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Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as…

Austin Startup

Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as we know it! This is no exaggeration: Austin’s startup community would not have taken off without the solid foundation laid by the Austin Technology Incubator , the longest running active tech incubator in the United States.

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Lessons Learned: Hugh Molotsi

Startup Lessons Learned

Innovation within large corporations has more in common with startups than you’d think, but also comes with its own set of challenges. When I left Intuit in 2015, I was VP of Innovation and led Intuit Labs, Intuit’s internal incubator. Here, Hugh Molotsi takes us from skunkworks to large-scale success.

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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, is a vibrant city offering various resources for young start – ups, including accelerator 88MPH and incubator i-Hub. Since then, his leadership of the Fund has allowed several African startups to access capital, mentorship and acceleration services. The next step would be to secure funding.

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Wi-Fi Alliance Moves Up and Out

Austin Startup

Sometimes with the help of start-up incubators, like the University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). Before this, it was housed, since inception in 1999, within the walls of ATI, where the Wi-Fi Alliance and ATI built a unique, collaborative relationship. That number is predicted to surpass 2 billion by 2015.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #17: On failure and resilience

Austin Startup

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Recently one of the startups in our portfolio, eRelevance, failed, as the Austin American-Statesman documented.

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‘The Future of Everything’: Chicago Booth’s Annual Conference, SeedCon

The Startup Magazine

This year, The Startup Magazine is proud to sponsor the entrepreneurship and venture capital conference, SeedCon, run by the Chicago Booth business school. This year’s conference will take place at 1871, Chicago’s startup incubator located in the Merchandise Mart. Event Focus. SeedCon 2019.

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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. The CIC, founded in 1999, is located adjacent to MIT and has more than 100,000 sq ft of space for nearby startups that qualify to be housed there. Anyone have positive or negative experience in such an incubator?