Austin firm launches mobile phone indexing product 3 years in the making
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Vobi Inc. has completed its software product used for indexing call information from mobile phones — a product that has been in...
View ArticleWhat's more important at a startup: People or passion? Here's what ABJ...
Greg Barr Managing Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter It's a question that many entrepreneurs have pondered as they try to turn their great idea into a thriving startup: What’s the most...
View ArticleAustin companies rank among nation's largest renewable energy users
Michael Theis Digital Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Whole Foods Market Inc. is among the greenest companies in America, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which...
View ArticleTwo Austin startups selected among Dell's Founders Club 50 companies
Kritika Kulshrestha Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal The Dell Center for Entrepreneurs has unveiled its first Founders Club 50, an exclusive two-year program for a group of 50 emerging technology...
View ArticleTrader Joe's grocer sets date for store opening in the Arboretum
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Residents living near the Arboretum in Northwest Austin wondering about the opening of the new Trader Joe's in the area...
View ArticleGeorgetown loosens e-cigarette law
Michael Theis Digital Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Customers using e-cigarettes in Georgetown can again puff inside stores, so long as those stores sell only e-cigarettes and related...
View ArticleGolf shirt purveyors debut quirky South Austin showroom with man-cave...
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Traditional golf shirts might not sound like the basis for a quirky Austin business, but don’t tell apparel entrepreneurs...
View ArticleTesla's Musk envisions need for 200 Gigafactory battery plants
Sarah Drake Contributor- Silicon Valley Business Journal One Gigafactory won’t cut it, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday at the World Energy Innovation Forum. Instead, he suggested that...
View ArticleSoftware maker StepOne collects Series A financing
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Call center software maker StepOne Inc. has received a $4 million Series A round of funding. The Austin-based company plans to...
View ArticleFlashy Las Vegas projects fuel growing profile of Austin's Technomedia
Chad Swiatecki Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Mood Media unit Technomedia has made one of its flashiest statements yet in a new audiovisual display in Las Vegas, the mecca of all...
View ArticleAustin real estate entrepreneur pens book about financial wellness
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Austin real estate broker Krisstina Wise has written a new book about money. “One day I started a blog, but I realized that...
View ArticleVermillion losses climb to $4.2M in Q1 earnings report
Chad Swiatecki Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Vermillion Inc. on Thursday posted a loss of $4.2 million in the first quarter, or 11 cents per share, on revenue of $305,000,...
View ArticleOil field near Austin productive for local exploration company
Michael Theis Digital Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Rockdale Resources Corp., an Austin-based oil drilling company, has seen a 130 percent increase in its average daily oil production...
View ArticleThree-time Cupcake Wars champion has her eyes on Austin expansion
Robert Grattan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Sweet Arleen's, a cupcake franchise whose CEO bested the competition three times on the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars," is planning...
View ArticleTortilla chip maker to leave East Austin site for new digs in Pflugerville
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn El Lago Mexican Foods Inc., which for many years has operated a tortilla chip factory in East Austin, is moving its...
View ArticleMalloy back as CEO of Austin's LifeSize Communications
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Craig Malloy is back where he belongs. The founding CEO of LifeSize Communications has returned to the Austin-based video...
View ArticleTexas regulators aim to make crowdfunding easy; rules due soon
Christopher Calnan Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Two years after crowdfunding legislation was proposed by federal lawmakers, Texas is poised to finalize its own rules in coming...
View ArticleUT regents kill in-state tuition hike at Gov. Perry's request
Michael Theis Digital Editor- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter The University of Texas System Board of Regents did an abrupt about-face on tuition hikes Wednesday following a last minute plea...
View Article$1M from state tech fund primes Alafair Biosciences for growth
Chad Swiatecki Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter Alafair Biosciences Inc. has received the first $1 million of a $2 million grant from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund and plans...
View ArticleAustin developer opens big residential, mixed-use projects to smaller investors
Jan Buchholz Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Austin-based Inner 10 Development principals said this week they will create an affiliated entity, Inner 10 Capital, that...
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