Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Several anecdotes and insights were shared by the panelists for the hour-long conversation (little known facts: Huston-Tillotson was founded here years before UT-Austin and Austin’s Public Library System is led by a black man), and then things really heated up in the packed room when anonymous audience questions were introduced.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 6, 2020

San Diego, California San Diego is California’s only representative in the top 10 (Oakland is next in 12th). At 86.3%, the gender pay gap could be obliterated in the city by 2030 if the current trend continues. Much of that is down to a top place finish for female-owned businesses. Growing by 1.87% to 21.1%

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Austin Startup

APRIL 15, 2018

The last session of the event begins at 5:00 pm on Friday, April 20 and features a Pitch Competition showcasing three cannabis-based startups from around the United States: Lumen (Oakland), BDTNDR (Austin) and FLUX (Dallas). Whichever of these three startups most impresses the ACE judges receives a $1500 cash prize!

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Austin Startup

MAY 13, 2019

This year, Oakland and San Francisco, California, and Somerville, Massachusetts, all banned the government’s use of facial recognition technology and others are ‘pausing’ its use. This decision is being talked about a lot and it’s easy to see why. Originally published at [link] on May 14, 2019.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 18, 2018

The last session of the event begins at 5 pm on Friday, April 20 and features a Pitch Competition showcasing three cannabis-based startups from around the United States, Lumen (Oakland), BDTNDR (Austin) and FLUX (Dallas), competing for a $1500 cash prize! Green Austin!

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Cities that are currently participating in the Startups in Residence program include the California cities of Oakland, San Leandro and San Francisco, and Washington D.C. was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Didn’t matter who you were or how old you were, I always found a reason to strike up a conversation. The name, Saranap dates back over 100 years when a commuter train cut across California, connecting Oakland to Sacramento. Since I was a kid, my friends always made fun of me because I spoke to everyone.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

You can listen to our conversation on Apple Podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever else you like to download podcasts. Here's my conversation with Raylene and Jen. I live in Oakland with my husband and now my dog. Their tech teams are doing essential work to support public servants in their crisis responses efforts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Their efforts in this crisis have been admirable, but as Jake and Irma made clear in our conversation, this is not enough, we need a widespread, fully funded WPA scale effort to put Americans back to work. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise. They are now operating in nine States. We should do something about it."

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

On typecasting the worst of our respective parties as the ones who wreak havoc, in Milo Yiannopoulos vs. Occupy Oakland … “There’s no good guys here. I go to Medium and write something that is very detailed — all they read is the headline and then bash me for what they THINK I said or what they think I DIDN’T say!”

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