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The Accelerator comes to the Dallas Entrepreneur Center

Austin Startup

The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC) is welcoming us to Dallas at the West End and soon the other locations such as Addison and Denton. How to Meet Investors in Texas & Ask Me Anything with Joshua Baer (Dallas Edition) This is step one of our Texas Startup Manifesto.

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Dallas and Austin Startup Ecosystems Combine Forces

Austin Startup

The Capital Factory, insert and The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (aka The DEC) announced a key partnership that will bring the Capital Factory accelerator to Dallas. 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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Out of the Crisis

Startup Lessons Learned

Over the past few weeks, I have recorded a series of conversations with people leading the way out of this mess. I wanted to share the conversations with you, in the hopes that you will do the same. The first conversation is with investor and philanthropist Sam Altman. I’m working on a number of other interviews as we speak.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is known for early adopters among both consumer and enterprise customers. Moreover, businesses in Dallas and Houston are both within a driving radius.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. I even scored an apprenticeship with a company in Silicon Valley for December 2016 before starting my full-time job in January. I didn’t think I’d have a fulltime job as a software developer AND an apprenticeship in Silicon Valley.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

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. For decades, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio have been on all of the “Top 10 Places for…” lists. Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston.

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