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.

1. by Damon Clinkscales
Intro to the
Austin
Startup Scene

2. Austin
Open Coffee Club
(Instigator)
Austin on Rails
(Co-Founder / Leader)
Cafe Bedouins
(Founder)
Austin API
(Co-Organizer)
Techstars
(Mentor)
@damon
VitalSource
(Early Engineer)
DoesFollow
(Founder)

3. Austin
where we’ll 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 we’ll begin
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
4
• Kudos"
• Upcoming"
• Map It"
• Companies"
• Unicorns"
• Vibe

5. KUDOS

6. 6

7. 7

9. Austin’s Changing Skyline

14. YOU’LL NEED A MAP
http://austintechmap.com/company/map

16. http://bit.ly/austinscene

17. COMPANIES

18. Up and Coming
• WP Engine"
• Umbel"
• Filament Labs"
• Pristine"
• Shelfbucks"
• YouEarnedIt
• Compare Metrics"
• Spredfast"
• Sparefoot"
• Spiceworks"
• Tabbed Out"
• uShip

19. • IPO’d 2011"
• Symbol: AWAY!
• Value: $3.3B

20. • IPO’d 2012"
• Symbol: BV!
• Value: $560M

21. • Acquired 2012"
• private sale!
• Value: $1B?

22. • IPO’d 2013"
• Symbol: SALE!
• Value: $1.35B

25. Austin represent.

26. Austin
represent.
Offices in Austin

31. AUSTIN

32. our beloved home

33. BOOTSTRAP !
FIRST

34. REVENUE
FOCUSED

35. QUALITY !
OF LIFE

36. SOCIAL
CAPITAL

37. RISING TIDE

38. BE YOURSELF

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

41. Brad Feld’s Boulder Thesis

42. JOSHUA BAER
@JOSHUABAER

43. http://bit.ly/baer-consumer-internet

44. Austin is
awesome.
No kidding.

45. KEVIN KOYM
@KKOYM

46. JACQUELINE HUGHES
@JACQUELINESLIFE

47. JOSH JONES-DILWORTH
@JOSHDILWORTH

48. ASH MAURYA
@ASHMAURYA
Austin
Lean
Startup
Circle

49. JASON SEATS
@SEATS

50. KERRY RUPP
@KERRY_RUPP
STEVE WELCH
@WELCHSTEVEN

51. they run multiple"
10-week web
development intensive
bootcamps per year in
downtown Austin & SF
they’re also offering
part-time courses
across Texas to learn
front-end programming
Harsh ShehzanRavi Shaan
MakerSquare

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

57. WHERE TO !
SIGN UP

58. http://startupdigest.com/austin

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/

60. WHERE TO
HANG OUT

61. Happy Hours
•Austin Tech Happy Hour (ATHH)"
•Big Ass Social Happy Hour (BASHH)"
•Capital Factory Happy Hours

62. Coworking Spaces
62
•Capital Factory"
•Conjunctured"
•GoLab"
•Link"
•Perch
•Opportunity Space"
•Tech Ranch"
•Vuka Co-op"
•HubAustin"
•Chicon Collective

63. Coffee Shops
"
• Dominican Joe"
• Cenote"
• Epoch (24 hr)"
• Bennu (24 hr)"
• Radio
• Houndstooth"
• Caffe Medici"
• Halcyon"
• Jo’s (on 2nd)"
• Hideout

64. Bars
• The Gingerman"
• Handlebar"
• Easy Tiger"
• CU29 Cocktail Bar"

65. WHERE TO
MEET UP

66. Hacking
• Cafe Bedouins"
• HackTX"
• OpenHack ATX"
• Open Austin
• 3 Day Startup"
• Startup Weekend"
• AngelHack"
• MakerSquare

67. Entrepreneur Meetups
• ATX Co-Founders"
• Austin Lean Startup Circle"
• Austin Open Coffee Club"
• Austin TechBreakfast"
• TeXchange

68. Tech Meetups
• Austin on Rails"
• Austin.rb"
• Refresh Austin"
• ATX Hardware "
• Austin JavaScript"
• Austin Wordpress"
"
• AustinJUG "
• Austin Data Geeks"
• Austin Node.js "
• AWPUG"
• Austin Python"
• Austin PHP

69. Finding a Co-Founder
• ATX Co-Founders"
• FounderDating"
• Startup Weekend"
• Lean Startup Machine"
• 3 Day Startup"
• Coworking Spaces"
• Meetups"
• Hackathons

70. Incubators / Accelerators
• Austin Technology
Incubator"
• Techstars"
• Capital Factory"
• Dreamit Ventures"
• Incubation Station"
• Longhorn Startup"
• Tech Ranch Austin"
• Thinktiv

71. Tech/Biz Groups for Women
• SheHacksATX"
• SheDesignsATX"
• PyLadies "
• Women@Austin
• Girl Develop It"
• All Girl Hack Night"
• Women Who Code"
• RailsGirlsATX

72. KEEPING TABS

73. Austin Startup Press
• Lori Hawkins (Austin American-Statesman)"
• Christopher Calnan (Austin Business
Journal)"
• Laura Lorek, Susan Lahey (Silicon Hills
News)"
• The Austin Phoenix (Austin
Entrepreneurs / Small Businesses)"
• Techzette (Austin Tech Journal)

74. Austin Startup Blogs
• Bryan Menell‘s AustinStartup"
• Brett Hurt’s lucky7"
• Joshua Baer‘s austinpreneur"
• Capital Factory blog"
• Gordon Daugherty’s Shockwave
Innovations blog"
• BP3 Blog (“Austin” section)
• Tech Ranch Austin’s blog"
• Austin Technology Incubator
blog"
• Thinktiv’s blog"
• Austin Technology Council"
• Jason Cohen, A Smart Bear"
• Sparefoot blog

75. Go to Twitter!
"
search for “Austin startup”

76. Go to Twitter!
"
search for “Austin startup”
BO
O
M
!

77. FUNDING

79. Demo Days / Pitch Events
• Capital Factory"
• Incubation Station
Showcase"
• Dreamit Ventures"
• Techstars"
• Longhorn Startup Lab"
"
• CTAN Pitches"
• RISE Fast Pitch "
• SXSW Accelerator"
• Innotech Beta Summit

80. • CopperEgg > Idera"
• HeyRide > Sidecar"
• MapMyFitness > UnderArmour"
• Infochimps > CSC
• ObjectRocket > Rackspace"
• Mass Relevance > Spredfast"
• Dachis Group > Sprinklr"
• Gazzang > Cloudera
Recent M&A Activity

82. Investors
• Austin Ventures"
• Silverton Partners"
• G-51 Capital"
• Live Oak Ventures
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 “Plug In”
• 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 —
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

85. THINK BIGGER

86. “I 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 five months, the future for Austin's
tech entrepreneurship scene has never been brighter.”
http://lucky7.io/post/the-state-of-tech-entrepreneurship-in-austin

87. Thank You
Welcome to
Austin!

88. Creative Commons
• Austin Skyline
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreanna/3518652360 (by adreanna)"
• Pennybacker Bridge
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84077682@N00/3334079907/“ (by_tiffany)"
• Austin City Limits Festival
https://www.flickr.com/photos/choose_freewill/244298560/ (by choose_freewill)"
• Circuit of the Americas, Formula One Racing (Austin)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/guvnah/8195533480/ (by guvnah)"
• Austin Skyline with planned projects (July 2014)
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)
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)
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/edgl45fkm/no-1-austin-texas/"
• Top 30 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs (Under 30 CEO)
http://under30ceo.com/top-30-best-cities-for-young-entrepreneurs-2013/"
• The 7 Hottest Startup Scenes in the U.S. (Entrepreneur)
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227436"
• Bijoy’s JOurneY (3 parts) on Steve Golab’s blog (fg2 blog)
http://www.fg2.com/category/journey-2/"
• Kauffman Sketchbook StartupVille
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXD5vt0xhyI"
• Can the Tech Industry Follow Trilogy’s Example?
http://www.statesman.com/news/technology/can-austin-tech-industry-follow-trilogys-example-t/nRk7M/
References