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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being.

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Entrepreneurs gather in Eden for the first Summit Outside

The Next Web

After chucking bags into tents and strapping on hiking boots, attendees were delighted by surprises at every turn like a sonic meditation deck, a late-night noodle truck, a flash sale of coconuts and LeWeb founder Loic LeMeur giving office hours in the middle of a forest.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Winding Tree

Austin Startup

Last summer, Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, joined the many airlines and hotels that have partnered with Switzerland-based Winding Tree to bypass intermediaries using distributed ledger technology. Winding Tree Co-Founders: CEO Maksim Izmaylov (left) and COO Pedro Anderson (right).

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Crypto is Global

thebarefootvc

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, during annual budget conversations, reiterated that bitcoin was not legal tender, and that the government would be clamping down on illegal activity using cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately much of the press coverage missed the mark, with many headlines claiming that India was banning cryptocurrencies.

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Episode 54: Business Synchronization and Profitability Antoine Gerschel

Mike Michalowicz

Teams of Distincton co-founder Antoine Gerschel joins Mike Michalowicz, Chris Curran and Kristina Bolduc for Episode 54 of the Profit First Podcast! Antoine Gerschel is co-founder of Teams of Distinction, an advisory firm focusing on helping organizations reach SWING: the near perfect synchronization of talented people.

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After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth

www.theverge.com

A string quartet played a medley of pop radio hits as several hundreds startup founders, Goldman Sachs bankers, and venture capital investors, chatted over drinks inside a gleaming neon temple of Angel Orensanz in lower Manhattan. Capital will be harder to come by, and founders will be more open to sell. By Ben Popper 06.19.2012.

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