The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. Selling your product through online ads is an awesome channel if done right, which entails taking the time to research which networks and kinds of ads are most successful for your company.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hear more stories like theirs, and discover the extensiveness of Austin’s startup community by watching the entire State of Entrepreneurship at the top or the clips below. According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2010 (excluding angel networks).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

She is a member of the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, a Fortune Most Powerful Women attendee, and has received numerous accolades, including being chosen as a Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur and American Express. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Heterogeneous architectures apply exciting advances in technologies such as GPUs (graphics cards originally invented for gaming and video), solid state memory, high network bandwidth and many other cloud components to break barriers and deliver meaningful progress. Our Team is Stellar BlazingDB was founded out of necessity.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Money wasn’t an obstacle for the Chicago-based founder, but as a black woman in technology, networking in a new city might be. “We Fortunately, it was around the same time that Brooks connected with Kathryn Finney of Digital Undivided , a community outreach program with the mission of getting black women started in tech.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Come network with your friends and share your secret parties, plan your conference sessions, and discuss whose undiscovered indy band is cooler. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Are you new to the Austin Startup Community? Thinking about moving here? Trying to figure out how to plug in?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Members of The DEC now have access to the Capital Factory and 1776 mentor networks in-person at The DEC or online via Skype. They also have access to work from Capital Factory in Austin and tap into our network for introductions to investors and strategic corporate partners.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2017

This is the first step in launching a Texas Wide network for entrepreneurs where rather than relying on what is best in Dallas and Austin for startup, we are combing forces to bring the best of both worlds together for the benefits of entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, and mentors.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 4, 2017

Learning new skills, technologies, communication styles, networking tactics, sales strategies, and other things is crucial to your success in a business. Most importantly, I get to have a positive impact on the community. Thanks to AJ Saleem, Suprex Tutors Houston . #18- Photo Credit: Erik Elfstrum. 13- Unpredictability.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 16, 2021

Greetings from Houston Mural located in Houston Heights If your startup is located in the Houston region you may be eligible to compete for a $50,000 investment! Any software, hardware, or CPG startup located in the greater Houston metropolitan area can apply to participate. One will walk away with a $50,000 investment!

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 8, 2012

Because relationship networks and personal contacts still matter. That experience is consistent with research conducted by Aziz Gilani, a director at Houston venture capital firm DFJ Mercury. But that follow-on money has come primarily from local angels and high-net-worth individuals in our network. The Missing Piece.

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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. The deadline is September 12th. million Series A round. They’ve raised $7.2 million in funding to date.

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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. Drew Houston. For decades, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio have been on all of the “Top 10 Places for…” lists. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

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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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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. We’re dedicated to increasing diversity in the tech community and making our coworking space an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. Application deadline is March 20.

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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. We’re dedicated to increasing diversity in the tech community and making our coworking space an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. Application deadline is March 20.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Those were friends and families.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

With the deputy consul general from Houston, I attended the funeral in Austin of a young boy and his dad from Lakeway who were killed in the attack while vacationing with their family. Eight months later, France was rocked again by terror. This time in the south of France, in Nice, on France’s national holiday of all days.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We’re dedicated to increasing diversity in the tech community and making our community an inclusive and welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. Winners include thriving Texas startups like Dallas-based ShearShare , Houston-based GroupRaise , and Austin-based Journey Foods. Want a chance to pitch?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2021

The result is up-down-and-across networking, accelerated problem-solving, and more robust solutions that serve the military and the commercial world. EXPAND YOUR NETWORK Ever hear, “It’s not what you know; it’s who you know”? Add the right people to your network to ease your journey. and business opportunities?—?with

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Every day we host dozens of “office hours” meetings between entrepreneurs and people from our mentor network who can help them. 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.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As we enter year three, we are excited to announce that both accelerator programs in Austin and Houston will run simultaneously which gives us the ability to support up to 200 early-stage startups, and help connect them to Texas’ innovation communities. This year is going to be huge. Need to take a meeting in Dallas or London?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2018

In October we announced our $100,000 Dallas Investment Challenge and then in November the $100,000 Houston Investment Challenge. We provide these startups with coworking space, hosting credits, investor relations, and access to a mentor network of the top entrepreneurs and angel investors in Texas.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2021

There is no better way to insert yourself into the Austin jetstream, expand your network, and explode your experience! You are an apprentice to the CEO, have full transparency across the company, and manage his internal and external tasks and communication. You are at an inflection point in your life and career.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Greg Abbott expects the rebuilding of Houston to cost up to $180 billion. You and your community can convene to support in whichever area works best. Organize community support through creative fundraisers. Have a food and drink networking event while sending proceeds to charities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Then it’s back to Texas, Houston area this time, for the 52Wiki conference to talk Community Building. Sandwiched between those two events I’ll play a part in hosting the Duct Tape Marketing Network’s Annual Gathering in Kansas City.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2021

You are an apprentice to the CEO, have full transparency across the company, and manage his internal and external tasks and communication. He’s the founder of Capital Factory, a coworking community and accelerator designed to help startups find their first investors, customers and employees.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Ben lives the Texas Startup Manifesto having lived in Austin and Dallas and with Hypergiant offices in both cities plus Houston. He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. He’s also on the board of the Planetary Society and the Arch Mission.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2019

MassChallenge , a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced the top 14 finalist startups from its third MassChallenge Texas accelerator and second Austin-based program. GotSpot, Inc : (Houston, Texas): GotSpot is short-term space for your business. 17 awards ceremony (AUSTIN, Texas?—?Sept.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The last 2 years have seen exciting developments within our community, but we humbly admit that we’ve also learned some hard lessons. Capital Factory has been fortunate to have some incredible leaders step up to help make our community more welcoming and more diverse. Investing in Diverse People Not much happens without great people.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The last 2 years have seen exciting developments within our community, but we humbly admit that we’ve also learned some hard lessons. Capital Factory has been fortunate to have some incredible leaders step up to help make our community more welcoming and more diverse. Investing in Diverse People Not much happens without great people.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 24, 2017

Trey Bowles from The Dallas Entrepreneurship Center (The DEC), Joshua Baer from Capital Factory, JR Reale from Station Houston, and Preston James from DivInc together in Kansas City, MO for the Kauffman Foundation Eship Summit. Many other communities are starting from nothing. We have first class problems.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Small cells and 5G wireless networks, with speeds up to 100 times faster than current networks, will revolutionize what is possible in the wireless space. Yet as providers announce that Texas cities like Dallas, Houston, and Waco will be receiving 5G in the near future, Austin is left on the outside looking in.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 8, 2012

Because relationship networks and personal contacts still matter. That experience is consistent with research conducted by Aziz Gilani, a director at Houston venture capital firm DFJ Mercury. But that follow-on money has come primarily from local angels and high-net-worth individuals in our network. The Missing Piece.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 8, 2012

Because relationship networks and personal contacts still matter. That experience is consistent with research conducted by Aziz Gilani, a director at Houston venture capital firm DFJ Mercury. But that follow-on money has come primarily from local angels and high-net-worth individuals in our network.

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