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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. Follow Ben on Twitter @FederalLamm #ArtificialIntelligence #CEO #Space #Science #TomorrowingToday Brett Hurt is one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in Austin. He’s an entrepreneur, investor, and author?—?seamlessly

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

If you’re an entrepreneur, ESL is the most important company you’ve never heard of. He was forced in to an internal exile to Groky (Nizhnij Novgorod) – a major industrial city closed to foreigners – about 300 mi east of Moscow in 1980 following his public protests against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.