Why Houston’s Hot

Posted: August 23, 2010 in Freebies, Links & Feeds for Recruiting, New & Improved, Who's Who

Our social network of entrepreneurs is the best in the nation, one more reason Houston is Hot!

Here’s my take…

This past Saturday Entrepreneur Camp Houston, 2010 made another year successful.  Entrepreneurs from all over Houston visited the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. The Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship Program alumni and unconference champs of the universe, Bryan Truax & Paul Herdnon and a team of other awesome Houstonians treated us to an entire day of FREE learning. Yes - Poplabs, lead by Gene McCubbin, sponsored the food & drinks. You guys know how to put on a conference… I think Startup Weekend might have some competition :) .

Did I mention we got free Shiner’s for liquid hour? That’s right, sponsored by ..umm, forgot…. just kidding, Buchanan Ventures….. thank you!

Houston knows how to treat their entrepreneurs. #ech2010 (Please Tag) was a mix of businessmen, social media personalities, venture capital firms, inventors, developers, students and production enthusiasts.  I liked everyone who lead a panel, that is not unusual for me to like everything. The best quote, I tweeted, from@kentrepreneur. It was so good I forgot what it said – something about a girl and doing what she wants. Is that hot? @marc1919 gave a KILLER preso about Houston – Why it’s Hot. Really, if there is a Houston Rep, @billwhite should hire this guy for the city campaign…. (I’m working on that campaign, for ya, Bill).

Whether you love him or hate him, @eschipul pulled out some good info, that stunned the suits in the room (on a Saturday? Who wears a suit to a conference on Saturday – beyond me) “I don’t believe you need a mission statement to make some money.” and “You really can’t trust the man” – to get a direct quote, find it by watching the video“Building Brand Communities” .

Much Much More, than we could have every imagined came out of Speed Dating (I’m going to forever re-name it “Speed Meeting” because I am a girl, and everything must rhyme.” Here’s a clip for ya.

I had a blast helping out and can’t wait to make it a full-on media production next year – totally wireless!! Thanks @bradhunstable for creating ustream.tv, we love ya!

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