Another Texas VC

I had the pleasure of grabbing coffee with Eric Olson yesterday in Evanston. Eric recently joined the team at DFJ Portage specializing in consumer web plays after a successful run at Feedburner. Eric is also the cofounder of Tech cocktail, a meetup for technology enthusiasts, bloggers and anyone else in traditionally underserved technology markets (think places like TEXAS). Eric’s hard work at Tech cocktail recently got him a prestigious CityLIGHTS award. Just being around Eric makes me want to try to get something like this off the ground in Texas, probably in cooperation with the folks at Startup Houston, Texas Entrepreneurship Association, and others. If you are interested in helping, let me know. When I get down to Texas in June (I know, I always talk about what I am going to do when I get back) I’ll think through if this makes more sense in Houston or Austin (or both!).

Needless to say Eric’s blog just made it onto my iGoogle page. For my Chicago Friends, I will see y’all at the Tech Cocktail Conference on May 29^th!