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Early Applications – Huge First Mover Advantages!

Friday, December 30th, 2011

We are announcing today that if you submit your application for our Spring 2012 class before our Early Application Deadline, January 15th, then you will be eligible for one of two guaranteed invitations to our Quick Pitch Day (which is how we decide who enters the program). This is a significant competitive advantage, as you [...]

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Angels Among Us

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

TEDxSMU was last weekend and this year’s theme was Disruption.  None was more so than Peter Thum’s talk on radical solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems.  I wanted to borrow some of his material for Pitch Day last Tuesday and he was nice enough to give me his notes.  Check out his radical new company that [...]

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Keith Anderson – Help Us Help His Family

Friday, December 9th, 2011

I want you to know that Keith Anderson has suffered greatly in the past month. In some respects, he has got better and worse. Here is a crazy history of events for Keith Anderson over the past month:

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Fall Pitch Day ’11 Keynote Spotlight: Brad Hunstable, Ustream.

Monday, December 5th, 2011

One more day until Pitch Day and we’re exited to spotlight our companies; Mineful, Newton Insight, Device Magic and PayTap, who will be presenting on December 6 at The Magnolia.
Today we’re proud to introduce our distinguished Key-note speaker, Brad Hunstable, President and Founder of Ustream. Check out Pitch Day details, we hope to see you there!

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Fall ’11 Pitch Day Company Spotlight: PayTap

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

With our Fall ’11 Pitch Day fast approaching, we want to introduce our 4 graduating companies who will be presenting on December 6 at The Magnolia. Check out Pitch Day details, we hope to see you there! Each company will be spotlighted daily, leading up to the big event.

PayTap is a socialized bill payment platform that allows bills to be paid by third parties like parents, adult children, or roommates. It facilitates sending “help me pay this bill” requests, collects funds from the bill payers, and ensures the payment is sent directly to the billing entity. No more worrying about whether rent money went to pay for beer! Check it out at www.mypaytap.com

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Fall Pitch Day ’11 Company Spotlight: Device Magic

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

With our Fall ’11 Pitch Day fast approaching, we want to introduce our 4 graduating companies who will be presenting on December 6 at The Magnolia. Check out Pitch Day details, we hope to see you there! Each company will be spotlighted daily, leading up to the big event.

Device Magic allows users to create, distribute, and collect mobile forms. It mobilizes job cards, maintenance reports, sales orders, and surveys for enterprise clients. The data can then be accessed using the clients’ preferred database, with minimal to no integration time or costs. Try it out at www.devicemagic.com

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