Natalie Noel, Jarvis Brown, Jeff Pellegrin, Andrew Bursavich and Tommy Talley, was one of just eight teams to make [...]
Over 96 packed hours each March, the annual SXSW conference becomes the center of the startup universe and this year Louisiana companies made a greater impact then ever. The conference has grown exponentially in the last two years with startups competing for attention to be the next big thing. Louisiana fielded its own StartupBus this year, packing roughly 30 hackers [...]
The StartupBus enabled about 60 teams on 11 buses to travel, create, and finalize a startup. The buses arrived in Austin on Friday for the beginning of SXSW. Not only did participants get a chance to be creative and innovative, but also competitive. Finalists Eight teams made it to the finals: Bumper Crop (Florida) Happstr [...]
So, here is the full list of startups to come out of this year’s Louisiana Startupbus. We also got word that, out of all the companies in the entire Startupbus competition, Scoringo made the finals! They will now compete against seven other companies today at the Austin Hilton. Full descriptions and videos of the [...]
