Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth. Why do they invest in venture capital?

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2019

You will coordinate and administer the most active venture capital fund in Texas and see an insane amount of dealflow. Job opening: Fund Administrator at Capital Factory In two or three years you’ll gain a decade worth of experience and dealflow. You’ll know the inside details about almost every deal that goes down.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Of the thousands of submissions, our team has poured through and highlighted a diverse grouping of Austin startup focused panels that we think deserve to be at SXSW 2019! These are 3 successful Austin CEOs who have built significant consumer-facing tech businesses. We reached out to the M.io Vote ] 2. Vote ] 10.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Amir Elaguizy pitching Cratejoy on stage at SXSW 2014 I know lots of investors from Texas and from around the world who are visiting Austin for SXSW and want to know where to go and how to plug in. Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community. Come check out tech through a military lens.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Bose will be demonstrating the new technology to app and device developers in a fun, informative setting. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

On Monday, September 23, Austin Startup Week had an impressive kick-off at Capital Factory where over 400 women and allies gathered at the 3rd Annual Women in Tech Summit! Inspired and taking notes in a packed house at the Women in #Tech Summit @CFWoman ! Women leaders from across the U.S.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. We were infatuated with tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug. Factom, Inc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled workforces that can support tech startups. . Austin, TX. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Austin has become quite a hotspot. Austin also stands out for its affordability.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2014

Additionally, the tech startup community has grown so quickly that Utah has a new nickname: The Silicon Slopes. For technologically inclined businesses, Texas has increased its STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce by 34,000 since 2009. Austin in particular is a technological and cultural hub.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

These days there are many lawyers that will do equity deals cheaply as long is it is a standardized, simplified term sheet, early stage, no serious investor / management debates, limited IP / customers / due diligence and as long as they perceive you as a “hot&# company that’s likely to need legal services for many years ahead. (if

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking for Funds in All the Right Places: The Definitive Guide to Austin Capital By David Altounian and Stephen Straus OVERVIEW For entrepreneurs: We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of capital in Austin to help focus your fundraising efforts.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a minority of our investments in new technology areas where deep technical innovation is occurring and where we believe there is will be a large future market opportunity. For these companies, we look for deep technology differentiation plus early market validation or clear opportunity for such.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Austin always has a strong presence at SXSW and this year is no different. 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! 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. At maturity, which is typically 3 to 5 years, any unpaid amount of the cap is due.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

With the recent influx of startups, there is a lot of competition for venture capital funding. However, the majority of venture capital goes to men, with only 16.8% This is something that, again, may not be controllable due to institutional structures at play. However, this doesn’t mean you can’t grow your network.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Dan Rather spoke on the UT Austin campus last week, and amidst his many stories he opined on his need to monetize his site News and Guts. A good example is the marketing technology sector. If you deliver exactly the same results at the same net cost to the customer via a SaaS product, you may get a tech multiple 10X higher.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 2, 2018

Granted the people who took a chance on us were people who did their due diligence. Angel vs Venture Capital It normally goes that you start with self funded and/or family and friends. Prove Yourself When it comes to fundraising, Austin (maybe other areas) cares about proving that you can be an entrepreneur.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Why Introverts Make Great Leaders – crowdspring.co/1yhmaS5.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

The field uses the broader term “gender” rather than “female” because, as the Stanford Social Innovation Review states, “Using ‘gender’ brings both men and women into the conversation. Despite all of this collective data and momentum, we have seen little, if any, progress in the private equity and venture capital space.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Today, Silicon Valley took the Great Equalizer and established a system of inequality where only white male faces are prominently displayed in “tech media”, VC firms exclude African-Americans and sexually harass women tech entrepreneurs and we also see Silicon Valley firms talking up some “lack of pipeline” bullcrap.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2010

When I saw Rudy at the most recent Austin Tech Happy Hour , I was excited to hear that the app had been submitted to the app store for review. Company CEO Rudy Prince is a tech veteran, having founded pioneering company eFax back in the early days of the web. Why start this company in Austin? S3 Ventures.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 8, 2010

Not only has Austin been recognized repeatedly for the relative strength of its local economy in recent weeks , but on Monday, Austin-based Microventures launched its new site for peer-to-peer venture funding. Aside from the traditional VC firms, Capital Factory is now embarking on its second year.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

I talk to at least a dozen new entrepreneurs each week and probably review two dozen email pitches. Is it an Texas-based tech startup company or is it doing something in the email space? For me, that’s any tech startup company in Texas or any email related company in the world. So it’s important to get straight to the point.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 14–15, the Air Force, through AFWERX , hosted a two-day Spark Collider event at Capital Factory to bring newly awarded 19.2 SBIR Phase I companies together with relevant Air Force and venture capital stakeholders. Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The fourth annual Relationship and Information Series for Entrepreneurs (RISE) returns to Austin, Texas, March 1-5, 2010 with five full days of free sessions covering a wide range of topics of interest to aspiring, new and established entrepreneurs in all industries. RISE Clean Technology Session Series. RISE Funding Forum.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Actually, what Id love to see are some responses via blog posts from different folks in the group: Bill Austin - Famous Quotes 2007 Weblog Awards Alister Cameron - www.alistercameron.com Dennis McDonald - www.ddmcd.com Jason Alba - [link] Ben Yoskovitz - [link] Ben - [link] My answers. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I must take a moment to acknowledge the many kind greetings upon my return to Atlanta and the many well wishes as I departed Austin. Both cities are wondrous , and I will be in Austin regularly for SXSW and other special occasions, one example being the wedding of my daughter there this April. Yes, that has multiple meanings!)

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Despite Benchmark’s strong association with ecommerce during the late 1990’s due to the success of companies like eBay, we have not been particularly active in ecommerce in the past several years. And due to falling competent prices, Dell’s inventory turn advantage also contributed to a gross margin advantage.

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Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2018

Some invest in tech startups and others only do restaurants and office buildings. It doesn’t make any sense to pitch a later stage, “growth” investor with your seed stage idea just like it doesn’t make much sense to pitch a new tech startup to an investor who only does oil & gas. You need to get them to fall in love first.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Entrepreneurs are thinking bigger than ever before in Austin, and the rocket fuel that VC funding provides is becoming more and more of a norm, rather than the exception.

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entrepreMusings

JUNE 1, 2010

I went to Portugal with 4 other colleagues (3 of us presented) to help give a workshop on incubation management and on-shoring opportunities for Portuguese technology companies to the US. The UTEN program is also run through IC2 which the Austin Technology Incubator (where I work) is also under. Boat photo : Taken in Porto.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

In Silicon Valley, Boston, Austin, and other innovation centers across the country, entrepreneurs and their backers (who are not limited to venture capitalists) are all keenly aware that Washington’s addiction to enacting hasty, one-size-fits–all financial regulation will continue to have far-reaching unintended negative consequences for the U.S.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2017

By Tushar Jain Traditional venture capital firms typically invest in the equity of young, fast-growing, technology startups. Each individual investment is risky: 75% of venture-backed companies fail to return invested capital to their investors. But all the assets Multicoin Capital invests in are liquid.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users. But the same technologies that make life difficult for traditional marketers also offer them unprecedented new opportunities.

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