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First LGBTQ+ in Tech Forum Gathers DFW Community for Inspiring Conversations

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While this isn’t Capital Factory’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) event or initiative, this was the first of its kind in the DFW area and definitely not the last. Stacey is the co-founder of Lez Talk and Managing Director of Contact Center Experience at Charles Schwab. Check out our photo album.

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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

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 —  @MissElisaS Cultural Syncism & Intersecting Technology with Humanities According to Hector Ruiz , Managing Director and Founder at ANSI Capital LLC, there is a lack of “Cultural Syncism” in the world today. Among Camilo’s list of traits that make a good manager, one stood out: Inclusive Environment.

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Strategy Roundtable: Try To Get At Least $2M Pre-Money In Seed Round Valuation

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Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I HirePlug.com.

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

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Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. Next, Shirish Deodhar discussed InnovizeTech , an Indian company that has built software to capture how employees are spending their time in order to help manage and monitor productivity.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

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First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

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Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

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However, Deborah is looking for ways to sell her low carbon footprint green house technology to producers, and is in conversations with producers in Senegal and India. Then Jimmy Hendricks presented DealCurrent.com , a white label platform for media companies to manage daily deal advertising on behalf of brands. DealCurrent.com.

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