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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

Latinitas Austin and El Paso chapters together at last for our strategic planning session with IBM. In 2012, IBM graciously provided a $6,500 super server to connect our two program bases in Austin and El Paso. Coffee and pink cake helped with the process.

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Smells Like Money: The Business of Waste Management

Up and Running

Today in Oklahoma City, Okla, Keith and Cheryl own three separate companies that manage and dispose of a variety of waste, from hazardous and commercial waste, to the treatment of industrial waters and grease trap cleaning. ’” Chuck Herb never planned on owning a waste management company either. No businesses, no trash.

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Meet with Me

Life Beyond Code

When you are managing someone, they expect you to give them regular feedback just so that they do all the course corrections along the way to be and deliver the best. In a way, the most important person you are managing is yourself and you would be expecting that kind of feedback from yourself. Mirror, Mirror….

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Fix-n-Flip Real Estate Company

Up and Running

Consider this example: Pleasant Acres Real Estate, LLC (PARE) is a startup company located in El Paso, Texas. Team: Who is on your management team? The problem: El Paso is a hot real estate market with lots of young people and families seeking homes on the cheap. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Be specific.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

investing in Everlywell, Moderne Ventures (Chicago), and Wavemaker Partners (Singapore) to invest in Icon, and investors from Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Colorado joined a Houston-based venture firm to invest in Televet, an Austin based Veterinary Clinic Management platform. Austin Ventures. AT&T Pension Fund and the DIRECTV Pension Plan.

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