1. Intro to Austin
Accelerators
by @joshuaBaer

2. people move
here every day150

3. top of every list

4. Bootstrap
first

5. revenue
focused

6. TRACTION
focused

7. Accelerators in Austin?
• Austin Technology Incubator (UT affiliated) @ATI_UT
• Bunker (veterans)
• Capital Factory (tech) @CapitalFactory @JoshuaBaer
• International Accelerator
• Longhorn Startup Lab (UT Austin students) @LonghornStartup
• SKU (consumer packaged goods) @IncuStation
• SXSW Accelerator
• Techstars (tech) @Techstars @Seats
• Medical Innovation Labs (medical devices)
• Unltd USA (social good) @UnLtdUSA

8. entrepreneur training
• ATI SEAL
• Rice Alliance Entrepreneur’s Workshop
• Tech Ranch VentureForth
• General Assembly
• IronYard
• MakerSquare

9. Accelerator components
All programs
• Funding ($20,000 - $200,000)
• Mentor Network
• Formal Training
• Server Hosting Credits
• Demo Day
Some more than others
• Office Space
• Recruiting Assistance
• Customer Introductions
• Investor Introductions
• Press Opportunities
• Alumni Network

10. Austin Startups
• Sparefoot (Capital Factory / Silverton / Insight VP)
• Trendkite (DreamIt / Capital Factory / Silverton)
• Cratejoy (Capital Factory / Y Combinator / Charles River)
• Pristine (Capital Factory / S3 Ventures)
• Plum (Techstars / Capital Factory)
• Patient.io (Techstars / Mercury Fund)
• PivotFreight (Techstars / Capital Factory / Silverton)

11. When Can I apply?
• Austin Technology Incubator - anytime
• Capital Factory - anytime
• SKU - spring
• Innovation Plus - ?
• International Accelerator - anytime
• Longhorn Startup Lab - fall and spring
• Techstars - January
• Texas Medical Accelerator - anytime
• Unltd USA - January

12. capital factory
Austin’s Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs
Last year 32,000 entrepreneurs, programmers
and designers gathered day and night for
meetups, classes and coworking.
Entrepreneurs come to Capital Factory to
Hone skills meetups and hackathons
Find a co-founder
Build a Minimum Viable Product
Meet angel investors and VCs
Find lighthouse customers
Keep costs low
Grow your team

15. 46,000 Square Feet full of
Entrepreneurs

16. programmers and
entrepreneurs
700Meetups and
Hackathons
32,000

17. classroom
teaching skills startups need

18. Some of the meetups

19. THe Blueprint
• Community Center
• Coworking pace
• Mentoring
• Fund
VIDEO STREAMING
Follow @Austintechlive

20. coworking
starts at $200/month

21. As your company starts to grow reserve
Dedicated Desks

22. Private offices
Sound proof and secure

23. Private offices
teams from 2-10 people

24. phones and tablets available in the
Device Lab

25. Google glass available in the
Device Lab

26. DEVICE Lab
3D Printers and more

27. DEVICE Lab
3D Printers and more

28. Find investors, introductions & advice at
office hours

29. Peer Roundtables
Learn from other entrepreneurs

30. SXSW and startup week
demo dayS

31. sxswStartup Village

32. Happy hours
bringing people together

33. DENSITY DRAWS IN EVERYONE THAT
STARTUPS WANT TO MEET

34. VIP Guests
• Bram Cohen, founder of BitTorrent
• Michael Dell, founder of Dell
• Richard Garriott, founder of Ultima Online
• Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet
• Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit
• Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal
• Slash, Guns & Roses
• Stephen Wolfram, founder of Mathematica

35. Accelerator
• Introductions to angel investors, mentors, customers,
strategic partners, employees
• First priority on offices and desks at Capital Factory
• Access to $150,000+ in matching funds
from Capital Factory, Silverton, FLOODGATE and our
AngelList Syndicate

36. Cratejoy Syndicate

37. Revolutionizing the $24 Billion
self storage industry
180 employees - $26 million funding insight Partners

38. wordpress hosting
Platform for business
150 employees - $18 million funding Northbridge

39. $6 Million Funding CHarles River Ventures, A16Z

40. Lots more…
• Aceable
• Goodybag
• Chiron Health
• Zing
• Nuve
• Pristine.io
• Smart Picture Tech
• Lynx Laboratories
• LanternCRM
• Impossible Ventures
• eRelevance Corp
• Pingboard
• Togga
• Curb
• Kenguru
• Aunt Bertha
• Weeva
• RealMassive
• ManagerComplete
• ihiji
• TripChamp

41. Apply online
• Coworking
http://capitalfactory.com/join
• Accelerator
http://angel.co/capitalfactory/apply
• Back the Syndicate
http://angel.co/capitalfactory/syndicate

42. if you found
this helpful
Please help
someone else
http://ATXStartupScene.com

43. ask me anything
• What do you look for?
• When am I ready?
• Am I too far along?
• What is the real time
commitment?
• How to get the most out
of Demo Day?
• How to get the most out
of AngelList?
• What’s an example of
how a mentor helps?
• How active is the alumni
network?
• Y Combinator, Techstars
• Capital Factory
• Longhorn Startup
• International Accelerator
• SKU, Unltd
• Austin Tech Incubator
• Bootstrapping
• Angel Investors
• Venture Capital
• Coffee Shops
• Coworking Spaces
• Associations
• Hack-a-thons
• Finding a Co-Founder
• Diversity
• Hardware
• UT Austin
• Crowdfunding

45. Angel investors
• Capital Factory Fund Mellie Price, Andrew Busey
• ATXSeed Chris Shonk
• CTAN Rick Timmins
• Individual Angels Ross Buhrdorf, Andrew Busey, Brett
Hurt, Dan Graham, Rony Kahan, Joe Liemandt, Tom
Meredith, Joel Trammell

46. Pitch Events
• Texas Venture Labs Investment
Competition (February)
• SXSW Accelerator (March)
• Capital Factory Demo Day at
SXSW (March)
• Techstars Demo Day (June
2015?)
• Global Venture Labs Investment
Competition (May)
• Capital Factory Demo Day at
Startup Week (October)
• Innotech Beta Summit (October)
• SKU Demo Day
• ATI Clean Tech & Wireless
Forums
• CTAN Presentation Day (5x)
• House of Genius

47. venture capital
• 500 Startups Dave McClure
• Disruption Paul Singh
• E-merge Patrice De Cafmeyer, Laurent Drion
• ff Ventures John Frankel
• First Round Josh Kopelman
• FLOODGATE Mike Maples, Jr.
• Mohr Davidow Bryan Stolle
• Sutter Hill Ventures Sam Pullara

48. coder training?
• General Assembly
• IronYard
• MakerSquare

49. what are the venture
capital firms?
• Austin Ventures Mike Dodd, Tom Ball, Chris Pacitti
• Silverton Partners Jon Bassett, Morgan Flager
• Live Oak Venture Partners Venu Shamapant
• Mercury Fund Aziz Gilani, Ned Hill
• S3 Ventures (enterprise + health) Rajiv Bala
• Sante Ventures (biotech) Kevin Lalande

50. what Blogs should I read?
• Bryan Menell - Austin Startup
austinstartup.com
• Jason Cohen - ASmartBear
asmartbear.com
• Brett Hurt - Lucky7
lucky7.io
• Gordon Daugherty - Shockwave
shockwaveinnovations.com
• Ash Maurya - Running Lean
practicetrumpstheory.com
• Kip McClanahan - ReOverthinking
reoverthinking.com
• Silicon Hills News
siliconhillsnews.com
• WeAreAustinTech
weareaustintech.com
• Silicon Hills Law
siliconhillslawyer.com
• Joshua Baer - Austinpreneur
austinpreneur.com

51. if you found
this helpful
Please help
someone else
http://ATXStartupScene.com