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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Colonel) is the Director of the Texas Military Department Joint Innovation Unit, a DARPA and NSIN Fellow, and now leads the Defense Innovation Unit across Texas. Ben lives the Texas Startup Manifesto having lived in Austin and Dallas and with Hypergiant offices in both cities plus Houston. STOIKY is his callsign.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. I believe it will take all of Texas working together. Texas cities are diverse.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

According to Fortune magazine , “For decades, Austin Ventures was more than just the largest and most powerful venture capital firm in Texas. When Austin Ventures got its start in 1979, the venture capital industry was nascent nationally and almost non-existent in Texas.

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Open Positions at the ATI

Austin Startup

ATI has served the entrepreneur community for over twenty years and focuses on the IT, Wireless, Clean Energy and Bioscience verticals. The Assistant Director will also help host the Texas Wireless Summit , the Wireless Seed Stage Forum and the Entrepreneur Lounge at SXSW (this alone is worth it).

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5 Financial Concepts Every Startup Founder Should Know

The Startup Magazine

This edge may come from deep knowledge of a vertical, discovering a loophole in the marketplace, or from possessing insights into the market that nobody else is privy to. holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from Texas Tech University. venkatarag. getfilecloud.

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Mark Siffin: The Visionary Genius Behind Maefield Development

YoungUpstarts

Maefield Development is a privately-owned, vertically-integrated real estate development firm headed up by Chairman and CEO Mark Siffin , who has been with the company since its formation in 1991. Siffin, however, has always pushed the envelope, never more so than with the recent expansion into energy development.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Competencies?

Austin Startup

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. The University of Texas in Austin is particularly strong in fundamental research, even if it doesn’t have the track record of MIT or Stanford in commercialising intellectual property. The talent, however, cuts the mustard.