crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

startup ecosystem for many decades. 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. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Austin, TX. Boulder, CO.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception. However, figuring out the way your startup should make money could be challenging, especially for us left­-brained founders. However, figuring out the way your startup should make money could be challenging, especially for us left­-brained founders.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Want to start a startup? Its equivalent toasking how to make a startup succeed—if you avoid every cause offailure, you succeed—and thats too big a question to answer onthe fly. 1 ] In a sense theres just one mistake that kills startups: not makingsomething users want. Get funded by Y Combinator.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2018

Austin is far behind other communities in permitting small cells, technology that will bring 5G?—?the In fact, a recent Texas Senate hearing revealed that among the major metropolitan areas in the state, Houston had approved 548 small cell permit applications, Dallas had approved 288, and Austin had approved only two.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

We have some data on all of our members and more data on our Accelerator startups, but we know that it is incomplete. Diverse in this context means “not a white male,” members are coworkers in our community and investments are Accelerator startups. Our Texas Startup Manifesto is helping improve diversity at Capital Factory.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

About a year ago, Rachel Brooks was poised to bring her startup to the next level. 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. Invisible Barriers. But in reality, Brooks is an anomaly.

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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. About Capital Factory Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one startup state in the U.S.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Old and new friends have reached out to welcome us to their community and share ideas about how we could play an impactful role in this remarkable city and state. Even in 2020, a difficult year by any measure, the Austin community has surpassed all of my expectations. Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Capital Factory will be making a $100,000 investment on stage in a blockchain startup. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory. Did I miss something?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2017

The Capital Factory is a leading accelerator and coworking space based in Austin which has been building amazing entrepreneurs and startups since 2012. Capital Factory will host community events in Dallas and Houston with Venture Capitalists from across the state Startups in Dallas will open a customer service office in San Antonio.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The founders are committed to the global distributed computing community and engage fully by offering and sustaining a free community versio n for life. BlazingDB takes the concept of community further by creating an extremely diverse and inclusive work environment and has taken the 1% pledge. I am a proud investor and advisor.

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Austin Startup

JULY 28, 2017

Patrick, and Members of the Texas Legislature: As leaders of Texas’ successful and growing tech and startup community, we write in opposition to the proposed “bathroom bills” currently being considered in the Texas Legislature. Abbott, Speaker Straus, Lt. James, II CEO, DivInc in Austin Nick Kennedy President, Surf Airlines Inc.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Austin is still a great place to see attractive people gallivanting near a watering hole or trail, still a great place to catch a live music show (once we get through this pandemic), still a place to avoid some of the suburban sprawl of Dallas or Houston, still a place to make fast friends, and still very much a place to enjoy life.

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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! Austin always has a strong presence at SXSW and this year is no different. Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM

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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! Startups, submit your application Capital Factory Ventures Application Who Can Apply? million Series A round. million in funding.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

“Teaming up with The DEC is the first step for us in building a super connected startup megatropolis between the major Texas cities,” said Joshua Baer , Executive Director of Capital Factory. “By By leveraging the strengths of different entrepreneurial ecosystems, we can make Texas the best state for startups and entrepreneurs in the US.”

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2017

Most top startup lawyers have clients in many different cities, and lawyers specializing in emerging tech/startup work usually only exist in denser tech ecosystems. Background Reading: Bad Advisors: The Problem with Localism Navigating Referrals in a Connected Startup Ecosystem How to avoid “Captive” company counsel Gatekeepers v.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

The epicenter of San Antonio’s startup system downtown is Geekdom, which occupies its own building, the historic Rand Building, on Houston street. The post Geekdom Launches a Community Fund to Ignite Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

Economic Diplomacy and Tech Startups: the “What” and “How” of an Honorary Consul of France in Austin, Texas I do not have diplomatic immunity, but special license plates are available to me for purchase. A local law enforcement officer has checked in with me for my safety after high-profile terror attacks in France. I have a photo I.D.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 8, 2012

Startups anywhere outside the two major tech hubs of Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley have even more troublr attracting serious venture capital than they do finding a food truck with a decent bulgogi burrito. But startups located anywhere other than a high-tech center may as well be pitching for investment in the Silicon Taiga.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 23, 2021

In the last decade, Metcalfe has made it his mission to ignite the startup and technology community in Austin and across Texas in what he often jokes are Austin’s suburbs of San Antonio, Houston, and […]. Bob Metcalfe wanted to make Austin and Texas into a better Silicon Valley. “My My work here is done,” Metcalfe said.

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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. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Drew Houston. Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston. Joe Lonsdale.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The concept of SOHO originally came from “South of Houston” in New York City’s Lower Manhattan area, which is notable for its artists’ lofts and galleries as well as chic, upscale and trendy boutiques. Far East SOHO intends to attract creative individuals to its new developments and build similar communities.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. And we've layered that with another crises of the exposure of continued racial injustice throughout our communities.

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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

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. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2018

2-A coworking community. I am launching, FreshCo Community, a coworking community with my business partner, Tia Randle February 2019. I began to host these event to bring together like-minded people so I could have stronger business relationships within Houston. We will use coworking spaces that already exist in Houston.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 18, 2012

And four years later it hasn’t had any impact on the Boulder startup scene, positive or negative, that I’m aware of. It’s another example of what I talk about in Startup Communitie s as the disconnect between government and the startup community. Related articles.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. 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 !

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

While it’s likely that you have a general city in mind, there’s a lot more to finding commercial real estate in Houston , San Diego, and even the smaller cities in between. While price is obviously an important factor for any startup, it should not be the main thing driving your decision making. Tip #2: Find Your Location.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 10, 2018

Handcrafting Community The concept of S.L.O.W. Tech came out of my experience creating Community Renaissance Market (CRM) , a community-based micro-incubator in a former grocery store in South Austin. In this model, businesses are designed to reflect and meet the local community needs. Ultimately, S.L.O.W. Using S.L.O.W.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 31, 2016

For more than four years, San Antonio’s technology community has been percolating with excitement amidst a ground swell of support bubbling up to create a vibrant startup industry. First, Geekdom set up operations in downtown San Antonio at the Weston Centre and then moved to its own building, the Rand on Houston St.

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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

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. One startup will walk away with a $100,000 investment that day! Submit your application VIP Accelerator Application Who can apply? Want a chance to pitch?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2011

The University of Texas and the other great public and private universities in Texas – from my alma mater Texas A&M in College Station, to Rice University in Houston, and many more – serve to educate each new generation’s youth with the skills and knowledge to make their mark in the world. mobileTech Tuesday by Steve Guengerich.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

An amazing community. A founder who will show up at WordCamps across the world but still find time to support great startups and contribute to the tech/art communities in SF, NYC and his hometown Houston. A fully distributed team. And he hangs with Jay-Z.

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