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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

You may know him as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks or an investor on Shark Tank. You've probably seen him on TV, or you know him as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, or just a larger-than-life personality in our society. I own the Dallas Mavericks. Human talent, marketing, engineering, R&D. Mark Cuban is a legend.

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What’s Included in a Perfectly Optimized Homepage?

Duct Tape Marketing

While your site must have a great user experience and make it clear to visitors what your business does, you must also be sure it’s optimized to keep search engines happy. First thing’s first: Both visitors and search engines want to know you site is secure. Let’s say you’re the owner of a local art school in Dallas.

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

Both Sides of the Table

It came from an amazing small startup in McKinney, Texas (30 miles North of Dallas) called NewToy , which they acquired. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX? Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. Didn’t come out of the SF facility.

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No more Bathroom Bills!

Austin Startup

in Dallas Matt Mullenweg CEO, Automattic in Houston Chris Pacitti General Partner, AVX Partners in Austin Mellie Price Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Capital Factory in Austin John S. James, II CEO, DivInc in Austin Nick Kennedy President, Surf Airlines Inc.

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How To Sell Yourself Without Being “Salesy”

YoungUpstarts

We teamed up with author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Dallas Dance, to go over everything you need to know about how to make an authentic sales pitch about yourself. Dallas Dance is the President and CEO of the DDance Group, Inc., Dallas Dance’s suggestion for a better sales tactic? Utilize Search Engine Optimization.

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9 Austin Startup Week Sessions at Capital Factory That Blew Us Away

Austin Startup

Overlooked Features in your MVP | Developer Track Scott White , VP of Engineering at HUVRdata , had great advice for developers with an MVP (minimum viable product) that are alpha/beta testing with real users. Subscribe to our Austin Tech Live or Dallas Tech Live newsletters for exclusive updates on our community, events, and announcements.