1. Intro to the Austin
Startup Scene
by @joshuaBaer

3. 1. Why Austin?
2. The Essentials
3. History Lesson

4. 1. Why Austin?
2. The Essentials
3. History Lesson
1. ut austin
2. sxsw
3. dell
4. capital factory
5. startup week

5. 1. Why Austin?
2. The Essentials
3. History Lesson
1. ut austin
2. sxsw
3. dell
4. capital factory
5. startup week
How do I find a co-founder?
How do I find investors?
How do I find mentors?
How do I find a startup to work at?
Should I join an accelerator?
How do I get started with angel investing?

6. 1. Why Austin?
2. The Essentials
3. History Lesson
LAWYERS
HAPPY HOURS
COWORKING
VENTURE CAPITAL
HARDWARE
MEETUPS HACKATHONS
WOMEN
ACCELERATORS
BLOGS
PRESS
ASSOCIATIONS
BANKS
REAL ESTATE
1. ut austin
2. sxsw
3. dell
4. capital factory
5. startup week
Cofounders
How do I find a co-founder?
How do I find investors?
How do I find mentors?
How do I find a startup to work at?
Should I join an accelerator?
How do I get started with angel investing?

7. Find this
ONline
http://ATXStartupScene.com

9. Bijoy Goswami
@Bijoy
ATXEquation.org

10. people move
here every day150

11. top of every list

12. Bootstrap
first

13. revenue
focused

14. quality
of life

15. social
capital

16. rising
tide

17. http://startupdigest.com/austin

22. 10,000+ attendees - SXSW & startup week
startup crawl

24. • Berlin, Germany
• Denver, CO
• Detroit, MI
• Chicago, IL
• London, England
• Minneapolis, MN
• Montreal, Canada
• Nashville, TN
• Raleigh-Durham, NC
• San Francisco, CA
• Tel Aviv, Israel
• Waterloo, Canada
Tech Hub Network

25. History

26. George
Kozmetsky

27. Bobby
Inman

28. Pike Powers
@auspow

29. MCCMicroelectronics and Computer Consortium

30. Michael Dell
@Michaeldell

31. Dell

32. ionaireDell

33. virtuous cycle
Angel
Investors
Startups
Success
Stories
virtuous
cycle

34. Tivoli
TippingPengun
SMART Technologies

35. Trilogy

38. Indeed

40. Up and coming
• DrillingInfo
• Edgecase
• Eagle Eye Networks
• Impossible Ventures
• Main Street Hub
• Outbound Engine
• PostUp
• Spredfast
• Sparefoot.com
• Spiceworks
• Umbel
• uShip
• WP Engine

41. Recent Success
• Black Locus > Home Depot
• Boundless > Zazzle
• Dachis Group > Spriklr
• Food on the Table > Food Network
• Gazzang > Cloudera
• Mass Relevance > Spredfast
• MapMyFitness > Under Armor
• Ridescout > Car2Go
• Spanning > EMC

42. 800 lB Gorillas
• Apple
• Atlassian
• Bazaarvoice
• BigCommerce
• Box
• Dell
• Dropbox
• Facebook
• Google
• HomeAway
• IBM
• Indeed
• Microsoft
• RetailMeNot
• SolarWinds

45. Ben Dyer
Founder of Peachtree Software
Cockrell Entrepreneur in Residence

46. Bob Metcalfe
Inventor of Ethernet
Founder of 3Com
Professor of Innovation

47. Longhorn Startup
SPRING Demo Day
LBJ Library Auditorium
University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, April 30
5pm-10pm
http://lsdemoday.eventbrite.com

49. Angel investors
• Capital Factory Fund @JoshuaBaer @MelliePrice @AndrewBusey
• ATXSeed Chris Shonk
• Individual Angels @RossInAustin (Ross Buhrdorf) @BazaarBrett
(Brett Hurt) @maharg (Dan Graham) @seats (Jason Seats)
@AmericanCEO (Joel Trammell) @DeepEddyCEO (Clayton Christopher),
Rony Kahan, Joe Liemandt, Tom Meredith

50. • One of the most active angel groups in the country
• Not just tech
• Quarterly application cycle
• Monthly office hours
• Rick Timmins is the Chairman
• Claire England is the Executive Director

53. venture capital
• Silverton Partners @Jon_Bassett, Morgan Flager
• Live Oak Venture Partners @VShamapant (Venu)
• Mercury Fund @TexasVC (Aziz Gilani) @NedHill
• S3 Ventures (enterprise + health) @RajivBala
• Sante Ventures (biotech) Kevin Lalande
• Offset Ventures Chris Pacitti (Austin Ventures)

54. venture capital
• 500 Startups @DaveMcClure
• Disruption @PaulSingh
• ff Ventures @John_Frankel
• First Round @JoshK (Kopelman)
• FLOODGATE @M2Jr (Mike Maples, Jr.)
• Mohr Davidow @BDStolle (Bryan Stolle)
• Sutter Hill Ventures @SamPullara

55. Accelerators
• Austin Technology Incubator (UT affiliated) @ATI_UT
• Bunker (veterans) @TheBunkerAustin
• Capital Factory (tech) @CapitalFactory @JoshuaBaer
• International Accelerator @IntlAccelerator
• Longhorn Startup Lab (UT Austin students) @LonghornStartup
• SKU (consumer packaged goods) @SKUatx (formerly Incubation Station)
• SXSW Accelerator
• Techstars (tech) @Techstars @Seats
• Medical Innovation Labs (medical devices)
• Unltd USA (social good) @UnLtdUSA
Intro to Austin Accelerators 2nd Tuesday of each month at 4pm

56. 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

58. 46,000 Square Feet full of
Entrepreneurs

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

60. classroom
teaching skills startups need

61. Some of the meetups

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

63. coworking
starts at $200/month

64. As your company starts to grow reserve
Dedicated Desks

65. Private offices
Sound proof and secure

66. Private offices
teams from 2-10 people

67. phones and tablets available in the
Device Lab

68. Google glass available in the
Device Lab

69. DEVICE Lab
3D Printers and more

70. Find investors, introductions & advice at
office hours

71. Peer Roundtables
Learn from other entrepreneurs

72. startup Games
instilling corporate culture

73. SXSW and startup week
demo dayS

74. sxswStartup Village

75. Happy hours
bringing people together

76. DENSITY DRAWS IN EVERYONE THAT
STARTUPS WANT TO MEET

77. 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

78. 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

79. Cratejoy Syndicate

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

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

82. $6 Million Funding CHarles River Ventures, A16Z

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

84. 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

85. Blogs
• 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

86. FACEBOOK
• Austin Startups
http://facebook.com/groups/austinstartups
• Capital Factory Members
http://facebook.com/groups/cfcoworking
• Capital Factory Jobs
http://facebook.com/groups/cfstartupjobs
• Capital Factory News
http://facebook.com/groups/cfstartupnews
• Longhorn Startup
http://facebook.com/groups/longhornstartup
• Austin Tech Volunteers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/atxtechvolunteers/

87. Twitter

88. Organizers
• Damon Clinkscales
• Jacqueline Hughes
• Bijoy Goswami
• Ryan Joy
• Noah Kagan
• Bryan Menell
• Pat Ramsey
• Lani Rosales
• Travis Swicegood
• Gillian Wilson
• UT - Bob Metcalfe
• UT - Nick Spiller

89. Happy Hours
• Tech Happy Hour http://www.austintechhh.com
• Big Ass Social Happy Hour http://www.thebashh.com
• Capital Factory Incubator Happy Hour (social members)

90. Coffee Shops
• Cafe Medici
• Houndstooth
• Bennu
• Halcyon
• Lola Savannah
• Jo’s on Second
Bars too...
• CU29
• Buffalo Billiards
• The Gingerman
• The W Bar

91. Coworking
• Capital Factory (tech startups, downtown)
• Chicon Collective (east side)
• Link Coworking (central)
• Opportunity Space (east side)
• Orange Coworking (south)
• Tech Ranch (arboretum)
• Vuka (south)
• WeWork (downtown)

92. Hacking
• Cafe Bedouins
• HackTX
• 3 Day Startup
• Startup Weekend
• Lean Startup Machine
• AngelHack
• Hack4TX
• Civic Hack Night

93. Just for Ladies
• All Girl Hack Night
• ATX Nerdy Ladies
• AVINDE
• Epic Office Hours for Women
• Girl Develop It
• GirlStart
• PyLadies
• RailsGirls
• SheDesigns
• SheHacks
• TEDxAustinWomen
• UT Women in Computer Science
• UT Women in Engineering
• Women@Austin
• Women Who Code

94. Hardware
• ATX Hackerspace atxhackerspace.com
• MAKEatx makeatx.com
• Technology Kitchen technologykitchen.com
• Techshop Austin techshop.ws

95. Hardware Startups
• Atlas Wearables
• Pixy
• Plum
• wigwag
• Brewbot
• Briggo
• Curb Energy
• RoboReel
• Welcome
• Flow Gardens
• Lynx Laboratories
• Sapphire
• Smart Picture Tech
• Kenguru
• Pecan Street Research

96. Dev SHops
• Chaotic Moon chaoticmoon.com
• Electrik Company electrik.co
• Growth Acceleration Partners
• Jackrabbit Mobile jackrabbitmobile.com
• Mutual Mobile mutualmobile.com
• Thinktiv thinktiv.com

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

99. Press
• Statesman Lori Hawkins, Kirk Ladendorf, Omar Gallaga
• Austin Business Journal Christopher Calnan
• Daily Dot Josh Rubin
• VentureBeat Tom Cheredar
• GigaOm Stacey Higginbotham
• Silicon Hills News Laura Lorek, Susan Lahey
• Techzette
• The Austin Phoenix Kelly Holt

100. PR Firms
• Jones-Dilworth Josh Dilworth
• Porter Novelli Caroline Traylor

101. Startup Lawyers
• KHGR Evan Kastner
• Jones-Spross Brian Spross
• Wilson Sonsini (WSGR) Brian Beard & Paul Tobias
• Andrews-Kurth Matt Lyons
• DLA Piper Paul Hurdlow
• Sprinkle Law Steve Sprinkle (IP)

102. Associations
• Austin Chamber Michele Skelding
• Austin Technology Council (ATC) Julie Huls
• Brazos Tech District
• Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA)
• Entrepreneur’s Foundation (EF) Eugene Sepulveda
• Leadership Austin Ashley Phillips
• Rice Alliance Robert McKee
• Texchange
• Young Entrepreur’s Organization (YEO) / Young President’s Organization (YPO)
• Young Men’s / Young Women’s Business League (YMBL)

103. Banks
• Chase Jonathan Lee, chase.com
• Silicon Valley Bank Jonathan Miller
• Square 1 Bank
• Comerica

104. Real Estate
• Aleshire Company Jon Aleshire
• Aquila Jay Lamy
• Colliers Doug Jones
• Hill Partners

105. Cities Unique
Ambitions
By Paul Graham
Boston
Be smart

106. Cities Unique
Ambitions
By Paul Graham
Silicon Valley
Be Powerful

107. Cities Unique
Ambitions
By Paul Graham
NYC
Be Rich

108. Cities Unique
Ambitions
By Paul Graham
Los Angeles
Be Famous

109. Cities Unique
Ambitions
By Paul Graham
Washington, DC
Be an Insider

110. Cities Unique
Ambitions
Austin
Be Yourself
By Bijoy Goswami

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113. ask me anything
• Angel Investors
• Venture Capital
• Incubators/Accelerators
• Coffee Shops
• Coworking Spaces
• Banks
• Lawyers
• Real Estate Reps
• Dev Shops
• Associations
• Hack-a-thons
• Finding a Co-Founder
• Local Tech Reporters
• Meetups
• Blogs
• Hardware
• Women in Tech
• Startup Games
• Capital Factory
• Google
• Dell
• Longhorn Startup
• UT Austin
• St. Edwards University
• Recruiting Firms
• PR Firms
• Crowdfunding

114. if you found
this helpful
Please help
someone else
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