Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. The list goes on and on.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Capital Factory, an Austin-based accelerator, last week announced it has expanded operations into Houston by merging with Station Houston. The post Capital Factory Expands Into Houston by Merging with Station Houston appeared first on SiliconHills. Capital Factory is […].

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. The list goes on and on.

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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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ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2019

For context, consider the London-based VC firm MMC who found that about 40% of European AI startups don’t use AI in any tangible way. Meaning that the company or startup “talks” about AI, but they are unwilling or unable to put in the resources to deploy the process, store the data, or make any meaningful use of the information.

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Austin Startup

JULY 30, 2020

[link] HTXTechList launches in Houston I’m helping to spread the word about a new online tool, HTX TechList, that is coming to Houston to help connect the Houston tech ecosystem across startups, accelerators, investors, and corporations. Join the HTX TechList launch event on Thursday August 13th at 11:00 am central time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. The list goes on and on.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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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. Great documentary with so many parallels to high-growth startups and founders. Get to know the founders. Would you recommend it?

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 8, 2019

Houston, with its population of over 2 million, is a large city and if you are an employer in Houston, you would want to be able to reach as much of the population as you could and go beyond too in order to find the ideal candidate for the job that you have on offer. There are advantages in doing this in Houston.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 16, 2012

He founded the Last Mile startup accelerator program at San Quentin State Prison in California. Startups created by the inmates must have a tech component, must be social and must be a “passion business,” as Redlitz puts it. Houston is serving time for second-degree murder but is due to be paroled in early 2013.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In September 2017, I spent 2 weeks in Austin, Texas to understand what makes this vibrant startup ecosystem tick. It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

many if not most of these startups are unlikely to get to significant scale. Much like the early 2000’s, the market environment is fairly tepid given a prolonged period of weakness in startup financing activity and exits. And both founders and investors are grappling with similar questions that were top of mind during early Web 2.0:

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2017

The Capital Factory is a leading accelerator and coworking space based in Austin which has been building amazing entrepreneurs and startups since 2012. Capital Factory will host community events in Dallas and Houston with Venture Capitalists from across the state Startups in Dallas will open a customer service office in San Antonio.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

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. To move with peace of mind, you need to have confidence in Movers Houston.

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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. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Drew Houston. Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston. Joe Lonsdale.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 7, 2013

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Last Longhorn Startup class, Aseem Ali and a team of undergraduate students pitched Burpy, a grocery delivery service. Now he’s running a quickly growing startup and finishing up his degree as a senior studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hear more stories like theirs, and discover the extensiveness of Austin’s startup community by watching the entire State of Entrepreneurship at the top or the clips below. About Capital Factory Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, the number one startup state in the U.S.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 15, 2022

Houston is a big city – an urban sprawl that could swallow up the municipal definitions of Los Angeles in its footprint, or two New York Cities. The post Healthtech startup Itiliti Health onboards seasoned industry expert Marise Condon to get patients the care they need, fast appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In August we released the Texas Startup Manifesto and announced our plans to expand our Accelerator program to include Dallas with a presence at The DEC. This Tuesday we’ve chartered a bus and are coming to Houston with 30 investors, mentors and entrepreneurs to announce $100,000 just for Houston !

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 23, 2023

Leadership, it’s not just a label, it’s the vital pulse keeping an organization alive, vibrantly so within startups. Picture it as a lighthouse guiding ships, startups, through the turbulent seas of business teething troubles while cultivating the very essence of enterprise ethos.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2020

Don’t just write ‘lawyer in Texas,’ instead go for ‘criminal lawyer in Houston, Texas. The post Six Ways To Grow Your Criminal Firm appeared first on The Startup Magazine. There are several strategies that you have to employ to have a successful campaign. For example, the use of specialty-specific keywords.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from Houston to New York. The post McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 appeared first on The Startup Magazine. It was the first cyberattack to expose the risks of America’s energy infrastructure.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 16, 2012

He founded the Last Mile startup accelerator program at San Quentin State Prison in California. Startups created by the inmates must have a tech component, must be social and must be a “passion business,” as Redlitz puts it. Houston is serving time for second-degree murder but is due to be paroled in early 2013.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

We have some data on all of our members and more data on our Accelerator startups, but we know that it is incomplete. Diverse in this context means “not a white male,” members are coworkers in our community and investments are Accelerator startups. Our Texas Startup Manifesto is helping improve diversity at Capital Factory.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 14, 2015

Austin-based Dropoff is now available in Houston. The startup provides same-day delivery for a variety of businesses. Houston businesses will be able to use Dropoff’s online platform to easily order same-day deliveries and to track them. It originally launched in Austin last November. Austin Dropoff'

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Austin, TX. Boulder, CO.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Capital Factory Founder, Joshua Baer, introduces 2019’s Texas Startups Roadshow in Austin. Texas Startups Roadshow goes Virtual during Global Entrepreneurship Week Take a statewide virtual tour across the 10th largest economy in the world with the Texas Startups Roadshow , during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

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Austin Startup

JULY 28, 2017

Patrick, and Members of the Texas Legislature: As leaders of Texas’ successful and growing tech and startup community, we write in opposition to the proposed “bathroom bills” currently being considered in the Texas Legislature. Abbott, Speaker Straus, Lt. James, II CEO, DivInc in Austin Nick Kennedy President, Surf Airlines Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth. And when VCs look to fund startups they know that if they miss a deal that deal is highly unlikely to come back if they raise funds from another firm so you have a rather binary decision. And that’s usually just 2 weeks worth of travel! It’s exciting. And daunting.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 16, 2012

He founded the Last Mile startup accelerator program at San Quentin State Prison in California. Startups created by the inmates must have a tech component, must be social and must be a “passion business,” as Redlitz puts it. Houston is serving time for second-degree murder but is due to be paroled in early 2013.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 9, 2010

This is Part 3 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.? Of hundreds of startup pitches at Capital Factory , almost none had unearthed 10 people willing to say, "If you build this product, I'll give you $X.". Aren't you sick of every startup blogger on Earth badgering you about this? But you're still not listening.

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2021

Capital Factory’s Texas Fund , in partnership with Beam Angel Network , Seven Seven Six Fund , and Golden Seeds (Houston) , is excited to announce the next $100,000 Investment Challenge at our 4th Annual Women In Tech Summit. Any software, hardware, or CPG startup in Texas with a female founder or co-founder can apply to participate.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I also couldn’t be happier that friends from Silicon Valley like Joe Lonsdale, Drew Houston, and Elon Musk have also moved here. We also have several stealth startups that sit at the intersection of AI and healthcare. Recently, we were proud to watch our longtime friend Tom Siebel and his company C3.ai Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Coworking spaces are a really cool option for a lot of workers that, for whatever reason, don’t really fit in to a traditional office space like startups, telecommuters, small businesses, and especially creatives in search of collaboration. The Hatchery in San Francisco is a great place for startups to take root. Caroline Collective.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

About a year ago, Rachel Brooks was poised to bring her startup to the next level. In a perfect world, Brooks’ startup would be defined by its merit, not the demographic background of its founder. In other words, 20 tech startups that may have never existed if it weren’t for Digital Undivided’s network and resources.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2018

In fact, a recent Texas Senate hearing revealed that among the major metropolitan areas in the state, Houston had approved 548 small cell permit applications, Dallas had approved 288, and Austin had approved only two. Austin is far behind other communities in permitting small cells, technology that will bring 5G?—?the

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