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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.

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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. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. as in pro wrestling?—?you’re you’re going to take some hits.

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How to Master Entrepreneurship Without Breaking a Sweat

Up and Running

Therefore, it makes perfect sense to develop relationships with seed investors, venture capitalists, angel investors, private investing firms, and even banks, depending on your business goals and growth capacity. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has referred to Warren Buffet as his mentor and credited his success to him.

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Capital Factory Doubles Down on Houston

Austin Startup

our startups are getting funded by angel investors and we’ve attracted many new Dallas investors in our fund. and we expect that number to grow significantly in 2020. global mentor network Free coworking in Austin and Dallas We’ve learned over the years that Metcalfe’s Law?—?The The Network Effect?—?applies

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. trillion in 2020. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Hewlett Packard.

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Is It Easier For an All-remote Company to Tap Into a Diverse Talent Pool?

Transformify

Our guest today is Fredrik Thomassen, the co-founder and CEO of Superside , a Sam Altman and Slack-backed company that's building a new labor market for global design talent. Since we opened our doors in 2016, we have built our entire platform to support a global remote workforce. About the author. About Transformify.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Ownership Matters

ReadWriteStart

We discussed the possibility of recruiting a couple of cofounders who can help him build out the core skill-set needed on his team right now. In fact, I think it is a great curriculum for certain angel investors too, especially those who are starting out, including angel groups that are just formed.

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