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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

The Startup Magazine

Be honest with yourself VCs are now going to be looking closer at margins, cost structures and true sales, and product market fit. If the answers are no, have an honest conversation with your VCs today. Ten back and forth emails can often be resolved in a 30-second phone conversation.

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett. In turn, they lower the cost that cities pay to handle their waste stream and increase the amount of chemicals that are diverted into reuse rather than incineration.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Do you tax a business traveler from Texas who orders TurboTax on his WiFi at Starbucks in Cherry Creek or a tourist from Oklahoma who does so from his SmartPhone while sitting on the chairlift at Vail? Providers and other entities are reluctant to adopt automation and technology, primarily because of costs and other barriers.

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How Austin Made a Name in Tech

Austin Startup

Signifcantly lower cost of living has attracted San Francisco defects and up and coming entrepreneurs alike in recent years, leading to explosive growth in the tech industry and a fruitful job market. and Austin has shown no signs of slowing down. Silicon Hills continues to see massive growth year after year. But why Austin?

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

investing in Everlywell, Moderne Ventures (Chicago), and Wavemaker Partners (Singapore) to invest in Icon, and investors from Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Colorado joined a Houston-based venture firm to invest in Televet, an Austin based Veterinary Clinic Management platform. all Bay Area firms?—?investing

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Out There Bets and Insider Games: The Social Barriers to Funding Big Ideas

This is going to be BIG.

Not to mention what actually went into the costs. Braeden answered them in a big block of a paragraph about who he was working with—a bunch of consulting shops I’d never heard of, with specific down to the dollar costs for materials like carbon fiber, specific battery types, etc. The per person cost comes down.

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Startup Lessons Learned

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