VentureSpur is excited to announce Community Open Office Hours are traveling to the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at Southern Methodist University (SMU). VentureSpur will hold office hours at the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship Thursday, May 8, 2014 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. This year, rather than holding all
Announcing Community Open Office Hours at The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (DEC) on Thursday, April 3, 2014! The DEC provides a collaborative environment for entrepreneurs in the Dallas area where they can receive training, education, mentorship, promotion and access to capital. VentureSpur will hold office hours at
VentureSpur is excited to announce Community Open Office Hours are traveling to the University of North Texas (UNT) on Friday, April 4, 2014 to hold open office hours hosted by the Innovation Greenhouse! The Innovation Greenhouse’s initiative is to encourage students from all academic backgrounds to be entrepreneurial
The February installation of our Black Box Breakfast was full of flair featuring inspiring personal entrepreneurial stories from VentureSpur mentors Kat Nelson and Rex Kurzius and an insightful breakfast topic from mentor and board member, Mike Whitaker. Video web conferencing linked the Dallas an Oklahoma
VentureSpur will be presenting at the launch day for the new University of Oklahoma coworking space, Land Run. The event will feature a brief introduction to the VentureSpur 2014 Accelerator Program from VentureSpur Managing Director, Kraettli Epperson, as well as pitch previews from SXSW Buffalo
VentureSpur kicked off the Black Box Breakfast series on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 with breakfast tacos, coffee, and “10 slides in 10 minutes” presentations from mentors Michael Sitarzewski and Brendon Mills on their personal paths to success. The breakfast was a success with attendees in
VentureSpur is excited to announce a new addition to the 2014 acceleration program: Black Box Breakfasts! Beginning in January 2014, Black Box Breakfasts will be at 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM on the last Wednesday of every month, except in July and December.
VentureSpur co-founder and Board Member, David Matthews, spoke on the status of accelerators in Texas as part of the Southwest Venture Forum’s Sept. 12th event at the Dallas Country Club. The event’s expert panel also included Kirk Coburn of SURGE Accelerator in Houston, Hubert Zajicek of Health Wildcatters,
As part of the Rice Alliance Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum, we got to hear a panel discussion from the venture capital investment arms of several major oil and gas companies, including Mark Blackwell of Cenovus Energy Venture Group, Issam Dairanieh of BP Ventures,
I got the chance this week to represent VentureSpur at Rice University’s annual Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum. Check it out: The VentureSpur firm was asked to participate in “VC office hours” on September 11, and yours truly acted as a judge for their forum! From the VentureSpur