Get the lowdown of what's going on in the Austin startup scene. These slides are from the Intro to the Austin Startup Scene meetup at Capital Factory http://bit.ly/welcome2austin .
Josh Baer's version of this presentation can be seen at this link http://bit.ly/intro2austin.
delivered presentation again (and updated the slides) on July 29, 2014.
3. Austin
where weâll begin
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
3
⢠Kudos"
⢠Upcoming"
⢠Map It"
⢠Companies"
⢠Unicorns"
⢠Vibe
⢠Startup Communities"
⢠People To Know
⢠Where to Sign Up"
⢠Where to Hang Out"
⢠Where to Meet Up"
⢠How to Keep Tabs"
⢠Funding Options
4. Austin
where weâll begin
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
4
⢠Kudos"
⢠Upcoming"
⢠Map It"
⢠Companies"
⢠Unicorns"
⢠Vibe
39. Austin
where we are
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
39
⢠Kudos"
⢠Upcoming"
⢠Map It"
⢠Companies"
⢠Unicorns"
⢠Vibe
⢠Startup Communities"
⢠People To Know
51. they run multiple"
10-week web
development intensive
bootcamps per year in
downtown Austin & SF
theyâre also offering
part-time courses
across Texas to learn
front-end programming
Harsh ShehzanRavi Shaan
MakerSquare
52.
53.
54.
55.
56. Austin
where we will end
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
56
⢠Kudos"
⢠Upcoming"
⢠Map It"
⢠Companies"
⢠Unicorns"
⢠The Vibe
⢠Startup Communities"
⢠People To Know
⢠Where to Sign Up"
⢠Where to Hang Out"
⢠Where to Meet Up"
⢠How to Keep Tabs"
⢠Funding Options
59. Facebook Groups
Austin Startups
Austin Digital Jobs
Capital Factory Jobs
Capital Factory News
Austin Freelance Gigs
https://www.facebook.com/groups/austindigitaljobs/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinstartups/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/capitalfactoryjobs/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/freelanceatx/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cfstartupnews/
71. Tech/Biz Groups for Women
⢠SheHacksATX"
⢠SheDesignsATX"
⢠PyLadies "
⢠Women@Austin
⢠Girl Develop It"
⢠All Girl Hack Night"
⢠Women Who Code"
⢠RailsGirlsATX
82. Investors
⢠Austin Ventures"
⢠Silverton Partners"
⢠G-51 Capital"
⢠Live Oak Ventures â¨
Partners"
⢠S3 Ventures"
⢠CTAN (Angels)
⢠500 Startups (SV/SF)"
⢠Foundry Group (Boulder)"
⢠Mercury Fund (Houston)"
⢠Mohr Davidow Ventures (SF)"
⢠Floodgate Fund (SF)"
⢠First Round Capital (NYC)
83. Funding News
⢠CTAN is regularly a Top 5
Angel Investor group in U.S."
⢠Techstars incubated/invested
in another 11 companies "
⢠Capital Factory invested/
incubated another 28
companies"
⢠Dreamit Ventures incubated/
invested in another 9
companies"
"
⢠Live Oak ($100M)"
⢠Mercury ($125M)"
⢠Silverton ($75M)"
⢠S3 Ventures ($75M)"
⢠Austin startup venture
investment up 78% in Q2
2014.
84. Ways to âPlug Inâ
⢠Sign up for newsletters and
follow interesting folks/orgs
on Twitter"
⢠Attend community meetups
and happy hours"
⢠Go to hackathons, Startup
Weekends, and Demo Days"
⢠Invite interesting people you
meet for a cup of coffee"
"
⢠Be helpful to others â
make introductions, give
feedback, be open to the
possibilities"
⢠Share your experiences
as you go on a blog and
social networks"
⢠Interact with / be helpful
to others on social media
86. âI don't think about us catching up ⌠frankly, it is
impossible for us to do so. Rather, I think about us
embracing what is unique in - and cool about - Austin.
Austin is a city where people can be themselves - can be
authentic, as Bijoy Goswami, founder of Bootstrap Austin,
and I recently discussed over lunch. But I do think about
providing the capital and the knowhow to those
entrepreneurs that want to transition to a second-stage
frame of mind. And, in my opinion after hundreds of
meetings over the past ďŹve months, the future for Austin's
tech entrepreneurship scene has never been brighter.â
http://lucky7.io/post/the-state-of-tech-entrepreneurship-in-austin
88. Creative Commons
⢠Austin Skylineâ¨
http://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/andreanna/3518652360 (by adreanna)"
⢠Pennybacker Bridgeâ¨
http://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/84077682@N00/3334079907/â (by_tiffany)"
⢠Austin City Limits Festivalâ¨
https://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/choose_freewill/244298560/ (by choose_freewill)"
⢠Circuit of the Americas, Formula One Racing (Austin)â¨
https://www.ďŹickr.com/photos/guvnah/8195533480/ (by guvnah)"
⢠Austin Skyline with planned projects (July 2014)â¨
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?
s=97067aae7cb96d8642f92b8db83071df&p=6661157&postcount=753 (by Chiveman & Mopacs)
Photo Credits
89. ⢠The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014 (Forbes)â¨
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2013/12/26/the-metro-areas-with-the-most-economic-momentum-going-into-2014/"
⢠The Next Biggest Boom Towns (Forbes)â¨
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/edgl45fkm/no-1-austin-texas/"
⢠Top 30 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs (Under 30 CEO)â¨
http://under30ceo.com/top-30-best-cities-for-young-entrepreneurs-2013/"
⢠The 7 Hottest Startup Scenes in the U.S. (Entrepreneur)â¨
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227436"
⢠Bijoyâs JOurneY (3 parts) on Steve Golabâs blog (fg2 blog)â¨
http://www.fg2.com/category/journey-2/"
⢠Kauffman Sketchbook StartupVilleâ¨
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXD5vt0xhyI"
⢠Can the Tech Industry Follow Trilogyâs Example?â¨
http://www.statesman.com/news/technology/can-austin-tech-industry-follow-trilogys-example-t/nRk7M/
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