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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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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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$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’re fortunate to have two incredible partners to work with on this initiative. In October we announced our $100,000 Dallas Diversity & Inclusion Investment Challenge.

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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! SXSW and Edelman have partnered to launch a special report of the Trust Barometer?—?Edelman’s

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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

Follow Amber on Twitter @amberallen_aa #Gaming #Esports #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #MixedReality #AmbersReality Andy Tryba recently launched a new company with Donald Park from Vista Equity, called Ionic Partners, after almost a decade running companies for Joe Liemandt. Edwards University.

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