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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN AMOS SCHWARTZFARB REVEALS DETAILS ON SEPT. Austin-based author, tech investor and Managing Director of Techstars Austin Amos Schwartzfarb reveals details for the launch event for his new book “Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups,” published by Wiley. 23: Raleigh, NC Sept.

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Financing Acquisitions: Keys to Structuring the Deal And Obtaining The Funding

YoungUpstarts

Marks, founder and managing partner of High Rock Partners and author of “ Middle Market M & A: Handbook for Investment Banking and Business Consulting “ Conventional wisdom says that a company grows by reaching new customers, increasing its workforce, expanding marketing or launching new products or services.

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Austin’s secret sauce… it’s the WHY

Austin Startup

After an exhaustive search, they narrowed it down to three finalist cities: Austin, Boston and Raleigh. Breyer Capital’s Chinese partner IDG Capital, where Jim is Co-Chairman, led some of the first investments in Chinese companies Tencent, Baidu, and Xiaomi. Why did Austin win out?

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The origin story of 48in48

Jeff Hilimire

And then I realized the organization of many teams doing this over various weekends would be a hard thing to manage, so what if we did a bunch over the same weekend? Delta Air Lines was our founding partner , giving us some much needed encouragement and financial support to help us put on the first event. And four with four teams.

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The Traveling Tribe: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Up and Running

When I started my career, I did the grunt work and watched as my management team shot across the country to meet with clients. Sales management jobs have required me to fly to almost every state in the country. Over the next two weeks I will be in San Jose, Miami (not complaining), Raleigh, Chicago and possibly somewhere in Georgia.

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Duke’s Shoeboxed Gets $1.4M in Funding

Campus Entrepreneurship

Duke University born Shoeboxed (an online service for managing receipts) was profiled in the WSJ as a must have for entrepreneurs recently. The company’s investors include Bethesda, MD-based Novak Biddle Venture Partners. The next Internet Summit is in November in Raleigh, NC. million in financing. has raised $1.43

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

Accelerator facilities like Dog Patch Labs , launched by leading US venture capital firm Polaris Venture Partners, host music discovery platform Seevl , Guitar Hero-like software Riffstation and big data management tool Logentries , to name a few. Raleigh, North Carolina. research parks pioneering in IT and biotechnology.