A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 9, 2010

Steve Blank says "get outside the building," Eric Ries says "seek validated learning," Sean Ellis says "seek product/market fit," Drew Houston says "the only way to learn on a $0 budget is to talk to people.". By definition, if you're a startup founder you're explicitly not your customer. founder Blogger & Twitter. "If

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I also couldn’t be happier that friends from Silicon Valley like Joe Lonsdale, Drew Houston, and Elon Musk have also moved here. On the entrepreneur side, founders like Brett Hurt and John Berkowitz have gone above and beyond for Breyer Capital. For example, we just announced our Mark Benioff co-investment in Richard Socher’s You.com.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast. I wanted to learn about safety, so I went to George Tenet, the ex-head of the CIA.”. Still, the world is full of experts who lack boldface names.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This Tuesday we’ve chartered a bus and are coming to Houston with 30 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for Houston ! Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from Houston with a diverse executive team a $100,000 investment to try and change the world. .

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2021

Capital Factory’s Texas Fund , in partnership with Beam Angel Network , Seven Seven Six Fund , and Golden Seeds (Houston) , is excited to announce the next $100,000 Investment Challenge at our 4th Annual Women In Tech Summit. Any software, hardware, or CPG startup in Texas with a female founder or co-founder can apply to participate.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 15, 2022

Houston is a big city – an urban sprawl that could swallow up the municipal definitions of Los Angeles in its footprint, or two New York Cities. If you’re involved in a bad accident or need desperately to get to a trauma center, an ambulance might not get you there in time.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Capital Factory Founder, Joshua Baer, introduces 2019’s Texas Startups Roadshow in Austin. The journey will showcase startups from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and surrounding cities? —?closing Investors from around the country who have their eye on Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Why are we doing this?

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SiliconHills

MAY 21, 2019

By LAURA LOREK, publisher of Silicon Hills News At Hypergiant’s Austin headquarters, Ben Lamm, CEO, and Co-founder takes to the conference room’s whiteboard to explain its structure and expansion plans. Its […]. The post Hypergiant Aims to Dominate the AI Industry on Earth and in Space appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Drew Houston.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are 4 of the 11 largest cities in the country , and connecting these cities will help to raise billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. “We I’m excited to see the synergies that Capital Factory and The DEC can create to support the broader Texas tech community.”

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Up and Running

JANUARY 21, 2015

. “I doubt that you consulted the Navajo Nation about using their tribal name on sophisticated items such as the ‘Navajo Hipster Panty,''” wrote Navajo Nation member Sasha Houston Brown. These items, along with many others, were also quietly discontinued.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 23, 2023

In most cases, startup founders are first-time leaders who navigate scenarios they’ve never faced before. Executive Coaching: A Necessity for Startups For startups in particular, startup executive coaching constitutes not just an added advantage but an imperative need due to their unique challenges.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We’ve had the pleasure of working with DivInc in the past on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenges in Austin , Houston , and Dallas. One founder/startup will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day! Any tech or consumer startup with a Black founder can apply to pitch at our Black in Tech Summit.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We’ve had the pleasure of working with DivInc in the past on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenges in Austin , Houston , and Dallas. One founder/startup will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day! Any tech or consumer startup with a Black founder can apply to pitch at our Black in Tech Summit.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

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. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast. I wanted to learn about safety, so I went to George Tenet, the ex-head of the CIA.”. Still, the world is full of experts who lack boldface names.

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Dropbox Co-Founder Drew Houston believes false mythologies about tech company founders do a disservice to aspiring entrepreneurs. While many people think all tech founders start with world conquering visions, says Houston, the reality is that founders learn one day at a time just like everyone else.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

The company received funding from Founder Collective, based in New York and Boston, Mercury Fund in Houston and Austin Angel Investors Dan Graham, CEO of BuildASign and Rony Kahan, Co-founder of Indeed.com. Austin-based Experiment Engine announced Tuesday that is has closed on a $1 million seed funding round.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Citefull Co-Founders: CSO Crystal Houston and CEO Kyle Grone The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 According to a Pew Research Center study , Americans rate fake news as a larger problem than racism, climate change, or terrorism, one that is eroding people’s confidence in government and each other.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

If you are currently looking for a CTO or technical co-founder, I’ve included some resources below that may help you in your search. HireStarter SPMB Stringer Executive Search The Bidding Network Whiterock Partner s Douglas Ferguson is a Fractional CTO and founder of Voltage Control. Please email douglas@voltagecontrol.co

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2019

14.7%) New Mexico (7.14%) Virginia (14.3%) Four Industries General (28.57%) Healthcare/Life Sciences (28.57%) High Tech (28.57%) Social Impact (14.3%) 58% Female Founded “The amount of attention given to female and minority founders is long overdue,” said Sara T. GotSpot, Inc : (Houston, Texas): GotSpot is short-term space for your business.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

We successfully completed the grand opening for our new office located in Houston, Texas. In Houston, we will continue our work in the criminal defense industry, defending clients and protecting their rights. #4 – New Office. Image Credit: Christopher Corso. This past summer was an exciting time for our firm.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2019 Accelerator Statistics We recruited 28 startups with female founders, which is a 3x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Black founders, which is nearly a 2x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Latinx founders, which is two more than what we had in 2017. We need to understand this better.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2019 Accelerator Statistics We recruited 28 startups with female founders, which is a 3x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Black founders, which is nearly a 2x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Latinx founders, which is two more than what we had in 2017. We need to understand this better.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2019

Two robot buses full of dozens of venture capitalists and family office investors from around the world traveled for three days around the great state of Texas from Dallas to Houston to Austin. Then we headed to Capital Factory in Uptown Dallas to hear from Mance Harmon, the CEO and co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph. ExxonMobil.

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The Next Web

MAY 13, 2013

If you’re a student and aspiring startup founder, you’re going to want to pay close attention to the following. The first edition of the Startup Dream Team program featured Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and Robert Scoble as speakers, and About.me

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc. However, figuring out the way your startup should make money could be challenging, especially for us left­-brained founders. Testing the resellers channel and direct sales is the manual work that should be undertaken by at least one of the founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

What Cham rarely tells people – he’s both private and humble – is that he started making some small co-investments with me in tech firms starting with Maker Studios where he was one of the earliest investors. This past year he even decided to attend burning man (photo below) to get a sense of what that was all about.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We expanded to Houston, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles within months, and we were generally doing all the things and seeing all the things that a startup needed to do and see in order to feel good about VC funding prospects. I never did find a VC to lead a round of funding for Localeur, but two things happened by the end of 2015.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Greg Abbott expects the rebuilding of Houston to cost up to $180 billion. Left/Right Media, an Austin-based creative agency, hosted and collaborated with a Houston YMCA for a drive collecting arts and crafts supplies and games. Even on a sunny Autumn day in Austin, it’s clear that the atmosphere has shifted.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 4, 2017

The options for upgrading were far too expensive and overly complicated, so my fellow Jive co-founders and I – being the over-confident software guys that we were – decided to just build one ourselves. Thanks to AJ Saleem, Suprex Tutors Houston . #18- I love solving problems that there are no templates for.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

1st floor Voltron Inclusion and Diversity Panel Absolutely thrilled to be co-hosting a pitch contest for underrepresented founders at #SXSW with these amazing VC/investor judges: @ArlanWasHere , @dzcallender , @larajeremko , @rogerbchen , @zgulamali , @zoeschlag. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin?—?culminating Hear pitches from startups, investors, and partners Develop relationships between local and visiting investors so we can start to co-invest together VC Reverse Pitch What will do we do in each city? Retail CPG, Financial Tech, Real Estate Tech June 5 in Houston ?—?Energy,

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2019

We doubled the number of companies we are working with in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio and invested in more than one Texas startup per week. Capital Factory is fortunate to have many co-founders and some that even joined a few years in. Houston The Venture Associate acts as the face of Capital Factory in Houston.

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