Wake up entrepreneurs! Here's why you should care about Senator Dodd's Financial Reform Bill

Senator Dodd's Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010" passed the Senate Banking Committee on March 22nd and the bill will now move to the Senate floor. If this bill gets passed there will be some serious repercussions for the start up ecosystem - entrepreneurs, angels and VC investors. Its time to take action NOW.

Commercialize

Ready to Commercialize, in Austin's backyard One of the best ways to keep appraised of the emerging technology that is happening in Austin's back yard is coming this next week November 17th and 18th- with the Ready to Commercialize event that UT Austin's Office of Technology Commercialization is pulling together.  Along with other researchers, investors, and entrepreneurs, I will be in attendance, reviewing technologies ready to turn into

Y Combinator

My friend Trevor Blackwell is a partner in Silicon Valley tech incubator Y Combinator.  Trevor and his partners have done an awesome job in identifying, nurturing and accelerating software ventures.  They have also had an amazing run of great PR for their ventures and themselves.

At the Web 2.0 Summit this week, Y Combinator ventures were everywhere, and they definitely had their 15 minutes in the limelight.  One of the most relevant themes at the summit was how to effeciently fund startups in the downturn.  From CIO Magazine, we pass along the profiles of 7 members of the Y Combinator portfolio to keep your eyes on.