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Capital Factory Doubles Down on Houston

Austin Startup

CF merges with Station Houston and is the first member of The Ion with Rice University and Houston Exponential. Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. one from Austin, one from Houston, and one from Dallas. It’s working?—?40

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. 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. Drew Houston. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city.

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What You Should Know About Becoming an Uber Driver

The Startup Magazine

A Buzzfeed survey in the same year, however, revealed that Uber drivers in Detroit, Denver, and Houston took home less than $13-25 per hour after expenses. According to Uber, 80% of its drivers in its 20 biggest markets drive less than 35 hours per week, with over half driving one to 14 hours. per hour. .

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Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation Year One Success Stories

Austin Startup

This first all-virtual AFWERX event included over 2,000 online attendees, 88 virtual pitches, 60 online Air Force and Space Force judges, and 599 government contracts worth $625 million in what Dr. Will Roper called “the largest small biz transaction in gov’t history!” Not all of the “unprecedented” events were good.

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Panel with Joshua Baer The Texas Startup Manifesto is call to action to connect Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas Startup Megatropolis, unlocking billions of dollars in capital and unleashing thousands of diverse entrepreneurs.

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Texas Startups Roadshow Wrap-up

Austin Startup

Two robot buses full of dozens of venture capitalists and family office investors from around the world traveled for three days around the great state of Texas from Dallas to Houston to Austin. Houston is the US headquarters for about 25 oil & gas and energy companies?—?most Houston is also home to the Texas Medical Center?—?the

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Things You Should Know About Microsoft Teams

The Startup Magazine

They help you get launched with the following functionality: 1) At the core of this and every other service delivered through Office 365 are the 3 famous G’s: Governance – Features like E-Discovery are added to ensure the applications are secure and meet various compliance requirements.

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