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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. She attended Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL to learn about art and design for video games.

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Veteran-owned Business Closing The Gap Between Gender and Work Leadership Gaps

Hearpreneur

I came to the EDA at the very end of 1983, after working for a decade for Arlington County. At that time, development in Arlington was slowing down, while Fairfax County, which had a lot of land for development was becoming much more aggressive about attracting and retaining businesses and jobs, and generating wealth.

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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Army codebreaking group was the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) at Arlington Hall. Dual-Use Technology As the war was winding down, the leadership of the Navy Computing Machine Lab in OPS-20-G was thinking about how they could permanently link commercial, academic and military computing science and innovation to the Navy.

Minnesota 281
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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

Not surprising with a CEO with a PhD in Math, at ESL the engineers ran the company, pursuing bleeding-edge designs in antennas, receivers and microwaves – at times hand in hand with Stanford’s engineering department. could design and produce, and a good part of it was coming from Silicon Valley. Ah, ‘thems’ were the days.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

The University of Texas System is massive including UT Austin , UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio. From software and hardware design to advanced manufacturing, Texas is fertile ground for innovation, investment, business starts and smart job growth. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

Texas 90
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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

While I was contracting for the US Army in Arlington, VA, I ran into a problem: there were no existing systems capable of processing a massive amount of data streaming in in real time. This is just the first of many really exciting products designed to make a person’s life just a little bit better, a little bit easier.