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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

When it comes to founders, Texas has jewelry mogul, Kendra Scott; Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban of Shark Tank; Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble; video game developer, John Carmack; Vista Equity Partners Founder, Robert Smith; Michael Dell of Dell Technologies; and now Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla! all Bay Area firms?—?

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. It costs you a little more equity, but being able to play the two firms off each other (as well as ask one if the other is being out of line) is invaluable. The lower your costs, the moreoptions you have—not just at this stage, but at every point tillyoure profitable.