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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

I served on the board of directors until the IPO, and during that time we were able to recruit great firms like Foundry Group, SoftTech VC (now Uncork Capital), Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. The company is based in San Francisco, with significant operations in Africa and elsewhere. #5: 2: Uber (2009).

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

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. For decades, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio have been on all of the “Top 10 Places for…” lists. It all starts with people?—?talent.

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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. In 2018, we launched in Dallas with the help of The DEC, the Dallas Regional Chamber, UT Dallas, Accenture, Deloitte, Varidesk and many other partners. that’s a full third of our deal flow in our first full year of operation.

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Perot Jain steps up to support Dallas entrepreneurs

Austin Startup

With their vast network in Dallas and across Texas, Perot Jain is a perfect partner to help make sure that every eligible entrepreneur hears about this opportunity. The firm is committed to partnering with innovative entrepreneurs to build highly disruptive, industry transforming companies. and Anurag Jain.

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How CareerPlug Saved 25 Days of Work with Chargify Business Intelligence

Austin Startup

Chargify, the leading billing platform for B2B SaaS, announced today the massive productivity improvements and decrease in operating costs that CareerPlug has achieved using its new Chargify Business Intelligence product. This saves our operations and finance teams hours of manual work each week. and Canada.

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Rackspace Launches OpenStack Training Programs

SiliconHills

The San Antonio-based company founded OpenStack, the standard open-source operating system for cloud computing. It has also established a training partner program with New Horizons Computer […] The post Rackspace Launches OpenStack Training Programs appeared first on SiliconHills.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

In conversation with a16z managing partner Jeff Jordan (and former CEO of OpenTable and former GM of eBay among other things) — so, from all sides of investing, operating, life — Annie shares tips for decision makers of all kinds making decisions under uncertainty… really, all of us. How do you decide? <Yep.>