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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. That revenue is in on 75,000 customers, earned through the hard work of 500 employees across six offices on three continents.

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Linux for Ladies Program Seeks to Train More Women in the Technology Field

SiliconHills

She also has healthcare and other benefits as an employee at Rackspace in San Antonio. But it took her almost ten years working as a chef […] The post Linux for Ladies Program Seeks to Train More Women in the Technology Field appeared first on SiliconHills.

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TrueAbility Wins San Antonio Startup Weekend

SiliconHills

A team of four former Rackspace employees claimed the top prize at San Antonio Startup Weekend. True Ability, a service that lets companies test the technical aptitude of job candidates, won the panel of judges over. “TrueAbility helps companies hire great techs,” Frederick Mendler, CEO, said during his pitch.

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WP Engine Opens an Office at Geekdom in San Antonio

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News WP Engine, founded in 2010 at Capital Factory, has 150 employees in Austin and it’s hiring. The plucky startup also has another 10 employees in a satellite office in California. San Antonio Austin Wordpress hosting WP Engine'

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. I encourage my employees to work lifestyle hours that allow them to be whole people while also growing their careers and growing the business. I needed a way to make money and be with my children.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 18:21) Carl on optimism and what he did as head of stores at Home Depot post-Katrina to take care of customers and employees, including selling products out of the back of a truck via an IOU system.

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Easy Expunctions wins $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

Last Tuesday, we drove to Geekdom in San Antonio with a bus full of investors, mentors and entrepreneurs and chose Easy Expunctions as the winner of our $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge. Easy Expunctions leverages technology to assure our customers a clear and cost-effective solution to clearing criminal records.