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Austin startup launches ridesharing service between Austin and Houston

Austin Startup

Left to Right: Matt Chasen (Chairman), Tanuj Girish (CTO), Kush Singh (CEO) uShip co-founders Matt Chasen and Jay Manickam used to joke about it when people listed themselves as “shipments” on uShip?—?in Over 10,000 cars make trips every day just between Austin and Houston, and 90% of them have just one occupant?—?the

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The Austin State of Entrepreneurship

Austin Startup

Hear more stories like theirs, and discover the extensiveness of Austin’s startup community by watching the entire State of Entrepreneurship at the top or the clips below. Thomaz - co-Founder, CEO - Diligent Robotics, Inc. Hurt - CEO and Co-founder - data.world | LinkedIn Dana M. LinkedIn Brett A.

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Capital Factory Doubles Down on Houston

Austin Startup

CF merges with Station Houston and is the first member of The Ion with Rice University and Houston Exponential. Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. one from Austin, one from Houston, and one from Dallas. It’s working?—?40

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Boulder, CO. Austin, TX.

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Maximizing Leadership Potential with Executive Coaching in Startups

The Startup Magazine

Leadership, it’s not just a label, it’s the vital pulse keeping an organization alive, vibrantly so within startups. Picture it as a lighthouse guiding ships, startups, through the turbulent seas of business teething troubles while cultivating the very essence of enterprise ethos.

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Yes, but who said they'd actually BUY the damn thing?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This is Part 3 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.? Of hundreds of startup pitches at Capital Factory , almost none had unearthed 10 people willing to say, "If you build this product, I'll give you $X.". Aren't you sick of every startup blogger on Earth badgering you about this? founder Blogger & Twitter. "If

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2017 Diversity Data for Capital Factory

Austin Startup

We have some data on all of our members and more data on our Accelerator startups, but we know that it is incomplete. Diverse in this context means “not a white male,” members are coworkers in our community and investments are Accelerator startups. Eugene Sepulveda was co-chair of the LGBTQ Council for President Obama.