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The Austin Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge

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Back in December 2016 I had the idea to develop a startup pledge for diversity and inclusion here in Austin and since have informally been working with some folks to develop the idea. My goal is to get enough thoughtful eyes on the project to launch later this year. Anyone interested in helping, please let me know.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

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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. Ressi estimates that the debt note now accounts for over 50% of all angel and early stage deals.

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