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The Top 5 Members of your Startup Team

Austin Startup

As the team builds, you’ll need a few other team members to develop an effective startup: 4. The Financier (Finance Manager): Assesses the viability & profitability of the business and product — This is vital when looking for investors. A Veteran could take hold in any other position or could be just a startup advisor.

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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. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

For reason number two people pay a higher price & rent in New York than they do in San Antonio, Texas. It is the new cocktail party conversation. If the “forever ramen profitable&# or “startups as a source of M&A innovation&# arguments don’t hold then we’re likely headed for one big brick wall.

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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Capital Factory will be making a $100,000 investment on stage in a blockchain startup. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory. Did I miss something?

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Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation Year One Success Stories

Austin Startup

Not many startups in our community had done much government contracting before this and most thought it was a waste of their time. We’re replicating Defense Innovation programming in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio to create the awareness and relationships in those markets that contributed to Austin’s success.

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How CareerPlug Saved 25 Days of Work with Chargify Business Intelligence

Austin Startup

This saves our operations and finance teams hours of manual work each week. The company was acquired by Scaleworks in 2016 and has headquarters in San Antonio, Texas and Dublin, Ireland. CareerPlug is just barely scraping the surface of what this tool is capable of, but I am a raving fan already!”

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

The stories he told me during our conversation, somber as they are, show the truth of that belief. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. Here's my conversation with Carl Liebert. He shared his reflections on why these approaches work.