Tech Ranch Austin

PreAccelerate Demo Day

PreAccelerate is not another “incubator” or “accelerator.” There are plenty of great programs out there for companies that are further along in their development, and have a fully developed concept and business model. But what about entrepreneurs that haven’t made it that far and want to prepare for the more advanced incubators and accelerators?

For those entrepreneurs we have created PreAccelerate. If you have nothing more than an idea that you are passionate about, PreAccelerate can help you build a plan and the skills you need to get to the next level.

Tech Ranch® Onsite: Meet Continion

Continion is a digital web marketing company based on three principles: Design build, Consulting, and Marketing. They do email and search marketing, design and build online banners, and consult with […]

Press Release: Startup Week

We are excited to report that MadeInAustin, the City’s tech fair, is now the kick-off for Austin Startup Week. That means we will be expanding the fair to include tech professionals, in addition to the CS, Engineering, and MIS students and recent grads from last year’s event. Tech stars will be coming from around the world for Austin Startup Week, and they will be joining us at the MadeInAustin fair. We hope you will too.

MadeInAustin is Austin’s tech fair hosted by campus2careers, Austin Startup Week, Capital Factor, CIO Magazine, Startup America, the City and Mayor of Austin, Tech Ranch® and more. This event will connect the fastest growing tech firms in Central TX with students, recent grads, and young professionals in the tech field across the State and around the world (attendees are flying in from as far away as Australia to participate).

Press Release: Itography at DEMO

Itography today announced the launch of support for branded virtual item collections at DEMO Fall 2012, world-renowned for launching the most innovative companies in enterprise, mobile, cloud computing, consumer, social media and disruptive technologies.

Itography is a virtual item collection game for Android and iOS. Itography provides brands with an alternative to mobile ad campaigns for marketing new or existing products. Items are simply virtual representations of real products. Brands leverage item collections to engage and reward players. Using the mobile app, players pick up and drop items at real places, socially share them, and win prizes from brands.

“Itography is putting products on the map,” said Co-founder and Chief Item Officer Melissa Tyree. “I am happy to announce that Itography is now available for brands as an alternative to mobile ads that smartphone users overwhelmingly ignore. The team has had fun exploring the concept of virtual representations of real products found at places players visit every day. We are looking forward to working with brands to add more diversity to our item universe for our players.”

SXSW Eco

SXSW Eco is a three-day conference addressing the need for a concerted, cross sector approach to solving the recognized challenges facing the economy, the environment and civil society. In its […]