Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

There was so much great content at the Upfront Summit but I think one held a special place in minds of most people I talked to – our panel on diversity led by my partner Hamet Watt (<– what? We want to partner with you to make money.” you’re not following him?). ” – Earvin Magic Johnson.

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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. as in pro wrestling?—?you’re 4:30PM Hilton?—?Salon

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

They also have access to work from Capital Factory in Austin and tap into our network for introductions to investors and strategic corporate partners. 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

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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

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

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

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 it started making money.

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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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Reid Hoffman

JULY 15, 2021

Today, Aurora and Reinvent Technology Partners Y announced their agreement to merge. 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. Toyota , for example, is the biggest passenger-car manufacturer in the world.

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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

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

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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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. It was originally called Romotive, and I still remember founder Keller Rinaudo just crushing it at demo day that year. These are sorted by the year that we funded them.

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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

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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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. Our word of the year was “Dallas”. The money is flowing in Dallas too?—?our

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

To give a high-level snapshot of the activity in just the investment community alone this past June, ATX Venture Partners closed a $150M fund, 8VC filed with the SEC regarding plans to raise an $880M fund and Mainsail Partners, a growth equity fund based in San Francisco, is planning to open an office in Austin this September ( Source: AustinInno ).

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was happy to do my part and present on fundraising both Monday at Austin Ventures as well as Tuesday along with panelists from CTAN (the Central Texas Angel Network). The teams are made up of founders who are dramatically younger. The good thing about young founders is that they don’t know what’s not possible, Wood said.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2019

As the co-founder and president of Highland Capital Management, James Dondero made sure that the company he built will include charitable giving as one of its missions right from the very beginning. This is the time when he and co-founder Mark Okada decided to relocate the firm from Los Angeles to Dallas.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

Want meet one of his key investors, USV partner Albert Wenger ? 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. Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit.

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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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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Being a co-founder of a real estate investment company allows me to set my own objectives, determine my work hours, and reap the rewards of my actions. Thanks to Dave Munson, Saddleback Leather Co. ! #16- Louis and now Texas. Thanks to Katie Horgan, Giving Assistant ! #2- 2- Lot’s of fun. 16- Freedom to think BIG.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

If you are currently looking for a CTO or technical co-founder, I’ve included some resources below that may help you in your search. If you are looking in the central Texas area, send me a note, I run a meetup for CTOs and sometimes know of folks who are looking around for something new.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

As she recalls, "once we as a team and ecosystem of stakeholders got our plan together--and a big part of that was our incredible school partners, who said, 'We are going to feed as many kids and families as we can,'-- within a week, we were building at light speed what would be the next iteration of Revolution Foods and our feeding system."

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and immigrated to Austin, Texas, in 2002 at the age of 15. The MamaLingua community has reached well beyond Austin, Texas, expanding nationally and globally.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Latinitas’ 4th annual Startup Chica Conference presented by eBay took place Saturday, October 20th, at the University of Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business, Robert B. Parents of Startup Chica attendees had their own workshop on how to help their daughters start a business by becoming their partners and investors. Rowling Hall.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from Dallas with a diverse executive team a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2019

If we want to host an event, if we need support, if we need a partner?—?Capital Despite the frosty Texas weather, over 100 entrepreneurs and tech professionals gathered to discuss relevant topics such as transitioning to a role in tech after service, leadership traits, and translating a veteran’s valuable experience in the startup world.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I arrived in Dallas a little more than six months ago, April 1, to begin my new role at the University of Texas at Dallas. The program, overall, is a top 25-ranked entrepreneurship program in the country, right up there with our UT Austin and Texas A&M brethren.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from San Antonio a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from Houston with a diverse executive team a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Im going to be speaking on June 3rd at an event sponsored by the Technology Entrepreneurs Exchange (TeXchange), "the premier networking organization in Texas for business executives and entrepreneurs to meet, exchange ideas and share experiences." Now, the final question - did anyone point you in the direction for some good Texas barbeque?!

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2018

Apply to Smart Cities $100,000 Challenge on AngelList We want to transform Austin into the city of the future and we’re fortunate to have such an incredible partner to work with on this initiative. To see the complete list of Capital Factory Partners, see the Mentors page of our website. Who Can Apply?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Over 500 tech executives, startup founders, investors and aspiring entrepreneurs came together for an unforgettable day of in-depth discussions, workshops and a $200,000 surprise. On Monday, October 1?—?the the first day of Austin Startup Week ?—?more Inclusive Innovation Summit Latinx Tech Summit?—?Saturday,

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

We successfully completed the grand opening for our new office located in Houston, Texas. We managed to sign up over 50 professional mover partners, grew from five to 10 people, and expanded our business beyond Boston. We even had one partner come and start working inside our office. #4 – New Office.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

image source: [link] If you are a startup co-founder in Central and Eastern Europe, when you hear about about US entrepreneurial communities, you usually hear of course Silicon Valley, but more and more often now east coast as well. And here I hear about writing them a message on LinkedIn and some of them will respond.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 12, 2017

Austin-based SpareFoot has joined more than 2,600 worksites across Texas by becoming an official Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite. We are extremely pleased to be part of the Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite program.” SpareFoot’s parental leave policy includes up to 12 weeks of fully-paid maternity leave.

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