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The Texas Startup Manifesto

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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. Department of Defense.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

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We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

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HeroX to Launch First in San Antonio with $500K Prize

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By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News HeroX, a platform for competitions to solve local and global problems, plans to launch its first project in San Antonio on January 15th. The project is called the San Antonio MX prize. San Antonio' And it’s worth $500,000.

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Innovations from the Lonely Planet

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Geekdom Launches GeekdomX, a Global Coworking Affiliate

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Geekdom, the collaborative coworking site in downtown San Antonio, has launched GeekdomX, a new affiliate in which it will seek partners globally to open similar coworking sites. Its first GeekdomX location will open in San Francisco this summer. Geekdom, which launched a little over a year ago, has 600 members.

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Austin and San Antonio Startups Invited to Apply for IBM’s Austin Mentor Day

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The company is inviting startups from Austin and San Antonio to apply to participate in the program. Mentor Days are part of the IBM Global Entrepreneur program. The post Austin and San Antonio Startups Invited to Apply for IBM’s Austin Mentor Day appeared first on SiliconHills.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. After a long research done on the market, I realized that there aren’t many vendors offering to monitor both local and global news sources at the same time. It was really hard to do, and it was really scary.