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The Austin Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge

Austin Startup

The centerpiece of the pledge is the Walker Rule, which is inspired by the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which was created by the late Dan Rooney in 2003 and is now supported by his son, Art Rooney II, President of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Rooney Rule requires every NFL team to interview at least one minority candidate for head coach vacancies.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

In 2003 – while Agile was known – it was largely limited to ISVs and a few leading IT organizations. Tim Miller (CEO) and Ryan Martens (CTO, founder) have been working together from the start of the journey. Ryan continues to head up EFCO and is co-founder of Pledge 1%, which is the effort to take EFCO international.

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17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading

Up and Running

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. His blog is full of personal stories, gentle advice, and guidance that will be useful to any startup founder.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. FOUNDER INSTITUTE. Company: Founder Institute. → Learn More. Crunchbase.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

Rob Biederman, co-founder of HourlyNerd, has a funding story that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. It just feels right,” says Mike Whitehead, FINEX founder. After all, what have you got to lose?

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Why You Need to Ring the Freaking Cash Register

Both Sides of the Table

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. Nobody is offering to put you on their scout program and pay you to be an angel investor. You’re out of money. Fair point.

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What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

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Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. s and Angels such as Jason Calacanis and Dave McClure responded to Roberts and took the opposite stance - McClure and his fund 500startups have done 20-plus deals directly from AngelList and they greatly prefer the ?spray-and-pray?