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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Drew Houston. For decades, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio have been on all of the “Top 10 Places for…” lists. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

Texas 90
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Texas Startups Roadshow Wrap-up

Austin Startup

Two robot buses full of dozens of venture capitalists and family office investors from around the world traveled for three days around the great state of Texas from Dallas to Houston to Austin. Dallas and Frisco We started the morning off at Old Parkland in Uptown Dallas, which is “the Capital Factory of private equity”?—?a

Texas 48
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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Follow Amber on Twitter @amberallen_aa #Gaming #Esports #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #MixedReality #AmbersReality Andy Tryba recently launched a new company with Donald Park from Vista Equity, called Ionic Partners, after almost a decade running companies for Joe Liemandt.

Austin 110
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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

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As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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O-Port Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

O-Port Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment.