Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. My primary mission was to learn from the impressive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and draw lessons for developing the entrepreneurship education program for Beetroot Academy.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Austin is different from Dallas which is different from Houston and San Antonio. We are red, we are blue, we are LBGTQ.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2019

You’ll interact with every VC in Texas and those from Silicon Valley who are investing in Texas and every startup CEO who gets funded. We invest in startups that get funded by all of the top venture capitalists in Texas and Silicon Valley. You’ll know the inside details about almost every deal that goes down.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Amir Elaguizy pitching Cratejoy on stage at SXSW 2014 I know lots of investors from Texas and from around the world who are visiting Austin for SXSW and want to know where to go and how to plug in. Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community. Wednesday, March 13 Every day 10:00am-5:00pm.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The Capital Factory is a leading accelerator and coworking space based in Austin which has been building amazing entrepreneurs and startups since 2012. The city also adopted “Silicon Hills” as a nickname in the 1990s due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies.In

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. Those were CEOs of public companies and founders or executives of some of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in Austin and tech.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 6, 2020

I am proud to announce that Breyer Capital has opened a new office in Austin, Texas. Breyer Capital’s Silicon Valley presence remains as important as ever, and at the same time, Austin offers a remarkable new frontier of opportunity. Of course, only two weeks ago, Elon Musk and Tesla announced plans for a $1.1

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APRIL 12, 2018

Silicon Valley I recently volunteered to help code newbies practice whiteboard interviews, and below are some of the tips I shared that helped me when I was the interviewee, and that I use now to judge candidates as I help interview at work. It’s more about your thought process and engagement than it is about getting the right answer.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Austin always has a strong presence at SXSW and this year is no different. Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! 12:00PM Austin Convention Center?—?Ballroom

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. The Whole Enchilada For those of you interested in more than The Skinny, keep reading… Countless conversations have been had with key users, customers, advisors, mentors, family and friends.

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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.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 9, 2021

It seems Austin tops a new list every single day: #1 Best Place to Live 2019, according to US News & World Report, #1 Best Job Market in America, according to the Wall Street Journal, and #1 Best Place to Start a Business, according to Inc 5000, just to name a few?—?and and Austin has shown no signs of slowing down. But why Austin?

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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. Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. They have the same trade-off decisions that you do about packing up and moving to Silicon Valley vs. staying and building locally. Consider just how much exposure the Austin community gets every year due to SXSW.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Five entrepreneurs get free plane tickets to pitch for $100,000 in seed funding from Austin’s top angel investors Every week we meet incredible entrepreneurs from all over the country and all over the world who would move to Austin if they only had some funding. CNBC said Austin is the best city in the U.S. to live in.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

They also have access to work from Capital Factory in Austin and tap into our network for introductions to investors and strategic corporate partners. The event will be live-streamed over the Internet back to Austin at Capital Factory. So EXCITING! Can't wait to connect with more start-ups!

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Austin Startup

APRIL 4, 2017

I just met with a young entrepreneur here in Austin this morning and we walked through her startup’s investor deck. Vanity Metrics And Advice I Don’t Need 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

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I must take a moment to acknowledge the many kind greetings upon my return to Atlanta and the many well wishes as I departed Austin. Both cities are wondrous , and I will be in Austin regularly for SXSW and other special occasions, one example being the wedding of my daughter there this April. I wish you all the best for the New Year.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Lani Rosales , COO at The American Genius & The Real Daily , opened the conversation by asking if we should get rid of unstructured interviews where candidates meet with an interviewer one-on-one instead of in a more organized process.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The Howdy Austin mural commissioned by Ride|Austin Here is your home page to get started and meet all of the people you need to know to plug into the Austin tech startup scene?—?the Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown. I work out at the same gym as Kumail Nanjaini , and there would be days where I would be in the gym working out across from him, after having watched an episode of Silicon Valley the night before that had already hit too close to home with something my startup was dealing with.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I was at a dinner recently in Chicago and the table discussion was about building great companies outside of Silicon Valley. Those of us outside Silicon Valley need to make an effort to effect change not just wish for it. Silicon Valley] is a little short-term focused and that bothers me.”

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Rendering of the amphitheater at the new Waterloo Park opening soon in downtown Austin, at the convergence of our technology, medical school and arts districts. Austin has been the fastest growing city in the country for a decade and recent events seem to be causing it to accelerate even further. Austin is the aspirational city.

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JUNE 15, 2017

Last week RideAustin’s two most senior executives — CEO Andy Tryba and COO Marisa Goldenberg —  published a Medium piece detailing “what they learned” during the first week following Uber’s and Lyft’s return to the Austin market, given that their ride volume immediately fell by 55 percent.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

All of Austin is getting ready for SXSW- and that means us too! Find out what our members at these official panels during Austin’s biggest week in tech. 12:00 PM Location: Hilton Austin Downtown?—?4th 10:30 AM Location: Hilton Austin Downtown?—?Salon Austin, we have a problem.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2020

“Austin is Silicon Valley’s cooler, younger sibling that is on the rise” says Sputnik ATX Managing Partner and CEO Dr. Oksana Malysheva. “I The Forrest Files: October 1, 2020 Dr. Oksana Malysheva is an Austin-based investor, entrepreneur and business executive. In Silicon Valley, founders usually have a strong plan B.

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MARCH 15, 2017

By the time Silicon Valley white privilege culture, tech magazines that promote only white faces, Ethereum/Bitcoin fanboys, sellout black tech wannabees and globalists promoting their blockchain consortium get a hold of this article, it’s already too late and the game already ended a while ago.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2017

In my case, about half of my clients are in Austin (reflecting the need for a dense local base to usually build a specialized practice), and the other half are not (confirming that being local isn’t required at all). Silicon valley startups generally use silicon valley startup lawyers. And it works just fine.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2018

There’s a common thread linking what’s wrong in Congress, in Silicon Valley, in the media, on Wall Street and elsewhere. Hear This From SXSW: Culture Changers 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

AUGUST 8, 2020

Brent Wistrom edits the daily Austin Inno Beat email newsletter , which has emerged over the last five years as a must-read source of information for the city’s startup, entrepreneurial and investment communities The Forrest Files: August 6, 2020 Brent Wistrom is a senior editor at American Inno , overseeing half of Inno’s 14 markets.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley. I love business plan competitions (and with my valley-centric bias, I think Berkeley and Stanford have two of the best.) bplan document is just that. Order Here.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

“Is Austin Racist?” That’s a Good Question I owe a lot of my professional and personal growth to Austin. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Austin is my first love. Is Austin racist?” or just to walk around downtown, which was way more fun than walking around Killeen.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Dan Rather spoke on the UT Austin campus last week, and amidst his many stories he opined on his need to monetize his site News and Guts. No further conversations ensued. Not everyone has the big multiple venture gene, except apparently in Silicon Valley where you have to create a unicorn to be in the club that counts.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN AMOS SCHWARTZFARB REVEALS DETAILS ON SEPT. 4 LAUNCH EVENT FOR NEW BOOK ‘SELL MORE FASTER’ (AUSTIN, TEXAS ? —?Aug. Voltron Room (701 Brazos, Austin, Texas 78701) that same day. Austin, TX?—? 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New 9: Silicon Valley, CA Oct.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Nearly two years since CA governor Jerry Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act which was designed to close the wage gap, women in Silicon Valley still report that their multi-billion dollar tech giant employers are still paying them less than their male counterparts for equal work (Larson). ComputerScience.org , 2017, [link].

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

It’s a big priority in Austin and at Capital Factory, too. Her day job is Head of Commercialization but she is also the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Capital Factory, leading the Austin Diversity Council and advocating for women and LBGTQ in tech.

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