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Elevate 2024: Empowering community organizations for a thriving future

Board Effect

We are thrilled to announce the eagerly anticipated agenda for this year’s event taking place in Houston, TX, September 8-11, featuring engaging sessions tailored specifically for volunteer boards. Discover how refined support processes and a strong system of governance has established a culture of success. Register here.

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Why you should invest in Texas

Austin Startup

In the Houston keynote , Joe Alapat, CEO of Liongard, said “When you invest in Houston, you get the oomph of the Texas Triangle.” Capital Factory holds events for all of Texas, not just Austin or Houston or Dallas, and attracts people from around the country and around the world. We amplified this in last month’s sessions.

Texas 97
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11 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Businesses They Are Starting in 2019

Hearpreneur

Additionally, the Federal Government is offering a 30% Tax Credit for homeowners to go solar as an incentive. 2019 is the last year with the biggest government incentives to go Solar! I began to host these event to bring together like-minded people so I could have stronger business relationships within Houston.

Houston 125
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Economic Diplomacy and Tech Startups: the “What” and “How” of an Honorary Consul of France in…

Austin Startup

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. The French government, through the French Consulates in the U.S., Eight months later, France was rocked again by terror.

France 48
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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. The 16th floor kitchen and coworking area will be buzzing with even more energy and excitement than normal.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I was also sick of my own curated life on Facebook and thought, there must be a place more interesting than this to hang out online. I am a big advocate of transparency in business and government and believe that many injustices in our society exist because people are ill informed. 6) Lack of information in an industry.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

abovethecrowd.com

I get my healthcare insurance through Vox Media, so I actually don’t know the cost of my healthcare, or the government-. You couldn’t increase wages, and that was mandated by the government. In between you and the healthcare system, say you have your employer, right? Bill Gurley : Let’s talk about that for a minute.