Profiles of Innovation

Built from scratch: The 30-year legacy of Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods Built from scratch: The 30-year legacy of Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods By Arden Ward

10.24.12  |  3:50 pm

It all started in a 400-square foot kitchen in a bad location, where “the Pac-Man machine grossed more in a ...

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Celebrating screenwriters: Barbara Morgan's Austin Film Festival Celebrating screenwriters: Barbara Morgan's Austin Film Festival By Kevin Benz

10.2.12  |  1:45 pm

The Austin Film Festival is different. When Barbara Morgan started the festival in 1994 with her friend Marsha Milam, they ...

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Bazaarvoice founder Brett Hurt on overcoming fears and initiating conversation Bazaarvoice founder Brett Hurt on overcoming fears and initiating conversation By Michael Graupmann

9.20.12  |  10:26 am

It all started with a baby stroller. A Peg Perego Pliko P3 Stroller, to be specific. Brett Hurt, a new ...

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Ingrid Vanderveldt: Empowering women and future entrepreneurs as Dell's first EIR Ingrid Vanderveldt: Empowering women and future entrepreneurs as Dell's first EIR By Arden Ward

9.5.12  |  3:18 pm

In her impressively diverse career, Ingrid Vanderveldt has established herself as a true entrepreneur — and a missionary for the human ...

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From fine food to mad music, Michael Hsu leaves a balanced architectural imprint on ... From fine food to mad music, Michael Hsu leaves a balanced architectural imprint on Austin By Caitlin M. Ryan

8.20.12  |  4:45 pm

Michael Hsu's success as an architect doesn't come from an inkling for power; rather, it's born out ...

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Beau Theriot's Oasis: Creating Austin's iconic lakeside retreat Beau Theriot's Oasis: Creating Austin's iconic lakeside retreat By Arden Ward

7.30.12  |  10:45 am

When you think of exchanging Austin city life for a nearby retreat, there’s likely one spot that comes to ...

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How Do You Roll? Fast, casual and made to order with a generous dash ... How Do You Roll? Fast, casual and made to order with a generous dash of ambition By Caitlin M. Ryan

7.17.12  |  6:43 am

"An entrepreneur is somebody that has a vision of what the future is before it exists… and then has the ...

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Marsha Milam makes the Texas music business sing Marsha Milam makes the Texas music business sing By Kevin Benz

7.2.12  |  7:00 pm

When your Dad's a wildcatter in Texas, your path can be set for you quite early in life. "My ...

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The restaurant grower: Luby's COO Pete Tropoli focused on raising the bar for ... The restaurant grower: Luby's COO Pete Tropoli focused on raising the bar for Fuddruckers By Greg Scheinman

6.23.12  |  11:45 am

In a way, Luby's chief operating officer Pete Tropoli has been connected to Luby’s since birth. “I was ...

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One sweet ending: How Tiff's Treats evolved from an unlikely place One sweet ending: How Tiff's Treats evolved from an unlikely place By Caitlin M. Ryan

6.18.12  |  3:54 pm

When stood up for a date, Leon Chen couldn't have expected the sour evening would be the impetus for ...

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

6.4.12  |  9:57 pm

Great ideas grow from the seeds of small problems. "Wouldn't it be great if...?" moments happen all the time ...

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Entrepreneurship in Austin, Texas: Where fulfilling a dream is possible Entrepreneurship in Austin, Texas: Where fulfilling a dream is possible By Lauren Modery

5.25.12  |  3:15 pm

In the current Wild West days of start-ups and micro-entrepreneurs anything is possible, and there is no place more practicing ...

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Vacationing with HomeAway: Success depends on the people Vacationing with HomeAway: Success depends on the people By Kevin Benz

5.9.12  |  7:00 am

New businesses sprout from ideas born a myriad of ways, the consistent source of success though is passion and there ...

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Tim League and the accidental drive home that became Alamo Drafthouse Tim League and the accidental drive home that became Alamo Drafthouse By Kevin Benz

4.23.12  |  5:00 pm

Tim League drove home using the same usual route from his two year-old engineering job at Shell Oil in Bakersfield ...

Travel well

Take me away and make it easy: HomeAway innovates to provide new travel apps Take me away and make it easy: HomeAway innovates to provide new travel apps By Tavaner Sullivan

4.19.12  |  4:31 pm

HomeAway’s hard-to-miss headquarters at the intersection of Lamar and 5th Street became a 24/7 entrepreneurial boot camp over ...

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Creative collaboration as a business model: Arts + Labor film, video and more Creative collaboration as a business model: Arts + Labor film, video and more By Kevin Benz

4.9.12  |  4:30 pm

Creating art has never been easy business. The creative process takes time, it takes risk and it becomes personal. None ...

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Fun for all and all for fun: Toy Joy teaches Austin how to play Fun for all and all for fun: Toy Joy teaches Austin how to play By Kevin Benz

3.26.12  |  3:33 pm

Where do you go if you really need a strong hit of nonsensical pleasure? Here in Austin, there is a ...

ideas in motion

Roll with it: Record-breaking Cinetics puts cameras in unexpected places Roll with it: Record-breaking Cinetics puts cameras in unexpected places By Caitlin M. Ryan

3.12.12  |  3:05 pm

“It’s really easy to have an idea,” says founder and CEO of Cinetics, Justin Jensen, of entrepreneurialism. “But it ...

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Making local news relevant: Community Impact brings the local paper back from the dead Making local news relevant: Community Impact brings the local paper back from the dead By Kevin Benz

2.27.12  |  8:34 am

Nobody thought John Garrett could possibly succeed. In a new media environment — a revolution in media really — Garrett planned to ...

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Ellie Scarborough of Pink Kisses: Building bombshells one woman at a time Ellie Scarborough of Pink Kisses: Building bombshells one woman at a time By Caitlin M. Ryan

2.13.12  |  9:30 am

It's often a crisis that prompts a person looks for his or her larger purpose in life. For Ellie ...

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Health bling: Rapper Paul Wall touts health as the ultimate status symbol with FeelRich ... Health bling: Rapper Paul Wall touts health as the ultimate status symbol with FeelRich website By Greg Scheinman

2.4.12  |  12:00 pm

When you think hip hop, let’s face it, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t health. But ...

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Biometric matching in the cloud: Tactical Information Systems can find you Biometric matching in the cloud: Tactical Information Systems can find you By Kevin Benz

1.30.12  |  8:00 am

Jumping out of airplanes — and landing safely on the ground — demands some level of perfection: The chute must be packed ...

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Austin's Cuvée Coffee takes coffee culture to the bean Austin's Cuvée Coffee takes coffee culture to the bean By Kevin Benz

1.19.12  |  4:29 pm

Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a new continuing series that highlights Austin innovators and entrerpreneurs. Mike ...