Another Texas VC

My quick advice to entrepreneurs trying to make money off of banner advertising is to stop. I recently got an analyst report that puts the average remnant CPM at around 35 cents. To put that into practical terms, your average web-page with an ad-sense banner page only earns $100 for every 286,000 impressions. Boy that’s […]

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Earlier today my good friend Marc Nathan put up a blog post pointing out that Houston has a vibrant research scene. The post was a response to my post about Houston’s dearth of research universities. The folks at UH strongly agree with my line of thinking in the form of their Tier One Initiative with some great […]

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Dallas that is. I haven’t been up to the Metroplex in years and look forward to seeing what the startup scene is like. Current stops include TechFortWorth, Infomart, CoHabitat, NTAN, and NTEC. I look forward to seeing y’all there!

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Every now and then I get dragged into a conversation where I am asked what Houston needs to jump into the big leagues of tech innovation. Thursday night at the Caroline Collective was no exception.
 
Before answering I always put out several disclaimers. Houston is home to several great tech companies and is home to a […]

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At a recent board meeting a CEO explained why he, a man with strong business experience, needed a Jerry with strong industry domain knowledge added to the team ASAP. The other day I was talking to an aspiring entrepreneur in Houston about his revolutionary new ideas about marketing and suggested that before engaging with VCs he find his […]

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