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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 lives the Texas Startup Manifesto having lived in Austin and Dallas and with Hypergiant offices in both cities plus Houston. He’s an entrepreneur, investor, and author?—?seamlessly

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Accelerator Spotlight: Influencer Direct

View from Seed

Long-term: Influencers across the world with 10K+ followers and across all major verticals (e.g. DC: Hi, I’m Dennis and I’m currently living in Dallas, TX. DC: My thoughts: Love him or hate him, Kanye West has a fascinating and highly inspirational life story that every entrepreneur could relate to. Get to know the founders.

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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.

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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.

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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.