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Pecan Commons Launch – Episode #34

Jonas — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:39:05 +0000

Here’s a video from Pecan Street Project and Tech Ranch Austin at the kickoff of Pecan Commons, a group of energy entrepreneurs who have self-organized around Austin’s Pecan Street Project clean energy effort. We had more than 100 entrepreneurs turn out for the kickoff!

Pecan Commons – Episode #33

Jonas — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:16:11 +0000

Jonas Lamis and Joel Greenberg introduce Pecan Commons. Pecan Commons is a new venture that will become the epicenter of Smart Grid Entrepreneurship. Pecan Commons is partnering with the Pecan Street Project in Austin to create a path for new technologies and entrepreneurs to get involved with Austin’s energy laboratory. Join us at Tech Ranch Austin for the kickoff on February 2nd, 2010.

Question of The Day: What is the shortest path to get to energy independence for the USA? Give us your answers below.

Yigdigs, and a new feature: QOTD – Episode #30

Jonas — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:51 +0000

Jonas sits down with Andy Salo, founder and CEO of Yigdigs. Yigdigs is a Real Estate For Sale by Owner webservice. Andy discusses his journey from executive to entrepreneur. Also this episode introduces a new feature – Question of the Day! Add your thoughts for the QOTD to the comment’s field below.

QOTD : What was your best or worst real estate buying or selling experience?

First Look Forum – Episode #28

Jonas — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:43 +0000

Jonas talks with Hall Martin – founder of The Austin Entrepreneur Network. In part 2 of their discussion, they discuss the First Look Forum. The First Look Forum is a regular event put on by AEN and hosted by Tech Ranch that matches Entrepreneurs with potential mentors and investors. Think of it as Speed Dating for startups.

Austin Entrepreneur Network – Episode #27

Jonas — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:53 +0000

Jonas talks with Hall Martin, founder of The Austin Entrepreneur Network. They discuss Hall’s long time involvement in the Austin entrepreneur community. He has been an active angel investor, director of CTAN – the Central Texas Angel Network, educator and regular blogger.

Social Strategies for Entrepreneurs – Episode #26

Jonas — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:50 +0000

Alora Chistiakoff is the co-founder and principle of The Indigo Heron Group. She provides stategy and project management consulting to entrepreneurial teams in Central Texas and beyond. She also conducts regular training sessions, including tonight’s SEO Plus Workshop. They discuss personal branding and how to advance both your self and your business through online marketing strategies. Alora also blogs for Tech Ranch Austin here.

Cristi Jakubik – Episode #23

Jonas — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:50 +0000

Jonas introduces Cristi Jakubik – the newest Partner at Tech Ranch Austin. Cristi is a marketing expert who recently migrated to Austin from Silicon Valley. She ran marketing programs at several Bay Area startups and received an MBA from Stanford.

The 12 Step Program

Jonas — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:12:11 +0000

Employee 2 Entrepreneur

View more presentations from Jonas Lamis.

I took a few minutes to write down the main steps I went through in my transition from corporate executive to venture founder. I presented the two slides here at the ProductCamp in Austin last spring and walked away with the best presentation award. Clearly, it’s not about the graphics

Many of the concepts on this list have found their way into the Venture Forth program that we teach at Tech Ranch.

The Valuation Veil – Episode #22

Jonas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:47 +0000

In which Jonas and G discuss G’s recent article about different challenges for entrepreneurs as they try to value their ventures. G points out term sheet gotchas that can trip up entrepreneurs and encourages startups to not just look at the proposed term sheet value.

Shaarp Management – Episode #21

Jonas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:56 +0000

Jonas sits down with Arvin Poole to discuss Shaarp Management. Arvin is a repeat entrepreneur who hangs out at Tech Ranch Austin. His firm provides strategy and marketing consulting to startup firms around the US.