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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: May 7, 2017 The strength of the Central Texas technology / startup scene helps SXSW thrive as an epicenter of innovation. Wed, May 10: Innovating in Tech and Quantum Computing (FREE) Join our 100% free speaker series and network with other individuals interested in FinTech, entrepreneurship, technology and startups.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

It came from an amazing small startup in McKinney, Texas (30 miles North of Dallas) called NewToy , which they acquired. Joshua Baer & Jason Cohen do this in Austin, Texas. It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world. Think again.

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

Austin Startup

Thanks to a partnership with the United Way and IBM’s former Lenovo production department, Latinitas received its first laptop and was able to launch the first and only magazine made for and by young Latinas online and an accompanying media and tech education program in East Austin schools and community centers.

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We Flew To SXSW So You Don’t Have To

Austin Startup

Staying ahead of the curve in a competitive world Written by: Farouk Dossa , Senior Account Executive SXSW is a film, interactive media, and music festival and conference held in Austin, Texas that draws thousands of people from all over the world. We met one of the heads of innovation at Walmart.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Olin Downs, Social Shark Media ! #11-Dream Navigating the cumbersome processes associated with my father’s tragic cancer diagnosis and treatments, I drew on my deep experience in design, user research, software engineering and data analysis and turned my entrepreneurial attention to healthcare.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

John (Shuo) Yang is our Senior Software engineer and one of the smartest people I have ever met. Adriano Marques is our wonderful Brazilian Software Engineer, recently immigrated to the US. Diogenes Herminio works for us as a Software Engineer, but does it from his home in Brazil. Thanks, guys!

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start?

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