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. She was born and raised in Ukraine and the Soviet Union.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2021

Let’s take your standard Enterprise Client Partner, who manages a $3M book of business with 20 Accounts. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of the best Enterprise Account Executives and Client Partners in the business. Meanwhile, Sales and Customer Success teams are plugging away, working remotely, as if nothing has changed.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2021

Amos Schwartzfarb is currently Managing Director of Techstars Austin, before which he’s helped to build six companies to nearly $1B in exit value. Trevor Boehm was formerly Program Director at Techstars Austin and Impact and then Managing Director at the Techstars Amazon Alexa Next program.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

These realities are a hidden (and sometimes not-so-hidden) hand that influence how businesses are built in Austin and everywhere else. Mellie Price , our Director of Diversity & Inclusion, helped create and host the Austin Community Inclusion Council. We need more Women and People of Color on the Capital Factory leadership team.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

I have also included quotes from Austin CTOs to give you additional perspective. as I only improve by addressing my deficiencies.” —  Robert Reeves , CTO, Daticle Robert Reeves They collaborate with your executive leadership team to identify how technology can be used strategically to accomplish all company goals while mitigating risk.

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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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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Media and event company Women 2.0

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Next Coast Ventures announced Wednesday that it is has added two technology venture partners and its first entrepreneur in residence. The post Next Coast Ventures Adds Two Technology Venture Partners and its First Entrepreneur in Residence appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

But it's also a really interesting story, because Los Angeles was very early in rolling out drive-through testing for the City of Los Angeles, thanks to the leadership of Mayor Garcetti. There are various partners we've worked with, CORE being one of the key ones, that can provide staffing for the drive-throughs.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. We got real close a couple of times to great investment partners. wasn’t readily available in Austin. (We

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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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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? Urbanization is one of the most important global trends of the 21st century. This blog contributes a clear overview of the main issues at stake.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2017

ACTUALLY DEVELOP — Work as partners, train, coach, encourage, challenge and thank people for their efforts. Having bad and inefficient leadership hurts your company all around, from profit to attrition. Have a strong leadership development strategy. Ready, set, GO! Don’t hire based on experience, hire for attitude.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

While the value of diverse teams and women in leadership are relatively new topics in the business world, the field of gender lens investment is even newer. No uniform metrics or standardized criteria currently exist to compare actual fund portfolios to determine gender impact in terms of women’s leadership profile.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Our state has been very innovative, and we applaud our leadership to that end. Texas, this is not the Innovation you’re looking for… 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

OCTOBER 22, 2017

I have been responsible for organizing and wrangling mentor groups for the Longhorn Startup Program for UT Austin undergraduates when I as an instructor there. As a founder you ultimately have to learn the skills to play your leadership role, and having a seasoned booster early on just moves you faster along that path.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 17, 2017

Staying ahead of the curve in a competitive world Written by: Farouk Dossa , Senior Account Executive SXSW is a film, interactive media, and music festival and conference held in Austin, Texas that draws thousands of people from all over the world. Working with partners who understand this can help accomplish this goal more rapidly.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Austin Startup Week , established in 2011, is five days full of inspiring events that celebrate Austin startups, the organizations that support them, and the spectacular people who make it all happen. Throughout the week you’ll find panels, keynotes, specialized meetups, happy hours, workshops and our famous Austin Startup Crawl.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Hard skills such as data analytics are essential to being successful as a product manager, but equally-valued are soft skills such as communication, collaboration and leadership. I pitched potential teammates to join me, investors to fund us, businesses to partner with us and customers to use us.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2021

Answer questions, gain valuable feedback, draw partners, and attract investor interest. DEMYSTIFY DOD PRIORITIES The DoDx community has made its home at Capital Factory because of the traffic of investors, entrepreneurs, corporate partners, academics, and (now) government leaders through its doors. Register now at www.fedsupernova.com.

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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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Austin Ventures (”AV”), the most active and established early-stage venture capital firm in Texas, today announced that Andrew Busey, former VP/GM at Zynga (ZNGA), has joined the firm as venture partner.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Tens of thousands visit Austin every year for the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2019

If we want to host an event, if we need support, if we need a partner?—?Capital Capital Factory is there to lend a hand,” noted Craig Cummings on November 12 at Capital Factory’s Veterans in Tech Summit in Austin. According to Kelly, it’s clear that military leadership helps people become good business leaders.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 23, 2018

A few weeks later, I packed up my tiny car and moved with no job or plan to Austin to join my college friend on a new adventure. After a couple of months, I realized that my friend didn’t really want to start this business and we parted ways (Just as business partners, we are still great friends!).

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

The Austin-based recruiting and HR software company saves up to six hours a week, or 25 days a year, by using the new product. CareerPlug and Chargify first partnered together in 2018 after CareerPlug recognized it had a significant business problem that fellow Texas-based Chargify could solve.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

First Round Capital invested in us when Bazaarvoice was under 10 people; they came in alongside Austin Ventures?—?where where I am now a Venture Partner?—?in First Round has been an incredible partner in our journey from startup to public company. investors, employees, clients, and partners. in our Series A.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

My purpose since the beginning has been to help entrepreneurs, especially those based in Austin, as well as to clarify and solidify my own learnings. Brant, as my skeptical co-founder (a trait that I really valued as his business partner), asked, “But what if this is a biased population?” Eventually the term ASP came along?—?Application

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Eugene Sepulveda is on our board of directors and has also demonstrated incredible leadership in this area. Jan Ryan started Women@Austin and brought many new women into our community as mentors and we’re excited to continue working with her at UT Austin’s Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Eugene Sepulveda is on our board of directors and has also demonstrated incredible leadership in this area. Jan Ryan started Women@Austin and brought many new women into our community as mentors and we’re excited to continue working with her at UT Austin’s Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2010

It seems that every other week we hear about another leading technology company opening an Austin office, or acquiring an Austin company. As a component of the integration activities following the acquisition, the Unicast management team determined that a shift of our corporate headquarters to Austin would benefit our business.

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Austin Startup

MAY 26, 2019

As a result, we had thousands and thousands of orders delayed because our fulfillment partner couldn’t keep up. The leadership team abruptly started dissolving. I then responded, “If my ex-partner and I get back together and are strong again”. Our suppliers didn’t deliver our products in time for back to college season.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. Today The Startup Magazine features a Top 3 Exhibitor winner from FUND Conference Austin, Apptronik Systems, Inc. HQ Location : Austin, Texas HQ. Our people!

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 1, 2017

If phrased properly in the framework of high energy leadership, that can be smart delegation and not a sign of disinterest. They want to know that you’ll deal vigorously with them on any problems that arise and that you’ll enthusiastically treat them as a partner when opportunities knock.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

One of the first Women@Austin meetings at Capital Factory. Women continue to monumentally change the face of tech and leadership, not only in Austin, but all across the US. There won’t be another opportunity like this for female entrepreneurs in Austin all year! It’s no secret that women are changing the world of tech.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A greater focus on DEI will help you reach out to marginalized communities, elevate often overlooked voices, and partner with other community organizations that share the same principles. Leadership — The percentage of diverse populations holding leadership positions. These are valid questions. DEI Training Resources.

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