FESPA Americas – Chairman

I mostly want to take a few lines to brag about my business partner, JR Kraft. The handsome gentleman depicted below is chairing this years debut FESPA Americas steering committee and will also chair the Global Business Forum at the February show in Florida. FESPA is a really big deal and it’s very exciting to [...]

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Austin Trail of Lights – brought to you by BuildASign.com

Every year I go to the Trail of Lights in Zilker park and see the new exhibits, watch the shows, eat funnel cake and drink hot chocolate — it’s a blast. This year, there is something new to see: brand new signs! My company, BuildASign.com is sponsoring all the signs for the exhibit, the tree [...]

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Bernanke Is In Austin And He’s Taking Your Questions

On December 1st, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will be speaking in Austin giving the Keynote for the Austin Chamber Annual Economic Forecast. What a great opportunity to hear one of the most influential people in our country speak. It should be interesting to see what the talk will be about given the current [...]

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Founder of Adobe Systems speaks at Austin

I couldn’t believe it! A room on the 10th floor of the LBJ library with only a handful of students and the founder of Adobe! It was a barely advertised talk that was setup by the Professor of a LBJ school class who worked at Xerox (the PARC) with Charles Geschke (or Chuck as he [...]

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How Austin Companies Can and Should Help Hurricane Impacted Companies Recover and Prepare

With the recent onslaught of hurricanes pounding our shores once again, many individuals are doing what they can by donating time, money and resources. Austin has opened its shelters once again to give aide to thousands of evacuees across the state and gulf areas, but what else are we as Austinites doing? The hurricane has [...]

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Beware the Startup

My company suffers from a type of projected hubris. We are a succesful startup that loves technologies and is run by people who love other new startups and businesses. The result is that we are often very willing to integrate new programs, ideas and technologies into our business: we use Twitter for internal communications, Google [...]

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Office Complex Owners Are Misguided

We are currently looking to renew our office lease here in Austin or to move into a larger office size. We have been negotiating with several different real estate representatives for properties all over town. All of that has been going as expected. What hasn’t been going as expected is dealing with properties where the [...]

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Phones and Internet Coming To Austin Airlines?

As an Austinite in the tech industry, I have certain expectations for our city that have not yet been realized. The internet should be pervasive, wireless, and free. The airport should be the same, and all the planes should be as well so that I can continue to conduct business and browsing wherever I am. [...]

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Virtual Blackouts

There have been lots of stories here in Austin about blackouts and people/companies being left in the dark for several days due to severe storm and tornado group that blew through the area this week. It reminded me of the difference and similarities between blackouts and virtual blackouts. At BuildASign.com, not just our website, but [...]

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