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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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He grew up in Colombia, South America. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Cove.tool

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The software product grew from tools and processes developed by Pattern r+d, a sustainability consulting firm run by Cove.tool co-founders Sandeep Ahuja and Patrick Chopson (both building scientists and architects). If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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12 Top Picks: Austin Startup Week on Oct 12

Austin Startup

Building Your Business on Open Source Data 10:00 am at Galvanize Featuring Data.world co-founder and CTO Bryon Jacob, this panel will explore the increasingly important role of open source data science in the startup economy. Our socials help to create a roadmap for diverse entrepreneurs to utilize as they enter the tech scene.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc.,

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What Does it Mean to be American? Why Trump is Just a Blip on the Radar

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You may have noticed that the Trump Administration is delaying Obama approved immigration policies to allow more startup entrepreneurs born in foreign countries to work legally in the US that was due to be enacted starting today. Our most famous current rocket entrepreneur — Elon Musk — was from South Africa.