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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.

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The 5 Most Important Things A Business Leader Should Know

YoungUpstarts

I’ve always tried to hire people who are smarter than I am. Delegate appropriately (remember that talent you hired!) Moving from his dad’s family business to Basic Energy Services in 2006, he was later named Top Public Company CEO by the Fort Worth Business Press in 2014. I realized it’s not just one thing.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. I’ll add on one more – are there regional members of David’s team in at least the major markets like Dallas/Fort Worth? Flag this comment.