Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #180

Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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Austin In January: Cash Rich And Maturing — Link

- Crunchbase’s Mary Ann Azevedo

“Combined, Austin startups have raised $240.3 million in January as of today. That’s not much less than the nearly $300 million raised in all of Q4 2018. And since the beginning of the year, the Texas capital has seen a number of double-digit funding rounds and a nearly quarter of a billion dollar acquisition.”

Rice University unveils plans for former Sears building — Link

- The Houston Chronicle’s Nancy Sarnoff and Andrea Leinfelder

“Rice, which announced its latest plans for the property Wednesday, said the renovated 270,000-square-foot building will be renamed The Ion. Work is scheduled to commence in May.”

International accelerator MassChallenge Texas launches next program in downtown Houston — Link

- Innovation Map’s Natalie Harms

“The program looks for applicants that haven’t raised more than $500,000 in equity-based funding and have generated less than $1 million in revenue over the past year, a release says. The cohort will support 25 startups with free GreenStreet office space, mentorship, investment opportunities, and more, all the while taking no equity in the companies.”

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• Announcing SputnikATX Winter Cohort — Link
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• Millennials are starting to get more involved in government, and the impact will be huge — Christa Freeland — Link
• Brett Hurt — The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #12: Action-oriented communication — Link
  - Austin Startups
• Interactive ‘Tacotopia’ comes to Austin during SXSW — Link
• Can Austin lead bioscience industry to collaborative, open future? — Link
  - KXAN
• Certain Affinity sets up Toronto studio — Link
  - Games Industry Biz’s Brendan Sinclair
• Healthtech Austin Interviews Clint Phillips, Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Medici — Link
• Agrifood Startup Fieldcraft Launches Plant-Based Ingredient Sourcing Platform — Link
• CherryCircle Software Raises $2.3M to Advance QbDVision™ for Pharmaceutical Industry — Link
• Kendra Scott lays off 130 of their events team without notice
  
  “Won’t be putting any more money into s company that preaches a “family” atmosphere but fires 1/3 of their employees the day before spring launch- INCLUDING the people in charge of PLANNING the launch. Those poor employees were laid off with no warning and weren’t able to see the event they put so many hours into. You can delete posts with negative comments but you can’t cover up what has happened. You know you’ve done something wrong when you’re too ashamed to even admit to it.” Instagrammer emilytjackson on Kendra Scott’s Instagram
• Austin works its way towards the top for growth in coworking spaces — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• CyrusOne Connects Into IBM Cloud — Link
• Tyler Technologies Acquires MicroPact — Link
• TPG Capital Backs New Startup, Kadiant — Link
• DISCO Expands In Europe — Link
• GoCo Finds $7M For HR, Benefits Software — Link
• Zimperium Names Chief Product Officer — Link
• American Airlines, Apple Music In Inflight Streaming Deal — Link
• ParkHub Acquires SpotHero’s Point Of Sale Business — Link
• Snow Software Names CEO — Link
• GameStop Abandons Efforts To Sell Company — Link
• RigUp Rounds Up $60M — Link
• ScaleFactor Names SVP Marketing — Link
• WP Engine Hits $132M In Annual Recurring Revenues — Link
• Billd Finds $60M For Contruction Loans — Link
• Zinwave Names New CEO, COO — Link
  - Texas Tech Pulse
• Investing, Real Estate, In-Game Ads: Sputnik ATX’s Third Accelerator — Link
• Austin’s RigUp Adds $60M for Service That Finds Oil and Gas Workers — Link
  - Xconomy’s Angela Shah and David Holley
• 12 Sports Tech Startups to Watch in 12 Markets — Link
• Inno Approved: The Top Austin Tech and Startup Events of February 2019 — Link
• SXSW Reveals Innovative Art Installations — Link
• Austin-Based RigUp Raises $60M from Founders Fund — Link
• Time is Money: Billd Raises $60M for Construction Financing Solutions — Link
• Chicago’s BrewBike Heads South With Launch of Austin Market — Link
  - AustinInno’s Brett Wistrom
• Silicon Hills News Unveils the Companies Featured in its 2019 Austin Tech Startup Calendar — Link
• San Antonio-based Active Capital Raises $21.5 Million VC Fund — Link
• Cirrus Logic and Ten Other Austin Companies Make the 2019 Best Workplaces for Commuters List — Link
• RigUp Raises $60 Million in Additional Funding — Link
• Billd Lands $60 Million to Expand its Bill Me Later Service for the Construction Industry — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• UT lecturer shares his experience feeding U.S. troops overseas — Link
• Director of US Cyber operations offers perspective on modern combat — Link
• Freshman legislators took different paths from UT to Capitol — Link
• Experts discuss dangers of repeated head trauma in football — Link
• Women in STEM Career panel opens up conversation about working women — Link
• Dell Med unveils $300 million redesign of Austin State Hospital, state mental health care — Link
• Facing decreased B-Cycle ridership, Bike Share of Austin deploys sit-down electric scooters — Link
  - The Daily Texan
• Five Reads: Ready, Set, AOC! — Link
• Jan 30 SXSW Meet Up in San Antonio — Link
• SXSW Hall of Fame: Kimberly Bryant — Link
• Joe Nick Patoski on How SXSW Became SXSW [Audio Book Download] — Link
• Keeping Up in an Evolving Future Workplace — Link
• Marketing, Data, and AI in the Film & TV Industry — 2019 SXSW Sessions — Link
  - SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
• Austin tech raised $400M in January. Yes. $400M. — Link
• Tech roundup: So many fundings, TrendKite gets acquired, and more — Link
• Women-led startups are on the rise. Here are 5 from Austin we’re… — Link
• RigUp secures $60M to fuel the growth of its marketplace — Link
• 7 Austin tech companies making legendary moves in logistics — Link
• Billd raises $60M to revolutionize construction financing — Link
  - BuiltinAustin’s Katie Fustich & Kelly O’Halloran
• How to offer customers a frictionless online experience — Link
• What generates greatness: Genes or guidance? — Link
• How to naturally improve your likability — Link
• How to Marie Kondo your digital desktop (and become a genius) — Link
• Startups must define and optimize to a key metric — Link
• Startup helps you optimize yourself based on your DNA — Link
• The technical (and big) difference between a tech and a media company — Link
• VCs don’t have a pipeline problem, they have a Harvard/Stanford crisis — Link
• Study: Workers are ghosting employers (why are you surprised?!) — Link
• Photographer’s ‘I quit’ letter to Instagram is epic, inspiring — Link
• Boost your sales conversions with shopable images — Link
• Court rules age discrimination against job applicants is legal (kinda) — Link
  - The American Genius
• Austin’s biggest annual events — from pride parades to monster music festivals — Link
• Why one measure of small business value in Austin dropped significantly in 2018 — Link
• Business going to the dogs? Here’s what owners need to know about allowing four-legged friends — Link
• Jesús Garza keeps his finger on pulse of regional economy as member of Fed board — Link
• Viewpoint: Austin can lead the way in diverse business leadership — Link
• Report: Google leases entire skyscraper that’s about to start construction — Link
• Capital One hires JPMorgan exec as Austin market president — Link
• How to do well as an investor — and do good at the same time — Link
• Bevo’s big bucks: UT athletics breaks its own money-making record — Link
• Gourdough’s taking decadent donuts to one of Texas’ top tourist destinations — Link
• Liquor sales on Sundays would be legalized under new Texas bill — Link
• Private train company poised for IPO has Austin on its map — Link
• Riding on an HQ2 high, Washington, D.C. expected to recruit businesses hard at SXSW — Link
• iNetworks invests in Wenzel Spine — Link
• iFly plans to land in St. Louis — Link
• WP Engine vaults past $130M in annual recurring revenue — Link
• How an ad agency worked with Serena Williams, Bumble to create a Super Bowl commercial — Link
• Jesse James trying to reboot Monster Garage — Link
• Conscious capitalism has the power to transform global business; 6 CEOs explain how it works — Link
• Q&A: Whole Foods CEO opens up about conscious capitalism; how to do it, what threatens it and why it may heal America — Link
• RigUp raises $60M with Uber-like platform for oil jobs — Link
• Jag Bath, Whitney Wolfe Herd selected to national list of executives to watch in 2019 — Link
• Local architecture giant working on Austin State Hospital replacement — Link
• Chicago’s BrewBike rides into Austin — Link
• Another big funding: 1-year-old startup raises $60M for construction-payment tech — Link
• MassChallenge Texas accepting applications for 2019 — Link
• Two Austin-based consulting firms merge; Former Texas EDC chief is president — Link
• In the money Jan. 28: 11 companies score nearly $170M in funding — Link
• Former Super Walmart transformed into office space; advanced manufacturer is latest tenant — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Dallas Fed chief: State economy strong, but headwinds loom in education, job training — Link
• Scooter debate: Potential UT rules change raises liability, employee rights questions — Link
• Source: Google to occupy 35-story office tower in downtown Austin — Link
• Gaston was Austin civic leader, led Glastron boatmaker — Link
• H-E-B hopes to surprise with this year’s Super Bowl Ad. Plus, Austin is still the strongest retail market in Texas. — Link
• Up the Ladder — Link
• Austin’s Certain Affinity, co-developer of “Call of Duty” and “Halo,” expanding to Toronto — Link
• Dell subsidiary VMware confirms job cuts — Link
• Nintendo changes course, sends ‘Metroid Prime’ project back to Austin’s Retro Studios — Link
• Talking about Austin’s rise in VC investment with Texas Standard — Link
• Austin fintech company Billd raises $60 million — Link
• Texas lawmakers again set to weigh incentives for film, video game industries — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman / 512Tech

SAN ANTONIO

• Active Capital Raises Over $21 Million Leading Seed Rounds for 20 B2B SaaS Startups — Link
• Intrinsic Imaging Radiologist Develops Artificial Intelligence Tool to Streamline Workloads — Link
• ‘State of the Ecosystem’ Highlights Geekdom Roles, San Antonio’s Cyber Growth — Link
• It’s Data Privacy Day — Here Are Top Five Tips for Being #PrivacyAware — Link
• San Antonio Startup Events for the Week of January 29, 2019 — Link
• - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
• Women Who Tech Are Dangerous — Link
  - San Antonio Magazine’s John Davidson
• Companies at Geekdom Got 17% of San Antonio’s Venture Money in 2018 — Link
• Active Capital, Focused on Seed-Stage Saas Startups, Raises $21.5M — Link
• LGS Innovations Plans San Antonio Cyber Hub After $750M Sale to CACI — Link
• Want Better Tech Employees? Give Students More Data, Educators Say — Link
  - Xconomy’s David Holley
• Geekdom’s State of the Ecosystem: ‘As Tech Scene Goes, So Will Our Larger Economy’ — Link
• Event Celebrates Collaboration, Innovation in SA’s Bioscience Ecosystem — Link
• San Antonio Venture Capital Firm Announces Debut Fund of $20 Million — Link
• San Antonio Fire Department Data Shows Surge in E-Scooter Injuries — Link
• Innovation Meets Impact at Philanthropitch San Antonio — Link
• Citing Pedestrian Safety, the Pearl Bans Electric Scooters — Link
• High-Tech Medical Mannequins Bleed, Cry — And Train Medical Personnel — Link
• UTSA Study Indicates Pre-K 4 SA Positively Affects STAAR Scores, Attendance — Link
• Civil Rights Groups Warn That Texas Voter Citizenship Check Could Violate Federal Law — Link
• Nonprofit Local Media Vie With National Outlets for Funding — Link
• New Roles, Same Mission for Cybersecurity Leaders Garrett and Keammerer — Link
  - The Rivard Report
• City of San Antonio hiring for more than 100 positions — Link
• 2 new San Antonio attractions hiring for more than 100 positions — Link
• China puts small-town recycling in dumps — Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
• Active Capital Raises Over $21 Million Leading Seed Rounds for 20 B2B SaaS Startups — Link
• Intrinsic Imaging Radiologist Develops Artificial Intelligence Tool to Streamline Workloads — Link
• ‘State of the Ecosystem’ Highlights Geekdom Roles, San Antonio’s Cyber Growth — Link
• It’s Data Privacy Day — Here Are Top Five Tips for Being #PrivacyAware — Link
• San Antonio Startup Events for the Week of January 29, 2019 — Link
• Investment fund tied to David Robinson to target Opportunity Zones — Link
• Why this SA exec invested in teaching computer coding to kids — Link
• Local social media startup sees opportunity with small businesses — Link
• City of SA looks to stand up shared cybersecurity center — Link
• Exclusive: SA taxi company owner launches ride-hailing app startup — Link
• Geekdom CEO: Local startups continue to grow, hire — Link
• Exclusive: SA taxi company owner launches ride-hailing app startup — Link
• Business Journal announces 2019 Legacy Leaders — Link
• Where the money lives: Concentrations of wealth in SA (slideshow) — Link
• SABJ presents the 2018 Business of the Year — Link
• Scott’s Take: SA scooter strategy needs a restart — Link
• Exclusive: SA taxi company owner launches ride-hailing app startup — Link
• SA biotech looks to expand its products through 2019 — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal’s Kristen Mosbrucker

• Kainos Capital co-founder alleges ‘frat house’ culture amid plot to steal stake — Link
  - Pitchbook’s Kevin Dowd
• Moving? Let This Dallas Startup Fully Furnish Your Perfect Apartment — Link
• “Would you like fresh fruit delivered to your office?” — Link
• This Billion-Dollar Tech Company is Changing the Game for Surveillance–And They’re Hiring — Link
• FINRA’s Crackdown on Rogue Financial Advisors and Brokers — Link
• Dallas’ Finances Get an F From Truth in Accounting — Link
  - D Magazine
• BillyGo App Aims to Provide Plumbers on Tap (Within an Hour) — Link
  - Xconomy’s Angela Shah
• Dallas-Fort Worth works its way to the top for growth in coworking — Link
• In big-city Texas, DFW workers face greatest job threat from robots — Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
• WeWork expanding in North Texas with new Las Colinas lease — Link
• Plano software company unveils second-largest acquisition ever with big federal push — Link
• Richardson company gets acquired by Boston PE firm — Link
• Dallas airline claims new WiFi will be 10 times faster than typical connections — Link
• Regent Entertainment backers raise funds to start TV network in pushback to politics — Link
• North Texas small business sales grew in 2018, showing no signs of slowing this year — Link
• Plano tech company gets investment, new ownership as it helps firms ‘rein in’ health care costs — Link
• TEXRail ridership exceeds expectations — Link
• Former Tesla executive to lead operations, grow Dallas presence at residential real estate company — Link
• Educate Texas leader aims to remove economic roadblocks to learning — Link
• The private equity investor’s guide to intellectual property — Link
• What would the perfect employee agreement look like? — Link
• Business Journal names new managing editors — Link
• GameStop just ended its closely watched sale process — and now its future could get tougher — Link
• Kainos Capital partner sues fellow founders over stake dispute, alleged ‘frat house’ culture — Link
• Boeing prototype takes first flight as air taxi competition with Bell, others heats up — Link
• Could a Netflix-like game service from Apple be a challenger to GameStop? — Link
• This McKinney company is changing how people access health care — Link
• Dallas software company readies hiring after shaking up leadership, shuttering California offices — Link
• Dallas debt firm closes $300M fund with eye toward software M&A — Link
• Meet the $1.3B Dallas company helping change the way we get around — Link
• Former Amazon leader ready to ‘build, build, build’ at Dallas tech company he now leads — Link
  - Dallas Business Journal
• ICYMI: How Robots and AI Impact Jobs, DFW Ranks for Economic Freedom, Finnish MaaS Pioneer Shortlists Dallas — Link
• Thought Leaders: Thomson Reuters — Link
• Thought Leaders: Deloitte — Link
• Thought Leaders: Sabre — Link
• Deep Diver: Dallas’ Jeremy McKane Aims to Save the Oceans — Link
• Social Studies: Five Dallas-Fort Worth Social Innovators Talk Tech — Link
• Discovery: Intense Exercise by Men No Risk, UTSW Says; UTD Initiatives Seek Funding Boost — Link
• A (Dallas) Founder’s Story — Link
• Tyler Technologies Acquires Virginia-based Tech Firm in $185M Deal — Link
• Hedera Hashgraph: Going Beyond Bitcoin — Link
• Bell Helicopter: Giving New Meaning to ‘Get a Lift’ — Link
• North Texas Genome Center: Leading the Way in Biometrics — Link
• Good Returns: Shifting the Paradigm on Giving — Link
• Ripple Effects: Four North Texas Innovators That ‘Think Locally, Act Globally’ — Link
• Thought Leaders: Children’s Medical Center Foundation — Link
• Thought Leaders: Capital Factory — Link
• Thought Leaders: Bottle Rocket — Link
• Thought Leaders: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas — Link
• Thought Leaders: Allen Economic Development Corporation — Link
• Thought Leaders: Fidelity Investments — Link
• Thought Leaders: Maddrey PLLC — Link
• Thought Leaders: Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP — Link
• TRED’s Online Car-Selling Marketplace Brings Savings to Dallas — Link
• Thought Leaders: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses — Link
• Follow the Money: Elm Park Closes $300M Fund, Phynd Gets $8M, KonaTel Makes Acquisition — Link
• ‘Built by Women, For Everyone’: Coworking Network The Riveter Coming to Dallas Mid-2019 — Link
• Dallas Among Possible U.S. Debut Cities for All-in-One Mobility App Whim — Link
• Diversity Fuels North Texas Startup Funding — Link
• Dallas Invents: 108 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 22 — Link
• Hit the Ground Running — Link
• Raising Money: Four Rules for Finding Dough in DFW — Link
• Quest for Capital: The Dallas-Fort Worth Difference — Link
• Don Morphy Becomes First Dallas Menswear Label to Win Rising Star Award — Link
• DI People: DCS Global, One Technologies, Zinwave, Deloitte Announce Leadership Moves — Link
• Intuit’s James Helms Announced as Designer-In-Residence at SMU — Link
• Medtech Rhynd Technologies Raises $8M in Series B Funding — Link
• Feast Your Eyes on This: Dallas’ Unicorn-Themed Dessert Bar — Link
• George Brody on North Texas as Home to Corporate Giants, an Esports Mecca, and the Telecom Transformation — Link
• Rising of the Rest: Collaboration, Clusters, and Commerce Charge the Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Ecosystem — Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Is it worth it? How to determine what you make driving your own car for Uber, Lyft or deliveries — Link
• Robert J. Wright, founder of Medical City Dallas, dies at 91 — Link
• In Trump’s changes to H-1B visas, some see a math problem that could hurt employers — Link
• Plano’s Tyler Technologies picks up big-name clients like NASA, Justice Department with latest acquisition — Link
• Dallas entrepreneur, educator and philanthropist Bobby Lyle to receive 90th Linz Award — Link
• Dallas Fed president warns that poor education can drag down the Texas economy — Link
• Texas lawyer sues Apple over FaceTime bug that allegedly allowed eavesdropping on testimony — Link
• Dallas-Fort Worth led nation in jobs growth in 2018, topping New York and Houston — Link
• Texas’ major LGBT chambers of commerce just united to avoid another bathroom bill — Link
• Big Tech must take responsibility for the crime and fake news on its platforms — Link
• WeWork takes three floors in Las Colinas’ landmark Williams Square for its latest D-FW location — Link
• WeWork’s coding college Flatiron School headed to Dallas’ Victory Park — Link
• GameStop is no longer for sale, and it’s looking for a new CEO — Link
• Co-working center targets legal eagles with its new North Dallas shared office location — Link
• A ‘rising star’ in a Dallas private equity firm sues its co-founders, citing a ‘frat house’ culture — Link
• Lyft says it reduces impaired driving and boosts the Dallas-Fort Worth economy. But at what cost? — Link
• Former Southwest Airlines CEO James Parker dies at 72 — Link
  - Dallas Morning News

• Houston-based GoCo Lands $7M in Series A Funding to Free Businesses from Outdated and Complex HR and Benefits Management — Link
  - Venture Beat
• Alliance Formed to Support Innovative Technology Start-Ups; First of its Kind for Oil and Natural Gas Industry — EUNIKE Ventures — Link
• What to Expect at Hatchpitch 2019 — Video
• 2019 at TMC Innovation… Envisioning Excellence! — Link
• BARDA and TMC Innovation Institute Partnership — Link
• Houston innovation ecosystem celebrated across incubators — Link
• Take That, Amazon: New Details Emerge On Houston’s Innovation District Houston — Link
  - Bisnow Houston Tierra Smith
• An unprecedented bridge to a heart transplant for Katlyen — Link
• Zibrio CEO and neuroscientist Katharine Forth aims to improve patient balance with technology — Link
  - TMCx
• Plastic-Reducing Idea Takes Aggie To Super Bowl LIII — Leslie Lee, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences — Link
• Businesses turn to creative CFOs who embrace and leverage innovation — Link
• Improving productivity: How two young professionals learned how to get the most out of themselves and their company — Link
• H-E-B’s Scott McClelland named GHP chairman, plans to raise $50M — Link
• Houston-based national retailer exploring strategic alternatives, CEO resigns — Link
• Houston software co. aims to double headcount after ‘nearly $100M’ investment — Link
• Boston startup accelerator receives $2.5M grant to expand to Houston — Link
• Midtown Sears building’s transformation into innovation hub to begin in May — Link
• Millennials vs. Gen Z: How a new generation can influence the workforce — Link
• Houston fintech co. plans to hire after office move — Link
• Newspaper company to launch its first inner-Loop publications — Link
• Well-known Houston investor bets on death care app — Link
• How to gear your business to Millennials — Link
• Instant cash offer startup for homes hires GM for Houston operations — Link
• New Houston VC, accelerator group partners with energy giants — Link
• Houston billionaire couple Laura and John Arnold form new philanthropic brand — Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• Transportation company steers talk of high-speed trains between Houston, Austin, and San Antonio — Link
• Study finds that almost half of Houston’s workforce tasks could be done by robots — Link
• 5 top trending innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
• Mayor, Station CEO: Houston’s innovation ecosystem has arrived — Link
• Here’s what the Bay Area can learn from Houston — Link
• Rice University’s Midtown innovation hub dubbed The Ion takes shape — Link
• International accelerator launches next program in downtown Houston — Link
• Houston’s smart pillbox startup gets even smarter about its users with data tracking technology — Link
• Houston needs 4 things to emerge as a startup hub, according to this entrepreneur — Link
• Houston entrepreneur is using his analytics company to change the oil and gas industry — Link
• Texas LGBT chambers of commerce form coalition to advocate for the community — Link
• Houston’s smart pillbox startup gets even smarter about its users with data tracking technology — Link
• Tech company uses machine learning to buy homes in Houston — Link
• Houston need 4 things to emerge as a startup hub, according to this entrepreneur — Link
• 3 Houston health-focused innovators to know this week — Link
• Houston startup aims to flip the script on social media marketing — Link
• Texas forms task force geared at autonomous vehicle development — Link
• Virgin steers talk of high-speed trains between Houston and Austin — Link
• Rice University transforms iconic Sears building into innovation hub — Link
• Houston named a top city for minority entrepreneur success — Link
  - InnovationMap / Culture Map Houston
• Allison Thacker — Rice Management Company — Video
  - HighDrive Network
• Former Houston Mayor Parker highlights cities’ challenges, opportunities — Link
• Scientia offers food for thought — Link
• Lettuce show you how to restore oil-soaked soil — Link
• Baker Institute, Center for Energy Studies continue to be highly ranked in global think tank survey — Link
• Holocaust survivor to give free public talk on eliminating genocide — Link
• Transformation of Sears building into The Ion begins in May — Link
• Tech industry woes blasted as ‘failure in public policy’ — Link
• Rice offers financial assistance to faculty and staff affected by government shutdown — Link
• Plasmonic pioneers fire away in fight over light — Link
  - Rice University
• Firmspace enters Houston coworking arena — Link
• Construction continues at The Cannon, looks to open in May — Link
• Silicon Bayou? Houston makes tech pitch — Link
• MassChallenge business accelerator opening in downtown Houston — Link
• Rice University unveils plans for former Sears building — Link
• BP Ventures invests $5M into Houston startup’s artificial intelligence technology — Link
• Here are 5 great apps for C-Suite dwellers — Link
• Managing the ups and downs of productivity — Link
• Watch local TV online free with Locast — while you can — Link
• Goodbye, Sears. Hello, Ion: Check out Rice’s new digs — Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog
• 2018 Man & Woman Of The Year — Veronica Gonzales & Bill Wilson — Link
• 13 QUESTIONS with McAllen CHAMBER BOARD MEMBER — Link
• People You Should Know — Link
• Meet Your Ambassador — Link
• Five Key Factors to Selling, Part II — Link
  - The McAllen Chamber of Commerce

• The Problem with Short Startup Term Sheets — SIlicon Hills Lawyer José​ Ancer (@ancerj) — Link
• Fastest Growing E-Commerce Stores of 2019 [Customer Acquisition Study] — Modern Media’s Anthony Blatner — Link
• Don’t Be Friends With Your Customers — Openview’s Kia Puhm — Link
• Back to the Future — Kleiner Perkins — Link
• Rebooted startup program WeWork Labs celebrates its one-year anniversary — — Techcrunch’s Anthony Ha — Link
• Sapphire Ventures bets big on esports and entertainment with new $115M fund — Techcrunch’s Kate Clark — Link
• Artificial Intelligence for Investment Research and Trading Insight — Emerj’s Raghav Bharadwaj — Link
• How sandboxes and prototyping labs enable banking innovation — Finextra’s Thomas Pintelon — Link
• How Do You Consume Content? We’re All Ears. — Morning Brew’s Kinsey Grant — Link
• 8 Elements Companies Need To Succeed In A Complex World — Strategyzer’s Alexander Osterwalder — Link
• Hair Dye Disruptor Madison Reed Locks In $50 Million In VC: How Founder Amy Errett Gets To The Root Of Startup Success — Forbes’ Tanya Klich — Link
• Lighter Capital partners with Silicon Valley Bank to offer startups debt financing and banking services — Geekwires’ Taylor Soper — Link
• Understanding Early Adopters and Customer Adoption Patterns — Link
• Forget everything you know about 3D printing — the ‘replicator’ is here — Link
• America is falling out of love with billionaires, and it’s about time — Los Angeles Times — Michael Hiltzik — Link

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February 7th | 7:45 am — 11:30 am
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Dr. Robyn Metcalfe: Technology to Sustainably Grow More & Better Food
Tuesday February 12, 2019 6:15pm
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Austin Technology Council Roundtable: Engineering & Product Leadership
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7:30 AM — 9:00 AM CST
Calavista
3700 N Capital of Texas Hwy #450 Austin, TX 78746
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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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Ask Me Anything with VC Chris Saum from Active Capital
Laura Lorek/Silicon Hills News
Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM CST
Galvanize — Austin
119 Nueces Street Austin, TX 78701
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Think & Drink (Coffee): How to Supercharge Your Morning Routine
Hosted by Reset
Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 8:30 AM — 9:30 AM
Tillery Kitchen and Bar
3201 East Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas 78702
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Civic Innovators of San Antonio — First Gathering
Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 6 PM — 8 PM
Burleson Yard Beer Garden
430 Austin St, San Antonio, Texas 78215
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Baylor New Venture Competition
February 21–23
Baylor University
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Open Project Night — 9th Edition
Impact Hub Houston
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 6 PM — 8 PM CST
The Black Sheep Agency
611 W 22nd St, Ste 201, Houston, Texas 77008
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[RE]verse Pitch — Opening Pitch Event
Tuesday February 26, 2019 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM (CST)
Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX, 78701
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Houston Cyber Summit
Wednesday February 27, 2019
The George R. Brown Convention Center
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Techstars — How to Build a Successful Startup Ecosystem in Your City Webinar
Thursday February 28th 2 pm CST
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Outlier Podcast Festival
May 17th 6:30pm — May 18th 4:00pm
Galvanize Austin
119 Nueces St, Austin, TX 78701
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Coworking Meetup
Austin Coworking Group · Hosted by Kay Dee
Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 9 AM — 1 PM
MELD Coworking
502 W 30th St., Austin, Texas 78705
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Founder Institute Cohort 3 Graduation Presented by Scalefactor
Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 6 PM — 9 PM CST
Native Hostel
807 East 4th Street, Austin, Texas 78702
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Houston Social Media Breakfast
How to Build Influence with Livestream Video
Friday, February 8, 2019 at 8:30 AM — 10 AM
Canopy
3939 Montrose Blvd, Houston, Texas 77006
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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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Austin’s 1st Annual Black Business Week
Hosted by Black Women In Business
February 1th at 10 AM — February 16th at 11 PM
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BBL Labs Energy Tech Accelerator Launch Party & Drone Demo
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 6 PM — 9 PM
Station Houston
1301 Fannin Street ##2440, Houston, Texas 77002
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ACG Monthly Meeting in Austin
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 11:30 AM — 1 PM
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse-Austin
320 E 2nd St, Austin, Texas 78701
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Startup Grind Austin Happy Hour
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 5 PM — 7 PM
CU-29 Cocktail Bar
720 Brazos St Ste B-710, Austin, Texas 78701
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Austin Impact Hub Accelerator Info Session
Tuesday February 19 at 9:30 PM — Feb 20 at 10:30 AM
Impact Hub Austin
411 W. Monroe St., Austin, Texas 78704
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Innovation Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 6 PM — 7:15 PM
UT Media Innovation
Belo Center for New Media
300 W Dean Keeton St, Austin, Texas 78705
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Explore Your Passion
Hosted by HYPE — Houston Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
701 Avenida de las Americas, Suite 900, Houston, Texas 77002
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Dad 2.0 Summit
Thursday, February 21- 23
The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio
420 W Market Street San Antonio, TX, 78205
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BossbabesATX February ’19 Community Meet-Up
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 6:30 PM — 9 PM
The Women’s Museum
3800 Parry Ave, Dallas, Texas 75226Robert B. Rowling Hall
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TechTalk with Hugh Forrest, SXSW
Hosted by Austin Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 8 AM — 9:30 AM
Austin Chamber of Commerce
535 E 5th St, Austin, Texas 78701
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Getting It Together in the Early-Stage — March 2019 (6 sessions)
Hosted by Impact Hub Austin
Friday, March 29, 2019 at 9:15 AM — 11:45 AM
Impact Hub Austin
411 West Monroe Street, Austin, Texas 78704
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