OpenCoffee v1 Follow Up
It’s been ten days since our first OpenCoffee Club and I’ve already had several follow up meetings with some of the attendees and one in particular - Tory Gattis (www.houstonstrategies.com) who earlier this month launched www.openteams.com that builds structured wiki’s for corporations. OpenCoffee Club once again proved to me that the Houston technology startup scene is very vibrant. Two other companies that I know, www.berggi.com and www.opmom.com have made their public launches within the last week or so. I’m also eagerly awaiting Richard Yoo’s (www.richardyoo.com/blog/) new company codenamed www.hushlabs.com coming out of stealth mode soon. My belief is that for every startup I know or hear about, there are three that are being worked on in complete isolation. I’m hoping that I can foster a relationship with Kurt Stoll at www.startuphouston.com to help get some of those companies out into the open where they can grow.
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Hey now… no peeking!
Comment :: May 16, 2007 @ 14:06 pm
UPDATE: Well Richard it’s not peeking if you’re publishing in in the local newspaper:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/gray/4811031.html
“He incorporated Hush Labs, an incubator for technologies to serve late adopters, the vast population left behind by broadband and Blackberries. For the time being, Hush’s first two employees work downstairs in Yoo’s townhouse — a classier, air-conditioned version of the garage startup.
Yoo expects Hush to employ five to 10 people, and to spin off businesses that will hire loads more, so he thinks a lot about recruiting.”
We’re all sitting on the edge of our seat waiting for you to launch.
The article itself proves my point - that Houston is a strong entrepreneurial city for internet startups.
Comment :: May 17, 2007 @ 26:50 am
Hey Marc,
Kurt here. I just saw this post. Would love to get together and talk sometime. Unfortunately I missed OpenCoffee v1 and v2 due to client meetings, but will definitely be there for v3. Any report back on how things went at v2?
ps. Also excited to see someone of Richard Yoo’s caliber choosing Houston. Definitely a confidence booster for others considering the same.
Thanks,
kurt@startuphouston.com
Comment :: June 12, 2007 @ 39:31 pm