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The School of Hard Cider

Texas entrepreneur comes of age and takes his lucky hard cider company national

By Darla Guillen

01.02.13 | 2:05 pm

Some undergrads require a parent’s signature when purchasing a new car or leasing an apartment. But Leprechaun Cider Company founder Jake Schiffer needed Mom and Dad to sign for a start-up co ...


Profiles of Innovation

Celebrating screenwriters: Barbara Morgan's Austin Film Festival

By Kevin Benz

10.02.12 | 1:45 pm

The Austin Film Festival is different. When Barbara Morgan started the festival in 1994 with her friend Marsha Milam, they did so as entrepreneurs. In other words, they loved film and a festival fe ...


Hometown Glory

Top entrepreneur colleges: Texas ranks as top state for undergrad and graduate programs

By Whitney Radley

09.26.12 | 10:17 am

Texas ranks as a top state for entrepreneurial studies, as evidenced by the new list of Top 25 Graduate and Top 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurial Colleges. On the 2012 list, which was published ...


Profiles of Innovation

Bazaarvoice founder Brett Hurt on overcoming fears and initiating conversation

By Michael Graupmann

09.20.12 | 10:26 am

It all started with a baby stroller. A Peg Perego Pliko P3 Stroller, to be specific. Brett Hurt, a new father and burgeoning entrepreneur, was reading an online product review of the stroller b ...


Profiles of Innovation

Marsha Milam makes the Texas music business sing

By Kevin Benz

07.02.12 | 7:00 pm

When your Dad's a wildcatter in Texas, your path can be set for you quite early in life. "My father was in the oil business, so I was brought up by a person who was self-employed. I ne ...


unconference for creative women

Unconventional MomCom attracts local lady entreprenuers

By Heidi Gollub

06.16.12 | 11:59 am

When Trish Morrison laughs, heads turn. And she laughs a lot. The boisterous founder of MomCom doesn’t hold back when she is amused, and her dynamic personality makes her an awful lot of fun ...


Profiles of Innovation

Tabbedout: A business based on getting you out of the bar faster

By Kevin Benz

06.04.12 | 9:57 pm

Great ideas grow from the seeds of small problems. "Wouldn't it be great if...?" moments happen all the time, but occasionally someone with a passion for work and a love of finding so ...


Profiles of Innovation

Vacationing with HomeAway: Success depends on the people

By Kevin Benz

05.09.12 | 7:00 am

New businesses sprout from ideas born a myriad of ways, the consistent source of success though is passion and there are few things we all get more passionate about than a good vacation. But Ho ...


for a good cause

Lemonade Day helps young entrepreneurs learn the sweet side of running a small business

By Shannon McGarvey

05.04.12 | 12:15 pm

When life gave Michael Holthouse lemons, he made Lemonade Day. Holthouse is an entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist and founder of the Holthouse Foundation For Kids, an organization that help ...


Profiles of Innovation

Tim League and the accidental drive home that became Alamo Drafthouse

By Kevin Benz

04.23.12 | 5:00 pm

Tim League drove home using the same usual route from his two year-old engineering job at Shell Oil in Bakersfield, California. It was 1993, League was 23 years old. The Shell job was his first out ...


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