Texas-Squared Quick-Start Guide to getting involved with the Austin Startup community
http://bit.ly/atxquickstart
- Join these Facebook Groups:
Technology
- Austin Startups — https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinstartups/
- Austin Digital Jobs -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/austindigitaljobs/ - Texas Startups — https://www.facebook.com/groups/startups.texas/
Consumer Packaged Goods
- CPG in ATX — https://www.facebook.com/groups/335969443445826/
- Texas-Boxed — https://www.facebook.com/groups/texasboxed/
- ATX D2C Brands — https://www.facebook.com/groups/533590410504121/
2. Read these blogs to get a feel for the vibe of the startup community
- Austin Startups — https://austinstartups.com/
- Silicon Hills News — http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/
- Builtin Austin — https://www.builtinaustin.com/blogs
3. Subscribe to the following email newsletters:
- Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter — www.texassquared.com
- Texas-Boxed CPG Newsletter — www.bitly.com/txboxed
- AustinInno — Subscribe
- Austin Startup Digest — https://www.startupdigest.com/digests/austin
4. Check out these maps and resources
- Austin Coffee and Coworking Map — https://goo.gl/w1BhF7
- Downtown Restaurants for professional lunches: https://goo.gl/lvI2Kk
- Texas-Squared Startup Resources — https://goo.gl/VwmlXR
5. When you get into Austin make sure that you look at https://atx.live/ and https://techeventsnetwork.com/cities/austin/ for startup calendars and sign up for reminders about Austin Startup meetups www.bitly.com/txstartupevents, then attend the following events:
- Intro to the Austin Start Up Scene & Ask Me Anything at Capital Factory — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-austin-start-up-scene-ask-me-anything-tickets-65121758934
- Austin Digital Jobs Recruiting Mixer — https://theamericangenius.com/adj/
Startup Grind Austin — https://www.startupgrind.com/austin/ — 2nd Wednesday evening - OpenCoffee Club — www.opencoffeeaustin.org 1st and 3rd Thursdays at Houndstooth Downtown and 2nd Thursday Houndstooth at the Domain starting at 8:30am
- Wake Up! CPG — www.bitly.com/wakeupcpg 4th Thursdays at Cosmic Coffee starting at 8:30am
- Austin Tech Happy Hour — http://www.austintechhh.com/ 2nd Thursdays at Dogwood Downtown
6. If you’re just visiting Austin I’d recommend coming during the second week of March to participate in SXSW or in mid-September for Austin Startup Week,
otherwise the second week of a given month because of the Intro to the Startup Scene, Startup Grind and OpenCoffee are all typically scheduled for that week.
Please feel free to share it and I welcome any feedback or additions — marc+quickstart@tsquaredagency.com
