This document provides an overview of accelerators and the startup ecosystem in Austin, Texas. It lists 10 accelerators located in Austin that focus on different industries and startup stages. It also lists several entrepreneur training programs. All accelerators provide funding, mentoring, training and networking opportunities. Some notable Austin startups that have gone through local accelerators are also mentioned. The document concludes by listing local angel investors, pitch events, venture capital firms, coding schools, and blogs that are relevant for Austin entrepreneurs.
Find out from an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor how to meet angel investors in Austin and answer questions from the audience.
Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. In 2008 he founded Capital Factory, a startup incubator and co-working space in Austin, Texas. Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. Josh was recently recognized as the Austin Community Leader of the Year, Tribeza Person of the Year, Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, Eisenhower Fellow and a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations Young Leaders Forum. Josh lives in Austin with his wife Amy and three children. You can follow him on Twitter @joshuabaer
Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Austin. Last year more than 50,000 entrepreneurs, programmers and designers gathered day and night for meetups, classes and coworking. We meet the best entrepreneurs in Austin and introduce them to their first investors, employees and customers. We have a series of matching funds so that a startup can convince 2 of our mentors to invest personally it can unlock hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional automatic funding.
Austin, Texas - #1 Startup Metro in the U.S.Joshua Baer
This is the slide deck for the "Why Austin?" presentation by Joshua Baer of Capital Factory for his Eisenhower Fellowship to Ireland in September 2015.
Austin is on fire – and it’s not just the summer heat. Austin is the fastest growing metro in the country and the Kauffman Foundation just rated it the #1 startup metro in the U.S. Successful entrepreneurs are moving here from Silicon Valley and around the world to start new companies. Apple, Amazon, Athena Healthcare, Atlassian, BigCommerce, Box, Dropbox, Facebook and Google are all expanding here – bringing talent with them and bringing critical experience to the talent that we already have here.
Find out how Austin became a Tech Hub and what is unique about it's success.
How to Start STARTING a Company - Longhorn Startup at UT AustinJoshua Baer
Kick off the year with Longhorn Startup as we begin this year's seminar lecture with none other than Joshua Baer himself. A short open pitch session will also take place so be sure to come with your great ideas and start the semester off strong!
How to Start Starting a Company
Are you passionate about entrepreneurship but still looking for inspiration? Do you know that you want to found the next great company but aren't sure where to begin? Attend this session to receive actionable suggestions from a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who has talked to more than 1,000 entrepreneurs. You'll walk away from this presentation with an idea of what you need to do next and a framework for how to evaluate your idea and decide if it's the right startup idea for you, backup up by real world examples from successful entrepreneurs. Naturally, this session will attract many aspiring entrepreneurs who need to find others to work with, partner with, or learn from. If you're ready to start your own company but haven't yet, attend this session and get the adrenaline shot you need to make it happen!
Find out:
How do I find inspiration for my great idea? I know I want to be an entrepreneur but I haven't found the perfect idea yet.
What should I be doing and how should I spend my time?
How do I evaluate whether or not an idea is a good one?
What criteria should I use to compare one idea to another?
How do I decide if this is an idea I should pursue?
What makes a good idea the right idea for me?
Why am I the right person to make this vision a reality and what are my competitive advantages?
The Longhorn Startup Seminar is a lecture-based course in the Fall semester that features prominent entrepreneurs telling the stories of how they founded their companies and answering questions from the students. Students get to pitch their idea to the class and participate in speed-dating events to meet potential co-founders and get advice from mentors. Any student from any college can register for either of these course numbers: CS178 ES177.
The Longhorn Startup Lab is an intensive project-based course in the Spring semester that identifies student entrepreneurs who are building scalable technology companies and gets them real course credit for working on their startups while still in school. These students receive weekly one-on-one mentoring sessions with successful entrepreneurs and free coworking memberships at Capital Factory. The semester culminates in a Demo Day where the students present their companies to the Austin community. Any student from any college can register for either of these course numbers: CS378 ES377E MAN337. You MUST ALSO fill out this application form for instructor approval.
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene - Damon ClinkscalesDamon Clinkscales
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.
The presentation talks about the different community initiatives - meet ups, prototyping events, Co-Working spaces, Maker communities, Angel Groups and Events being hosted in Chennai to support the startup Ecosystem.
This presentation was presented at Barclays Centre in Chennai. Feel free to reach out to author for corrections, comments and feedback.
Find out from an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor how to meet angel investors in Austin and answer questions from the audience.
Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. In 2008 he founded Capital Factory, a startup incubator and co-working space in Austin, Texas. Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. Josh was recently recognized as the Austin Community Leader of the Year, Tribeza Person of the Year, Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, Eisenhower Fellow and a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations Young Leaders Forum. Josh lives in Austin with his wife Amy and three children. You can follow him on Twitter @joshuabaer
Capital Factory is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Austin. Last year more than 50,000 entrepreneurs, programmers and designers gathered day and night for meetups, classes and coworking. We meet the best entrepreneurs in Austin and introduce them to their first investors, employees and customers. We have a series of matching funds so that a startup can convince 2 of our mentors to invest personally it can unlock hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional automatic funding.
Austin, Texas - #1 Startup Metro in the U.S.Joshua Baer
This is the slide deck for the "Why Austin?" presentation by Joshua Baer of Capital Factory for his Eisenhower Fellowship to Ireland in September 2015.
Austin is on fire – and it’s not just the summer heat. Austin is the fastest growing metro in the country and the Kauffman Foundation just rated it the #1 startup metro in the U.S. Successful entrepreneurs are moving here from Silicon Valley and around the world to start new companies. Apple, Amazon, Athena Healthcare, Atlassian, BigCommerce, Box, Dropbox, Facebook and Google are all expanding here – bringing talent with them and bringing critical experience to the talent that we already have here.
Find out how Austin became a Tech Hub and what is unique about it's success.
How to Start STARTING a Company - Longhorn Startup at UT AustinJoshua Baer
Kick off the year with Longhorn Startup as we begin this year's seminar lecture with none other than Joshua Baer himself. A short open pitch session will also take place so be sure to come with your great ideas and start the semester off strong!
How to Start Starting a Company
Are you passionate about entrepreneurship but still looking for inspiration? Do you know that you want to found the next great company but aren't sure where to begin? Attend this session to receive actionable suggestions from a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who has talked to more than 1,000 entrepreneurs. You'll walk away from this presentation with an idea of what you need to do next and a framework for how to evaluate your idea and decide if it's the right startup idea for you, backup up by real world examples from successful entrepreneurs. Naturally, this session will attract many aspiring entrepreneurs who need to find others to work with, partner with, or learn from. If you're ready to start your own company but haven't yet, attend this session and get the adrenaline shot you need to make it happen!
Find out:
How do I find inspiration for my great idea? I know I want to be an entrepreneur but I haven't found the perfect idea yet.
What should I be doing and how should I spend my time?
How do I evaluate whether or not an idea is a good one?
What criteria should I use to compare one idea to another?
How do I decide if this is an idea I should pursue?
What makes a good idea the right idea for me?
Why am I the right person to make this vision a reality and what are my competitive advantages?
The Longhorn Startup Seminar is a lecture-based course in the Fall semester that features prominent entrepreneurs telling the stories of how they founded their companies and answering questions from the students. Students get to pitch their idea to the class and participate in speed-dating events to meet potential co-founders and get advice from mentors. Any student from any college can register for either of these course numbers: CS178 ES177.
The Longhorn Startup Lab is an intensive project-based course in the Spring semester that identifies student entrepreneurs who are building scalable technology companies and gets them real course credit for working on their startups while still in school. These students receive weekly one-on-one mentoring sessions with successful entrepreneurs and free coworking memberships at Capital Factory. The semester culminates in a Demo Day where the students present their companies to the Austin community. Any student from any college can register for either of these course numbers: CS378 ES377E MAN337. You MUST ALSO fill out this application form for instructor approval.
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene - Damon ClinkscalesDamon Clinkscales
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.
The presentation talks about the different community initiatives - meet ups, prototyping events, Co-Working spaces, Maker communities, Angel Groups and Events being hosted in Chennai to support the startup Ecosystem.
This presentation was presented at Barclays Centre in Chennai. Feel free to reach out to author for corrections, comments and feedback.
This talk provides an overview of the developer scene in Austin and addressed a typical structure and benefits of running / participating in developer-oriented meetup groups.
(Presented during ATX Startup Week 2015 at Techstars Austin)
Tools, Techniques and Resources for Supporting Supporting the Dis-employed as...Jim Adcock
Presentation from November 2010 on ways to help unemployed survive unemployment and get a new job! Audience is caregivers in the St Martin's Lutheran Church Stephen Ministry
Chinaccelerator, in cooperation with Tech Temple and GWC, once again hosted their program-annual 10X10 Beijing on March 8th, 2014.
The Geeks on a Train tour takes the Chinaccelerator startups on a ride from Shanghai to Beijing, then back down to Hangzhou before returning to Shanghai.
As part of the tour, the 10x10 conference brings attendees 10 tech pioneers (in this case we had 12!) and top VC's from the startup ecosystem in China. This is an amazing opportunity for attendees to have a peek at the first startup accelerator program in China, meet interesting people and listen to amazing speakers.
As always, each of them takes attendees on a 10-minute tour of their own startup trials and tribulations, wins and losses, then give some great advice and maybe a secret or two about what they learned to help make them the superstars they are today.
These are their slides, we hope you enjoy them. Thank you for supporting Chinaccelerator and entrepreneurship worldwide.
Techstars organized a boot camp for people who served in the military. The focus is to teach / encourage veterans to think about starting or joining tech startups. This presentation is a primer on fundraising and other related items.
WATCH THE VIDEO AT http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
Joshua Baer from Capital Factory gives a comprehensive overview of the Austin Startup Scene including it's unique elements, some history, the up and coming stars, the organizers, happy hours, meetups, coffee shops, coworking spots, incubators, university resources, venture capital and more.
Welcome to Austin! Here are the things you need to know about the Austin entrepreneurial and tech community.
Most important is that you sign up by email for the Austin Startup Digest, a weekly email with all of the events going on in the Austin entrepreneurship scene.
SIGN UP FOR EMAIL LISTS
Weekly Startup Calendar
http://startupdigest.com/austin
Weekly Video Interview
http://weareaustintech.com/
WATCH THIS VIDEO
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (1 hour)
http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
ATTEND THE NEXT MEETUP
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene Meetup
http://bit.ly/welcome2austin
FOLLOW ON TWITTER
JOIN FACEBOOK GROUPS
READ BLOGS
COWORKING
COFFEE SHOPS DOWNTOWN
COFFEE SHOPS IN THE BURBS
HAPPY HOURS
ENTREPRENEUR MEETUPS
TECHNICAL MEETUPS
HACKING MEETUPS
CLASSES
EVENTS
INCUBATORS
VENTURE CAPITAL
DEV SHOPS
LEGAL
PRESS CONTACTS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
REAL ESTATE
ACCOUNTS & TAXES
RECRUITING
EVENT PLANNING
ASSOCIATIONS
STARTUPS TO WATCH
ATX EQUATION
PHILANTHROPY
AUSTIN FUN
Are you passionate about entrepreneurship but still looking for inspiration? Do you know that you want to found the next great company but aren't sure where to begin? Attend this session to receive actionable suggestions from a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who has talked to more than 1,000 entrepreneurs. You'll walk away from this presentation with an idea of what you need to do next and a framework for how to evaluate your idea and decide if it's the right startup idea for you, backup up by real world examples from successful entrepreneurs. Naturally, this session will attract many aspiring entrepreneurs who need to find others to work with, partner with, or learn from. If you're ready to start your own company but haven't yet, attend this session and get the adrenaline shot you need to make it happen!
Find out:
How do I find inspiration for my great idea? I know I want to be an entrepreneur but I haven't found the perfect idea yet. What should I be doing and how should I spend my time?
How do I evaluate whether or not an idea is a good one? What criteria should I use to compare one idea to another?
How do I decide if this is an idea I should pursue? What makes a good idea the right idea for me? Why am I the right person to make this vision a reality and what are my competitive advantages?
This talk provides an overview of the developer scene in Austin and addressed a typical structure and benefits of running / participating in developer-oriented meetup groups.
(Presented during ATX Startup Week 2015 at Techstars Austin)
Tools, Techniques and Resources for Supporting Supporting the Dis-employed as...Jim Adcock
Presentation from November 2010 on ways to help unemployed survive unemployment and get a new job! Audience is caregivers in the St Martin's Lutheran Church Stephen Ministry
Chinaccelerator, in cooperation with Tech Temple and GWC, once again hosted their program-annual 10X10 Beijing on March 8th, 2014.
The Geeks on a Train tour takes the Chinaccelerator startups on a ride from Shanghai to Beijing, then back down to Hangzhou before returning to Shanghai.
As part of the tour, the 10x10 conference brings attendees 10 tech pioneers (in this case we had 12!) and top VC's from the startup ecosystem in China. This is an amazing opportunity for attendees to have a peek at the first startup accelerator program in China, meet interesting people and listen to amazing speakers.
As always, each of them takes attendees on a 10-minute tour of their own startup trials and tribulations, wins and losses, then give some great advice and maybe a secret or two about what they learned to help make them the superstars they are today.
These are their slides, we hope you enjoy them. Thank you for supporting Chinaccelerator and entrepreneurship worldwide.
Techstars organized a boot camp for people who served in the military. The focus is to teach / encourage veterans to think about starting or joining tech startups. This presentation is a primer on fundraising and other related items.
WATCH THE VIDEO AT http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
Joshua Baer from Capital Factory gives a comprehensive overview of the Austin Startup Scene including it's unique elements, some history, the up and coming stars, the organizers, happy hours, meetups, coffee shops, coworking spots, incubators, university resources, venture capital and more.
Welcome to Austin! Here are the things you need to know about the Austin entrepreneurial and tech community.
Most important is that you sign up by email for the Austin Startup Digest, a weekly email with all of the events going on in the Austin entrepreneurship scene.
SIGN UP FOR EMAIL LISTS
Weekly Startup Calendar
http://startupdigest.com/austin
Weekly Video Interview
http://weareaustintech.com/
WATCH THIS VIDEO
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (1 hour)
http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
ATTEND THE NEXT MEETUP
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene Meetup
http://bit.ly/welcome2austin
FOLLOW ON TWITTER
JOIN FACEBOOK GROUPS
READ BLOGS
COWORKING
COFFEE SHOPS DOWNTOWN
COFFEE SHOPS IN THE BURBS
HAPPY HOURS
ENTREPRENEUR MEETUPS
TECHNICAL MEETUPS
HACKING MEETUPS
CLASSES
EVENTS
INCUBATORS
VENTURE CAPITAL
DEV SHOPS
LEGAL
PRESS CONTACTS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
REAL ESTATE
ACCOUNTS & TAXES
RECRUITING
EVENT PLANNING
ASSOCIATIONS
STARTUPS TO WATCH
ATX EQUATION
PHILANTHROPY
AUSTIN FUN
Are you passionate about entrepreneurship but still looking for inspiration? Do you know that you want to found the next great company but aren't sure where to begin? Attend this session to receive actionable suggestions from a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who has talked to more than 1,000 entrepreneurs. You'll walk away from this presentation with an idea of what you need to do next and a framework for how to evaluate your idea and decide if it's the right startup idea for you, backup up by real world examples from successful entrepreneurs. Naturally, this session will attract many aspiring entrepreneurs who need to find others to work with, partner with, or learn from. If you're ready to start your own company but haven't yet, attend this session and get the adrenaline shot you need to make it happen!
Find out:
How do I find inspiration for my great idea? I know I want to be an entrepreneur but I haven't found the perfect idea yet. What should I be doing and how should I spend my time?
How do I evaluate whether or not an idea is a good one? What criteria should I use to compare one idea to another?
How do I decide if this is an idea I should pursue? What makes a good idea the right idea for me? Why am I the right person to make this vision a reality and what are my competitive advantages?
Social media is easy when everyone is saying nice things about you, but how do you respond to someone calling your company a F$%KING SC%M on Twitter? See real world examples from companies like Hertz, Bose, and @OtherInbox and learn how to get your biggest complainers to apologize, thank you, and tell their friends how great you are.
You can view a video of this presentation at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iclb18ohDeo
Twitter Replies - who really sees the tweet you just sent?Joshua Baer
Many people don't understand the subtleties of who actually sees various types of tweets in their timeline. Sometimes everyone that follows you sees your tweet, and sometimes its just one or two people.
I presented this 7 minute talk at the Austin Social Media Club meeting on November 19, 2009. It is based on a talk that I first gave to Capital Factory in June 2009.
Kiosked at GSMA Mobile World Congress 24 February 2014 Kiosked
The presentation of Kiosked's CEO, Micke Paqvalén, looks at two questions: How can mobile (video) and other multimedia services be monetised and how can advertising be turned into a relevant service.
What You're Going to Learn
- How These 4 Leaks Force You To Work Longer And Harder in order to grow your income… improve just one of these and the impact could be life changing.
- How to SHUT DOWN the revolving door of Income Stagnation… you know, where new sales come into your magazine while at the same time existing sponsors exit.
- How to transform your magazine business by fixing the 4 “DON’Ts”...
#1 LEADS Don’t Book
#2 PROSPECTS Don’t Show
#3 PROSPECTS Don’t Buy
#4 CLIENTS Don’t Stay
- How to identify which leak to fix first so you get the biggest bang for your income.
- Get actionable strategies you can use right away to improve your bookings, sales and retention.
Best Crypto Marketing Ideas to Lead Your Project to SuccessIntelisync
In this comprehensive slideshow presentation, we delve into the intricacies of crypto marketing, offering invaluable insights and strategies to propel your project to success in the dynamic cryptocurrency landscape. From understanding market trends to building a robust brand identity, engaging with influencers, and analyzing performance metrics, we cover all aspects essential for effective marketing in the crypto space.
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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
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
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
44.
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
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