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. Intro to the Austin EdTech Startup Scene Come meet Sean Duffy , founder of EdTech Austin and let him tell about everything going on in EdTech in Austin! Did I miss something? as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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APRIL 16, 2018

The Forrest Four-Cast: April 16, 2018 Central Texas founders have just a few more days to apply to be considered for the 2018 Austin A-List of the Hottest Startups , as the entry deadline for this competition is the end of the day on Friday, April 20. Register now to attend this Thursday, May 24 ceremony.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

JD Weinstein , head of Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem in Austin; Karen Kilroy, entrepreneur and CEO of Kilroy Blockchain; Sabrina Wojtewicz, co-founder of Bunker Labs; and Sara Chapman, Director of Entrepreneurship Strategy & Partnerships at Dell will discuss how both startups and corporations can work together and find the right fit.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 25, 2019

Central Texas startups should enter the Austin A-List Competition before the April 8 deadline The Forrest Four-Cast: March 25, 2019 50 of the world’s top startups came to Austin for SXSW 2019. Click here to enter your startup for this competition.

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MAY 13, 2018

Named after the pioneering leader in web accessibility who taught at the University of Texas, John Slatin AccessU provides immediately useable information for designers, developers, project managers, administrators and content creators. Learn more about cutting-edge accessibility at John Slatin AccessU , scheduled May 14–16 at St.

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JUNE 2, 2018

Austin, Texas June 1, 2018?—?HelloFund, With over 10 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, the Austin-native founder, Phil Sanger, alongside co-founder, Mike Lacourse, built the platform with the best interests of nonprofits in-mind. to suit the individual needs of each group.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

“Teaming up with The DEC is the first step for us in building a super connected startup megatropolis between the major Texas cities,” said Joshua Baer , Executive Director of Capital Factory. “By By leveraging the strengths of different entrepreneurial ecosystems, we can make Texas the best state for startups and entrepreneurs in the US.”

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

He was completing his undergraduate studies with a major in Management Information Systems at the University of Texas and was aspiring to a management consulting position. I have found a CEO committed to building and developing talent, along with his cofounders. Back to Contents Written by Bob Campbell on Sept.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Or "crickets chirping" but in Texas the cicadas are louder.). Four uncomfortable seconds later, a smile breaks across the founder's face. Cue sound of cicadas buzzing. (Or Frightening honesty.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

He co-founded the first angel investor group in the Bitcoin space, BitAngels , in 2013, which grew to over 500 members globally. He has since gone on to cofound Factom (a well-known crypto project who’s tokens are worth more than $150 million), where he serves as Chairman today. The fund returned ~8x in 24 months. Factom, Inc.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 4, 2020

Photo source: THBD) As part of Temple Health and Bioscience District’s (THBD) mission to grow twenty-first century jobs by fostering bioscience education, research and healthcare in Central Texas, the team at THBD hosted high school students from Temple Independent School District (TISD) for a tour of the office and laboratory facility this month.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 Let’s have a look at what early stage founders can expect in terms of oxygen. That’s helpful in a couple of ways.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2019

Two robot buses full of dozens of venture capitalists and family office investors from around the world traveled for three days around the great state of Texas from Dallas to Houston to Austin. The Texas Startup Manifesto The roadshow was a successful trip that we will definitely repeat in 2020.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Published on Industrial IoT 5G The Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin, Texas brought together a broad spectrum of professionals, each with their own experiences and perspectives. The result was a fascinating menagerie of conversations that spanned lessons from the past and provided speculation on the future of Smart Cities.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

Of our 61 Accelerator startups in 2017, 8% had at least one Black founder, 13% had at least one Female founder, 16% had at least one Asian founder, 21% had at least one LatinX founder. Eugene Sepulveda was co-chair of the LGBTQ Council for President Obama. We need more Women founders getting funded.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

My co-founder, Jason Novek, and I got into Y Combinator when there were 27 total companies in the batch and only four YC partners in existence. Building the Company: Pre-YC It was late 2009 and I was working a full-time gig for the State of Texas running Texas A&M System’s website. And not just hard, but stressful.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and This wasn’t his first rodeo, as we say in Texas. For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. and I bet he’ll be back. This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on December 7, 2013.

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JULY 22, 2017

The Walker Rule calls for diversity and inclusion in interviewing and hiring of startup co-founders, CEO, senior team, management, staff, board of directors and advisors. This is similar to something we did at Austin Ventures to encourage startups to make a donation to the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas.

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JULY 22, 2021

Capital Factory’s Texas Fund , in partnership with Beam Angel Network , Seven Seven Six Fund , and Golden Seeds (Houston) , is excited to announce the next $100,000 Investment Challenge at our 4th Annual Women In Tech Summit. Any software, hardware, or CPG startup in Texas with a female founder or co-founder can apply to participate.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 15, 2021

In my own view, this is awesome news — because I’ve been an investor in Aurora since February 2018 when I co-led its Series A round for Greylock and joined Aurora’s board. Its three co-founders already had deep experience in the nascent AV space, with each of them playing key roles at early leaders in the field.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group. a chunk of time that has both whizzed by and felt like I’ve been doing this my whole life.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Join Me On an Epic 3 Day Roadshow Across the Great State of Texas Get your ticket on this exclusive journey across the 10th largest economy in the world and 4 of the 10 largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. For many years, Texas has been the fastest growing state with many of the fastest growing cities. June 4–6, 2019.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2021

Downs’ appointment marks the next step for Texas-based Chargify as it looks to further accelerate its growth. Matt has an impressive reputation for leading high-growth teams that scale, transform, and innovate at fintech companies,” said Michael Klett, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Chargify.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2017, we released the Texas Startup Manifesto , outlining a vision of a united Texas startup ecosytsem where startup entrepreneurs treat the four major metropolitan areas as one big city when they are recruiting talent, fundraising, and acquiring customers. Not many other investors can claim a half dozen Houston investments?—?and

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This software will allow hospitals to track potential risks and reduce hospital-acquired infections, Life Balance Co-Founder Steve Manz said. Life Balance has already integrated the software in four hospitals outside of Texas and is looking to onboard Austin-area healthcare facilities as soon as possible.

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JUNE 27, 2017

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. According to Fortune magazine , “For decades, Austin Ventures was more than just the largest and most powerful venture capital firm in Texas.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

One founder/startup will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day! Any tech or consumer startup with a Black founder can apply to pitch at our Black in Tech Summit. You could walk away with $100,000 and a new home at the Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs in Texas! Submit your application Who can apply?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

One founder/startup will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day! Any tech or consumer startup with a Black founder can apply to pitch at our Black in Tech Summit. You could walk away with $100,000 and a new home at the Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs in Texas! Submit your application Who can apply?

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Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2021

Experienced growth-stage executive joins Hologram to continue its rapid growth CHICAGO and AUSTIN, TEXAS ? —? His emphasis on a customer-centric approach to product was a natural fit for us,” said Ben Forgan, co-founder and CEO of Hologram. “He We’re thrilled to welcome Mike to our team.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2018

You just raised $10MM from Sequoia, you’re 3 co-founders, and you want to go hire the VP of Engineering from Uber. A consortium has formed at the University of Texas at Austin, combining legacy drilling engineering expertise with our robust entrepreneurial ecosystem. Growing a company is stage specific.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I turned around and there was StockTwits founder (and my favorite Tweeter) Howard Lindzon. And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. This time on mysterious party bus to nowhere but situated with the CTO & Cofounder of Living Social, Aaron Batalion.

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JULY 19, 2021

I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the leaders driving edtech innovation in Austin’s vibrant tech community, Ruben Arias, CEO & Co-Founder of Beereaders, to discuss their business model and traction as well as why the city’s startup ecosystem was a perfect fit for their needs.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

With the amount of coffee companies and suppliers in eCommerce we knew we had to be different, but being born and raised in Texas we wanted to showcase the pride we have for our state in some way. Thanks to Cody Benson, Texas Sunrise Coffee Company ! Am I happy to start conversations with, Hi. 25- What we provide.

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Austin Startup

JULY 26, 2020

Supply Drop Andrew Busey is one of the most prolific serial entrepreneurs in Austin, having been a co-founder of iChat, Living.com, Pluck, Challenge Games, Chaotic Moon and Hypergiant to name a few. Save time, save money, and never run out of essential household supplies like paper towels, garbage bags, detergent, and yes, of course?—?toilet

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. I believe it will take all of Texas working together. Texas cities are diverse.

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