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. Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2021

GRAB A PIECE OF THE PIE The government is known for its red tape and long processes, but it also has a huge budget to spend on innovation?—?and Learn how to traverse the government procurement system, and understand how it’s changing and evolving. and it’s looking for technology from beyond its traditional sources.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Kevin McNeill, SVP Cyberspace solutions CACI said, “CACI has been investing resources into the Texas technology corridor over the past several years, including opening new offices in San Antonio and in Austin. We went public in 2012.” Each city hosted break out sessions around topics that are especially relevant in that city.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. Joshua Baer, Founder, General Partner & CEO In partnership with JP Morgan, we invited dozens of investors from around the world on a three day Texas Startups Roadshow highlighting the best of Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2020

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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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday released its long-awaited proposed rules governing the practice of equity-based crowdfunding that allows startups to sell securities directly to the public. Austin San Antonio crowdfunding equity-based crowdfunding JOBS Act rules SEC Securities and Exchange Commission startups Title III'

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 28, 2012

Editor’s Note: Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio is a nonprofit research and engineering organization with more than 3,000 employees and revenue of $581 million last year. It’s one of the gems of San Antonio’s technology community. They do work for companies and government agencies and they [.]

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2017

Both Dallas and San Antonio are rolling out their own initiatives. Austin’s sign ordinance , which governs where and what type of signs may be placed around the city, was written more than three decades ago — well before the technology of a smart kiosk was available. So why not Austin? In short, it’s against the law.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

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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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. He settled his family in San Antonio, Texas and opened a Cajun restaurant in a shack in the city. She is even mulling a run for office in the gas providers’ union.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The SBDCs are financed by three mostly public sources: the federal government (through the SBA), state governments and local education. This comes to mind because I’m traveling this week to attend the annual conference of the Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) in San Antonio, Texas.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 7, 2013

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute prepared the report, “Technology Works: Patterns of High-Technology Employment and Wages in the United States,” and shows Austin and the Austin-San Antonio corridor is a favorable hub for high-tech employment. That’s not the surprise. Given the size [.].

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Panel 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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entrepreMusings

JULY 6, 2013

Some of the survey’s key findings include: Texas had three of the top five cities ( Austin , Houston and San Antonio ), while California was home to three of the bottom five ( Los Angeles , San Diego and Sacramento ). Newark, NJ finished last in this year’s rankings.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

So from my perspective, I actually think if you build a for-profit company the right way, with the right governance and the right DNA and the right structure, you can actually have an outsized impact on systems. Unfortunately, philanthropy is sort of the next source that's out there when there are gaps in what the government can provide.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2019

We doubled the number of companies we are working with in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio and invested in more than one Texas startup per week. You probably already have many of them because you have previous experience in active duty or as a civilian government employee?—?but You are organized and detail-oriented.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As part of the Texas Startup Manifesto , we are expanding the mentor network from Austin to all of Texas, starting with our partners The DEC in Dallas, Geekdom in San Antonio and other partners in Houston. You will lead and grow a team across Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio who are passionate about entrepreneurs and mentorship.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

And they got really into the idea of wearing masks and within three days, the whole country had masks, within three days with no government support. And for them, a lot of it was this kind of weird anti-government thing. A lot of them seemed to hate their government and they were annoyed that the government wasn't doing anything.

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