Startup Weekend brings together entrepreneurs to work in teams, pitch ideas and then build a business model, product and market-test for the top ideas - all in one weekend. Their work then goes to a panel of judges. The next Houston event will be Friday through Sunday. The winning team will compete in Global Startup Battle with other winners. This year's organizer, Javid Jamae, spoke recently with Purva Pat ...

Houston's very own startup accelerator, SURGE is opening up applications for their second class, starting in Spring 2013. SURGE is focused on Energy Software and bringing technology to the energy industry. The program offers $30,000 cash investment plus an intense 90 day program with some of the industry's top mentors. If you have an idea or startup business that focuses on the energy industry, you should a ...

From Mixergy: How does a woman whose entrepreneurship professor told her she wasn’t good enough to lead end up launching and leading a multimillion dollar company? Allison Sawyer is the CEO at Rebellion Photonics which sells incredibly sensitive chemical imaging video cameras and wait until you hear why that company has that name.   ...

  SXSW Accelerator returns for its fifth edition to showcase some of the web’s most exciting innovations – do you know a company that could be one? This event provides an outlet for companies to present their new online entertainment and gaming products, social, mobile, innovative web, news, music, or health technology to a panel of industry experts, early adopters, and representatives from the Angel / ...

There's an interesting conversation that just started on Facebook by Hesam Panahi about creating a Startup District in Houston. It was prompted by an Austin-American Statesman article about Mass Relevance, lead by CEO Sam Decker, a Capital Factory mentor, moving his startup to Downtown Austin. Here's what we have so far: Hesam Panahi about an hour ago near Houston · Will Houston ever get to this? Hopefully. ...

Startup Houston Happy Hour The West End - A Public House 5320 Westheimer, Houston, Texas 77056 Thursday 6:30pm until 9:30pm View Map · Get Directions   https://www.facebook.com/events/418373631533204/ Come hang out with Houston entrepreneurs. We're taking over the back patio of The West End. Everyone is welcome. Last time we had over 100 people, so bring a lot of business cards. Get prepared by drinkin ...

In what is clearly a smart 'aqui-hire' situation, LaunchRock acquires Giftiki - the Houston-born gift collaboration service that raised just under $1m from angels and individual VC's like Tim Draper after going through the Brandery incubator. Best of luck to Bryan Jowers and his team and I hope we can get them back to Houston to tell their story soon. http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/20/launchrock-acquires-gif ...

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OK, you know what time it is - SXSW Panel Picking Time. If you're based in Houston and have a SXSW Panel on http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ that needs votes, please add it to the comments. Here are a few to start you off: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/1847 - Next Generation Non-Profits: It's a New World - Kari Saratovsky http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/2758 - The Launchpad For Career Matching - Twyla Grime ...

Nigel LeBlanc an active and well-liked member of the Houston Startup community, was selected to participate in the TechStars Patriot Boot Camp in Washington DC to work on his 'Pinterest meets Yelp for Hairstyles" startup called http://www.hairslayer.com. Here's his pitch: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9e2Tf9dsuY ...