Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

MassChallenge Texas’ first two years were big. As we enter year three, we are excited to announce that both accelerator programs in Austin and Houston will run simultaneously which gives us the ability to support up to 200 early-stage startups, and help connect them to Texas’ innovation communities.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

But this is becoming less true today, as more and more entrepreneurs find their way across the U.S. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

On top of that, we’re fourth in early-stage funding. However, there are many incubators, accelerators, and VC’s around town that we have been proud to work alongside— Techstars, Austin Technology Incubator, Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), Silverton Partners, and LiveOak Venture Partners to name a few. According to Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

It came from an amazing small startup in McKinney, Texas (30 miles North of Dallas) called NewToy , which they acquired. If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. Joshua Baer & Jason Cohen do this in Austin, Texas.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The tortoise and the hare is a great bedtime story, but also proffers some advice to every young business owner and entrepreneur alike. That early experience inspired my passion as an entrepreneur and started me on the path toward becoming a real estate investor. Leverage your access to capital. Stay focused.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I have written about this before on my Forbes column, but want to raise the question again: Are Business Schools Setting Up Entrepreneurs To Fail? Nonetheless, in the last couple of years, the flow of first-time entrepreneurs who come out with the misconception that Entrepreneurship = Financing has not abated. SPOTS Online.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Room 400–402 Texas Fight! Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking for Funds in All the Right Places: The Definitive Guide to Austin Capital By David Altounian and Stephen Straus OVERVIEW For entrepreneurs: We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of capital in Austin to help focus your fundraising efforts. It was one of the largest and most powerful venture capital firms in the world.”

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Perla is the founder and CEO of Dynamic Rehab Group in McAllen, Texas, which is considered the largest pediatric therapy provider in the South Texas area. Going back to your early career decisions, tell us what factors influenced your decision to be an entrepreneur? Perla Tamez. That’s what it’s all about.

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2021

It’s hard to describe in words the palpable energy when a room is this packed full of incredible female entrepreneurs at the Women in Tech Summit at Capital Factory. On October 4th, five technology startup finalists will pitch to a panel of advisors and judges made up of successful investors, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success. Aspect Ventures | Aligned VC We believe that the interests of investors and entrepreneurs can and should be aligned.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

But this is becoming less true today, as more and more entrepreneurs find their way across the U.S. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2021

VCs, investors, DoD players, corporations, entrepreneurs, and academics are all valuable resources?—?both DEMYSTIFY DOD PRIORITIES The DoDx community has made its home at Capital Factory because of the traffic of investors, entrepreneurs, corporate partners, academics, and (now) government leaders through its doors.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Join Me On an Epic 3 Day Roadshow Across the Great State of Texas Get your ticket on this exclusive journey across the 10th largest economy in the world and 4 of the 10 largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. For many years, Texas has been the fastest growing state with many of the fastest growing cities. June 4–6, 2019.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I was already Texas-bound to give my personal take on global trends in digital kid’s media, so when the Summit organisers opened applications for an integrated pitch event I filled out the form with a determined “pick me” focus. After 11 days in Texas, I no longer think squirrels are cute! BBQ Brisket — yum!

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SiliconHills

MAY 18, 2018

from the University of Texas at Austin and his Law Degree from Harvard. He represents early-stage companies across a variety of tech-focused industries and […]. The post Lawyer Jose Ancer Discusses Legal Issues Tech Entrepreneurs Face on the Ideas to Invoices Podcast appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The fourth annual Relationship and Information Series for Entrepreneurs (RISE) returns to Austin, Texas, March 1-5, 2010 with five full days of free sessions covering a wide range of topics of interest to aspiring, new and established entrepreneurs in all industries. RISE Clean Technology Session Series.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I used to meet a high profile entrepreneur or investor moving here every month and now it seems it’s one or two a week. 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. The Connectors Alex “STOIKY” Goldberg ( Lt.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 16, 2021

The challenge will occur on May 21 at Houston Tech Rodeo in partnership with Houston Exponential and will feature five technology startup finalists from greater Houston that will be evaluated by a panel of successful entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. One will walk away with a $50,000 investment! Application deadline is April 26.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Perot Jain , one of the most active early stage venture firms in Texas, is joining DivInc and The DEC to support our $100,000 Dallas Diversity & Inclusion Challenge and help us get the word out as far and wide as possible! According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2013.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

As entrepreneurs, Tushar and I immediately knew that when product-market fit hits you in the head, you jump on it. We began working on Multicoin in earnest in early May. Joshua Baer is a serial entrepreneur and founder/Executive Director of Capital Factory , the largest coworking space and tech incubator in Austin.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception. He was the first institutional investor in Facebook and also an early-stage investor in groundbreaking companies like Etsy, Spotify, C3.AI, Why Jim Breyer?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2020

Over that time period, this newsletter has emerged as a must read for the city’s startup community because of its aggressive coverage of investments, IPOs, launches, Central Texas re-locations, mergers, founder-related events and (more recently) COVID-related layoffs. Are most of your readers based in Central Texas?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 Of course, there are still qualms, cautions, and risks highlighted by these reports that every entrepreneur needs to understand, to optimize their own chances of getting the funding they want: A “Series A Crunch” could orphan 1000+ startups.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2018

Last year, we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas banded together to give one startup from San Antonio a $100,000 investment to try and change the world.

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Austin Startup

MAY 15, 2020

Oksana and I had more than just a few meetings in the past few months to discuss how the current pandemic will change investing in early stage companies, and how we can adapt to help companies be safe, and grow through hard times. So, let’s get started partnering with you, the dauntless entrepreneur during COVID, and press forward.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. This Tuesday we’ve chartered a bus and are coming to Houston with 30 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for Houston !

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

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. The program, overall, is a top 25-ranked entrepreneurship program in the country, right up there with our UT Austin and Texas A&M brethren. But, it wasn’t knocked out, with signs of re-emergence.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. 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!

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Austin Startup

APRIL 7, 2017

According to the NVCA, Texas has consistently ranked 4th in VC investment by state behind California, New York, and Massachusetts. Source: NVCA Worth noting here that the number of deals in the Texas market was slightly less than half of that in New York. On the Austin market Austin has a very interesting startup ecosystem.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 16, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

4 LAUNCH EVENT FOR NEW BOOK ‘SELL MORE FASTER’ (AUSTIN, TEXAS ? —?Aug. Voltron Room (701 Brazos, Austin, Texas 78701) that same day. Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb. ABOUT TECHSTARS: The Techstars Worldwide Network helps entrepreneurs succeed.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 4, 2010

The streets are crawling with angel and early stage investors – local and from other parts of the country – and the vibe feels great as tomorrow is the big day. No fee to either the entrepreneurs or the angels. No BS, no posturing, no fees for anything – just entrepreneurs and angels doing their thing.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To recap, the recommendation engine helps entrepreneurs find the rest investor match, based on the latter's previous patterns. And ChubbyBrain released the demographics from early enrollees in the program, revealing some interesting statistics about who is seeking startup funding. So how do ReadWriteWeb entrepreneurs stack up?

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