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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

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 Customers?

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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 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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Bluegrass Vascular Technologies Gets $4.5 Million in Funding and Moves to San Antonio

SiliconHills

Medical technology startup Bluegrass Vascular Technologies has closed on $4.5 Targeted Technology Fund II, a San Antonio-based venture capital fund that invests in early stage life sciences companies, led the Series A investment. As part of the deal, Bluegrass Vascular will move its headquarters to San Antonio.

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Second Annual San Antonio Startup Week Kicks Off

SiliconHills

The second annual San Antonio Startup Week is taking place this week at various venues downtown. Events run Monday through Friday at the annual event which features sessions geared to entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. This year, Geekdom, USAA and Trinity University are sponsoring San Antonio Startup Week.

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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. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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

Austin Startup

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!