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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they Houston is fourth, San Antonio seventh, Dallas ninth, Austin eleventh, and Fort Worth thirteenth. What’s bringing them here?

Texas 90
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Capital Factory Doubles Down on Houston

Austin Startup

Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. One time we invaded Fort Worth with more than 100 entrepreneurs on THREE buses?—?one Fort Worth entrepreneurs and investors showed up too, showing that there are real synergies when we work together.

Houston 86
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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme.