Silicon Hills News Laura Lorek

Founder@lalorek or @SiliconHillsNew

LauraLorek@gmail.com

ProblemAustin and San Antonio is one of the nation’s largest tech centers, yet no single news source exists to report on technology news in the region.

Solution: Silicon Hills News fills the void

We’re a startup news organization covering the technology community in the Austin and San Antonio region, known as Silicon Hills.

Underlying Magic

Silicon Hills News focuses only on technology news in the Austin and San Antonio region.

We seek to tell the stories that mainstream media might overlook.

Our Secret Sauce

We offer an events calendar, profiles on local tech entrepreneurs, trend stories, event coverage, job listings and more.

We’re like a regional Wired. Similar sites sprouting up around the country include Silicon Florist, Silicon Prairie News, GeekWire and Technically Philly.

Austin and San Antonio are the number one and two respectively, metropolitan areas with the most momentum going into 2014 - Forbes Magazine

Market Opportunity The digital advertising market is growing faster than other kinds of advertising. Total digital advertising (including mobile) rose to $37.3 billion in 2012, a 17% increase. - Pew Research Center

Business ModelSales

Ads/SponsorsSpecialty publicationsEventsMembers

Competition• Austin American Statesman• San Antonio Express-News• Austin Business Journal• San Antonio Business Journal• Texas Tech Pulse• AustinStartup

Management Team

Laura Lorek, founder – journalist with more than 20 years of experience, primarily covering technology and half her career spent in the Austin and San Antonio region.

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Laura LorekFounder, Silicon Hills News

LauraLorek@gmail.com@lalorek

@SiliconHillsNew210-413-3955512-847-7921