Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Building a product around the needs of actual users is the best way to develop something that will actually create value, but also to validate demand ahead of pouring more resources into your venture. Moreover, businesses in Dallas and Houston are both within a driving radius.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Located in Houston, Caroline Collective offers a collaborative workspace for entrepreneurs, writers, designers, and more. This coworking space is a pet-friendly hybrid of a social coffee shop and productive work place that’s affordable for independent workers. Providing productive shared working space, Hatchery members include Web 2.0

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

And this year, we’re going to talk not just about business and product development, but we’ll be exploring one of the Lean Starutp movements next big frontiers: the role of design. Bring your tough questions – Brad and I will be having a conversation on stage and you’re invited to join us. Design + Lean Startup = Lean UX.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In the Houston keynote , Joe Alapat, CEO of Liongard, said “When you invest in Houston, you get the oomph of the Texas Triangle.” Capital Factory holds events for all of Texas, not just Austin or Houston or Dallas, and attracts people from around the country and around the world. We amplified this in last month’s sessions.

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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.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. The Face of the Product and Technology A CTO is often the face of the technology and product. They will attend conferences and tradeshows to evangelize your product and technology.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

The article mentions local favorite consumer product companies, which Capital Factory has had the chance to collaborate with, such as Yeti Coolers and Kendra Scott. Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston were ranked ?29 Texas is a Powerhouse The list doesn’t just stop at Austin. Simply put: we’re stronger together.

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

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2020

There were a lot of individual examples of companies in our community who had incredible success in finding DoD customers, and these projects were changing the direction of their products and companies. Once we started to pull the numbers together, and the totals got bigger and bigger, the magnitude began to hit us.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Groups – You can create groups made up of internal or external users, and then collaborate with the same group and access products in the Office 365 Suite. Around 24 bots with a diversity of functionalities are accessible to help increase productivity. 2) Improved Meeting Experience with Scheduling Capabilities. 3) Bots Gallery.

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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.

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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.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Toni Schneider , CEO of Automattic – well him I barely know but we’ve had nice conversations over the years and he is an exceptional gentleman. 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.

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Brandanew

JUNE 24, 2016

All of your products and services should have a specific and ideal customer. In return, customers share their contact details with you, allowing you high conversions. Now, she is working as content director for link building company Buildnichelinks –based out of Houston. How Social Media Marketing Can Ruin Your Budget.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

They interweave off-stage lives and conversations with amazing musical performances and they both have amazing editing and cinematography. It was a heavy day, for sure. Both films were must watches for artistry. They are essentially the same story.

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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. Austin is different from Dallas which is different from Houston and San Antonio.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 28, 2012

As I reflect on the class discussions, one of the interesting tension points that arose is the challenge an entrepreneur faces in selecting their primary product design approach. Should they follow the Steve Blank, Customer Development Process school of product development or the Steve Jobs "vision" school?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Some of them are entrepreneurship superstars like Steve Blank, Marc Andreessen, Drew Houston, Leah Busque, Scott Cook and Dave Binetti. If you’re considering joining us and you haven’t yet bought a ticket, today—right now—is the time to register. The main day of the conference, December 3, includes more than 30 speakers.

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

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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. 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.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Nike quickly recalled the product. Thrive Market is positioned as a provider of healthy food products for busy, eco-conscious shoppers. Using offbeat humor and a conversational voice, we play with language to bring joy to their work. Audience fit is much the same as product/market fit. Image source. Take Mailchimp.

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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.

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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. When the market could not a deliver product to meet their needs, Felipe was left with only one option, build it himself.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

One of the first early coworking spaces (although the term “coworking” wasn’t used yet) was called 116 West Houston in New York City. Its founder, John McGann, discussed the community and productivity aspects of the space in this article from 2004 : “People are here to work. You plug in your laptop and pour yourself some coffee.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

In our conversation, we talked about the history and difficulties of school nutrition before the pandemic, scaling a company while having a young family, what's changed at Revolution Foods since March, and how investors and partners have supported and helped expand the company. Here's my conversation with the founders of Revolution Foods.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2013

An MVP is not a Cheaper Product, It’s about Smart Learning – [link]. 5 Lessons Dropbox CEO Drew Houston Learned When His Business Boomed | Fast Company – [link]. Improving Conversion Rates — Are You Doing it Right or Wrong? 65 Brilliant Product Packaging Examples | Top Design Magazine – [link].

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

How do you price your products? Of course you need to understand your craft, your trade, your expertise or product line; absolutely. You don’t know how to engage in a conversation. You don’t know how to ask questions or take turns in conversation. Who should I market to first? Of course you do.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 11, 2020

This story was originally published on MassChallenge.org on April 9, 2020 Written by Jon Nordby, MassChallenge Texas in Houston and Bill Powell, Stadia Ventures In the face of catastrophe, innovators turn challenges into opportunities. and that starts with collaboration and nurturing productive partnerships.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In townslike Houston and Chicago and Detroit its too small to measure. Theydont expect a newly launched product to do everything; it just hasto do something. Whats not a theory is the converse: ifyoure trying to solve problems you dont understand, youre hosed. Itsjust ten times more irresponsible not to think about the product.

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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.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

More details here: [link] - #SXSW #HowDoYouPartake #Technology  —  @Partake_co Partake: SXSW Release It SXSW Release It provides a platform for companies to launch a new and innovative product or service during a pitch competition at the SXSW Conference. Date: Fri March 9, 2018 Time: 11:00 AM? Is This Mic On?:

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Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2019

but it’s not a place ordinarily discussed among with the likes of Venice and Berlin … unless Airbnb happens to be the topic of conversation. million in seed funding , though it already had 150 apartments under management in Austin, Houston and Nashville beforehand. has no mention at all of its Austin presence.

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ConversionXL

JULY 13, 2016

The Halo Effect has a wide breadth of uses, reaching areas like management, design, copywriting, advertising, and of course, A/B testing and conversion optimization strategy. They knew that by associating a product with something (or someone) attractive, they could raise the perceived value of the product as well. Image Source.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Sampson previously served as the 1st Head of Diversity at Mark Burnett Productions, executive producers of the hit ABC show, ABC’s Sharktank. With the help of DivInc, we recently held three $100,000 D&I Investment Challenges in Austin, Dallas and Houston and made investments in Kiss & Tell, ShearShare and GroupRaise.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

3) I needed the product. I started my business because I personally needed the product we built. I figured I was not alone in wanting this product, so I asked around and it turns out that lots of other women wanted it too. Thanks to Dr. Jessica Houston, Jessica Houston Enterprises ! So my team and I built it.

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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?

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