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StartupBus – Round 2, Part 2 – Mexico Storms San Antonio, Steals StartupBus Show – (Post #6)

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San Antonio – we have a problem. The Mexico StartupBus is a bus travelling from Mexico City, to Austin, TX, via San Antonio, stuffed with about 40 geeky entrepreneurs ( no one knows exactly how many there actually are on this particular bus ), at least 100 electronic devices, and who knows how many open containers of Patron.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Austin is different from Dallas which is different from Houston and San Antonio.

Texas 97
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MASSCHALLENGE TEXAS IN AUSTIN 2019 NAMES TOP 14 FINALIST STARTUPS

Austin Startup

MASSCHALLENGE TEXAS NAMES TOP 14 FINALIST STARTUPS FROM AUSTIN-BASED ACCELERATOR International accelerator to award up to $500,000 in equity-free cash prizes to select top startups from the region’s third startup accelerator program at Oct. billion in revenue, and created more than 134,000 total jobs. Technology built to be licensed.

Texas 48
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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. I think about this in customers and protecting your employees and customers, always protect your P&L, your revenue. We got involved with it when we were in San Antonio.

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Live From the Startup Bus – Round 1: My Twili-O Face (I Choked) (Post #4)

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The Scene – San Antonio, TX. At the time, I didn’t even know her name, but I was suddenly struck by her natural beauty, similar flamboyant fashion style, flirty bangs, and, well … perfect eyebrows. It reminded me of the movie 8-Mile , when Eminem’s character, a freestyle rapper named B. Rackspace Headquarters.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

They found ways to support longterm care facilities, homeless shelters, and other locations serving those most at risk, all while schools, their main source of revenue, were closed. Kirsten Saenz Tobey : My name is Kirsten Saenz Tobey. Kristin Groos Richmond : My name is Kristin Groos Richmond. Rev Foods rapidly scaled up.

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Episode 14: Be Your Own Boss, Restaurant Owners, and Friendliest Cities for Businesses | The Bcast

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His name is Eric Cacciatore. Number 10 best, San Antonio Texas. Jonathan: San Antonions how do you feel about being 10 on the list? Peter: San Antonio’s number ten, Boulder, Colorado, and so we’re looking at some of the strengths that they’re talking about here from the Thumbtack survey.

Texas 60