Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2021

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. 4- Push the community for deeper engagement. 7- Release 6 new products and expand. It’s a new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. 5- Remain calm.

Entrepreneur 153

Entrepreneur Wiki Jordan LLC 153

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

SXSW Panel: Attracting VC Investment Outside of Silicon Valley Carolyn Rodz (@carolynrodz) | Twitter Holly Gibson Founder Austin Women Who Code Holly loves the Austin tech community and serves it as the Founder of the Women Who Code Austin, a network of 2800+ women in tech.

Technical Cofounder 48

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

As mentioned in previously Spotlights, my goals are: Working with and investing in stellar teams delivering true vision with compelling products to paying customers for MEANINGFUL results. The founders are committed to the global distributed computing community and engage fully by offering and sustaining a free community versio n for life.

Peru 58

Peru Fractional CTO Artificial Inteligence Database 58

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

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. Drew Houston. For decades, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio have been on all of the “Top 10 Places for…” lists. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Boulder, CO. The companies out here, they’re rooting for each other.

United States 113

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 113

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 ]. Nike quickly recalled the product. Image source. Audience fit. Audience fit.

Campaign 109

Campaign Social Media Audience Channel 109

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.

San Francisco 146

San Francisco Silicon Valley Lean Agile 146

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Her company, Citizen Made , which makes tools to help companies sell custom products, won a L’Oréal Women in Digital grant , giving it the funding it needed to open a new office in New York City. What Kathryn is bringing to the table is a community atmosphere for people who usually don’t quite fit the mold,” said Brooks. “It

New York City 60

New York City Milwaukee Oakland New York 60

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.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Security Founder Entrepreneur 60

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As your business begins to expand , you’ll need to financially plan for growth and everything that comes with it—from establishing your website to adding new products and services to your offerings. What about your services and products?). But one of the biggest challenges you’ll face is opening your first physical location.

San Diego 100

San Diego Houston Curation Differentiation 100

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2019

GotSpot, Inc : (Houston, Texas): GotSpot is short-term space for your business. Rhythmo: (Austin, Texas): Rhythmo aims to provide a cost-effective, fun, and educational way for teenagers to start music production and STEM learning. including potential investors and customers, MassChallenge mentors, and VIP community leaders?—?will

Texas 48

Texas Austin Houston San Antonio 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

With ~1,500 startups, the Capital Factory community will be all over SXSW! A panel of hand-picked judges, comprised of technology industry experts, venture capitalists, and high-profile media, will select the product or service most likely to succeed in the marketplace. All of Austin is getting ready for SXSW- and that means us too!

Mexico 48

Mexico Silicon Valley Texas Austin 48

David Cohen

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

We left the house at 9:15am and connected through Houston. When we got to Houston, Rollie at a huge late lunch. There are dogs everywhere here, the community seems to be careful of them as they’re in the roads, etc. Perhaps you’ll just scan the photos, which is fine. I explained (in Spanish!)

Guatemala 118

Guatemala Houston Costa Rica Harvest 118

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Simply put, the return on investment on your product or service is LTV minus CAC. For some businesses that makes sense; for example, most social gaming products have CAC 70 to 85 percent of their LTV. You need money to acquire customers, so you’ll need a pretty special product or service to convince investors. LTV ­ CAC = ROI.

Belarus 137

Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 4, 2017

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. I also love creating new products and initiatives and being able to pivot my business as the industry changes or I feel like pursuing something different. 1 – Personal Growth. . #4-

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Utah Houston Cofounder 92

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. Not only was it productive at building relationships between investors and driving direct investment, but it was also a lot of fun, too!

Texas 48

Texas Houston Dallas Startup 48

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.

SBIR 62

SBIR San Antonio Houston Government 62

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Panel The Texas Startup Manifesto is call to action to connect Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas Startup Megatropolis, unlocking billions of dollars in capital and unleashing thousands of diverse entrepreneurs.

Technical Review 89

Technical Review Austin Texas Cofounder 89

Up and Running

JANUARY 21, 2015

This is just the latest incident contributing to Walmart’s ongoing negative image as a company that drains the resources of surrounding communities by providing insufficient pay and driving out independent business. They also believe this move leaves Walmart open to a possible class action lawsuit.

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Ohio Houston 60

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Austin, as a city, has been one of the fastest-growing cities for years due to University of Texas, a reputable live music and food scene from Grammy-nominated Black Pumas to James Beard-nominated Tyson Cole and a thriving tech and consumer product goods companies that count Indeed, Bumble, Tito’s and Whole Foods among its winners.

Austin 118

Austin San Francisco Texas Technical Review 118

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.

Kansas City 48

Kansas City Kansas Texas North Carolina 48

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

That’s why we founded Reco, an E-commerce store that sells reusable and sustainable alternatives to single-use products. When I released this information into the community my life became in danger. I created a couple products to help women of domestic violence with counselors and court services. Photo Credit: Amanda L.

Entrepreneur 61

Entrepreneur Ireland LLC Kansas 61

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Citefull Co-Founders: CSO Crystal Houston and CEO Kyle Grone The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 According to a Pew Research Center study , Americans rate fake news as a larger problem than racism, climate change, or terrorism, one that is eroding people’s confidence in government and each other. And when it’s combined with AI?

Houston 63

Houston Phoenix Cofounder San Francisco 63

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Q&A with Kasey Long, Marketing Director at Texas’s newest natural sports recovery drink: Rally Electrolyte Beverage As Kasey Long warms into her new role as the Marketing Director at sports drink startup Rally Electrolyte Beverage, her first priority was to understand the “why” of the product. That product didn’t exist.

San Antonio 56

San Antonio Houston Startup Austin 56

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Those were friends and families.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2017

David Cohen and I spent the week there together to learn more about the various startup communities in Australia, to spend some time with the team that is leading Techstars Defence in Adelaide , and to watch an amazing Federer / Wawrinka semi-final. I arrived home from Australia yesterday.

Omaha 70

Omaha Australia Houston Canada 70

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2011

The University of Texas and the other great public and private universities in Texas – from my alma mater Texas A&M in College Station, to Rice University in Houston, and many more – serve to educate each new generation’s youth with the skills and knowledge to make their mark in the world. mobileTech Tuesday by Steve Guengerich.

San Jose 82

San Jose Houston Silicon Valley Dallas 82

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

An amazing community. A founder who will show up at WordCamps across the world but still find time to support great startups and contribute to the tech/art communities in SF, NYC and his hometown Houston. A fully distributed team. And he hangs with Jay-Z.

Wyoming 79

Wyoming Iraq Houston Distribution 79

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As part of the Texas Startup Manifesto , we are expanding the mentor network from Austin to all of Texas, starting with our partners The DEC in Dallas, Geekdom in San Antonio and other partners in Houston. You will lead and grow a team across Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio who are passionate about entrepreneurs and mentorship.

San Antonio 48

San Antonio Networking Management Houston 48

ConversionXL

MARCH 11, 2020

Some 73% of Millennial workers are involved in B2B purchase decisions, and 85% of that group uses social media to research products and services for their companies. 83% of people discover new products or services on the platform, and 79% search for more information after seeing a post on Instagram. you’re a design agency).

B2B 113

B2B Marketing Social Media Pakistan 113

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2017

In order to build links using this tactic you’ll identify organizations, charities, and events relevant to your products or company mission that provide a backlink to your website for a donation or sponsorship of some sort. As an example, let’s say you are starting an online bike shop.

eCommerce 61

eCommerce Startup Houston Campaign 61

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. 100,000 isn’t all of the money you’ll ever need, but it’s enough for a scrappy team to focus full-time on building a minimum viable product and finding product market fit for about a year.

San Antonio 48

San Antonio Texas Dallas San Francisco 48

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 Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb.

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48

Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. One of the first early coworking spaces (although the term “coworking” wasn’t used yet) was called 116 West Houston in New York City.

Austin 48

Austin Community Networking America 48

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. Is that a $20 million market? $30 30 million market?

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

aweissman.com

JANUARY 11, 2012

One can follow the Cash Mobs twitter account and see these things in cities such as Cleveland, Houston, Ann Arbor, Kansas City - and thats just this week. By and large, those that organize Cash Mobs are simply people trying to make a positive impact on the businesses in their communities (and have fun while doing it)! at 10:27 AM.

Kansas City 36

Kansas City Cleveland Kansas Houston 36

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

(Note: this post is an open letter to the approximately 400,000 members of the Massachusetts-based student community. Just as you were selected by your school amongst many applicants, we know that you chose to make the greater Boston community your home in selecting your school. Dear student, Welcome (back)! For that, we thank you.

Massachusetts 33

Massachusetts Boston Houston Community 33