Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Since our pivot, we’ve served an additional 15 companies, half of which are outside of Austin. Since then, we’ve served 500+ unique customers, worked with 10+ space partners, pivoted our business model from B2C to B2B, signed on advisers, and have raised money from outside investors.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

The Forrest Four-Cast: August 20, 2017 More than any other mayor in the history of Austin, Steve Adler has courted and created strong ties with the city’s tech and startup community. These ties have been re-affirmed by his ongoing efforts to bring dozens of big city US mayors to Austin for SXSW.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues Next week I head to Austin, TX for my first visit ever. On the day before the TeXchange event (June 2nd), Ill be at a much smaller invite-only gathering sponsored by Austin Ventures. Labels: events 3comments: Alexandre Gomes said.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In Austin, DivInc is absolutely committed to this goal. The Forrest Four-Cast: December 4, 2017 Building more diversity and inclusion in the entrepreneurial ecosystem is an absolute priority. Because creativity powers the world’s best startups and creativity is strongest where diverse opinions thrive.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory. There are a zillion things to do, both official and unofficial?—?so so here are some of my picks that might stand out from the crowd.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 6, 2008 Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile I thought Id share an interesting post from someone with a decidedly anti-agile point of view. Steveys Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile : "Google is an exceptionally disciplined company, from a software-engineering perspective.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash. To help increase the organic traffic to your website, consider creating short videos and blog entries. Start with a few micro-influencers who are willing to collaborate with your company. If they can raise brand awareness and drive engagement rates, they are worth the cost. Final Thoughts.

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SiliconHills

MAY 25, 2023

Theuma started a software as a service or Saas blog called SaaScribe. Eleven years ago, Alex Theuma was selling software, but he had entrepreneurial aspirations and was fascinated with software companies like Slack and Evernote.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 15, 2013

I’m excited to join David Cohen and his team in announcing TechStars in Austin. From the TechStars blog: “The Managing Director of TechStars Austin is Jason Seats. TechStars will operate out of Capital Factory in downtown Austin. TechStars austin' Jason is a “ techie ” and entrepreneur. Apply now.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Over 300 old and new faces flew to Austin to spend two days full of networking and talks on growth and experimentation. Even though the Austin weather had some surprises in store for us, the tremendous effort to organize CXL Live pulled off the event through a (literal) storm and frenzy. CXL Live 2022 was a blast.

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SiliconHills

MAY 10, 2017

Google announced Wednesday in a blog post that it has acquired Austin-based Owlchemy Labs, a virtual reality game developer. The financial terms […] The post Google Buys Austin-based Owlchemy Labs appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Recently one of the startups in our portfolio, eRelevance, failed, as the Austin American-Statesman documented. For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. Who says Austin can’t do B2C now ? Austin while I was the Entrepreneur-in-Residence there. It is worth $3.4

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Austin, TX. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce. Austin has become quite a hotspot.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

My undergrad was in Nutritional Science at UT Austin, and I have a graduate business degree from Arizona State University. Then I started working as a business analyst for a small health tech company in Austin, helping to design software. Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. Job search Part 1.

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SiliconHills

MAY 30, 2014

Despite restrictions, Lyft, the ride sharing company known for its cars emblazoned with giant pink mustaches, launched Thursday in Austin. “The Austin community’s overwhelming calls for more transportation options have been heard,” according to Lyft’s blog post.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 28, 2023

Decent, the Austin-based health insurance provider is “shutting down all of its operations to just a core team,” according to a blog post published Friday afternoon by Nick Soman, the company’s founder, and CEO.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 28, 2010

In a blog post announcing the news, founder Matt Pfeil stated: “Our goal is to build the highest performing distributed database the world has ever seen.” If you’re not familiar with Cassandra, check out the Riptano blog , where they share lots of content about Cassandra and Matt has laid out the rest of the details on their Series A.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2019

The 9th Annual SXSW EDU Conference takes place in Austin March 4th?—?7th, 6th, the Expo at the Austin Convention Center features the Startup Village, which puts a spotlight on startups in the education industry. The Expo From 10:00 am?—?5:00 5:00 pm on March 4th?—?6th,

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Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2016

Blogging is one of the highest ROI tactics that founders can employ to accelerate growth across the company: revenue or users, employees… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 26, 2017

Picture Description: CodeNEXT Logo and Tag Line: “Shaping The Austin We Imagine” Will Austin’s revised land development codes hurt or help people with disabilities? This blog contributes a clear overview of the main issues at stake. Urbanization is one of the most important global trends of the 21st century.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2018

Terri Broussard Williams speaking at The New Philanthropist event in Austin, TX. Here in Austin, the makeup of boards is approximately 8%, black volunteers. The event was hosted by The New Philanthropists , a non-profit dedicated to creating a leadership pipeline for a more diverse and inclusive Austin. Authenticity is key.

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Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2017

Week of May 22, 2017 Startup Digest Calendar: [link] Featured Event On Thursday, May 25, Austin A-List presents the 2017 A List of Hottest Startups at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. I’m expecting exciting news about the City’s Startup Access Program; and I will provide updates in a future blog post. Have an event you want to promote?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 15, 2018

If you’re a startup, you need to be blogging for your own team. I know everyone says blogging is dead in the age of Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn. But blogging is your best competitive edge over larger firms: how fast you can learn and how fast those learnings permeate the organization determines how fast you can evolve?

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last year, Apple announced plans to more than double the size of its Texas workforce and build a $304 million new campus in Austin. Today, […] The post Live Blog of Apple’s New iPad Line appeared first on SiliconHills. That project is expected to create more than 3,600 new jobs.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Steinbeck) In mid 2016, I became one of the editors for Austin Startups. Increase the value of Austin Startups to bring new readers to the site. Although the other editors built a fantastic base of writers who continue to contribute great content, in the ever-growing city of Austin, it isn’t enough to maintain the status quo.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

I haven’t updated the language (but I did make sure the grammar and links were corrected): Yesterday’s post on why I named my blog Lucky7 in honor of my mom and my resulting Twitter banter on our company’s name with Sam Decker reminded me of a few stories about how I came up with the name Bazaarvoice. Austin Ventures hated the name.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I first got to know the person who recruited me to HomeAway when he volunteered as a judge at Jason Calicanis ’ LAUNCH festival hackathon , for which my friends and I flew from Austin to San Francisco just to participate and surround ourselves with some of the world’s smartest developers, designers and tech nerds at-large.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 14, 2014

This weekend, the Austin Technology Council featured a guest post from Austin Mayoral Candidate Mike Martinez in its meet the candidates for Mayor series. Their responses will all be posted here following their guest blog posts with ATC. Silicon Hills News is asking each of the candidates a series of follow up questions.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Amazon is opening a game development office in Austin focused on Lumberyard, a free game engine deeply integrated with Amazon Web Services and Twitch. Amazon opened a corporate office in Austin in the Domain at 11501 Alterra Parkway about a year ago, according to a report from KXAN.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 10, 2017

News and World Report declared Austin the #1 Best City To Live In or that over a hundred and fifty people move here every day because our city really is just that great. Maybe you’ve already heard that Austin is the #1 Startup City in the U.S. Maybe you’ve already heard that Austin is the #1 Startup City in the U.S.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2021

References: * [link] ** [link] [link] Originally published on Marketplace Design Blog by Fiona MacDougall Why do marketplaces make great businesses? was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 5, 2019

Scroll through to find some local Austin favorites (all promo codes are linked to the title name)! This really was my first dip into subscription boxes and got me into pretty much everything I talk about in this blog. It probably also helps that Austin is a relatively active city. Well, you guessed it.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Jasper, an AI content platform based in Austin, announced last week that the company raised a $125 million Series A funding round at a $1.5 Its technology has been used in companies to help with blog posts and write and illustrate […]. billion valuation.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 18, 2014

If you love gadgets, and specifically the Engadget blog then you''ll be excited to know that they are bringing a live event to Austin this Friday! Events engadget'

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Entrepreneurs are thinking bigger than ever before in Austin, and the rocket fuel that VC funding provides is becoming more and more of a norm, rather than the exception.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. Activate or Die: 10+ Ways You Can Improve Your User Activation for SaaS – Part 2 | 500 Startups Blog – crowdspring.co/1rgMYgu. Fresh from the SPRING: LuW | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/XCfxcf.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Google Fiber sign ups have gone live in South and Southeast Austin. “This is just the beginning,” Mark Strama, head of Google Fiber Austin wrote in a blog post Monday. “We’ll be opening new areas of the […] The post It’s Time to Sign Up for Google Fiber in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills. .

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