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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 30, 2018 At the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event , 50 finalists from around the world will make their pitches before a panel of judges. But rather than being on a public text chat, the user has an option to “form a private room” and invite friends via a social network or a direct link.

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Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley’s Harmful Idea of Success

Austin Startup

I gained nearly 20 pounds during those two years, in part because of the growing frustration I felt when I would leave yet another meeting with VCs who I felt didn’t genuinely listen to, understand, or value my experience as a black founder and CEO. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

And quickly we discovered a far bigger problem: Unlike users of personal social networks like Friendster, which were growing explosively as new users invited their friends to join, LinkedIn users weren’t sending any invites. Together, Brian and co-founder Joe Gebbia could photograph about 10 homes per day.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Yale sports — Yale Men’s Lacrosse won the National Championship ; Yale Football won the Ivy League with a resounding win over Harvard ; Yale Crew won two national championships in 2018. Founder community. Everyone wanted to work in finance.