Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #177

23 min readJan 13, 2019

Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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Houston-based Onit gets $200M for growth — Link

- Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Leinfelder

Fast-growing Houston tech co. secures $200M private equity investment — Link

- Houston Business Journal

Onit Secures 200 Million Strategic Investment From K1 Investment Management To Accelerate Global Growth — Link

Austin Retains Crown As King Of Texas VC In 2018 — Link

- Crunchbase’s Mary Ann Azevedo

“The nearly $300 million in reported venture funding raised by Austin startups was the highest Q4 total since 2014, clocking in 45 percent greater than the $206.2 million raised in 2017’s final quarter, according to Crunchbase data. Notably, the number of reported deals, though, was far lower: 39 in Q4 2018 compared to 61 in the 2017 fourth quarter.”

In latest reboot, startup hub Station Houston becomes nonprofit — Link

- Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Leinfelder

Station Houston restructures into a nonprofit — Link

- Houston Business Journal’s Chris Matthews

I want to qualify my quote in the Houston Chronicle article. “An active startup ecosystem is not looking for grant dollars,” said Marc Nathan, who publishes the Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter and previously worked with Houston entrepreneurs. “They’re not begging. They’re earning their money through making successful companies.”

What I was trying to convey is that strong startup ecosystems are built on successful exits from private companies that create business value organically. Station Houston has switched from a for-profit entity to a non-profit in a bid to better align with its partners Rice University and HX in the planned Sears Building Houston Innovation District. This makes perfect sense from the perspective of the organization, and they did what was best to keep the organization on a growth trajectory. I don’t like the fact that shareholder value was wiped out in the process, nor the message was about the organization itself, not the member startups.

The issue I have is that it’s very difficult to engineer communities by committees made up of non-entrepreneurs. We’ve already seen what happens when stodgy committees made up of business people like bankers and lawyers when they take over the board and direction of a startup hub (to be crystal clear, I’m referencing the now-shuttered Houston Technology Center). I can’t help but think that the Houston startup scene is a little bit too similar to the Houston Texans — we have all the hype, we have world-class individual contributors like JJ Watt and DeAndre Hopkins, and we have the relentless zeal of a fanbase that supports them, but we just can’t seem to make our way through the playoffs. We need private individuals with a profit interest, not a strictly philanthropic one.

Houston is dealing with the concept of ‘Feeders and Seeders’ that Brad Feld described in his book Startup Communities — where Seeders are respected, motivated entrepreneurs and Feeders are supporters and cheerleaders (I fall squarely into in this category). Both parties are necessary, but Seeders are in fact more important for a sustainable startup community because they are the engine that drives the ecosystem — nothing really starts without the first dollar of earned revenue. To put it in the provocative words of a long-time Rice Business Plan Competition donor, “Cashflow is more important than your mother”.

I want to see Houston putting more effort into supporting startups and entrepreneurs individually and directly. This support starts with more press about startups in traditional publications like the Houston Business Journal and the Houston Chronicle and local niche sites like Xconomy, Houstonia, and now CultureMap spinoff InnovationMap Houston. The next step is getting local established companies to buy from startups — something that Station Houston has made a great effort to stimulate through their corporate partnerships. The final step is to encourage first-time founders to become serial founders by celebrating their wins, supporting their next startups, and telling their stories.

Speaking of telling a compelling Houston startup story, it’s something we’re seeing this week with Eric Elfman’s thunderously big news of raising a massive $200m round for www.onit.com. Eric founded DataCert in 1998, became an Entrepreneur in Residence with me at HTC only to incorporate Onit on the very day that his non-compete ran out with an original seed investment from Red House Associates, followed immediately by one of Austin Ventures last Series A investments. Now how many of you knew Onit existed before you read the headline today? We have many other tales like this in Houston such as Eric Pulaski building BindView, taking it public and selling it to Symantec which allowed him to create another successful exit with SmartVault. Or Michael Holthouse building ParaNet and selling it to Sprint after six years which gave him the chance to start Lemonade Day. Or Phil Fraher who started in Houston as the CEO of Visual Numerics and went on to become the CEO of FuelQuest, guiding them to a profitable sale. Or Tyler Gill who guided StrongRoom Solutions to a sale to AvidXChange (and pending IPO) after working on a medical billing software company.

We’re seeing a few second-time founders now with Chris Chruch and Misha Govshteyn starting AlertLogic and now managing MacroFab’s startup journey. This idea is also true of Mark Schmulen who started and sold NutShell Mail in eleven months and is now building a new startup in the Real Estate tech space. Daniel Cotlar is now working with Apartment Butler after a stellar run with Blinds.com that sold to Home Depot.

We must keep reminding ourselves that Houston does have a startup community outside of the Oil & Gas and Health Care, including several large FinTech companies based in Houston such as P97, PROS, and High Radius that paves the way for others like NextSeed, Harvest Exchange, PledgeCents and GroupRaise but I think that story is lost on many people and in the press because they don’t often participate in startup events held by startup support organizations.

I have high hopes for startups coming out of Houston, and I will continue to support any company from Houston that focuses on discovering a gap in the market, exploiting it profitably, and ultimately providing financial returns for their founders, employees, and shareholders. Ultimately, I believe in the Houston hashtag, #SLGT — Support Local, Grow Together.

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Capital Factory Promotions, Opportunities and Gratitude for 2019 — Link
Will Cities Be Ready for 5G? — Link
Austin’s Paper Census: Helping Government Break Up with Paper — Link
- Austin Startups
From Burn-Out to $100M in ARR with Jason Cohen of WP Engine (Video + Transcript) — Link
- Saastr
City employee forced out for using city computer for food trucks — Link
Political accelerator ready for next class of future Council hopefuls — Link
New event deadline means clarity, crunch time for SXSW planners — Link
- Austin Monitor
Praxent Attracts Talent From Prominent Austin Tech Firms, Expands Executive Team — Link
A Newly Public Cloud Developer Surged 2,000% in Its First Week — Link
- Bloomberg
Artificial Intelligence’s Renaissance: Manoj Saxena On The Next Decade Of AI — And Beyond — Link
- Forbes
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Krishna Srinivasan of LiveOak Venture Partners (Part 1) — Sramana Mitra — Link
Vespa-like vehicles zoom into Austin’s fleet of electric scooters — Link
- Culture Map Austin
Smooth sailing on the “Seven C’s” — Link
- Glenn E. Robinson, Managing Director at IC2 Institute at UT
DISCO Snags New HR VP From Bazaarvoice — Link
Hostway Merges With HOSTING — Link
HOSTING Merges With Hostway — Link
SailPoint Names New Board Member — Link
Dell-backed CloudEndure Acquired By Amazon, Say Reports — Link
Techstars Impact Opens Apps For Next Class In Austin — Link
VaaS International Holdings Acquired By Motorola Solutions — Link
Asure Software Buys Payroll Maxx — Link
RetailMeNot Enters New Era With CEO Shift — Link
RF Code Taps CA Technologies Vet For Bizdev Role — Link
Trend Micro Dangles $60K In Investments To Startups At CES — Link
- Texas Tech Pulse
Once and for all — will we ever get Social Security benefits or not? — Link
Half of the jobs Amazon will offer at their new headquarters won’t be tech — Link
The FBI has a new division to investigate leaks to the media — Link
Shocker: tech giant tried to patent a job candidate’s ideas — Link
Apple HQ2 move in Austin throws shade at Amazon’s HQ2 drama — Link
New years resolutions are useless — try this instead — Link
How ecommerce brands can increase sales, even on tiny purchases — Link
Social media’s ironic and desperately lonely outcome — Link
Become an intrapreneur where you work instead of quitting — Link
Unlimited PTO is going extinct, for the worst reasons — Link
Why I paused my career to raise our child — Link
Living as a 7 in the Instagram world of 11s (why hotties rule IG) — Link
How to spot when it’s time to go full freelance — Link
- The American Genius
UT System begins laying off employees to cut costs, refocus administrative functions — Link
- The Daily Texan
Tech Madness Nominations Are Open! — Link
New Sit-Down Electric Scooters are Coming to Austin — Link
Report: Austin Startups Closed the Year Strong with $1.5B in Venture Funding — Link
Tankee’s Take on a Safe Video Gaming Network for Kids — Link
SXSW Picks 50 Finalists From Around the World (and Austin) for the 2019 SXSW Pitch Showcase — Link
From Smart Dog Toilets to Conductive Ink, 25 Austin Startups Bring Their Tech to CES — Link
- AustinInno’s Brett Wistrom
RapidDeploy Opens US Headquarters in Austin — Link
Infinitum Electric Gets $1.8 Million in Funding to Improve the Electric Motor — Link
The Top 25 Austin Tech Stories of 2018 — Link
Nine Austin Startups Make the SXSW Pitch List — Link
- Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
50 Startup Finalists Announced for the 2019 SXSW Pitch Competition — Link
Five Reads: Taming Toxic Trolls — Link
Whurley Interview in Austin on Jan 16 — Link
SXSW 2019 Startup Opportunities — Link
- SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
On the move: 9 Austin tech companies name new executives — Link
Tech roundup: SXSW Pitch finalists announced, WeWork expands reign — Link
Views, style and comfort: Inside 4 of Austin’s sleekest tech offices — Link
These Austin teams are ready for the 2019 startup games — are you? — Link
Come one, come all: 5 tech companies that recently expanded operations — Link
Hop in: This Austin startup is bringing back hitchhiking — Link
- BuiltinAustin’s Katie Fustich
Crane Watch: Apple’s $1B campus is latest big construction project planned in Austin — Link
Viewpoint: Austin will work hard at Capitol to keep corporate incentives, better fund schools — Link
Run a small business? The government shutdown has halted SBA loan approval — Link
Austin labeled king of Texas VC — again — Link
Bus service Chariot to shut down in Austin, elsewhere — Link
A successful meeting starts here: Save money, get stuff done with your next executive retreat — Link
Capital Gains: Austin’s sporty vibe, from a Serena Williams partnership to a visit from MLS Commissioner Dan Garber — Link
Play these cards to make your business meeting smarter — Link
Avoid the horror stories of meeting planning — Link
Austin tech photo of the week: Firefly closer to liftoff with test of new rocket — Link
Austin companies hauled in $1.5B in funding in 2018, a 19% jump from 2017 — Link
Thomsen leaving Capital Factory, Daugherty promoted to president — Link
M&A wrap: New global data center business to be based in Austin; Civil engineering firm acquired — Link
Gary Keller returns as CEO of nation’s largest realty company — Link
What businesses will lobby for at the Texas Capitol in 2019 — Link
World Surf League buys Austin’s NLand park — Link
After raising $25M, San Francisco startup wants to significantly grow in Austin — Link
Rolling in fresh $2B from SoftBank, WeWork buys chunk of downtown Austin — Link
Austin fintech startup sues Apple, alleges patent infringement — Link
Former Calvin Klein exec to lead marketing at Yeti Coolers — Link
Media moves: Texas Monthly, KUT name new leaders — Link
In the money Jan. 7: Four companies raise nearly $30M — Link
Outdoor Voices opens 10th store; Many more on the way — Link
- Austin Business Journal
As session gears up, Texas business groups ready to fight for economic priorities — Link
Austin’s tech sector prepares for a Gen Z invasion — Link
The PC market declined last year, study says — Link
On-demand shuttle service Chariot going out of business — Link
AMD unveils new high-end graphics processor line — Link
South African tech company RapidDeploy moves HQ to Austin — Link
Austin web service Hostway merging with Denver’s Hosting.com — Link
Dallas Fed: Austin economy still expanding at solid pace — Link
Austin-area office rents hit record high at year-end — Link
As session gears up, Texas business groups ready to fight for economic priorities — Link
Thanks to ambitious goals, Austin wins Bloomberg climate change challenge — Link
- Austin American-Statesman / 512Tech

SAN ANTONIO

Trinity University Students Launch Smart Pill Bottle for Clinical Trials — PATCH — Link
San Antonio Startup Events for the Week of January 7, 2019 — Link
- Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
Tech-Based Mobile Home Dealership Bringing Virtual Reality Experience to Winter Texan Expo — Link
Philly start-up Houwzer draws $4.5M from basketball great David Robinson and local investor Ira Lubert — Link
Victory Capital Acquires USAA Investment Arm, Moves to San Antonio — Link
To Buy or Not to Buy: FunnelAI Studies Consumers’ Intent to Purchase — Link
- Xconomy’s David Holley
At TAMU-SA, Wireless Technology Can Locate Emergencies Down to the Floor, Room Number — Link
Cellphones Welcome at SA Symphony Performance: They’re Part Of The Program — Link
San Antonio Receives Bloomberg Staffers, Support for Climate Initiatives — Link
Ohio Firm Acquiring USAA Investment Arm Moving HQ to San Antonio — Link
Michael Bloomberg Visiting San Antonio to Discuss Climate Action Plan — Link
Rachel Dolezal Appearance at DreamWeek Canceled Following Community Backlash — Link
Rackspace Executive Dan Goodgame to Take Editor’s Job at ‘National Magazine of Texas’ — Link
- The Rivard Report
San Antonio scooter company raises another $5M for expansion — Link
Patents awarded to SA companies increased in 2018 — Link
GVTC boosts minimum internet speed — Link
Bloomberg gives San Antonio $2.5M for green initiatives — Link
Honda taps USAA for real-time driver safety software — Link
Untangling Cybersecurity: Digital Defense grades companies’ network security — Link
Payment Data Systems set to grow its software — Link
SABJ to offer mentorship from some of the city’s best-known women leaders — Link
Hostway to merge with Colorado competitor — Link
Report: How the San Antonio market stacks up for STEM workers — Link
South Texas representative files bill to tackle spoof callers — Link
South Texas gigabit internet provider expands to SA — Link
San Antonio’s venture capital pipeline slows in 2018 — Link
- San Antonio Business Journal’s Kristen Mosbrucker

Motorola Solutions Pays $445M for VaaS, Which Tracks Car Locations — Link
- Xconomy’s David Holley
Alto, a New Car Service, Launches in Dallas — Link
Whole Foods’ Exec: “Amazon Said: ‘Start Growing Again’” — Link
Varidesk Getting Into Commercial Real Estate — Link
Dallas’ First Female-Focused Coworking Space Will Open This Year — Link
- D Magazine
TVX Partners, New DFW VC Firm — Link
Deloitte appoints new North Texas managing partner — Link
Dallas man customizes football cleats from inside enemy lines — Link
Excessive social media use comparable to drug addiction — Link
Kohl’s shuttering Dallas center that employs about 300; offers voluntary retirement program — Link
AT&T is making a first-of-its-kind 5G hospital — Link
Dallas area gets a new venture capital firm raising $50 million for early-stage investments — Link
Network 200: Across 9 industries, these are the DFW leaders you need to know — Link
How does DFW’s defense sector compare to D.C. or Los Angeles? — Link
Accounting firm acquires Fort Worth health care data delivery business — Link
Fed makes it official: Texas tops destinations for business relocations — Link
Could sit-down scooters become the newest rental ride in Dallas? — Link
TEXRail to begin service Thursday after delay due to government shutdown — Link
DFW tech company that pulled IPO filing still plans to go public ‘in the next few years’ — Link
Plano tech firm acquired by Dallas PE last year just made its biggest acquisition ever — Link
Entrepreneur talks plans for Texas’ first Opportunity Zone investment — Link
What does the future of the retail real estate look like? Look at Whole Foods, Weitzman says — Link
DFW company withdraws rare local IPO that sought up to $75 million — Link
5 benefits of robotic process automation to CFOs and finance departments — Link
3 strategies to help your company through high growth — Link
5 things to think about for your upcoming financial transaction — Link
5 ways digital transformation is changing enterprise for the better — Link
Air taxi shows how Bell is evolving from just a helicopter maker — Link
Exclusive: California footwear company relocating headquarters to North Texas — Link
Pizza Hut is expanding its beer delivery service — Link
DFW is getting a $1.1 billion standalone data center company — Link
Dallas PE firm’s deal to reboot Earthlink a sign of carve-out deals to come — Link
VARIDESK to convert recently purchased Las Colinas corporate campus into new office concept — Link
2019 will bring 2 more Buc-ee’s to North Texas — Link
Monday Money: Local private equity firm raising third fund above $180M — Link
Fashion forward: Tech startup moves to Dallas, eyes more growth — Link
City of Dallas hires chief innovation officer — Link
- Dallas Business Journal
Enterprise: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 — Link
ICYMI: AT&T’s 5G, Toyota’s Autonomous Safety System, and the Bell Nexus Air Taxi Make Waves at CES 2019 — Link
Discovery: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 — Link
Q+A: New Music Audience Exchange CRO on Bringing Experience From Rolling Stone — Link
Communities Foundation of Texas Names 3 New Board Members and a Chair-Elect — Link
R&D: UTA Professor’s Quest to Unify Storm Forecasts; UTSW Studies ‘Couch Potato’ Behavior — Link
Creative: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 — Link
Look Inside: Interactive Art Exhibit and Selfie Studio Coming Soon to Dallas — Link
Follow the Money: YourCause Exits in $157M Deal; Viziv Technologies Raises $1.37M; Floafers Gets $200K — Link
Interactive Map Highlights Dallas Region’s Smart City Advances — Link
Invention: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 — Link
Dallas Sisters Create the First Female‑Oriented Coworking Concept — Link
Bell Unveils its Full-Scale ‘Nexus’ Air Taxi Design at CES 2019 — Link
Education: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 — Link
Dallas Invents: 99 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 1 — Link
Varidesk to Transform Office Building into ‘Active Workspace Environment’ — Link
DI People: RealPage, Istation, One Technologies Announce Leadership Additions — Link
Social Innovation: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 — Link
Startup: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018 — Link
City of Dallas Welcomes New Chief Innovation Officer — Link
- Dallas Innovates
Deloitte changes top leader in Dallas, as Jason Downing moves into national role — Link
Texas should copy California: Pass a new internet privacy law like the Golden State’s — Link
By naming a chief innovation officer, Dallas took a big step toward becoming an innovation hub — Link
Richardson data center starts construction with debt and equity funding — Link
Dallas taxpayers can’t accept city’s convention booker spending $150 million with little accountability — Link
Neiman Marcus pays $1.5 million to Texas, 42 other states over 2013 data breach — Link
A Whole Foods exec thinks Amazon has finally stripped off the ‘Whole Paycheck’ label — Link
Motorola Solutions pays $445 million for Fort Worth license plate-recognition firm — Link
Dallas Morning News lays off 43 as company struggles with revenue declines — Link
- Dallas Morning News

Community health workers embedded in emergency rooms improve patient health, cut costs — Link
Construction to begin this summer on UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health — Link
- TMCx
Liongard Names Adam Slutskin Chief Revenue Officer — ChannelE2E — Link
Rebecca Richards-Kortum named to National Inventors Hall of Fame — Link
Creativity can be taught: Rice invites everyone to experience Creativity Up Close — Link
Students to show off work at Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium — Link
Former Houston Mayor Parker to discuss ‘Why Cities Matter’ at Rice’s Glasscock School Jan. 28 — Link
‘Texas’ Stem Cell Future’ in focus at state Capitol Jan. 16 — Link
- Rice University
Houston-based app serves up a whole new experience for diners — Link
5 Houston startups beginning 2019 with new capital — Link
Houston fundraising platform launches for the next generation of investors — Link
5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
Growing Houston cyber security company plans to hire — Link
When it comes to meeting with investors, a simpler pitch deck is better — Link
Growing Houston coworking space announces plans for new Galleria-area satellite — Link
Houston startup creates the Alexa or Siri for oil and gas companies — Link
2 Houston companies named pitch finalists for SXSW 2019 — Link
Houston entrepreneur positions her company as a leader in online dating — Link
Report finds Houston has room to grow as an attractive city for STEM professionals — Link
Canadian startup fresh off $7 million seed funding raise picks Houston for U.S. expansion — Link
5 tips for establishing your startup’s communications and public relations plan — Link
Report finds that Houstonians played over 97 million hours on mobile games last year — Link
Growing Houston tech company using facial recognition for event security — Link
3 Houston innovators to know this week — Link
- InnovationMap / Culture Map Houston
Perfecting Your Pitch — Link
The Cannon Expands to Galleria Area Location — Link
- The Cannon Houston
Technology Innovation Hub Station Houston Restructures as a Non-Profit to Accelerate Growth, Industry Impact — Link
- Station Houston
Emily Reiser — Enventure — Link
- HighDrive Network
TechnipFMC exec chairman announces plans to retire — Link
Bank lending failed to recover from 2008 recession, Baker Institute report finds — Link
Big Four accounting firm to overhaul downtown space — Link
Sneak peek: Plans revealed for $125M UTHealth psychiatric hospital in Houston — Link
NFL attendance down slightly in 2018, Houston Texans buck trend — Link
Deal of the Week: Houston oncology co. to merge with struggling pharma co. in Boston — Link
Help Wanted: The industries driving Houston’s projected job growth in 2019 — Link
Houston billionaire named chairman of Houston World Cup Bid Committee — Link
Houston-based medical equipment co. opening regional hub in Nashville — Link
Dress for Success Houston co-founder retires, new president named — Link
Former M.D. Anderson president dies at 82 — Link
Houston’s retail market ends 2018 on record-high, even amid big-box closures — Link
Houston to receive $6.5M of United Arab Emirates’ gift for Hurricane Harvey recovery — Link
Memorial Hermann partners with John Arnold-backed nonprofit drug co. — Link
Texas companies more optimistic on the economy than most — Link
4 data points to know in Texas energy this week — Link
Houston energy company’s C-suite shake-up continues with CFO replacement — Link
Exclusive: Houston accounting firm makes fifth acquisition in past year — Link
- Houston Business Journal
TMC confirms that leader of its Innovation Institute has stepped down — Link
Deal boosts medical device innovation in Houston — Link
SE Texans made $245K last year through Airbnb — Link
Houstonians made a combined $72M last year through Airbnb — Link
Need to get to Austin? Startup matches up drivers and riders — Link
- The Houston Chronicle / Techburger Blog
Visit McAllen 2019 Campaign Content Launch — Link
Texas Workforce Commission to award STC $900K in grants for Advanced Training — Link
Seven Things My Kids Have Taught Me — Link
- McAllen Chamber of Commerce

The Numerous Evolutionary Paths to Startup Greatness — Shockwave Innovation’s Gordon Daugherty — Link
How Venture Capitalists Venture — SEO’Brien’s Paul O’Brien — Link
Accel Believes The Future of Investing Is Outside of Silicon Valley — Crunchbase’s Mary Ann Azevedo — Link
Why Keeping The Nation’s Secrets Could Depend On Whether The US Is First To Master Quantum Computing — Texas Public Radio — Link
Ashton Kutcher to Judge WeWork Global Finals — Link
6 Inspiring Women Changing Tech and Business This New Year — Entrepreneur Magazine — Link
The way SoftBank invests in startups just doesn’t work, says Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois — Link
Meet the angel investing pioneer who changed Tampa Bay’s startup landscape — Link
The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2018 — First Round Review — Link
They Saw the Future of Media, and Found a Way to Build It — Far West Capital — Link
The Cold E-mail That Changed My Life — Ryan Merket — Link
Isn’t It Time to Be Your Own Boss? These Women-Founded Companies Want You to Join the Movement. — Entrepreneur Magazine — Link
A calm before the AI productivity storm — MIT Sloan — Link
Apple’s Biggest Problem? My Mom — The New York Times — Link
How to Choose a Startup to Work For by Thinking Like An Investor — Triplebyte Blog — Link
22 Innovative Technology Startups To Watch At CES 2019 — Link
How to Take the Cringe Out of Sales Recruiting | OpenView Labs — Link
20 Reasons Why Herb Kelleher Was One Of The Most Beloved Leaders Of Our Time — Link
What I wish I knew about fundraising as a first-time founder — Link
20 Brutal Truths About Life No One Wants to Admit Inc.com — Link
Where Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest fund is investing 1 year in VentureBeat — Link
Information Rights — West Loop Ventures Jeffrey Carter — Link

Tech Events Network: Austin | Dallas | Houston | San Antonio

Women Founders Series: Happy Hour
by Station Houston
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:00 PM — 7:00 PM CST
Spanish Village Restaurant
4720 Almeda Road Houston, TX 77004
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ATX Ladies Lab | Kickoff Happy Hour for Members
Wed, January 16, 2019 5:00 PM — 6:30 PM CST
BuildFax
115 East 5th Street #100 Austin, TX 78701
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Finding your Niche: Creating the Message that Connects, Every Time
by Women@Austin
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:30 AM — 1:00 PM CST
The Refinery
612 Brazos Street Austin, TX 78701
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Austin Women in Digital January +1 Meetup: 2019 Digital Trends
by Austin Women in Digital
Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:00 PM — 7:00 PM CST
Peached Social House
6500 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX 78752
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Austin Startup Meetup
Fundraising 101 For Startups + 🍕
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street, Suite 1600 · Austin, TX
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The Refinery’s One Year Anniversary Bash
Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 7 PM — 10 PM
The Refinery
612 Brazos Street, Austin, Texas 78701
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A Preview of Station 3.0 for Station Mentors
Thursday, January 24th 5:30–7:30pm
Station Houston, 1301 Fannin Street
By Invitation Only

TAMUhack 2019
Jan 26, 2019 at 9 AM — Jan 27, 2019 at 4 PM
Texas A&M Memorial Student Center — MSC Programs
275 Joe Routt Blvd, Suite 2240, College Station, Texas 77843
https://tamuhack.com

Culturati Summit
January 27–28, 2019
Brazos Hall
204 East 4th Street Austin, TX 78701
https://culturatisummit.com/

Rice University Symposium on Data Privacy
Hosted by Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Monday, January 28, 2019 at 1 PM — 5 PM
Bioscience Research Collaborative
6500 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77030
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Oil, Gas & Energy Happy Hour Networking
Hosted by Houston Young Professionals + Houston Professionals
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 6 PM — 9 PM
The Cannon Houston
1336 Brittmoore Rd., Houston, Texas 77043
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Foundation for Launch
by Nectar House & Amazing at Home
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM CST
Launch SA
600 Soledad Street San Antonio, TX 78205
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LEAD Summit
Hosted by Austin Young Chamber
Friday, February 15, 2019 at 8:30 AM — 4 PM
Rowling Hall
300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, Texas 78701
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Co-Founder meetup by The tech^map
Cofounder Austin — Keynote: Lindsay Gray, Immigration Lawyer
Monday, January 14, 2019 6:30 PM — 9:00 PM CST
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street, 16th Floor Austin, texas 78701
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Capital Factory Road Trip to Dallas (Real Estate)
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
8:30 AM — 8:00 PM CST
Capital Factory Dallas
3102 Oak Lawn Ave
Dallas, Texas 75219
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Austin Fast Start: FinTech
Tuesday January 15, 2019 5:30 PM — 7:00 PM (CST)
Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St Austin, TX 78701
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Austin Young Chamber Coffee Connection
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 (8:00 AM — 9:30 AM)
St. Edward’s University
Edmund Hunt Hall, 3001 South Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78704
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PowerUp Austin! with Hugh Forrest and William Hurley
Wednesday January 16th 2019 4:00 pm — 6:30 pm
Capital Factory, ACL Room
701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701
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Inventors Software/Hardware Natural Disasters Hackathon
Hosted by Fruition Technology Labs
Saturday Jan 19, 2019 at 11 AM — Jan 21, 2019 at 2 PM
7505A South Fwy (288), Houston, Texas 77060
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#work
A Conference For Creatives And Entrepreneurs
presented by #bossbabesATX
powered by Texas MSTC, Texas MBA and Bumble Bizz
Saturday January 19, 2019 10 AM to 5 PM
Rowling Hall at the University of Texas
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Silicon Hills News 2019 Austin Tech Calendar Party
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Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:00 PM — 7:30 PM CST
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM CST
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DivHack 2019: Bridging Differences
Hosted by Texas A&M College of Architecture Diversity Council
Feb 8 at 5 PM — Feb 9 at 5 PM
Langford Architecture Building
College Station, Texas 77840
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Tuesday February 26, 2019 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM (CST)
Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX, 78701
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Wednesday February 27, 2019
The George R. Brown Convention Center
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