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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

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 Customers? Early adopters, especially those who are willing to pay for novel services, are the lifeblood of lean startups.

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Geekdom Teams With Alamo Angels to Launch a Pre-Accelerator Program in San Antonio

SiliconHills

Geekdom, the tech co-working space at the heart of San Antonio’s technology district, announced recently that it has teamed up with Alamo Angels to launch a pre-accelerator program designed to nurture new startups. The applications for the program opened […]. The applications for the program opened […].

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Easy Expunctions wins $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

Last Tuesday, we drove to Geekdom in San Antonio with a bus full of investors, mentors and entrepreneurs and chose Easy Expunctions as the winner of our $100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge. We were fortunate to have an incredible partner to work with on this initiative. Click here to schedule a tour.

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$100,000 San Antonio Investment Challenge in partnership with Geekdom

Austin Startup

This Tuesday we’ve chartered a Von Lane bus and are coming to San Antonio with 24 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for San Antonio! Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from San Antonio a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Female Founders! Pitch for a Fast Track into Capital Factory with a $100,000 Investment

Austin Startup

Just some of the winners include thriving Texas startups like Syzygy Plasmonics (Houston), Shearshare (Dallas), Groupraise (Houston), Journey Foods (Austin), Easy Expunctions (San Antonio), Mynd VR (Dallas), ZPEG (Austin), YouGoNatural (Dallas), and Senseye (Austin). Female Founders!

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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’s a very smartly designed debenture program. If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. San Diego has Qualcomm. San Antonio has RackSpace. There are two reasons you need local capital. Otherwise, good luck!

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Houston Startups can Pitch for a $50,000 Venture Investment

Austin Startup

Just some of the winners include thriving Texas startups like Syzygy Plasmonics (Houston), ShearShare (Dallas), GroupRaise (Houston), Journey Foods (Austin), Easy Expunctions (San Antonio), MyndVR (Dallas), ZPEG (Austin), Grain4Grain (San Antonio), and Senseye (Austin).

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