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Building Bridges for the Texas Innovation Ecosystem: Two programs, One State, One Summer

Austin Startup

MassChallenge Texas’ first two years were big. As we enter year three, we are excited to announce that both accelerator programs in Austin and Houston will run simultaneously which gives us the ability to support up to 200 early-stage startups, and help connect them to Texas’ innovation communities.

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Austin’s Paper Census: Helping Government Break Up with Paper

Austin Startup

Engage the Austin community As with any initiative of this kind, community engagement is critical. Then when you are ready to reach out to the community, leverage your elected officials’ contacts, relationships, and events. Be as transparent as possible, using a community engagement portal or a public dashboard.

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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

Arena Growth Partners | Venture Capital and Private Equity | Austin, Texas - Venture to Lead™ Aspect Ventures We bridge the gap between your seed and later stage venture so together, we can turn great ideas into great companies. A New Kind of Venture Firm AutoChrome Autochrome is an inception and seed stage venture capital fund.

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Together At Home: 3 Ways To Create Human Connections On Virtual Teams

YoungUpstarts

As the economy flatlines and job losses mount, anxious employees need their leaders to “lean into” this crisis by creating a sense of community and shared purpose that lets employees know “we’re in this thing together.”.

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4 American Cities That Want Your Business

Up and Running

Dallas, Texas. Austin, Texas, is often heralded as a startup leader’s heaven, but Dallas is only a few hundred miles away, and it’s nothing to sneeze at. Cities with engaging, information-packed sites lean more toward being small business-friendly than those with poorly built, spammy-looking websites. and Monsanto in St.

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What we learned from the first week of Uber & Lyft returning to Austin

Austin Startup

by Andy Tryba & Marisa Goldenberg Ridesharing in Austin got even more interesting on Memorial Day as Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a statewide regulation framework overruling local Austin rules. For context, at our peak team size and peak marketing costs, we ran $100–150K/week in operating expenses.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

She had this crazy idea that someone who had actually worked on the site, might provide value and insight to the community that we couldn’t give ourselves. Well, Audree was right – from her first days as our Community Liaison, she has provided help, comfort, advice and expertise to both Creatives and Buyers on the site.

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