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Austin’s secret sauce… it’s the WHY

Austin Startup

COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception. After an exhaustive search, they narrowed it down to three finalist cities: Austin, Boston and Raleigh. Why did Austin win out?

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The origin story of 48in48

Jeff Hilimire

Delta Air Lines was our founding partner , giving us some much needed encouragement and financial support to help us put on the first event. Our big idea was born: put on 48 events, in 48 cities, on the same weekend…globally…by the year 2025. In 2017 we held four events: Atlanta, New York, Boston, and Minneapolis.

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. Raleigh, North Carolina. city for young families are all triggers for the flock of technology companies and university graduates to Raleigh. Malmö, Sweden.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

“When I asked David Cohen, Co-CEO of Techstars, for some advice on writing the book he suggested a collaboration utilizing the experience of the 1900 companies in the program’s global portfolio?—?we 23: Raleigh, NC Sept. we could bring all of these lessons learned by the startups we invest in to a wider audience,” said Schwartzfarb. “Of

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