Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 19, 2019

2019 will be our most dynamic, varied conference yet, and because all the events are under one roof, you’ll have tons of chances to meet up with fellow attendees, speakers, and experts to share and connect in informal settings. Arlan Hamilton , Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, built her company while homeless.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. In 2018, we launched in Dallas with the help of The DEC, the Dallas Regional Chamber, UT Dallas, Accenture, Deloitte, Varidesk and many other partners. Our word of the year was “Dallas”. The money is flowing in Dallas too?—?our

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

There’s a reason why Austin has been named the top tech city in the US in 2019 and 2020 by CompTIA. And these groups are not the only ones; it seems like every day we are seeing news of new and established firms closing capital in Austin.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2019

Venture Capital ?—? Elon Musk SXSW 2019 Schedule Activations Some of the best things at SXSW are the technology demonstrations and interactive experiences that expose you to the latest trends and connect you with the most interesting brands and people. Here are some examples that are all linked to the corresponding search?—?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Who’s next?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 8, 2019

Click here to watch Arlan Hamilton’s interview with KC Ifeanyi from Fast Company at SXSW 2019. The Forrest Four-Cast: April 8, 2019 Did you miss something at SXSW 2019? Hamilton created Backstage Capital in 2015 while she was homeless. Want to relive the magic? Entrepreneur, and Quartz. Entrepreneur, and Quartz.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. 5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. I caught up with him recently to talk about venture capital from both sides of the equation, investing for the long-term, missed opportunities, and how he gets good ideas. ** Let's start with something basic.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

culminating in an epic 10 year birthday party for Capital Factory! June 4–6, 2019. You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2013. To learn more how J.P.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

SXSW 2019, “ GovCity Showcase ”. We’re proud to share that our members, startups, entrepreneurs and Innovation Council partners submitted a total of 17 proposals to the SXSW PanelPicker this year! Now is the time to show your support for the innovative and creative thinkers we are lucky to work with at Capital Factory.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As the company is still growing, we can easily guess that in 2019-2020 time frame, Airbnb will be delivering around $50B per year to home-owners who were previously sitting on highly underutilized assets. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. This is a major “unlocking.”.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. of venture capital deals.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - The co-founder / marriage analogy is apt.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

- This article was co-authored with my colleagues Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay and published initially on Tech.eu. We've invested $5B+ in more than 250 companies and feel privileged to have partnered with category-defining companies such as Atlassian, Crowdstrike, Docusign, Dropbox, Slack and UiPath.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 28, 2019

And, with that warning, I offer to you what I believe to be the big, consequential forces driving trends in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2019, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. In 2019, Microsoft hit that milestone, and Google isn’t far behind. 4/ The Trillion-Dollar Network Effect.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

& Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020. Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04. Hybrid “is the most far-reaching, in-depth program for early-stage ventures led by Arabs in Israel. Apply here.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. For example, I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital in: – Plated.com is a meal kit company, delivering you the recipe and fresh ingredients to make a gourmet meal in your own kitchen.

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