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Texas Startup Roadshow goes Virtual during Global Entrepreneurship Week

Austin Startup

Texas Startups Roadshow goes Virtual during Global Entrepreneurship Week Take a statewide virtual tour across the 10th largest economy in the world with the Texas Startups Roadshow , during Global Entrepreneurship Week. You will make valuable connections with the country’s top tech entrepreneurs, innovators and investors.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

It’s the heroin-hit that hooks the entrepreneur. (The And now, with Silver Lake’s investment and support, we can accelerate our growth investing even more into our strategic roadmap, and placing some new bets on ideas we’ve had but haven’t been able to find the space to explore. The next sale isn’t quite as sweet.).

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Top 20 San Antonio Technology Stories in 2016

SiliconHills

San Antonio had a roller coaster year in tech in 2016 with the sale of one of its largest technology companies, Rackspace, to Apollo Global for $4.3 It also increased the funding available to entrepreneurs through the founding of the San Antonio Angel Network.

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Austin and San Antonio Startups Invited to Apply for IBM’s Austin Mentor Day

SiliconHills

The company is inviting startups from Austin and San Antonio to apply to participate in the program. Mentor Days are part of the IBM Global Entrepreneur program. The post Austin and San Antonio Startups Invited to Apply for IBM’s Austin Mentor Day appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination?

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Capital Factory Doubles Down on Houston

Austin Startup

In 2017, we released the Texas Startup Manifesto , outlining a vision of a united Texas startup ecosytsem where startup entrepreneurs treat the four major metropolitan areas as one big city when they are recruiting talent, fundraising, and acquiring customers. One time we invaded Fort Worth with more than 100 entrepreneurs on THREE buses?—?one

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Why you should invest in Texas

Austin Startup

from the scrappy ranchers of the early days, to the oil wildcatters, culminating in today’s high-tech entrepreneurs. It’s no wonder that Texas is one of the most active states for entrepreneurs and startups. We know Capital Factory will continue to be the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. We went public in 2012.”

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