A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

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. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

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. Capital Factory will be making a $100,000 investment on stage in a blockchain startup. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory. Did I miss something?

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Technical Review Austin Texas Cofounder 89

Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

This saves our operations and finance teams hours of manual work each week. About Chargify Founded in 2009, Chargify is a globally-recognized leader in the recurring billing and subscription management space. The company was acquired by Scaleworks in 2016 and has headquarters in San Antonio, Texas and Dublin, Ireland.

San Antonio 67

San Antonio B2B Texas Ireland 67

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Global and Local.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. Image Credit: Saleem Jaffer.

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Entrepreneur South Africa PR Thailand 128

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

So now I'm home-based in Austin, Texas and I'm spending a lot of time with a lot of startups and a lot of CEOs that are trying to scale their companies. We have companies now who have every store, globally or in a whole country, shuttered. We got involved with it when we were in San Antonio. And it's just beautiful.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148