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SXSW Pitch Finalist: LexSet

Austin Startup

The LexSet Co-Founders (left to right) CEO Francis Bitonti , President Leslie Oliver Karpas , and COO Azam Khan won $250,000 in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 LexSet serves AI engineers, especially those with limited resources, with a better way to annotate photos. Collaborate with passion and generosity.

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Opportunity Hub Partners with Capital Factory To Bridge Opportunity Gap

Austin Startup

Capital Factory is so excited to welcome the OHUB community to Austin during SXSW,” said Joshua Baer, founder & CEO. The business model is simple. This also ensures that socially and economically disadvantaged communities pursue and gain high demand tech skills and careers.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

Many of you have probably read by now that I am returning from Austin to my roots in Atlanta. Even in the early Peachtree Software days, the decision to build our company in Atlanta was not made without some careful consideration. You are, after all, attempting to run a business. Where does cost enter the equation?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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The Almost On-Demand Economy

A Crowded Space

It’s become fashionable to call everything part of the on-demand economy. While the on-demand economy feels like all sunshine and roses for consumers, there lurks a danger of unsustainability in on-demand startups. Then, lastly, there is an option to change the business model.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. I’m currently a tech founder, my company is a sponsorship matching platform Vettdeck. 7 years ago it was time to start a consulting business, which was a great start for the tech platform I later created.

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Out of the Crisis #14: Robert Rhinehart on the Corona Initiative, accelerating basic research, and finding a cure faster

Startup Lessons Learned

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. Many of you will know Robert as the founder of Soylent, which he started out of his kitchen and then grew into a nationwide phenomenon. You're selling a consumable product, which is a great business model.