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TECHSTARS AUSTIN KICKS OFF 2020 MENTORSHIP-DRIVEN ACCELERATOR CLASS, REVEALS 10 SELECTED STARTUPS

Austin Startup

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. SURVIVR (Dallas, TX) Brian Hoang, CEO SURVIVR is a VR training platform to help first responders improve decision-making and response times. billion.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. Ben previously co-founded Simply Interactive, Chaotic Moon, and Conversable leading all of them to successful exits. Everyone is looking to plug-in and with COVID it’s harder than ever.

Austin 110
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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

Looking for Funds in All the Right Places: The Definitive Guide to Austin Capital By David Altounian and Stephen Straus OVERVIEW For entrepreneurs: We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of capital in Austin to help focus your fundraising efforts. It was one of the largest and most powerful venture capital firms in the world.”

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Austin is different from Dallas which is different from Houston and San Antonio.

Texas 97
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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

There were great careers on that path, but part of becoming an entrepreneur and controlling my own geographic destiny not only was easiness on my family but the ability to accumulate a lifetime of service to my alma mater and other community affiliations. It’s one way of de-risking the business.

Atlanta 48
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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.