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2017 Diversity Data for Capital Factory

Austin Startup

Diverse in this context means “not a white male,” members are coworkers in our community and investments are Accelerator startups. Mellie Price , our Director of Diversity & Inclusion, helped create and host the Austin Community Inclusion Council. Houston is the most diverse city in the country! We are listening.

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No more Bathroom Bills!

Austin Startup

Patrick, and Members of the Texas Legislature: As leaders of Texas’ successful and growing tech and startup community, we write in opposition to the proposed “bathroom bills” currently being considered in the Texas Legislature. Abbott, Speaker Straus, Lt. James, II CEO, DivInc in Austin Nick Kennedy President, Surf Airlines Inc.

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$100,000 Houston Diversity & Inclusion Investment Challenge in partnership with DivInc

Austin Startup

This Tuesday we’ve chartered a bus and are coming to Houston with 30 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for Houston ! We’ll be at Station Houston this Tuesday with a bus of 30 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs from Austin for a day full of programming and networking.

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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. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Drew Houston.

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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Easy Expunctions wins $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

In October we announced our $100,000 Dallas Investment Challenge and then in November the $100,000 Houston Investment Challenge. Last Tuesday, we drove to Geekdom in San Antonio with a bus full of investors, mentors and entrepreneurs and chose Easy Expunctions as the winner of our $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Ben lives the Texas Startup Manifesto having lived in Austin and Dallas and with Hypergiant offices in both cities plus Houston. He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. An angel investor and board member, he spends most of his time these days teaching at St.

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