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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. I believe it will take all of Texas working together. Texas cities are diverse.

Texas 97
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Building Bridges for the Texas Innovation Ecosystem: Two programs, One State, One Summer

Austin Startup

MassChallenge Texas’ first two years were big. As we enter year three, we are excited to announce that both accelerator programs in Austin and Houston will run simultaneously which gives us the ability to support up to 200 early-stage startups, and help connect them to Texas’ innovation communities. This year is going to be huge.

Texas 62
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Amazon Redshift Too Slow or Crashing? BlazingDB Performs

Austin Startup

The Data Warehouse market is typically estimated at $30 B in annual revenue and the big data components, where the largest need for performance gains resides, is growing at double digit rates. According to 451 Research , β€œFor vendors with less than $1 B in revenue, we estimate a CAGR of 39%.”

Peru 58
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MASSCHALLENGE TEXAS IN AUSTIN 2019 NAMES TOP 14 FINALIST STARTUPS

Austin Startup

MASSCHALLENGE TEXAS NAMES TOP 14 FINALIST STARTUPS FROM AUSTIN-BASED ACCELERATOR International accelerator to award up to $500,000 in equity-free cash prizes to select top startups from the region’s third startup accelerator program at Oct. 17 awards ceremony (AUSTIN, Texas?β€”?Sept. 19, 2019; source: Juice Consulting)?β€”?

Texas 48
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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

13:58) Advice for companies who think it's too late to start looking for new ways to operate, including some examples from Austin, Texas. (15:55) 18:08) Carl's experiences at USAA following Hurricane Harvey's devastating 2017 hit on Texas. (18:21) We have companies now who have every store, globally or in a whole country, shuttered.

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What to expect when you pitch me your startup idea

Austin Startup

Is it an Texas-based tech startup company or is it doing something in the email space? For me, that’s any tech startup company in Texas or any email related company in the world. If your answers starts with, β€œWe have multiple revenue streams…” that’s a bad thing. Are you someone I want to help? Is what you are doing awesome?

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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

If you looked at just the business pages in American newspapers, you’d think corporations working with nonprofits and delivering global responsibility was a new trend. However, global companies like IBM have been modeling social impact for decades now and Latinitas can attest to their commitment.

El Paso 59