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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.
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Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (1 hour)
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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
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?
47. Longhorn Startup
SPRING Demo Day
LBJ Library Auditorium
University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, April 30
5pm-10pm
http://lsdemoday.eventbrite.com
48.
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
51.
52.
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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Editor's Notes
All of Austin’s most desirable tech talent is located downtown.
When companies like Atlassian, Dropbox and Facebook open offices in Austin, they open them here. The latest announcement was that Box.net will be opening a 200 person office on Congress Avenue.
Most of Austin’s tech incubators are located here including Capital Factory, DreamIt Ventures, Incubation Station and Techstars.
Most of Austin’s recent success stories are located here including HomeAway, Main Street Hub, Mutual Mobile, NetSpend, Spredfast, RetailMeNot, Sparefoot, uShip and WP Engine.
We can hit the ground running because we already have critical mass.
First, we can announce the Software & Internet Innovation Zone with a brand and public outreach. This can be accomplished before the end of 2014.
In 2015, we can implement street level signage to identify the zone and raise public awareness.