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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

While Dallas might not be the first place you think of when you look for cities with a bustling tech scene, it’s still a major contributor to the US economy. Today, institutions like the Launch Pad University and Americas Venture Capital Conference mean that a city is a hot place for startups to get financed.

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Claire England Leads GPG Ventures’ Austin Office Focused on Healthcare

SiliconHills

As an investment partner, Claire England will lead a new office in Austin for Dallas-based GPG Ventures, a venture capital firm. GPG has invested in more than 100 startups nationwide. Its investments range from the seed stage to Series B.

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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. It came from an amazing small startup in McKinney, Texas (30 miles North of Dallas) called NewToy , which they acquired.

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The Founder’s Story of The Path To Us Investing in Gig Wage

Feld Thoughts

So, in Craig’s words … Two tech guys from Dallas walk into a bar… (Note from Brad: that’s my dad Stan on the far left – he and I go everywhere together when I’m in Dallas.). Brad and I first met at an event two years ago at UTD (University of Texas at Dallas), where he would be speaking.

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Austin, Meet Dallas

Austin Startup

I arrived in Dallas a little more than six months ago, April 1, to begin my new role at the University of Texas at Dallas. At UT Dallas, as we call it for short, I’m a clinical associate professor in the Jindal School of Management , where I teach entrepreneurship. just under $6 billion, respectively.

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Perot Jain steps up to support Dallas entrepreneurs

Austin Startup

Cindy Revol, Joe Beard and Anurag Jain from Perot Jain, LP We received a warm welcome from Trey Bowles when we first came to Dallas and there have been many others who have opened their arms to us since. We are glad that Capital Factory is in Dallas and thrilled to see that they are also community builders who grow through collaboration.”

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4 American Cities That Want Your Business

Up and Running

Dallas, Texas. Austin, Texas, is often heralded as a startup leader’s heaven, but Dallas is only a few hundred miles away, and it’s nothing to sneeze at. On top of this, there are abundant resources available to business owners—be it venture capital funding opportunities or recruiting channels via one of the local universities.