SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

BY IAN PANCHEVRE Reporter with Silicon Hills News MetroHi.com , a San Antonio based startup in the review management space, started with humble beginnings but is now picking up momentum, and it’s all thanks to a unique approach to an enduring problem. Radu Istrate, the founder and CEO of MetroHi and a Boston College graduate, [.]

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2015

Case in point: your company’s technology. When one thinks of technology, we often conjure thoughts of electronics that fill a building, not the building itself. When one thinks of technology, we often conjure thoughts of electronics that fill a building, not the building itself. Deductions gleaned from efficient office spaces.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

One of the first recipients of the Geekdom Fund is Grapevine in San Antonio. The company, founded last year by Richard Ortega and Eric Larson, is a reputation management system right now targeted at restaurants and hotels.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 16, 2015

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News For three months Josee Farmer drove daily from North Austin to San Antonio to learn how to become a web developer at Codeup. “It San Antonio' It was totally worth it,” Farmer said.

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SiliconHills

MAY 17, 2014

Forbes names San Antonio-New Braunfels as one of America’s technology hot spots. The greater San Antonio area earned the number three spot on the list behind number one, Washington, D.C. Forbes reported that San Antonio-New Braunfels gained 18.3 and number two, Riverside, Calif.

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SiliconHills

JULY 12, 2014

This weekend in San Antonio, people will be to skip lines for select cafes and eateries thanks to Storific’s mobile-ordering app. The company, originally founded in Paris in 2009, has relocated to San Antonio and is based at Geekdom, the downtown collaborative coworking space and technology incubator.

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SiliconHills

JULY 14, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Stephanie King attended a 3 Day Startup program at Geekdom in San Antonio last weekend with an idea for a startup. “I San Antonio 3 Day Startup 80/20 Foundation Geekdom startups technology' San Antonio 3 Day Startup 80/20 Foundation Geekdom startups technology'

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SiliconHills

JULY 22, 2012

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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SiliconHills

JULY 1, 2014

And WP Engine has just opened a San Antonio office at Geekdom, a technology incubator and coworking […] The post WP Engine Opens an Office at Geekdom in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. San Antonio Austin Wordpress hosting WP Engine'

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Think of this group as super heroes for the city of San Antonio. They’re a brigade of citizens seeking to solve the city’s problems through technology with an empathetic twist. San Antonio City of San Antonio Code for America CodeAcross Rackspace'

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Up to a year ago, there was no such event geared towards young programmers […] The post San Antonio Youth Code Jam Gets Kids Into Coding appeared first on SiliconHills. San Antonio Code Jam Debi Pfitzenmaier Geekdom Kids coding San Antonio Youth Code Jam technology'

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SiliconHills

JULY 30, 2014

Medical technology startup Bluegrass Vascular Technologies has closed on $4.5 Targeted Technology Fund II, a San Antonio-based venture capital fund that invests in early stage life sciences companies, led the Series A investment. As part of the deal, Bluegrass Vascular will move its headquarters to San Antonio.

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SiliconHills

JULY 23, 2014

I am very excited to have the opportunity to restart and lead the Techstars Cloud program: [link] cc @techstars — Blake Yeager (@blake_yeager) July 23, 2014 The Techstars Cloud program launched in San Antonio in 2012 with 11 companies and the next year another 11 startups participated in the 2013 program.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 24, 2014

Part of the event involved a Zero G flight in which the passengers […] The post San Antonio MX Challenge Seeks to Solve Problems and Realize Dreams appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 17, 2013

Soloshot took home first place at the Innotech San Antonio Beta Summit on Wednesday afternoon. The post Soloshot Wins the Innotech San Antonio 2013 Beta Summit appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin Technology'

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SiliconHills

APRIL 6, 2013

of San Antonio Science Festival Saturday at the San Antonio headquarters of Rackspace Hosting. of San Antonio holds Seventh Annual Science Festival at Rackspace appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin Technology' The Girls Rockit Into the Future Festival is designed to spark girl’s interest in [.]

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 18, 2014

The San Antonio MX Challenge has officially kicked off. Silicon Hills News broke the story about the first local X-Prize challenge late last year when some members of the HeroX organization briefed the technology community about the contest at Geekdom. San Antonio Geekdom Graham Weston HeroX San Antonio MC Prize'

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SiliconHills

MARCH 28, 2013

The post Kids Learn Robotics and Engineering at FIRST Robotics Competition in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. “This is just a great hands on experience,” Ross said. “I I get to learn all these technical things and work as a team.” Ross, who wants to be [.]

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 23, 2013

This is the not-so-humble sales pitch of Codeup – a for-profit code education startup founded by San Antonio entrepreneur and angel investor Michael Girdley. San Antonio Codeup coding Geekdom MakerSquare Michael Girdley Open Cloud Academy technology TrueAbility'

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SiliconHills

APRIL 13, 2013

One of the latest chapters is Startup Grind San Antonio. The post Startup Grind San Antonio Launches Featuring Interview with Jason Seats appeared first on SiliconHills. The values of Startup Grind are important ones to foster an entrepreneurial environment. “We [.]

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SiliconHills

MARCH 21, 2013

The Beta Summit at Innotech San Antonio showcases some of the most innovative young startups. The post Four Startups to Present at the Innotech San Antonio 2013 Beta Summit appeared first on SiliconHills. Last year’s winner, CallGrader went on to land a spot on DreamIt Ventures’ Philadelphia incubator program.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

In college, he would buy computer parts cheap and then sell them on America Online and […] The post Rackspace Co-Founder Pat Condon on Startup Grind San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. San Antonio cloud computing hosting Patrick Condon Rackspace technology'

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SiliconHills

MARCH 30, 2014

Gonzalez Convention Center, will showcase some of the best and brightest new technology startups in San Antonio. Each team will have five […] The post Seven San Antonio Startups to Pitch at the InnoTech Beta Summit appeared first on SiliconHills. The event, which takes place at 3 p.m. at the Henry B.

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SiliconHills

JULY 22, 2012

When the sun set Friday night in San Antonio, a group of dedicated entrepreneurs and entrepreneur wannabes gathered to create new companies during a 54 hour period as part of San Antonio Startup Weekend. By Sunday morning, about a dozen people had dropped out.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Innovations from various parts of the world we don’t usually expect innovation from The bookless library – San Antonio, TX Changing global wine map - Georgia, China, Chile Battling remote Oil spills – Arctic Circle Common Core Standards – State. Innovative Business Uses of Technology'

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

But even as a little kid […] The post Techstars Austin’s Jason Seats on Startup Grind San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin San Antonio Jason Seats Rackspace Slicehost technology TechStars Austin TechStars Cloud' At the age of eight, he thought he wanted to be an archaeologist.

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SiliconHills

MAY 10, 2013

I moved to San Antonio in 1989 from Beaumont, Texas. In San Antonio, I covered the nascent high technology industry including a pioneering, but now defunct company called Datapoint and about a half dozen spin off companies formed by former Datapoint executives.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 16, 2013

At the Innotech San Antonio Beta Summit Wednesday at 3 p.m. This is the sixth annual beta summit at the Innotech San Antonio conference. The post Six Startups to Compete at the 2013 Innotech San Antonio Beta Summit appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin Technology' It’s [.]

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SiliconHills

MARCH 2, 2014

Three new startups in San Antonio have received $25,000 cash investments each from the Geekdom Fund. In February, the Geekdom Fund made investments in Nebula Technologies and Lightphile. All of […] The post Geekdom Fund Invests in Three San Antonio Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 31, 2013

The post San Antonio FIRST Robotics Competition Sends Eight Teams to World Championship appeared first on SiliconHills. Gonzales convention center this weekend for the FIRST Robotics Competition. Called FRC, the competition is part of the larger Alamo-FIRST that hosts several robotics competitions for students of different ages.

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SiliconHills

JULY 24, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News One of the big problems in growing San Antonio’s technology startup industry has been lack of access to capital for entrepreneurs. San Antonio Cafe Commerce Cole Wollak Geekdom Geekdom Fund HighNoon Lightphile Michael Girdley San Antonio Startups SAPitch Storific Walkingspree'

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 9, 2012

The post San Antonio-based Soloshot Raises $53,000 Plus on Kickstarter appeared first on SiliconHills. .” Of course, I wouldn’t have thought of this one because I’m a photographer who faces many challenges in life like taking a photo without the batteries dropping out of my cheapo camera.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

A sleek new teaching tool, the Geekbus, plans to roll out to schools, social agencies and military bases in San Antonio in March. The post Geekdom’s Educational Geekbus Rolls Out in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. Louie Pacilli, director of education at Geekdom, a collaborative [.]

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News The founders of Geekdom borrowed the “Serendipitous Collision of Ideas” phrase from Tony Hsieh, founder, and CEO of Zappos, and a catalyst in the Las Vegas technology community, said Lorenzo Gomez, chairman of Geekdom.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 20, 2013

The post Rackspace Launches the Open Cloud Academy in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. . “Do you know what started right here? Rackspace started here. But another historic thing that happened on this [.]

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SiliconHills

JUNE 18, 2013

San Antonio has landed its own chapter of Health 2.0 The organization’s mission is to support health technology startups. based in San Francisco, started as an annual convention and now has 64 chapters around the world. The post San Antonio Gets Its Own Health 2.0 at Geekdom. Cynthia Phelps, founder [.]

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