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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

It came from an amazing small startup in McKinney, Texas (30 miles North of Dallas) called NewToy , which they acquired. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX? Ever play Zynga’s “Words with Friends” or any of their “with Friends” games? Didn’t come out of the SF facility.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Austin is different from Dallas which is different from Houston and San Antonio.

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Out of the Crisis

Startup Lessons Learned

Over the past few weeks, I have recorded a series of conversations with people leading the way out of this mess. I wanted to share the conversations with you, in the hopes that you will do the same. The first conversation is with investor and philanthropist Sam Altman. I’m working on a number of other interviews as we speak.

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The Accelerator comes to the Dallas Entrepreneur Center

Austin Startup

The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC) is welcoming us to Dallas at the West End and soon the other locations such as Addison and Denton. How to Meet Investors in Texas & Ask Me Anything with Joshua Baer (Dallas Edition) This is step one of our Texas Startup Manifesto. So EXCITING!

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Dallas and Austin Startup Ecosystems Combine Forces

Austin Startup

The Capital Factory, insert and The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (aka The DEC) announced a key partnership that will bring the Capital Factory accelerator to Dallas. Entrepreneurs in Dallas and Austin will connect with mentors in each city remotely over Skype or Cisco telepresence.

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On No Sides.

This is going to be BIG.

When someone tells you that Black Lives Matter is a hate group and uses police shootings in Dallas as their proof, get smart about their agenda and the facts: 1) First, the Dallas police shooter was not associated with Black Lives Matter. He interacted with other extremist groups on social media, but not BLM.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

You may know him as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks or an investor on Shark Tank. You can listen to our conversation on Apple Podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever else you like to download podcasts. You can find my conversation with Mark in that format below. Here's my conversation with Mark Cuban. I'm Mark Cuban.

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