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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. I believe it will take all of Texas working together. Texas cities are diverse.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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Texas Gets A New Tech Equity Program

Austin Startup

We’ve recently partnered with one of our favorite Austin-based startups, Favor Delivery , to make sure that Texans have opportunities and pathways to thrive in a technology-fueled economy. Interested in getting involved? Share Dream Corp TECH with your employer as an opportunity to invest in surrounding underserved communities!

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Hibu’s Smart Solutions Spark Local Business Success Stories – Sponsored

The Startup Magazine

” Many small-business owners hesitated to embrace digital marketing before partnering with the agency. When a Texas-based heating and cooling repair company owner first heard about the agency, he dismissed them outright. A Rhode Island-based general contractor had zero internet presence before partnering with the agency.

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DEMO Report: Startup Creativity Through Variety

ReadWriteStart

The young companies that took the stage Wednesday to kick off the three-day startup fest in Santa Clara, California, demonstrated a surprisingly wide variety of software and Web services. E-Commerce Startups Focus on Video. Nevertheless, among the more than 30 startups that put on demonstrations, some had potential.

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Five Skills You Need for Startup Success, According to Ethernet Inventor Bob Metcalfe

ReadWriteStart

Ethernet inventor and generally accomplished tech super-guy Bob Metcalfe gave a great opening keynote talk at this morning's Capital Factory Demo Day in Austin, Texas. Are startups all about pulling all nighters and eating ramen noodles? Startups don't value sales people and skills highly enough, Metcalfe argues. Be healthy.

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The Magic Midnight Mind Meld

Both Sides of the Table

Want meet one of his key investors, USV partner Albert Wenger ? And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. It was a bunch of members of the Austin Startup Factory mixed with some out-of-towners like myself. Want to hang out with Dennis Crowley ?