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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

Austin Startup

Latinx leaders delved into discussions on representation and how to navigate the tech ecosystem, as well as exploring cultural values, perceptions, and resiliency in the Latinx tech community. As we head to 2020, Latinx will be the MAJORITY in the US. It's been a pretty incredible day emceeing the Latinx Summit for @CFDiversity.

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Monetisation is Key to drive The Second Renaissance in the Creator Economy

VC Cafe

Creators that are able to grow a community while keeping engagement levels high have a greater opportunity to make a living from their craft more than ever before in history. The sum is equivalent to the combined annual revenue of Snap and Twitter for 2020. They already distribute over $100M a month amongst their 200,000+ creators.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

trillion in 2020. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. Six of the ten cities who gained the most during COVID were in Texas. Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Urban Technology: The Business of Smart Cities

The Startup Magazine

The smart city industry is projected to be a $400 billion market by 2020, with 600 cities worldwide, TechRepublic reports. Improving grid management and optimizing power production through different sources and distributed energy production are critical to cost management. The Business of Smart Cities. Examples of Urban Tech.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

ReadWriteStart

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. Photo by emsago.

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Texas Startups Roadshow Wrap-up

Austin Startup

These two buses represented billions of dollars in capital that is interested in investing in the Texas region and we matched them up with local investors, entrepreneurs, and community leaders in each city that we visited. The Texas Startup Manifesto The roadshow was a successful trip that we will definitely repeat in 2020.

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