Check out this article: http://texasceomagazine.com/features/funding-startups-or-scale-ups/ Very interesting debate about funding start-ups versus funding scale-ups, what the differences are, what the outcomes tend to be, and where the money comes from for public-private partnerships. The article rambles a bit, but there’s a lot to learn
Dr. Kenneth Overton is a successful entrepreneur & technology specialist. He founded his technology company, Vistas Unlimited, that delivers virtual insertions of ads or graphics during live TV broadcasts. Vistas Unlimited was recently aquired by ESPN in 2012. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Overton holds 12 U.S. and
We are delighted to introduce Ken Parker, Co-Founder & CEO of NextThought as a new Mentor! NextThought is an on-line education company based in Norman, Oklahoma. Prior to NextThought, Ken Co-founded the financial risk technology company RiskMetrics. Read more about Ken on our Mentor page.
We are excited to introduce yet another accomplished Mentor for 2013, Mr. Wade Nicolas! Wade is the Co-Founder & President of Enkitec based in Dallas, Texas. Enkitec has been recently recognized as one of Dallas’ 100 Fastest Growing Companies! Read more about Wade here!
We are pleased to introduce Sean Charnock as a new Mentor in 2013! Sean is the Co-Founder and former VP of Softlayeer Technologies Inc., a cloud-based computing service. Sean is the current Manageing Director at DH Capital. You can learn more about Sean and all of
VentureSpur would like to welcome Mr. Mike Yonker of SVI as a new mentor for our 2013 program! Mike has over 20 years of experience in business development and has founded or co-founded several successful companies. Mike has an immense knowledge of the mobile technology market and is the current President of
We are excited to introduce Mr. Kelby Hagar as a new Mentor! Kelby has extensive experience running technology and software development companies. In 2003, he formed Digital Witness, LLC, a company dedicated to the development of software applications that enable businesses to utilize video surveillance technology
VentureSpur would like to welcome Mr. TJ Person, CEO of Koupon Media as a new Mentor for the 2013 program! Person is a seasoned entrepreneur having had hands-on experience building his company through an accelerator program. Person also Co-Founded Mango Mobile, an early leader in the mobile content
Consider this a draft, but I wanted to get these ideas out there, because I find myself talking to both startups and investors about them, a lot, as I go about my VentureSpur business. It won’t come as much of a surprise to my typical
So, you want to “do a startup”? First big, huge, life-changing question: Should you bootstrap it, or VC it? And I’m about to say something entirely heretical. In a world where that question typically gets what I call a “religious” response – on par with