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Hypergiant Acquired by Dallas-based Private Equity Firm Trive Capital

SiliconHills

When Hypergiant Industries launched in 2018, within two weeks, the company had an acquisition offer, said Ben Lamm, founder. But this year, Hypergiant got an acquisition offer, which it couldn’t refuse because the partnership has so much […]

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

You may know him as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks or an investor on Shark Tank. You've probably seen him on TV, or you know him as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, or just a larger-than-life personality in our society. I own the Dallas Mavericks. The customer acquisition costs are going down. Mark Cuban is a legend.

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Austin, Meet Dallas

Austin Startup

I arrived in Dallas a little more than six months ago, April 1, to begin my new role at the University of Texas at Dallas. At UT Dallas, as we call it for short, I’m a clinical associate professor in the Jindal School of Management , where I teach entrepreneurship. just under $6 billion, respectively.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

More broadly, Austin-based companies can theoretically serve an area of more than 5 million people if you throw Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio into the mix. Launching a supermarket for natural foods may not sound like a winning proposal in conservative Texas, but Austin delivered — to the tune of a $13,7 bln acquisition by Amazon in 2017.

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Facebook Buys Gowalla in Talent Acquisition

Austin Startup

Facebook has been poking around several Austin startup companies lately looking for talent acquisitions, and rumors are swirling that they’ve found a taker in beleaguered Gowalla.

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How to Open a Successful Hair Salon

Up and Running

Dallas Alleman, a New Orleans salon owner. Dallas Alleman, the owner of Salon Du Beau Monde in New Orleans, and Avi Shenkar, the owner of Philadelphia-based BLO/OUT , have different backgrounds and different business models, but share similar strategies for success. I don’t believe in depending on any kind of business,” Shenkar says.

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What is a CTO?

Austin Startup

Acquisitions at HomeAway were uniquely challenging as they were primarily business driven decisions. If your company is the acquisition target or if you are raising money, your CTO is responsible for insuring that all the requested information, processes, and procedures are cleanly documented and available for inspection.