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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

In this interview, hear how WWE co-founder Linda McMahon fought back from bankruptcy to build her company into a publicly traded entertainment and media powerhouse. Indigo Room Featured Speaker: Whitney Wolfe Herd As Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd helms one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember having a merger called off at the last minute and having a planning meeting at a pub to figure out how to run a bankruptcy process (luckily, we never had to do it). before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. What do you tell somebody in that situation?

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ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

Professor VC

Many others may end up filing for bankruptcy or doing an assignment for the benefit of creditors (ABC). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. So what happens to these companies? ► January. (1).

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember having a merger called off at the last minute and having a planning meeting at a pub to figure out how to run a bankruptcy process (luckily, we never had to do it). before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. What do you tell somebody in that situation?

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The impact of Covid-19 on Livestreaming adoption

VC Cafe

People are craving all sorts of entertainment, to take their mind off things, so a new crop of streamers is gaining popularity – more on those below. Social – when Epic Games acquired HouseParty, the ‘face to face’ social network, it had yet to find its moment. New York Times has the story.

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How Slack and Flickr Founder Stewart Butterfield (Twice) Mastered the Art of the Pivot

Reid Hoffman

Stewart is quite possibly the “grandmaster” of the pivot, having turned two different failed video game companies into, respectively, Flickr (the first image-based social network, which presaged the success of Facebook, Instagram, and Snap) and Slack, the incredibly successful workplace messaging and collaboration service.