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Houston Startups can Pitch for a $50,000 Venture Investment

Austin Startup

Greetings from Houston Mural located in Houston Heights If your startup is located in the Houston region you may be eligible to compete for a $50,000 investment! Any software, hardware, or CPG startup located in the greater Houston metropolitan area can apply to participate. One will walk away with a $50,000 investment!

Houston 80
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Yes, but who said they'd actually BUY the damn thing?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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.". I say "get off your ass and produce hard evidence that customers are in your future light cone? ". I'm scratching my own itch.

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$100,000 Houston Diversity & Inclusion Investment Challenge in partnership with DivInc

Austin Startup

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. .

Houston 48
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Female Founders! Pitch for a Fast Track into Capital Factory with a $100,000 Investment

Austin Startup

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. Houston based Syzygy Plasmonics is developing a green power source from hydrogen fuel cell technology and raised a $5.8

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Dallas and Austin Startup Ecosystems Combine Forces

Austin Startup

With 9 locations spanning (primarily) DFW, we have created programs that helps connect entrepreneurs with customers, strategic partnerships and funding necessary to see an entrepreneur to find success. Entrepreneurs from Austin will drive to pitch Fortune 500 companies in Houston and Dallas.

Dallas 48
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Why you should invest in Texas

Austin Startup

In the Houston keynote , Joe Alapat, CEO of Liongard, said “When you invest in Houston, you get the oomph of the Texas Triangle.” Each city hosted break out sessions around topics that are especially relevant in that city. We amplified this in last month’s sessions. We went public in 2012.” Mark Cuban answered, “Phenomenal!”

Texas 97
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28 Entrepreneur Share Their Goals for 2021

Hearpreneur

But we think there’s a deep vein of opportunities to help our existing customers and many more people manage and expand their professional network. We stayed firm and even did a sale for our customers which had the proceeds benefiting the CDC foundation to provide PPE equipment to front-line responders to the virus.