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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld.

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Easy Expunctions wins $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

Last Tuesday, we drove to Geekdom in San Antonio with a bus full of investors, mentors and entrepreneurs and chose Easy Expunctions as the winner of our $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge. Easy Expunctions leverages technology to assure our customers a clear and cost-effective solution to clearing criminal records.

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$100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

This Tuesday we’ve chartered a Von Lane bus and are coming to San Antonio with 24 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for San Antonio! 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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Calling all startup community organizers in Texas for GEW!

Austin Startup

Sign up to be a Community Organizer for Global Entrepreneurship Week in November and celebrate the entrepreneurs in your city while tapping into a global movement. As a Community Organizer, you have the opportunity to organize and manage any kind of programming that is relevant to your community?—?keynotes,

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Dallas and Austin Startup Ecosystems Combine Forces

Austin Startup

The city also adopted “Silicon Hills” as a nickname in the 1990s due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies.In The city also adopted “Silicon Hills” as a nickname in the 1990s due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies.In

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. It all starts with people?—?talent. When people think, “Where should I move?”

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Female Founders! Pitch for a Fast Track into Capital Factory with a $100,000 Investment

Austin Startup

We’re dedicated to increasing diversity in the tech community and making Capital Factory an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. On October 4th, five technology startup finalists will pitch to a panel of advisors and judges made up of successful investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.