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Penske Media Corporation’s SXSW Leads to the Future
One of the more anticipated experiences of SXSW 2023, among those of us who work within where media and innovation industries converge, is that early last year, a pretty substantial stake of the pivotal conference in Austin was acquired by Penske Media Corporation....
Where We’ll Be SXSW 2023
We've clocked roughly 40 different venture capital and fundraising events while SXSW Music appears to have 2-3x as many artists and events than years recent - which is to say, all that's going on in Austin through March 19th, starting now, reflects our own volume of...
Where the World Comes to Austin: SXSW
South by Southwest (SXSW) arrives in Austin again in a matter of days, founded in 1987, it has since grown into an event more than a conference, festival, or trade show but rather the only experience in the world that so substantially celebrates the intersection of...
How a Jamaican Startup is Making Podcasting Predictably Profitable
I’d divine that you’re reading this because you love entrepreneur stories. “I was there when they were just starting. I saw they had something special way back then!” If that’s you, then you’re going to love this one.This is the story of two first-time founders from...
Marketing is Forever Changed by ChatGPT – Here’s How Some of the Brightest Innovators Are Using It
A state-of-the-art language generation model developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture and has been trained on a massive dataset of internet text. The technology that has quickly caught the hearts and minds of...
Creativity Loves Constraints
One of my favorite sayings is “Creativity loves constraints.” Whether you are talking about technology, or the “slugburger,” it remains true. During the Depression era and years after, stock grocery stores like the one my Grandparents started (Phillips Grocery in...
InternetFM – 2023 update
2022 was another great year for InternetFM. We tripled our Monthly Active User Base from just under 500 MAU to 1500 MAU It peaked at 2000 MAU during a summer co-promotion with the Sacred Rose Music Festival. We introduced version 2.5 for mobile and added tvOS, while...
‘Twas the Night of a Startup
‘Twas the night of our launch, and all through our Slack,Not a bug was concerning, nothing our Git tracked;Email and PR ready, to push with great care,In hopes that investors would soon also be there;The team was nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of funding...
The Rise of Startups in the Philippines
The Philippines… a country known for the hospitalities of the Filipinos. And beyond that is a country that holds amazing potential. The Philippines' capital city, Manila, is home to some of the world's most creative and talented individuals. In the recent decade...
Houston Media & Technology in Innovation with Ion
Houston is a city that has a wealth of local media in every language and on every platform; so rich in culture and diversity is this city, that we're excited to celebrate more innovation in media as we grow with Houston. Today, Ion, located in Ion District, the...
Venture Capital in the Center Corridor of the United States; Synergies between the Midwest and Texas
In the run up to SXSW 2023, we’re revisiting the most impactful conversation we had during SXSW 2022. Without fail, this meeting of the minds in Austin continues to create meaningful relationships, partnerships, and collaborations every year. Make sure to join us in...
Funding Africa
Whether the cryptocurrency boom and interests from FinTech, unparalleled potential and opportunity, or globalization driving the attention, 2022 is coming to a close with increasing focus on the African continent and what we all might do to drive innovation and...