Austin Startup

JULY 26, 2017

It became one of the first major digital agencies in Texas. This wasn’t 2015 — this was 2007. Please join me in honoring the memory of Julie Gomoll, a true digital pioneer. Julie founded Go Media in 1987. The web just seemed to run in her veins. Even when companies asked Julie to create mailers, she’d build them a website.

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Board Effect

APRIL 5, 2022

Anthony Klotz, a professor at Texas A&M University, coined the term the Great Resignation, and it was so apropos that it caught on rapidly and globally. . The Great Recession hit in December of 2007 and ended two years later. A couple of decades ago, in 2001, just over 3.5 million Americans quit their jobs. million until 2019.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Not unless you’re Elon Musk and Governor Abbott has a smile as wide as the Texas Panhandle or you’re Joe Rogan and every tech bro in Austin is so pumped to point to your move (and Tim Ferriss’ move) here as some kind of stamp of approval that they never needed Silicon Valley. The State of Texas looms large over Austin politics.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2015

In addition, the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Report of March 2007 showed statistic of 15 killed and 180 employees injured during new chemical unit start ups at a Texas refinery. The Startup Mode and Employee Safety. When a business is in startup mode, often details regarding employee safety can be overlooked.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 5, 2013

Back in 1896, executives at the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway were looking for a way to gin up some excitement, build awareness, and gain some customers who would be willing to buy tickets to Texas. Two trains were designated to travel around Texas to advertise the event. We Built This City. PR Destroyed It.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Chris first came aboard as a consultant back when we were building the site in 2007 and became employee #2 in January 2008, 3 months before we launched. Heather Appleman (AKA, “Red Velvet”) came to us via Austin, Texas to become a mainstay of our Customer Service team. He also speaks Italian and is an accomplished quilter

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) for Facebook to create a sales and operations office in Austin. The TEF continues to be a critical, deal closing tool for Texas, helping to attract jobs and businesses and grow our state’s diverse economy,” Gov. This investment will create 200 jobs and more than $3.1 Perry said.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2013

Economists at the University of Texas analyzed data from 5 large scale surveys conducted between 1971 and 2009 in USA, Canada, Germany and UK to find links between happiness and attractiveness. The year year is 2007, it’s early July and you are on the market for a new mobile phone. Implications of being beautiful.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The 2007 housing crisis, hitting Florida around October of 2008, completely ruined my early retirement and my real estate business, stealing away 16 of my 17 properties. With that crash, I made the decision to move my family to Houston, Texas. However, God had other plans. It was the worst housing crash in the history of America!

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Do you tax a business traveler from Texas who orders TurboTax on his WiFi at Starbucks in Cherry Creek or a tourist from Oklahoma who does so from his SmartPhone while sitting on the chairlift at Vail? On the low end, think of a download of small mini-apps: a $.95 95 ringtone, a $1 MP3 song, a $2 e-book, a $5 upgrade to your GPS.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

In 2007, Burt’s Bees was bought out by Clorox for a reported sum of $925 million. In 1978, John Mackey and Rene Lawson Hardy opened up a small natural foods store called Safer Way Natural Foods in Austin, Texas. Yankee Candle Company.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 9, 2013

In our hyper-competitive global economy, startups are just as likely to find their first customers in Paris, France, as in Paris, Texas. In a 2007 report, the Council on Competitiveness quoted a USA Today survey revealing that, “ of venture-backed software startups created since 1999, nearly 40% have employees outside the United States.”.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JUNE 19, 2012

.”A lot of us are silly optimistic, sometimes,” says Amanda Frattarola, 22, who graduated from the University of Vermont in 2011 and found a job as a health and wellness coordinator in Arlington, Texas. Her job search lasted eight months. via Grim job prospects could scar today’s college graduates – USATODAY.com.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 4, 2017

Famous Venture Capitalist, Marc Andreesen “Product/market fit is being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market.” —  Mark Andreesen , VC at Andreesen Horowitz (2007) Although Zappos today is most associated with its eccentric CEO, Tony Hseih , the online shoe retailer’s founder, Nick Swinmurn ’s early-day hustle is probably the (..)

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

In 2007 the word “coworking” got its own Wikipedia page and started to trend on Google, and the rest is history! - Austin, Texas set a goal to have 15% of Austin residents working remotely by 2020 in an effort to reduce the number of cars on the road. “If you put up walls, there’s no point. Why are people in the same space?”

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. RigUp was founded by Xuan Yong and Mike Witte in Austin, Texas in March of 2014. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

Answered by Colleen Barrett, president emeritus of Southwest Airlines, winner of the Tony Jannus Award in 2007 and the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 2016.). We can’t sit in Dallas, Texas, and write a rule for every single scenario you’re going to run into. Can servant leadership really work in a competitive industry?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

That means a slew of companies will be preparing to launch their new products or announcing their companies at the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. SXSW is where Twitter broke out in 2007. It’s February now. I get asked often how to best launch at SXSW. These are tech launch events designed to see new startups unveiled.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 30, 2015

Angie Strader has a business degree from Texas A&M and has 20+ years of professional management and leadership experience. which began in March 2007. Our Guest Angie Strader has a business degree from Texas A&M and has 20+ years of professional management and leadership experience. which began in March 2007.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI has over 30 branches throughout Europe and Asia in addition to its 25 branches in North America. billion in 2008 and $8.8

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2016

Snappy Salads, a Texas-based chain specializing in salads and soups, found that adding wine and beer to the menu increased dinner time sales by five percent, and as of 2014 represented 35 percent of all sales. Did you know that since 2007, gift cards have been the most requested item on holiday wish lists? Get into gift cards.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Reply Trackback responses to this post Advisory Board Compensation for your Startup : Texas Startup Blog - Nov 3, 2008 [.] © 2007 Venture Hacks (not including the pictures) — Cutline Theme by Chris Pearson If someone actually goes out and raises the money for you, that’s a different story, though. Learn more.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2011

Rackspace , a hosting company located in Austin Texas, created an obvious innovation in the hosting industry by simply making a decision to provide real service. While that shouldn’t seem like an innovation it was in an industry that appeared to abhor actually talking to its customers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

I live in Sheboygan, Wisconsin but I was born in a small town in southwest Texas called Crystal City. After my youngest brother Ethan was born, my parents decided to move the family back to Austin, Texas. Between 2000 and 2007, I did not do any graphic design work. As a teenager, I was not a very happy camper about this move.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

I live in Sheboygan, Wisconsin but I was born in a small town in southwest Texas called Crystal City. After my youngest brother Ethan was born, my parents decided to move the family back to Austin, Texas. Between 2000 and 2007, I did not do any graphic design work. As a teenager, I was not a very happy camper about this move.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

Comsys was founded in 1994 when it initially produced a PC modem and then gradually changed its focus to develop processors for 3G mobile devices, which it sold to its strategic partner, Texas Instruments Inc. billion in 2007 and de-listed from Nasdaq. ISRAEL’S MA INDUSTRIES BUYS ALBAUGH FOR $1 BLN. billion), or 2.5

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Wintegra, founded in 2000, has 165 employees with the majority of its R&D development team located in Ra’anana, Israel, and Austin, Texas. Founded in 2007, Percello provides innovative and customized solutions that address the key business and technological challenges of equipment vendors in the emerging Femtocell market.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

” –Joss Whedon, “Firely” Just a line from a fictional character on a fictional show, but in 2007 when the housing bubble busted, it resonated strongly with me. 26) The Great Recession. “You can’t take the sky from me.” Around me businesses were going under: gone, abandoned, hauled away by creditor.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

I launched Parkopedia after I drove to a conference in San Francisco in 2007 and struggled to find any useful parking information online. Over 15 years ago, I owned an eBay franchise store in south Texas that failed miserably. Thanks to Lucia Robles, Lucia & Co. ! #22- 22- Deliver easy to find parking information.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In 2007, I founded GRIP to use AI (behavior trees) to create high fidelity autonomous characters capable of rich and complex behaviors. We got to work with amazing visual effects and video game customers including Disney, Lucas Films, Bioware, Midway and Electronic Arts.

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

  The more transparency we bring to government the better.

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