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Secure and efficient governance for mission-driven organizations
Board Effect
JUNE 21, 2024
With diverse stakeholder groups and growing expectations around environmental, social and governance (ESG), diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), cybersecurity and other intangible goals, MDOs face a unique challenge in demonstrating their impact. ” – Kara Klement, Director of Governance at Texas Health Resources 2. .”
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Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 8, 2012
Previous speakers have included folks like Steve Blank, Scott Cook, Hiten Shah, Dave Binetti, Janice Fraser, and Drew Houston. Note, too, that we’re looking for speakers from different sectors, including education, non-profits, government and established companies. We know how to reach people who are famous in our community.
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Accelerator Spotlight: Influencer Direct
View from Seed
JUNE 23, 2022
I grew up in Houston, TX and come from humble beginnings; my mom was a single parent and refugee from Cambodia. legal, bank accounts, government filings, etc) behind setting up a startup. Get to know the founders. RH: Founders, please introduce yourselves. . DC: Hi, I’m Dennis and I’m currently living in Dallas, TX. And your least?
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Meet the speakers coming to Elevate 2024: Erin Brockovich tops the bill!
Board Effect
JUNE 28, 2024
We are excited to announce an impressive lineup of speakers for Elevate 2024 (formerly Modern Governance Summit), taking place September 8-11 at the Marriott Marquis in Houston, Texas. Brian Stafford – As President & CEO of Diligent, Brian Stafford’s insights into the future of governance are invaluable.
Elevate 2024: Empowering community organizations for a thriving future
Board Effect
JUNE 10, 2024
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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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps
The Next Web
AUGUST 19, 2013
There were no sales people in the USSR – the government just decided what to produce and in which quantities, – so I pretty much have an anti-sales-and-marketing background. Drew Houston made a funny video that got over 75,000 views featuring a nonexistant product prior to the launch.
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Capital Factory Doubles Down on Houston
Austin Startup
JANUARY 28, 2020
CF merges with Station Houston and is the first member of The Ion with Rice University and Houston Exponential. Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. one from Austin, one from Houston, and one from Dallas. It’s working?—?40
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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2018
Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. Previously, Shamina was Mastercard’s Global Director of Government Services and Solutions where she worked to digitize social subsidy programs in over 40 countries. As the third U.S.
Amazon Redshift Too Slow or Crashing? BlazingDB Performs
Austin Startup
MARCH 15, 2017
Three years ago brothers Rodrigo Aramburu (CEO) and Felipe (CTO), from Houston were working on a consulting project for the Peruvian government involving 14 legacy systems. Transformations, aggregations and joins at massive scale is where BlazingDB wins! Our Team is Stellar BlazingDB was founded out of necessity.
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How to Move Your Home: A Guide to Moving an Entire House (Sponsored)
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 25, 2023
You also need to get permits to move your home through the city government. You can trust the Movers Houston experts to move your belongings and not have to worry about the safety of your belongings. Movers Houston employees can also clean the room after the removal of items and take out the trash.
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New Plain Preferred Term Sheet
www.founderinstitute.com
MARCH 2, 2010
He counsels public and private company clients in a variety of industries including information technology, government contracting, software and telecommunications. August practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, commercial transactions, general corporate law and business bankruptcy.
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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018
Austin Startup
MARCH 3, 2018
Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Panel with Joshua Baer The Texas Startup Manifesto is call to action to connect Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas Startup Megatropolis, unlocking billions of dollars in capital and unleashing thousands of diverse entrepreneurs.
The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties
Austin Startup
MARCH 1, 2018
Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Panel The Texas Startup Manifesto is call to action to connect Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas Startup Megatropolis, unlocking billions of dollars in capital and unleashing thousands of diverse entrepreneurs.
Separating Regional Economic Development Fact From Fiction
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 18, 2012
” There’s plenty more but the summary is that in 2008 government leaders declared victory when the land was purchased and asserted all kinds of validation and economic development as a result of it. Phillips 66 to build global headquarters in West Houston. Related articles.
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What You Should Know About Becoming an Uber Driver
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 11, 2021
A Buzzfeed survey in the same year, however, revealed that Uber drivers in Detroit, Denver, and Houston took home less than $13-25 per hour after expenses. On top of satisfying general requirements, the interested party must also satisfy additional requirements enforced by the local Uber management or local government. per hour. .
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Celebrate excellence in governance: Nominate a leader for the Modern Governance 100 Awards!
Board Effect
JUNE 25, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the Diligent Modern Governance 100 Awards. The MG100 Awards, as they’re commonly known, is a prestigious recognition program celebrating the exceptional contributions of governance, risk, audit and compliance professionals around the world. What happens next?
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11 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Businesses They Are Starting in 2019
Hearpreneur
DECEMBER 30, 2018
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.
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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0
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. Drew Houston. Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.
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Why you should invest in Texas
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 18, 2020
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.
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Six Reasons You Need to be at Fed Supernova This September
Austin Startup
AUGUST 19, 2021
GRAB A PIECE OF THE PIE The government is known for its red tape and long processes, but it also has a huge budget to spend on innovation?—?and Learn how to traverse the government procurement system, and understand how it’s changing and evolving. and it’s looking for technology from beyond its traditional sources.
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Hearpreneur
JUNE 14, 2015
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. Jessica Houston Enterprises is a women’s empowerment business that provides personal and professional development training. Thanks to Dr. Jessica Houston, Jessica Houston Enterprises !
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The ultimate guide to Diligent Elevate 2024: Everything you need to know
Board Effect
JUNE 6, 2024
Diligent Elevate 2024 — formerly Modern Governance Summit , the biggest, most exciting governance, risk and compliance (GRC) event of the year, is set in the vibrant city of Houston, Texas, from September 8-11. From governance insights to audit strategies, Elevate is the ultimate GRC event of the year. How do I register?
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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: YCombinator vs. 1M/1M
ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
First, Sudhendra Seshachala from Houston, Texas pitched Hooduku , a professional services business that already has significant revenue from cloud integration work. For example, they are in the midst of developing RFID-enabled tablets for the universal ID effort by the Indian government.
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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 17, 2020
As Kirsten said, we began serving city systems like the City of Houston, the City of Denver, where we have worked with mayors primarily and their mayoral team to implement quality feeding initiatives across afterschool programs, across parks and rec programs, across early childhood programs.
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Things You Should Know About Microsoft Teams
The Startup Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2018
They help you get launched with the following functionality: 1) At the core of this and every other service delivered through Office 365 are the 3 famous G’s: Governance – Features like E-Discovery are added to ensure the applications are secure and meet various compliance requirements.
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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 20, 2020
Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. Ben lives the Texas Startup Manifesto having lived in Austin and Dallas and with Hypergiant offices in both cities plus Houston.
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Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation Year One Success Stories
Austin Startup
MAY 7, 2020
This first all-virtual AFWERX event included over 2,000 online attendees, 88 virtual pitches, 60 online Air Force and Space Force judges, and 599 government contracts worth $625 million in what Dr. Will Roper called “the largest small biz transaction in gov’t history!” Not all of the “unprecedented” events were good.
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Texas Startups Roadshow Wrap-up
Austin Startup
JUNE 9, 2019
Two robot buses full of dozens of venture capitalists and family office investors from around the world traveled for three days around the great state of Texas from Dallas to Houston to Austin. Houston is the US headquarters for about 25 oil & gas and energy companies?—?most Houston is also home to the Texas Medical Center?—?the
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$100,000 Defense Innovation Investment Challenge
Austin Startup
MAY 8, 2019
This unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sector brings entrepreneurs and government innovators shoulder-to-shoulder in a coworking environment where they can learn from each other and have a kind of serendipity that can’t happen behind high security.
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Come manage the Mentor Network at Capital Factory
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 28, 2017
As part of the Texas Startup Manifesto , we are expanding the mentor network from Austin to all of Texas, starting with our partners The DEC in Dallas, Geekdom in San Antonio and other partners in Houston. You will lead and grow a team across Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio who are passionate about entrepreneurs and mentorship.
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Austin and Virginia Beach ranked most business-friendly cities
entrepreMusings
JULY 6, 2013
The top performing cities were Austin, Virginia Beach and Houston. Some of the survey’s key findings include: Texas had three of the top five cities ( Austin , Houston and San Antonio ), while California was home to three of the bottom five ( Los Angeles , San Diego and Sacramento ).
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Austin Startup
AUGUST 30, 2019
6: Houston, TX?—? City governments connect with local entrepreneurs, corporations, and community leaders to grow and sustain a vibrant startup economy. Techstars enables entrepreneurs, large companies, and city governments to access proven resources to innovate faster and accelerate their business success. Austin, TX?—?
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What is Coworking? Everything You Need to Know
Austin Startup
MAY 14, 2019
One of the first early coworking spaces (although the term “coworking” wasn’t used yet) was called 116 West Houston in New York City. Some local governments are even embracing telecommuting as a solution to traffic and pollution woes.
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Open Letter to a New Austinite
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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www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
In townslike Houston and Chicago and Detroit its too small to measure. 10 ]Yes, actually: dealing with the government. Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. Afterthat theres not much. Even in New York the number of startups percapita is probably a 20th of what it is in Silicon Valley.
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Economic Diplomacy and Tech Startups: the “What” and “How” of an Honorary Consul of France in…
Austin Startup
JUNE 5, 2018
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.
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Texas, this is not the Innovation you’re looking for…
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Texas is known for technology and business innovation, but right now our state government is being innovative in all of the wrong ways by finding legal loopholes to skirt around national laws and suppress voters they don’t agree with. It’s not fair, it’s not democracy, and it’s not good for business.
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Blockchain is more than memes, wild price fluctuations and my old pal Elon’s tweets
Austin Startup
JUNE 16, 2021
All event data is put onto a blockchain (in this case using the Blockchain-as-a-Service solution from our partners Topl of Houston, Texas) for full transparency?—?not DAOs are Decentralized Autonomous Organizations that provide programmatic governance of an entity. Some of those sources are different blockchains.
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Austin Startup
JANUARY 8, 2019
We doubled the number of companies we are working with in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio and invested in more than one Texas startup per week. in line with the Texas Startup Manifesto the team that he manages is distributed across the state with members in Austin, Dallas and Houston. However, Bryan isn’t just focused on Dallas?—?in
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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Late 2020 revealed the depth of the Solarwinds hack, which had massive implications for government agencies and (ironically) cybersecurity provider FireEye. million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from Houston to New York. It was the first cyberattack to expose the risks of America’s energy infrastructure.
On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World
Ben's Blog
APRIL 7, 2021
Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.
The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care
abovethecrowd.com
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
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.
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SXSW Startups: Fluidity
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Based on feedback from government bodies, drone organizations, leading manufacturers and others, we know we’ve solved for something that was a significant problem but that was never addressed. Tell us about the startup ecosystem in Houston, where Fluidity is based. Houston is ripe with innovation?—?it’s
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