Events have already been held this year in Bangalore, Austin, Barcelona and New York, and the next event on the list is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 21st. To apply to the upcoming roadshows in entrepreneurship hubs around the world, companies need to be less than five years old with maximum turnover of $1 million a year. MORE >>

The other day I helped two of our coworkers, Meghan Jones and Deborah Toodle get their wordpress website started ([link] and yesterday I was at the bottom looking up at some of Austin’s most brilliant semantic web experts at an event we hosted for the semantic web community and the City of Austin.&#. MORE >>

Nowhere has this growth been more evident than in Austin. Starting last year with fifty Airbnb hosts, the city of the violet crown ended the year with a community of two hundred. Since inception, there have been over 6,000 nights booked in Austin, with the majority occurring in 2010. Many of these hosts made well. MORE >>

It also doesn’t count special events, like the Ignite Austin program or the Accelerator, where almost certainly mobile will play a prominent role in multiple presentations. . Events Mobile Appcelerator BestFit Featured GigaOm Ignite Austin Mobile Monday SXSW VenturebeatmobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich. MORE >>

Echotone, is a stellar documentary covering life in the Live Music Capital of the World, also known as Austin, TX. As people flock to Austin to experience its eclectic music culture, it produces a catch-22 for those working artists and their new neighbors.  Bring Echotone to You by Hosting a Screening ! Rock on CrowdSpring! MORE >>