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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15

Austin Startup

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At the Austin Convention Center. $99-$3895

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Austin Based Datum Tech Secures Seed Round Funding

Austin Startup

Austin Based Datum Tech Secures Seed Round Funding One More Step in Datum’s Efforts to Democratize Data Datum Tech, Inc., an Austin based start-up specializing in mobile data, has announced a seed round funding of $950,000 from Quansight Initiate to continue its growth into the commercial and political markets.

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Maker Faire Austin: May 5–6 at Palmer

Austin Startup

The fun comes to the Palmer Events Center in Austin on the weekend of Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6. Tickets for Maker Faire Austin range from $12 (for single day youth) to $42 (for a Ford Patron Weekend Pass). The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.

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Austin startup launches ridesharing service between Austin and Houston

Austin Startup

Hitch’s mission is to connect people who need to travel between neighboring cities with drivers who are already making the trip, and today they are officially launching service between Austin and Houston. Over 10,000 cars make trips every day just between Austin and Houston, and 90% of them have just one occupant?—?the the driver.

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50 on Fire Celebration on Oct 4 in Austin

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: October 1, 2017 A gathering of innovators, big and small, people and organizations, across multiple categories, 50 on Fire occurs at 7:00 pm on Wednesday evening, October 4 at Impact Hub Austin (5540 North Lamar, 78756).

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7 Strategies For Accelerating Growth In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I recommend that every entrepreneur and small business investigate and implement as many as possible of his seven new business force multipliers that I will paraphrase here: Information sharing through social media networks. Nurture dedicated customer advocates and fans. Consider advocates to be a step up from customer engagement.

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Austin Has a Street Harassment Problem

Austin Startup

Content Warning: This article contains graphic language, most of it heard firsthand on the streets of Austin. Almost every woman in Austin has a list. and compared to a decade ago, popular media and advertising now more often tells us that anyone who thinks differently is not worthy of our time.

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