Lore Levin, serial entrepreneur, executive, and angel investor, presented yesterday at the regional entrepreneur meeting DFW_eStartup. She discussed the key areas that should be included in an information packet when considering outside capital,  the importance of working with experienced professionals, and the differences between capital sources.Lore identified the following factors as critical when an investor [...]

Started in New York City in 1987, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, seeks to make entrepreneurs of inner city impoverished youth. Back then, founder Steve Mariotti got mugged by some inner city school kids, and he decided he wanted to make a positive impression on kids to get them out [...]

A packed house at the Magnolia theater watched as the graduates of the Tech Wildcatters fall program presented for the final time in front of investors, advisors, and enthusiasts on Tuesday afternoon. When I say packed house, I ain’t kidding. I thought the last pitch day this past May was crowded. But yesterday was even [...]

Imagine a loved one is in intensive care and needs an immediate organ transplant. Unarguably, a time for serious concern. Now consider that many logistics and transportation companies track these items with an old spreadsheet system, or even on good old-fashioned paper. Now are you scared? That’s the kind of scenario that prompted Gerard Ibarra to find [...]

As you may remember, the Startup Weekend Dallas winner, Bookedd, was competing with other Startup Weekend winners worldwide to get the most fan votes to be crowned the winner. Over 32,000 votes were cast with an estimated Global Startup Battle (GSB) reach of 2.7 million. The contest ended on Monday night, and the winners were [...]

Give us the 30-second elevator pitch for GuideHop GuideHop is essentially a peer to peer marketplace for tours and guided activities. Anyone with exceptional knowledge of a place or particular hobby can sign up as a guide and post their tours. They are free to set their own price and cancelation policy, accept or decline [...]

Some great events are happening in DFW in the next few days. Mark your calendars! Startup Nights – Wed Nov 30th 6pm-2am CoHabitat (2517 Thomas St., Dallas) Open house, coworking, startup meetup, jam session, community gathering TeXchange Holiday Party – Wed Nov 30th 5:30-7:30 House of Blues (The Foundation Room) Dallas Startup Happy Hour – [...]

LaunchDFW is happy to announce what will for sure be a fun and exciting event on December 9th. Kegs & Code 2011, hosted and sponsored by Senico Labs, is going to a night to remember. Start the evening off with a few drinks and some networking at 6pm. At 7pm, Senico Labs will present a [...]

The 5th edition of Startup Weekend Dallas (SWD) culminated Sunday in an announcement by the judges that Bookedd won the grand prize. Bolstered by a massive contingent of University of North Texas and University of Texas at Dallas students and faculty, this was the largest ever showing for SWD, with attendance approaching 100. The 9 [...]

via press release: Dallas, Texas – Rethink Books, a mobile and social digital reading company based in Dallas, TX, has secured a $2.0M Series A financing led by Ambassador Technologies of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The funds will be used to continue to expand their multi-faceted vision for social discovery and eBook interaction and to deepen [...]