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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

Intro to the Austin EdTech Startup Scene Come meet Sean Duffy , founder of EdTech Austin and let him tell about everything going on in EdTech in Austin! Join us at this interview and hear how WWE co-founder Linda McMahon fought back from bankruptcy to build her company into a publicly traded entertainment and media powerhouse.

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Founder Insights: Strategies for a Successful Startup

The Startup Magazine

Our latest venture is a new web platform and app that quickly and easily connects consumers and attorneys for common legal concerns—from divorce and bankruptcy, to personal injury and immigration—called Hotspot Law. And at least 40% of people who leave a voicemail or fill out a web form wait two or three days before they hear back.

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Founder Interview: Felix Shipkevich and the Disruption in LegalTech

The Startup Magazine

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Mr. Felix Shipkevich. As founder of Shipkevich PLLC, I often deal with financial technology issues and have a long history studying and understanding how financial technology, its legal aspects and regulations impact my clients.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My co-founders and I started eVestment for two primary reasons. I do that by writing for them; web content, blogs, articles, marketing collateral, and the like. Upon realizing that approximately 80% of medical bills contain error and that medical debt was the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., Challenges aplenty.

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15 steps to start your own tech business: Part 1

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. The skillset of a founder often defines the focus and the culture of a company. So, as an aspiring founder, invest your time and energy in identifying your talents and then follow your passion.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc.,

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

We are still reeling from the first order of consequences of the pandemic, but we are also starting to see the second and third order effects, unemployment, hunger, mass bankruptcy, and the inequity and injustice of this crisis. Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin are the founders of a company called Bitwise. So what are we going to do?

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