Entrepreneurship and Business

LaunchEdu Highlights Education Tech Innovators

The inaugural SXSWedu LaunchEdu spins off of SXSWi’s Accelerator to highlight the best of educational technology and innovation. [View the story “LaunchEdu Highlights Education Tech Innovators” on Storify]

SXSWi 2011 Accelerator finalists: Bump Technologies, FoodSpotting, NutshellMail

The South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator competition showcases the most enterprising minds developing the next big thing in digital technology. With successful alumni like Twitter, Bump, and more, Accelerator is akin to the X Factor for technology start-ups. Participants in the competition are “companies who are setting the trends in technology” according to SXSW Accelerator […]

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Atlanta-based app maker highlighted at SXSW Accelerator   Imagine arriving at your local airport and knowing that the short-term parking is full, or that the security lines are miraculously short at the other terminal entrance. What if you discovered that a friend or colleague was on your flight? Atlanta-based start-up Zamp envisions this reality where […]

Preview Panel - The Future Enernet: A Conversation with Bob Metcalfe

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Metcalfe – inventor of Ethernet, internet pioneer, 3com founder and many other pretty remarkable things. Mr. Metcalfe has now started his fifth career as Professor of Innovation in the Electrical Engineering department at the University of Texas. I had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Metcalfe about his upcoming panel […]