Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Intro to the Austin EdTech Startup Scene Come meet Sean Duffy , founder of EdTech Austin and let him tell about everything going on in EdTech in Austin! Join us at this interview and hear how WWE co-founder Linda McMahon fought back from bankruptcy to build her company into a publicly traded entertainment and media powerhouse.

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JULY 18, 2018

Of our 61 Accelerator startups in 2017, 8% had at least one Black founder, 13% had at least one Female founder, 16% had at least one Asian founder, 21% had at least one LatinX founder. Eugene Sepulveda was co-chair of the LGBTQ Council for President Obama. Houston is the most diverse city in the country!

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I also couldn’t be happier that friends from Silicon Valley like Joe Lonsdale, Drew Houston, and Elon Musk have also moved here. On the entrepreneur side, founders like Brett Hurt and John Berkowitz have gone above and beyond for Breyer Capital. For example, we just announced our Mark Benioff co-investment in Richard Socher’s You.com.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

“Having offices in both Austin and Dallas is a competitive advantage that lets us attract the best talent and sell into all of the large businesses based in Texas,” said Ben Lamm, CEO of Conversable, a startup company that launched at Capital Factory in Austin and expanded to The DEC in Dallas.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

CF merges with Station Houston and is the first member of The Ion with Rice University and Houston Exponential. Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. one from Austin, one from Houston, and one from Dallas. It’s working?—?40

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

If you are currently looking for a CTO or technical co-founder, I’ve included some resources below that may help you in your search. HireStarter SPMB Stringer Executive Search The Bidding Network Whiterock Partner s Douglas Ferguson is a Fractional CTO and founder of Voltage Control. Please email douglas@voltagecontrol.co

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

But it’s worth the effort, given the potential of learning via one-on-one conversation. And because learning via conversation is driven by your questions, the lessons are delivered at your level. Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast.

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2021

Capital Factory’s Texas Fund , in partnership with Beam Angel Network , Seven Seven Six Fund , and Golden Seeds (Houston) , is excited to announce the next $100,000 Investment Challenge at our 4th Annual Women In Tech Summit. Any software, hardware, or CPG startup in Texas with a female founder or co-founder can apply to participate.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Capital Factory Founder, Joshua Baer, introduces 2019’s Texas Startups Roadshow in Austin. The journey will showcase startups from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and surrounding cities? —?closing Investors from around the country who have their eye on Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Why are we doing this?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We expanded to Houston, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles within months, and we were generally doing all the things and seeing all the things that a startup needed to do and see in order to feel good about VC funding prospects. I never did find a VC to lead a round of funding for Localeur, but two things happened by the end of 2015.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This Tuesday we’ve chartered a bus and are coming to Houston with 30 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for Houston ! Many of the most successful entrepreneurs in Texas have banded together to give one startup from Houston with a diverse executive team a $100,000 investment to try and change the world. .

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. Jessica Houston Enterprises is a women’s empowerment business that provides personal and professional development training. 8) I found nothing.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We’ve had the pleasure of working with DivInc in the past on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenges in Austin , Houston , and Dallas. One founder/startup will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day! Any tech or consumer startup with a Black founder can apply to pitch at our Black in Tech Summit.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We’ve had the pleasure of working with DivInc in the past on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenges in Austin , Houston , and Dallas. One founder/startup will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day! Any tech or consumer startup with a Black founder can apply to pitch at our Black in Tech Summit.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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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. It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Drew Houston.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 28, 2012

am co-teaching a class at Harvard Business School on entrepreneurship called " Launching Technology Ventures " along with my friend and colleague, Professor Tom Eisenmann. But Houston did not strictly follow the Blank/Ries paradigm religously. The class kicked off this week with two cases: Dropbox and Aardvark.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2019 Accelerator Statistics We recruited 28 startups with female founders, which is a 3x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Black founders, which is nearly a 2x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Latinx founders, which is two more than what we had in 2017. We need to understand this better.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2019 Accelerator Statistics We recruited 28 startups with female founders, which is a 3x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Black founders, which is nearly a 2x increase from 2017. We recruited 15 startups with Latinx founders, which is two more than what we had in 2017. We need to understand this better.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Greg Abbott expects the rebuilding of Houston to cost up to $180 billion. Left/Right Media, an Austin-based creative agency, hosted and collaborated with a Houston YMCA for a drive collecting arts and crafts supplies and games. Even on a sunny Autumn day in Austin, it’s clear that the atmosphere has shifted.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

First, we need to intentionally recruit a different and broader pipeline of founders. Recruiting founders requires investment (Nike and Adidas invest billions of dollars a year in talent pipelines), and I’m seeing Austin do just this. We need to intentionally do the same with people who have the potential to be entrepreneurs.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2019

Two robot buses full of dozens of venture capitalists and family office investors from around the world traveled for three days around the great state of Texas from Dallas to Houston to Austin. Then we headed to Capital Factory in Uptown Dallas to hear from Mance Harmon, the CEO and co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph. ExxonMobil.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin?—?culminating Hear pitches from startups, investors, and partners Develop relationships between local and visiting investors so we can start to co-invest together VC Reverse Pitch What will do we do in each city? Retail CPG, Financial Tech, Real Estate Tech June 5 in Houston ?—?Energy,

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

said co-founder Eric Boss. Right now you can find us in many HEBs in Houston, Austin and San Antonio with a larger HEB rollout on Dec 3rd to 250 stores. You can also find Rally in Spec’s in Houston and Austin, and at Royal Blue Grocery in Austin, TX. That product didn’t exist. Where can Rally be found now?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In October we announced our $100,000 Dallas Investment Challenge and then in November the $100,000 Houston Investment Challenge. We give you free rent, free hosting, a lot of other free stuff to make that $100,000 last as long as possible,” said Joshua Baer, founder and Executive Director of Capital Factory.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. 6: Houston, TX?—? Denver, CO?—? Austin, TX?—?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

1st floor Voltron Inclusion and Diversity Panel Absolutely thrilled to be co-hosting a pitch contest for underrepresented founders at #SXSW with these amazing VC/investor judges: @ArlanWasHere , @dzcallender , @larajeremko , @rogerbchen , @zgulamali , @zoeschlag. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network.

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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. Capital Factory is fortunate to have many co-founders and some that even joined a few years in. You know everyone and you’re part of every interesting social media conversation.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2019

14.7%) New Mexico (7.14%) Virginia (14.3%) Four Industries General (28.57%) Healthcare/Life Sciences (28.57%) High Tech (28.57%) Social Impact (14.3%) 58% Female Founded “The amount of attention given to female and minority founders is long overdue,” said Sara T. GotSpot, Inc : (Houston, Texas): GotSpot is short-term space for your business.

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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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Citefull Co-Founders: CSO Crystal Houston and CEO Kyle Grone The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 According to a Pew Research Center study , Americans rate fake news as a larger problem than racism, climate change, or terrorism, one that is eroding people’s confidence in government and each other.

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