Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. The following sites are confirmed livestream hosts. Click through to sign up at any given location, and if you have questions, you can contact the host directly. They represent more than 10,000 people total.

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Puerto Rico Las Vegas Costa Rica Czech Republic 167

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Sandwiched between those two events I’ll play a part in hosting the Duct Tape Marketing Network’s Annual Gathering in Kansas City. I’ll round out the year with events in San Diego, Phoenix and Albuquerque as well as playing a part in the annual HEMP Retreat with Brene Brown.

San Diego 56

San Diego Kansas City Albuquerque Phoenix 56

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The leadership centers of the microcomputer world shifted from Albuquerque to the San Fernando Valley (LA), the Bay Area, and Seattle. There are startups that need to integrate themselves into the Valley culture for a host of reasons, and, if yours is one, go for it. Deals were getting done there.

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Atlanta Albuquerque Incubator Austin 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) Capital Factory hosts an annual $100,000 cash investment challenge for Black founders and another for female founders. At 31, I’m sure there is more to come.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

paulgraham.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Microsoft cant have seemed very impressive when it was just a couple guys in Albuquerque writing Basic interpreters for a market of a few thousand hobbyists (as they were then called), but in retrospect that was the optimal path to dominating microcomputer software.

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Founder Software Engineer Albuquerque 111