Greetings from Microsoft Convergence! I’m here with my team and we’ve gotten off to a great start. Yesterday, Kyle Collins and I helped build a 1000′ of fence at Good Hope Community Center, with the crew from Partner Power. We were also part of the Partner Power flash mob, check out the videos below, you might see… Continue Reading
Folks it’s that time of year again and that means Microsoft Convergence. This year the event will be held in New Orleans, March 18 through March 22, 2013. I will be there all week at our Partner Power booth. Check out this information from Partner Power about what they have planned. I hope to see… Continue Reading
Our friends at Partner Power International wrote a blog with a great video featuring PPI Vice President Henning Lund talking about how to prepare for Microsoft Convergence this year in New Orleans. He offers three key pieces of advice: Get a LinkedIn or Twitter account Bring comfortable shoes Wear a rogue hat For companies doing international… Continue Reading
As promised, here are my remarks from last week’s FastTech 50. I think you’ll find the stats and data about the winners, Houston, and the region very interesting. Again, congratulations to the FastTech 50 Class of 2012! How about those Texans! While we are all very proud of the Houston Texans this year and their… Continue Reading
We’ve just finished announcing this year’s Class of FastTech 50 winners. Congratulations to everyone! 1 IPT Global 2 StratITsphere Data Center Solutions, LLC 3 Drilformance 4 Technology Support Incorporated 5 itRobotics, Inc. 6 Cimation 7 Soteica Ideas & Technology, L.LC. 8 Tradentrix 9 Encore Health Resources 10 Z-Terra, Inc. 11 Miracle TV Corporation 12 Commercial… Continue Reading
FastTech 50 is rapidly approaching (November 2nd this year), and is shaping up to be another great event! We’ve secured Nilofer Merchant, columnist, best-selling author and tech guru as our luncheon keynote this year. Tim Monzingo wrote an excellent article in the Houston Business Journal covering Merchant’s thoughts on social media. A former executive for… Continue Reading
So for the past few years the winner of the Rice Business Plan Competition (BPC) (www.alliance.rice.edu) has been invited to go to New York City and ring the bell at the NASDAQ and get some additional publicity for their startup company. This year’s winner was NuMat Technologies out of Northwestern University from Chicago. It was nice… Continue Reading
Well after waiting for what seems like an eternity, I finally got something to see and look at as it pertains to the iPhone 5. Followers of my blog know that I have been raving about this product for well over 4 years now using an iPhone 3 GS. I skipped the iPhone 4 in… Continue Reading
Greg: This is PKF Texas the Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I’m Greg Price, Director of Consulting Solutions, and I’m here again with Robin Tooms, the Vice President of Strategy for Savage. Robin, welcome back to the Playbook. Robin: Thank you, Greg. Greg: So Robin, in my blog, I talk about digital tools, fads, what’s going on out… Continue Reading
Note: Running weekly in FromGregsHead.com, PKF Texas – Entrepreneur’s Playbook® is a continuing series of tips brought to you by Greg Price. These run Sunday at noon during the BusinessMakers Radio Show on 92.1 FM. Greg: This is PKF Texas, the Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I’m Greg Price, Director of Consulting Solutions and I’m here again with John Kleb,… Continue Reading
Wednesday’s Highlights Doug Kennedy, Vice President, Microsoft Dynamics Partners, opened the final keynote presentation with a summary of our previous days’ events (including a recap of conference attendees’ volunteer efforts to give back to the local community), followed by an energetic performance by Dance Houston, and an advance welcome to next year’s event in New… Continue Reading
I’m on the ground here at Convergence 2012. For those of you on Twitter, the hash tag is #CONV12. It started yesterday and there has been much to see and do. It’s been easier for me to tweet than live blog, so be sure to follow me @fromgregshead for real time thoughts. Yesterday, heard some… Continue Reading
Microsoft Convergence is coming to Houston, next week – March 18-21, 2012! As many of you know, Convergence is Microsoft’s major annual conference, focusing on the Dynamics suite of products. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, this is exciting to have the conference on our home turf! Among the distinguished keynotes is General Colin Powell, who… Continue Reading
On Wednesday I shared with you my remarks from Tuesday’s FastTech 50 events. The below information appears in today’s online version of the HBJ. Again, congratulations to the winners! Well, its late fall and that must mean it’s Fast Tech 50 time again. This year’s event was an expanded technology conference with multiple tracks and… Continue Reading
Again, I would like to say congratulations to the 2011 Class of the FastTech 50. Below are my remarks and a couple of pictures from Tuesday’s event. On behalf of the Directors and Staff of PKF Texas it is honor and a privilege to be here today as we celebrate Houston’s future and the success of… Continue Reading
Congratulations to all 2011 FastTech 50 Winners! 1 HPI Technologies Inc. 2 ONTILITY 3 HSSK Forensics, Inc. 4 ClearCorrect, LLC 5 Encore Health Resources 6 Streebo Inc. 7 MicroSeismic, Inc. 8 US LED, Ltd. 9 ChaiONE 10 ABACO International 11 The Aldridge Company 12 CHR Solutions, Inc. (formerly Global 1 Source Group) 13 Wave Imaging… Continue Reading
As you know, this year we’ve expanded the FastTech 50 from a luncheon to the FastTech 50 Technology Conference. Below is information about the first event of the day, the CEO Technology Summit. I hope we see you there! The CEO Technology Summit breakfast will allow you to hear from several top CEOs in technology… Continue Reading
Consulting Solutions Manager Craig Abbott, is back, discussing Microsoft Dynamics NAV and advertising. I was sitting in my living room last weekend watching football. With plenty of adult beverages and chips at hand I had to sit through the commercials. A fast paced commercial started playing with some really cool music. It showed swimmers, sports cars, electronics and… Continue Reading
Longtime readers of the blog are aware of PKF Texas’ involvement as founder and accountants for the FastTech 50 awards. This year we’re doing more than just the luncheon, we’re launching the FastTech 50 Technology Conference. It is not just a one-day conference, but a high-energy, social gathering with CEOs, exhibits, awards and a tech… Continue Reading
One component of what the Houston Technology Center does is to provide substantive educational opportunities for entrepreneurs. I’m excited to share that I have been asked to speak at next week’s “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” workshop at the Johnson Space Center. The workshop will cover a broad range of topics from Basic Business Development to Selecting… Continue Reading
Raissa Evans is the Executive Manager of the Practice Growth team for PKF Texas. She is an active member of the Houston Interactive community and 2012 will be the third year in a row she has attended the SXSW Interactive festival. PKF Texas is again joining the ranks of those attending the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive… Continue Reading
As co-founders of the FastTech 50, PKF Texas together with the Houston Business Journal, the Houston Technology Center, Pierpont Communications, the Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship,and the Wealth Design Group would like to invite to nominate your own business or a friend of your firm for the 11th Annual FastTech 50 awards. The deadline… Continue Reading
On July 8, 2011 a bitter sweet day for our country was noted. That day was the launch of the last US manned space flight for the foreseeable future. I had the honor and the privilege of attending the final launch in Mission Control as a guest of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) through Walter… Continue Reading
You have probably heard, but if not, I’m excited to tell you that Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, will be speaking at the Houston Technology Center’s Houston Technology Forum on March 10th. I’m looking forward to hearing from Ballmer. He will give his perspective on the “Strategic Implications for Houston as a Center for Innovation.” Ballmer’s… Continue Reading
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