Tech Wildcatters

Archive for August, 2010

Those who waffle are always late for breakfast.

Friday, August 27th, 2010

A breakfast pun is the most important pun of the day. Our last post gave a little appetizer about our upcoming event called “Find-A-Founder” (hopefully the anxiety of not being able to RSVP hasn’t been too intense). We have now set up an EventBrite that is chock-full of all the delicious information that you have been craving [...]

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a Match…

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

We all know that finding the perfect partner can be tough. The stars and planets seemed to align when Jon and I met and decided to partner, but that doesn’t happen often. So what to do? I’ve spoken with three entrepreneurs this week who are looking to round out their dynamic duo. One needs a [...]

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No Excuses. Meet An Investor.

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Come and meet the investors in the very active Baylor Angel Network! Thursday August 26th 4-6pm. Baylorangel.eventbrite.com

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Review of Blind Spot IT, A Leader’s Guide to IT-Enabled Business Transformation by Charlie Feld

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

TechWildcatters’ Pitch Day keynote speaker, author, and CEO of the Feld Group, Charlie Feld…Blind Spot IT, A Leader’s Guide to IT-Enabled Business Transformation, by Charlie Feld, is a must have book for anyone interested in improving their business. Blind Spot IT, is available at Amazon.com and other retailers of higher quality business books.

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Tech Wildcatters’ Prep for Pitch Day Video and Pitch Day Event write-up by Tetra Media Group

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Tech Wildcatters
Entrepreneurship in the Spirit of Texas

What do the terms Start Up, Seed, Accelerator and Angel have in common? It’s the spirit of entrepreneurship in it’s truest form.
ch Wildcatters and plans are to have two next year and increase the number of participating businesses from five to ten.
Tetra Media Group captured some of the pitch rehearsals and mentor sessions and produced a video that was used to kick of ‘Pitch Day”.

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Tech Wildcatters makes news in Japan and France – Videos and MP3s

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Ashin’s San Fransisco Channel on YouTube, from ecstudio.jp
Blind Spot, A Leader’s Guide to IT-Enabled Business Transformation, by Charlie Feld,
article by Basile Segalin of atelier.fr Les incubateurs misent sur le dialogue entre professionnels

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Pitch Day Smashing Success: Some of Final Presentation Coach Debra West’s Techniques Revealed

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Tech Wildcatters’ five start up companies pitched their investment opportunities to a full house at Magnolia Theater last Thursday. Their presentations resulted in long lines of investors at each of the company booths immediately following the main event. Presentation coach and opera singer Debra West had worked with the teams the week prior to Pitch Day and some of the key techniques she shared include: — So your audience will, without thinking, smile, take a breath, and subconsciously accept you back when you flash them a little white – a good way to start, it relaxes everyone. To contact Debra West for coaching or speaking engagements, email debra_west@yahoo.com.

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