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Breyer Capital Austin?—?End of Year Update

Austin Startup

Breyer Capital Austin?—?End End of Year Update After officially announcing Breyer Capital Austin earlier this year after two years of active planning and due diligence, I received a humbling number of gracious emails and messages from Austin-based leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors.

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25 of the Biggest Tech Stories in Austin in 2016

SiliconHills

Here’s the top 10 list of what the stats report as the most popular stories for the Austin technology community in 2016 on the Silicon Hills News website. Indeed Plans to Hire 1000 Employees in Austin Condé Nast Plans to Go Big in Austin OJO Labs Lands $5.8

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. This is unintentional and inevitable.

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Schrödinger’s Start-Up — Why VCs Don’t Sign NDAs or Non-Compete Agreements

Austin Startup

As a venture-backed start-up, you may benefit from stealth mode to prevent copying for a season, but ultimately comes a time when your technology must be promoted and made known to the world in order for you to find commercial success. The reality is far from that. Originally published at www.sputnikatx.com.

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Is Your Start Up Idea Gold or Goop?

Austin Startup

Although the full content of our upcoming accelerator/incubator, Sputnik ATX, is still in stealth mode, I’d like to share a quick rule you should apply to any business idea that you want to pursue. It stinks to tell people when their ideas are smoldering rubbish, so most VCs don’t and just politely decline or ignore bad business pitches.

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Is Your Start Up Idea Gold or Goop?

Austin Startup

Although the full content of our upcoming accelerator/incubator, Sputnik ATX, is still in stealth mode, I’d like to share a quick rule you should apply to any business idea that you want to pursue. It stinks to tell people when their ideas are smoldering rubbish, so most VCs don’t and just politely decline or ignore bad business pitches.