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Austin-based Fintech Startup Episode Six Lands $7 Million in Funding and Expands Globally

SiliconHills

By CHAD SWIATECKI, Freelance Contributor to Silicon Hills News It makes sense that the Austin financial technology startup Episode Six would make the Asian Pacific region a high priority as the company sought to pick up customers for its software platform that lets financial institutions build custom payment and other solutions.

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Book: Tech and the City: The Making of New York’s Startup Community

Feld Thoughts

On Digital Sabbath #5, I read Tech and the City: The Making of New York’s Startup Community. I got through half of it on my flight home from New York on Saturday morning; the balance laying on the couch next to Amy on Saturday evening. If you are involved in the New York startup community, this is a must read book.

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The Magic of Dealing With Your Demons

Feld Thoughts

I now get to call him my neighbor as he moved from New York to Boulder a few years ago. It’s not an official thing, but there is this almost secret society of people who’ve been coached by Jerry.” – Chad Dickerson, Etsy CEO. I’ve known and worked with Jerry since 1996. Following are a few recent ones.

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What I did on my summer vacation: The First LP Close ($3.5mm) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

A number of individuals also participated, including partners from First Round Capital and Wilson Sonsini, Wiley and Allison Cerilli, David Rose, Tom Wisniewski, Chad Stoller, and Ramesh Haridas, among others. That's what led me to open up an office in Brooklyn--where half of the people in the New York City startup community call home.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

October 2, 2008 8:58 AM Chad said. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Great post, very educational. Great piece! Will be reblogging!

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Three takeaways from Mayor Adler’s Tech Town Hall

Austin Startup

If Austin wants to avoid the path of crippling unaffordability that other tech hubs like San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, and New York City suffer from, CodeNEXT is the community’s best opportunity. The first draft that came out was not a code I could vote for.” But it won’t be easy.

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Socialware Raises $3M Series B

Austin Startup

. “Never before have so many consumers connected on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and we’re seeing tremendous opportunity in helping small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises activate and engage on these social networks in a compliant and effective way,&# said Chad Bockius, CEO of Socialware.