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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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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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

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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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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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

With startups and many smaller businesses often having tighter budgets than more established companies, it becomes vital to implement measures to limit potential liability. So how exactly can startups limit their liability in such incidents? One area where liability can be substantial is company car accidents.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Hitch’s mission is to connect people who need to travel between neighboring cities with drivers who are already making the trip, and today they are officially launching service between Austin and Houston. Over 10,000 cars make trips every day just between Austin and Houston, and 90% of them have just one occupant?—?the the driver.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s been just over a year since the inaugural Startup Lessons Learned conference , and it’s time to do it again. The Lean Startup movement has made tremendous progress in the past year. Kent Beck himself helped us explain that “quality work” means something different when we’re facing the extreme uncertainty of a startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2012

This post was co-written by Eric Ries and Sarah Milstein , co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference this fall. Last week , we announced the date and venue for The Lean Startup Conference: Dec 3 - 4, 2012 at the InterContintenal in SF. Now we’re starting to reach out to speakers.

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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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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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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 Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception. However, figuring out the way your startup should make money could be challenging, especially for us left­-brained founders. However, figuring out the way your startup should make money could be challenging, especially for us left­-brained founders.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Want to start a startup? Its equivalent toasking how to make a startup succeed—if you avoid every cause offailure, you succeed—and thats too big a question to answer onthe fly. 1 ] In a sense theres just one mistake that kills startups: not makingsomething users want. Get funded by Y Combinator.

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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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

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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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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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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Austin Startup

JULY 8, 2011

ethosIQ, a Houston-based software solutions provider, plans to leverage Unwired Nation’s Kinita platform and services to address huge opportunities for mobile applications in a number of enterprise verticals, including field service organizations, financial service companies and utilities.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2012

He is now involved with an acceleraotor called Brandery in Cincinnati who focuses on helping local startups get off the ground and figure out how to get access to the huge brand dollars unlocked by working with big ad agencies and with brands directly. But I found resonance in meeting the local investors and startups. It’s Wedneday.

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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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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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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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Austin Startup

MARCH 16, 2021

Greetings from Houston Mural located in Houston Heights If your startup is located in the Houston region you may be eligible to compete for a $50,000 investment! Startups, submit your application Capital Factory Ventures Application Who Can Apply? million Series A round. million in funding.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2022

They don’t just offer Houston property management services – they provide guarantees. And depending on the property manager you go with, they can essentially remove all of the risk associated with getting paid. Take Green Residential in Texas as an example. Their strongest guarantee is something they call the “Rental Income Guarantee.”

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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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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Capital Factory will be making a $100,000 investment on stage in a blockchain startup. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory. Did I miss something?

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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. The brothers are a perfect blend of the creativity and passion that startups require coupled with the discipline and structure of Deloitte Consulting.

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