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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Colonel) is the Director of the Texas Military Department Joint Innovation Unit, a DARPA and NSIN Fellow, and now leads the Defense Innovation Unit across Texas. Ben previously co-founded Simply Interactive, Chaotic Moon, and Conversable leading all of them to successful exits. The Connectors Alex “STOIKY” Goldberg ( Lt.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. I believe it will take all of Texas working together. Texas cities are diverse.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

According to Fortune magazine , “For decades, Austin Ventures was more than just the largest and most powerful venture capital firm in Texas. When Austin Ventures got its start in 1979, the venture capital industry was nascent nationally and almost non-existent in Texas.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Competencies?

Austin Startup

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Competencies?

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Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

These competitions started in the early 1980 ‘s at the University of Texas and have sprouted like mushrooms in the last 10 years. At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley. bplan document is just that.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Austin Diversity Evangelists Mellie Price Director of Diversity Capital Factory Managing Director, Health CoLab Dell Medical School Mellie Price is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist, and now university commercialization disruption at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

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Bill is a general partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s really legendary venture capital firms. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists. The reason I wanted to have him on was that we have been having this conversation in Washington about how do you reform the healthcare system?