Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

It may be hard to remember that there was a time when people in the agile software development community thought Lean Startup was incompatible with agile practices. So I’m honored to have back not just Steve Blank, but also two of our case studies: Drew Houston, CEO of Dropbox and Manuel Rosso, CEO of Food on the Table.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2017

The city also adopted “Silicon Hills” as a nickname in the 1990s due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies.In Capital Factory will host community events in Dallas and Houston with Venture Capitalists from across the state Startups in Dallas will open a customer service office in San Antonio.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 18, 2012

.” For anyone who drives up and down Highway 36 between Boulder and Denver (or from Boulder to DIA) we regularly see this huge, empty, relatively ugly former StorageTek headquarters site which has been sitting “about ready to be developed any day we promise” by Conoco Phillips. These aren’t hypotheses (e.g.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Bose will be demonstrating the new technology to app and device developers in a fun, informative setting. Are you new to the Austin Startup Community? Come hear a comprehensive overview from a local community leader and get a chance to introduce yourself and ask questions. Bose is announcing audio augmented reality?—?a

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 19, 2023

Fervo Energy, a Houston-based startup, has taken a significant leap forward in realizing the potential of enhanced geothermal systems. ’s Google to develop enhanced geothermal systems for powering their data centers and infrastructure throughout Nevada. The startup has entered into a corporate agreement with Alphabet Inc.’s

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2017

Larger cities have a higher concentration of patients, and therefore a higher number of patients needing a particular specialty, which is what enables the development of specialist doctors. Houston has among the world’s top energy lawyers, but slim pickings for technology/vc lawyers. They live in larger cities.

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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. a community where many of the wealthiest family offices in Texas have offices together. link]  —  @TexasManifesto Day 1?—?Dallas

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Greg Abbott expects the rebuilding of Houston to cost up to $180 billion. You and your community can convene to support in whichever area works best. For example, while hurricane victims get the supplies they need to rebuild their lives, you can generate a fanbase and develop a positive image of your company.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2020

Not many startups in our community had done much government contracting before this and most thought it was a waste of their time. Knowing that the government contracting process can take a long time, we set a goal of three companies in our community receiving funding in the first year. We thought that was ambitious.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 5, 2023

This aspiration aligns with what the Houston-based philanthropist learned over her more than 20-year career in corporate law: Stay true to yourself and interact with others. “I’m Since retiring from her successful law career , trial lawyer Franci Neely has traveled the world in pursuit of her dream of visiting every country.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin?—?culminating You should come along for the ride if you are interested in investing more in Texas technology and disruptive commerce companies and want to develop relationships with local investors who can be your deal flow. Retail CPG, Financial Tech, Real Estate Tech June 5 in Houston ?—?Energy,

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2018

In October we announced our $100,000 Dallas Investment Challenge and then in November the $100,000 Houston Investment Challenge. Geekdom has been leading the charge to energize the San Antonio tech and startup scene since the very beginning and is probably the largest community of entrepreneurs in Texas.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 24, 2017

Trey Bowles from The Dallas Entrepreneurship Center (The DEC), Joshua Baer from Capital Factory, JR Reale from Station Houston, and Preston James from DivInc together in Kansas City, MO for the Kauffman Foundation Eship Summit. Many other communities are starting from nothing. We have first class problems.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 4, 2017

Being an entrepreneur also means that I get to meet lots of new and wonderful people, all while developing new products. Most importantly, I get to have a positive impact on the community. I feel a responsibility to give back, not only by helping my family, but also by creating a stronger, more vibrant community.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Yet as providers announce that Texas cities like Dallas, Houston, and Waco will be receiving 5G in the near future, Austin is left on the outside looking in. our community has needed small cell technology for years just to meet the growing wireless network demands. compared to hundreds in other Texas cities like Dallas and Houston.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Long is no stranger to high-intensity occupations with a history in the legal community. With any brand, you want to develop a marketing plan, and target markets, so you can condense your focus and make sure you are reaching people properly, and engaging with them, rather than just flooding them with advertisements.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Austin’s opportunity I’m excited to come to Austin next week because I’ve seen in the community everything we need to solve the problems we have. Austin can be a flashpoint for the problems in our country’s economy — it can also be a lab to develop solutions. Second, we need to innovate as much in HOW we invest as WHAT we invest in.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2018

One day later, I participated in a panel with some of my closest friends, including Eboni Williams, an anchor on Fox News, Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards, and best-selling book author Sophia Nelson. They want the opportunity to lead their communities, sectors and quite frankly, the world. And why shouldn’t they?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In October we announced our $100,000 Dallas Investment Challenge and then in November the $100,000 Houston Investment Challenge. Geekdom has been leading the charge to energize the San Antonio tech and startup scene since the very beginning and is probably the largest community of entrepreneurs in Texas.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Seshu Madabushi, from Irving, Texas, pitched Desi Sauda , a Groupon-like service catering to the South Asian communities in the U.S. Seshu has already started operations in Dallas and Houston as well as launched in the Bay Area. Desi Sauda. He is also planning to launch in Boston and Chicago by December.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb describes “Sell More Faster” as the indispensable guide for entrepreneurs seeking product-market fit, building their sales team, developing a growth strategy and chasing accelerated, repeatable selling success. “I 6: Houston, TX?—? To register for this session, see here. 4: “Sell More Faster” Launch Party?—?Austin,

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Yet amid this grim news, we also can’t underestimate the triumph of modern biology over a novel disease variant — enabling companies such as Moderna to develop a vaccine formulation in two days without physical access to live cultures, faster than even the virus itself traveled around the world. Technology transfer office.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from Houston to New York. Artificial Intelligence & Data Sciences.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The founders are committed to the global distributed computing community and engage fully by offering and sustaining a free community versio n for life. BlazingDB takes the concept of community further by creating an extremely diverse and inclusive work environment and has taken the 1% pledge.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. And we've layered that with another crises of the exposure of continued racial injustice throughout our communities.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Austin is still a great place to see attractive people gallivanting near a watering hole or trail, still a great place to catch a live music show (once we get through this pandemic), still a place to avoid some of the suburban sprawl of Dallas or Houston, still a place to make fast friends, and still very much a place to enjoy life.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2012

We know how to reach people who are famous in our community. Previous speakers have included folks like Steve Blank, Scott Cook, Hiten Shah, Dave Binetti, Janice Fraser, and Drew Houston. For new speakers, we’ll provide hands-on help developing presentations, plus speaker training.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A good definition of brand strategy is the considered intent for the positive role a company wants to play in the lives of the people it serves and the communities around it.” – Neil Parker, Chief Strategy Officer at Co: Collective [via Branding Mag ]. They’ve also backed words with actions and empowered their communities.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2018

2-A coworking community. I am launching, FreshCo Community, a coworking community with my business partner, Tia Randle February 2019. I began to host these event to bring together like-minded people so I could have stronger business relationships within Houston. We will use coworking spaces that already exist in Houston.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s a commercial cleaning business, and one down in Houston, Texas, a property management company. If they’re real strong in that people side of the business then obviously they’re going to have a fairly strong mission, and people development, and that sort of thing. Profit can be defined in retention of employees.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The last 2 years have seen exciting developments within our community, but we humbly admit that we’ve also learned some hard lessons. Capital Factory has been fortunate to have some incredible leaders step up to help make our community more welcoming and more diverse. Not all Texas cities have the same demographics.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The last 2 years have seen exciting developments within our community, but we humbly admit that we’ve also learned some hard lessons. Capital Factory has been fortunate to have some incredible leaders step up to help make our community more welcoming and more diverse. Not all Texas cities have the same demographics.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Others may require a lot of time and significant development efforts, which raises the CAC. Similarly, designing an iOS-­friendly app cost us a lot of developers’ hours, but hasn’t gotten traction so far. In the startup community, it’s all about the network you’ve built.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. O-Port Then Raymond McGlamery pitched the O-Port , a guitar and drum accessory company based in Houston, Texas.

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