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Road to Hire to Bring Paid Tech Training and Job Access to Under-Resourced Young Adults (18–25) in…

Austin Startup

Vanessa Baker, an August 2020 Road to Hire graduate, who is now a successful software engineer at Bank of America in Charlotte, said, “The power of Road to Hire to invest in and build the next generation of tech professionals cannot be quantified. The organization looks forward to finding that same sense of community here in Texas. “As

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

Both Sides of the Table

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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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. Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15 was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Acxiom Opens Austin Office, Plans To Hire 150 People

Austin Startup

AcxiomAcxiom Logo, a publicly traded enterprise data, analytics and software-as-a-service company, today announced that it will be opening a new office in Austin, Texas, to accommodate growing demand in its technology, engineering and operations. Enterprise acxiom hiring'

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SX Startups: wrnch Expands Interaction

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 14, 2018 For the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event , 50 startups will show off their skills on March 10 and 11. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. We have a just right blend of deep learning, video game tech and software engineering.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

Support the ATX Startup Community by voting for this selection of panels featuring Austinites. Of the thousands of submissions, our team has poured through and highlighted a diverse grouping of Austin startup focused panels that we think deserve to be at SXSW 2019! By: Tom Hadfiled, CEO @ M.io If you’re unfamiliar with PanelPicker?—?it

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Five entrepreneurs get free plane tickets to pitch for $100,000 in seed funding from Austin’s top…

Austin Startup

This April, one startup is going to get their chance! Capital Factory has moved more than a dozen startups to Austin in one way or another over the past few years — starting with the first company we ever invested in —  SpareFoot. Top entrepreneurial city  — The Kauffman Foundation ranked Austin the number 1 startup metro in the U.S.