Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a minority of our investments in new technology areas where deep technical innovation is occurring and where we believe there is will be a large future market opportunity. For these companies, we look for deep technology differentiation plus early market validation or clear opportunity for such.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. NASA and the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) In the 1970’s/80’s NASA needed a common way to describe the maturity and state of flight readiness of their technology projects. We think we can do better. Some background.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Money wasn’t an obstacle for the Chicago-based founder, but as a black woman in technology, networking in a new city might be. “We According to the latest data collected by the National Center for Women in Technology, only 25 percent of U.S. technology jobs were held by women in 2009. But in reality, Brooks is an anomaly.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The Bright, Sustainable Future of Chicago’s Technology Ecosystem. Or you can just call it San Francisco, Oakland, and the Peninsula. Millennial Innovators Are About to Leave Big Cities. Here’s how small-town America is primed to beat Silicon Valley in innovation. Or maybe toss SOMA in. Or, well, does it really matter?

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 22, 2014

Satya and I visited Blue Bottle’s Oakland HQ a few weeks back and I love talking with retailers about the way technology is changing their business (such as this previous post with a SF-based bakery owner ). Q: How does technology impact your business? With this said, technology makes us better at what we do.

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Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

Until relatively recently, the capital requirements of technology businesses were quite large. In some ways it reminds me of that Michael Lewis book Money Ball and how the Oakland A’s found ways to win with a small payroll. Anyway, so that’s my crack at “what’s next in tech.&# What do you think Scott?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2013–2014, where she founded the United States Digital Service. I feel very lucky.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Instead of students or faculty coming in with their own ideas — we now have them working on societal problems, whether they’re problems for the State Department or the military or non-profits/NGOs, or for the City of Oakland or for energy or the environment, or for anything they’re passionate about.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 18, 2018

Join a lively discussion of “ The Cannabis Blockchain Connection ” and how 2018’s hottest technology might combine with 2018’s most interesting regulated product. Emily Paxhia of Poseidon Asset Management and Tahira Rehmatullah of MTech Acquisition Corp will talk about some of the projects that they are most excited about for 2018 and beyond.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2011

And, if the trend in recent years holds true, a number of the plans will be designed around commercializing technology or other discoveries originating with university research. I, for one, am hoping to see some novel apps and other mobile products and technologies this year.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Cities that are currently participating in the Startups in Residence program include the California cities of Oakland, San Leandro and San Francisco, and Washington D.C. New York City has announced plans to turn a 258-million-square-foot building into a citywide technology hub. There are numerous examples of success.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Part of the answer lies in technology, mobility, and a smaller footprint which allows for iteration and evolution of the business as it develops, without the relentless pressure of huge overhead. Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. Photo credit: travisschmidt1. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Part of the answer lies in technology, mobility, and a smaller footprint which allows for iteration and evolution of the business as it develops, without the relentless pressure of huge overhead. Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. Photo credit: travisschmidt1. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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Diego Basch

MAY 20, 2019

I would like to see more smart and well-meaning individuals get into politics instead of playing with technology and venture funding to “make the world a better place.” This is one, on 42nd St (Oakland). ” Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area is out of control. There are at least ten within a mile of my house.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 11, 2016

He compared what we as marketers do with data to the way Billy Beane approached managing the Oakland Athletics in Michael Lewis’ book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. I recently spoke with Jeff Allen, a Senior Director at Adobe Analytics , about the role data plays within marketing.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 15, 2006

It is not about technology spend as it is way cheaper than years past. Just remember Billy Beane and his Oakland A’s. No matter how you slice it, despite this mantra of cheap, it is not as cheap as we all want because personnel costs are rising, not decreasing. The post The Arms Race for Talent appeared first on BeyondVC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

You have investors from the impact space, but also some straight from the technology industry. And it's, I think, especially in the tech industry, part of a very family unfriendly set of beliefs about what's important about people's whole identity and bringing that to work. So I wonder if you have encountered resistance or confusion.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Ward 6 Marketing was developed to help makers in technology, media, and creative fields traverse a sea of competition and land solidly with target customers. The name, Saranap dates back over 100 years when a commuter train cut across California, connecting Oakland to Sacramento. Thanks to Heath Fradkoff, Ward 6 Marketing. #10

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

Organizations such as CODE2040 are also playing a role in increasing minority representation in the technology industry. Headquartered in Oakland, CA, Mindblown was founded by Jason Young and Tracy Moore, both African-American Harvard graduates. Another example is 645 Ventures, a new venture fund founded by Nnamdi Okike.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor. Biologist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Steve Seitz. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Washington. View All Xconomy Events ›.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 8, 2017

If you were watching the Oakland Raiders beating the hapless New York Giants (so sad about Eli) this past Sunday, you surely saw a scene like this one: Quarterback Geno Smith using his Microsoft Surface tablet to figure out how he added two more fumbles to this career total of 43. I bumped into the lesson thanks to their NFL sponsorship.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. Last up, Ashesh Patel from Oakland, California, pitched StyleShop247.com StyleShop247.com. Discuss.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Each circle represents one of the fifty largest technology companies in the city, the size of each circle determined by the number of the company’s employees. on the Richter scale, but it severed the Bay Bridge, flattened a section of freeway in Oakland, and killed sixty-three people. or the 1960 Chilean earthquake (approximately 9.5)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

When Glenn asked the crowd of more than 800 VCs, entrepreneurs and technology executives how many of them hated him or thought they hated him there were many raised hands. On typecasting the worst of our respective parties as the ones who wreak havoc, in Milo Yiannopoulos vs. Occupy Oakland … “There’s no good guys here.

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