Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #184

20 min readMar 3, 2019

Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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SXSW — 5 Days Until March 8th

SXSW is five days away. We’re going to help you get ready in the form of a Couch to 5K Challenge:

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Strattam Capital Closes Fund II at $230 Million — Link

Fund II Will Continue Strattam’s Focus on Founder-led Business IT Companies

Fund II was activated and began investing in February 2018 with its majority investment in SSB, a data management and analytics provider serving the sports and education industries. Fund II plans to make seven to nine majority equity investments each ranging from $20 million to $50 million in established companies with high-quality products across the enterprise software, digital infrastructure and technology-enabled services sectors. Strattam’s portfolio companies typically have $10 million to $30 million in revenue and enterprise values of up to $80 million at investment.

Dan Graham, Genevieve Gilbreath start Springdale Ventures to invest $20m into CPG — Link

- Austin Business Journal’s Mike Cronin

Quake Capital Names Jason Fernandez Managing Partner of Quake ATX — Link

Quake is currently accepting applications for its Austin accelerator launching in late Spring. For more information on Quake and to apply to its accelerator, please visit: https://www.quakecapital.com/atx

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Two Austin-based VC Firms Are Each Raising $100M Funds — Link
- Crunchbase’s Mary Ann Azevedo
SourceDay Attracts Prominent Austin Board Members with Strong 2018 Growth — Link
Renzoe Box, 2017–2018 wins GOOD Design Award — Link
Invoiced Officially Announces First-Ever National Accounts Receivable Appreciation Day — Link
Machine Learning at StoryFit — Powered by AWS & DataRobot — Video
Young entrepreneur goes to capitol to support lemonade stand bill — Link
- KXAN
Meet Lindsey Sokol, the Director of Austin City Limits Music Festival — Link
- Austin Women Magazine’s Chantal Rice
Tripleseat Reveals 2018’s Most Booked Venues in Austin — Link
Thom Singer Podcast: Entrepreneurship Shapes The World Michael Smerklo, NextCoast Ventures — Link
Groups eyeing $12M for creative spaces learn ‘process is complicated’ — Link
- Austin Monitor
New Funds for ParkHub, Neighborhood Goods, Rabbet, & More TX Tech — Link
Database Automation Software Maker Datical Adds $10M for New Hires — Link
ATX Seed Ventures Raises Second Investment Fund of $32 Million — Link
Microsoft’s M12 Leads $21M Round for Spycloud’s Security Software — Link
- Xconomy’s Angela Shah and David Holley
Brett Hurt: The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #14: Selling to the “Cool Kids” — Link
Opportunity Hub Partners with Capital Factory To Bridge Opportunity Gap — Link
#SMWATX: What I Learned About Marketing On LinkedIn — Link
Capital Factory + E-Capital Summit $100,000 Cleantech Investment Challenge — Link
- Austin Startups
Austin real estate titan set to topple coworking giant WeWork in 2019 — Link
- Culture Map Austin
Silicon Hills News podcast with Chris Shonk — Podcast
ATX Seed Ventures Plans to Raise its Third Venture Fund — Link
Datical Lands $10 Million in Additional VC Funding — Link
SXSW 2019 Will Focus on How AI and Automation Will Change the Workforce — Link
- Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
Dell Backs Vast Data In $80M Funding — Link
Houston’s GoExpedi Finds $8M — Link
FireMon Names Chief Product Officer — Link
ATX Seed Ventures Raises $32M In Second Fund — Link
SpyCloud Raises $21M More — Link
Pellucere Technologies Gets Investment Round For Solar Coatings — Link
Convey Launches New, Self-Service Appointment Scheduling For Deliveries — Link
Woot! Launches Special Deals For Amazon Prime Members — Link
Amazon Prime Air Cargo Plane Crashes In Houston, Three Dead — Link
- Texas Tech Pulse
Notley Invests in DivInc Accelerator for Women and People of Color — Link
- Xconomy’s Angela Shah
How Day Dreamer Helps Austin Creatives Collaborate — Link
Datical Raises $10M Series C with New Investor — Link
Quake Capital Targets $100M for Its Third Fund — Link
Microsoft’s M12 Leads $21M Series B for SpyCloud — Link
Austin PE Firm Raises $230M for Tech Buyouts and Investments — Link
- AustinInno’s Brett Wistrom
Cockrell Engineering launches Texas Inventionworks program — Link
Austin’s Canopy represents an oasis for the arts, artists, the public — Link
Cockrell Engineering launches Texas Inventionworks program — Link
OjO scooters bring a new twist to Austin’s electric scooter scene — Link
Students win Improve UT Challenge with proposal for bike lanes on Speedway — Link
The future of UT System online credentials — Link
Research finds incentives to attract companies are not helping job prospects — Link
Thousands of young girls gather for Girl Day at UT — Link
- The Daily Texan
Your Checklist for the 2019 SXSW Interactive Festival — Link
Feb 26: SXSW LGBTQ+ Meet Up — Link
Five Reads: Double Standards — Link
Lora Haddock: March 14 at SXSW — Link
HBCU Battle of the Brains 2019 — Link
SXSW Startups: ENSO — Link
SXSW Startups: New Age Meats — Link
SXSW Startups: Fluidity — Link
SXSW Startups: Node — Link
SXSW Startups: Vence — Link
SXSW Startups: Miro — Link
SXSW Startups: Sherpa — Link
SXSW Startups: Novo — Link
SXSW Office Hours on Tues, Feb 26 — Link
SXSW Startups: Molecula — Link
SXSW Startups: My SideKick — Link
- SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
Cybersecurity startup led February’s $80M funding haul — see who else… — Link
Austin startup part of largest token deal ever, new innovation center… — Link
Datical caps off record year with $10M Series C to expand team, market… — Link
SpyCloud locks down $21M Series B led by Microsoft venture arm — Link
Here’s where tech’s biggest players are building Austin offices — Link
Employees say you’ll join HotSchedules for the tech and stay for the… — Link
- BuiltinAustin’s Katie Fustich & Kelly O’Halloran
Ultimate list of Austin women who can speak at your tech event — Link
Your 401K balance could be lower than what you see on paper — Link
$60M lawsuit alleges Zillow listings can be hijacked — Link
How everything can change in a heartbeat — literally — Link
Viral tweet explains why expertise costs more — Link
The top 5 reasons to reject a job offer — Link
Is retirement now just a pipe dream? — Link
It’s time to break up the FAANG — most are no longer tech — Link
- The American Genius
New scooter rules in Austin’s pipeline; Riders could face fines — Link
H-E-B hit with patent infringement lawsuit for self-checkout app — Link
Journal Profile: Malini Rajput leads Capital One in Austin — Link
Viewpoint: Texas lawmakers poised to stop ‘California-zation’ of Austin — Link
Capital Gains: Bitcoins, goat yoga & a tree on the move — Link
P. Terry’s Burger Stand names new CEO — Link
The Business Journal interview with Kendra Scott — Link
Datical raises $10M for hiring, more R&D — Link
Google-backed commercial kitchen comes to Austin — Link
ATX Seed Ventures closes $32M second fund, aims to raise $100M in third for more tech investments — Link
Quake Capital targets $100M for its third fund — Link
Real estate giant Compass buys popular tech company — Link
Longtime Dell supplier to spend nearly $5M expanding Pflugerville packaging plant — Link
How Cirrus Logic helps employees beat Austin traffic — Link
Microsoft leads SpyCloud’s $21M funding round — Link
Anthony Gustin aims to make Austin the nation’s keto capital — Link
You can now major in video game design at UT — Link
Why an Austin coworking pioneer decided to sell — Link
Lime working on glitch with scooters after riders hurt — Link
Austin bar sued after songwriter group says it didn’t pay for music rights — Link
Austin PE firm raises $230M for tech buyouts, investments — Link
CEOs, bank bosses, marketing mavens & more share advice with other women at Mentoring Monday 2019 — Link
Link Coworking sells to Dallas company eager to expand in Austin — Link
Texas courts San Francisco startups with lure of lower taxes, cheaper land — Link
Former Walmart VP takes over as CEO of Mood Media — Link
In the money Feb. 25: $35M in deals reported, including pair of contracts for military — Link
Walmart’s latest national rollout: Austin entrepreneur’s gluten-free Monster Cookies — Link
Facebook takes space from Blue Apron in corporate hub rising from fields of Northeast Austin — Link
- Austin Business Journal
Herman: Austin kid’s biz prowess wows Texas lawmakers — Link
SXSW is back again with big names, ‘activations’ and crowds — Link
Tesla’s abrupt strategy shift to online-only sales model leaves Texas dealership push in question — Link
Austin’s ATX Seed Ventures raises $32M, set sights on $100 million funding round — Link
Whole Foods CEO: New store formats coming, Amazon partnership going well — Link
Austin’s Bumble launches networking tool that lets recruiters exclude men — Link
DIGITAL DILEMMA: Is Austin a cybersecurity hub? Depends who you ask. — Link
Austin cybersecurity startup SpyCloud raises $21 million for hiring, product development — Link
Report: Whole Foods to convert 365 stores to regular Whole Foods stores — Link
Austin-area rocket company lands a Florida launch site — Link
- Austin American-Statesman / 512Tech

SAN ANTONIO

Scaleworks Raises Larger $80m Fund II to Pursue Its Venture Equity Model — Link
- Crunchbase’s Mary Ann Azevedo
Companies offer solutions to apartment package delivery hassle — Link
- KSAT
Rapamycin Holdings Becomes Emtora Biosciences, Gains New CEO — Link
Port San Antonio Approves Pre-Development Agreement for Innovation Center, Cyber Facilities — Link
Port San Antonio Unveils Plans for STEM Innovation Campus — Link
San Antonio Startup Events for the Week of February 25, 2019 — Link
- Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
Rapamycin Holdings Changes Name to Emtora Biosciences, Hires New CEO — Link
Port San Antonio Considers Innovation Center on Former Air Force Base — Link
Scaleworks Adds $80M for Second “Venture Equity” Investment Fund — Link
- Xconomy’s David Holley
In Its 25th Year, Microlender LiftFund Focusing on New Financial Tools — Link
Rivard Report to Launch ‘San Antonio Storybook’ and ‘Finding Medina’ Podcasts — Link
Stance of Some Businesses Puts SA Climate Plan on Shakier Ground — Link
In Latest Round of Layoffs, Rackspace Lets Go 3 Percent of Workforce — Link
Dallas Fed CEO: Drivers of State’s Economy Are ‘In Our Control’ — Link
500 Tech Jobs Promised as Accenture Expands in San Antonio — Link
TechTonics: Transcending Disability in UTSA Professor John Quarles’ Virtual World — Link
Port San Antonio to Study Costs of Building Innovation Center — Link
As Medical Costs Rise, GoFundMe Becomes Go-To for Families Struggling with Bills — Link
New DoSeum Exhibit Offers Kid-Friendly Intro to Manufacturing Processes — Link
Alamo Heights Adopts Regulations for E-Scooters — Link
San Antonio, Darmstadt Leaders on How to Be a ‘City of the Future’ — Link
Scaleworks Launches $80M Second Fund, Eyes 5 to 6 Acquisitions — Link
- Rivard Report
6 women business owners recognized for their achievements in San Antonio — Link
- San Antonio Express News
Globalscape profits rebound in 2018 amid revenue growth — Link
Air Force tech competition picks $600K winners in SA — Link
Dallas Fed president hot on Texas but expects U.S. growth to slow — Link
She was right there all along: How a newly promoted exec helps her team find balance — Link
Bill to kill paid sick leave laws advances in Texas Senate, sparks fresh worries about LGBT discrimination — Link
H-E-B hit with patent infringement lawsuit over self-checkout app — Link
Rackspace continues layoffs — Link
SA holding company raises $1.3M for tech startups — Link
The Business Journal announces the presenters for 2019 Legacy Leaders awards — Link
Accenture to add 500 jobs in SA as EDF scores another win — Link
USAA Bank looks to beef up compliance department — Link
Former Spurs player joins SA tech startup building sports hardware — Link
Scaleworks eyeing bigger tech startups for new portfolio — Link
Business Journal hosts its largest Mentoring Monday event — Link
Valero Alamo Bowl economic impact tops $50M — Link
HelpSocial inks deal with Mexican subsidiary of a telecom giant — Link
Another San Antonio biotech changing its name and CEO — Link
See who was there: Biz community celebrates young leaders at 40 Under 40 Awards (slideshow) — Link
SA biotech raises more capital; gets boost from Mayo Clinic — Link
BizWomen Mentoring Monday: From Bain & Co. to National Geographic, companies create connections — Link
Scaleworks investors put in $80M toward second fund for tech startups — Link
First look: Port San Antonio shows off proposed Innovation Center (slideshow) — Link
Local high schoolers get taste of nontraditional manufacturing business (slideshow) — Link
- San Antonio Business Journal’s Kristen Mosbrucker

Canyon ISD’s Manufacturing Academy joint effort between industry & education — Link
- KTXS.com Maria Serrano
Thousands of Legos Flood the Perot Museum for The Art of the Brick — Link
- D Magazine
Dallas ranks among worst big cities for women in tech, new study says — Link
- Culture Map Dallas
Natalie Mills’ entrepreneurial spirit shows in jewelry line and her focus on giving back — Link
Dallas coworking firm expands into Austin market with acquisition — Link
Fossil eliminates COO role — Link
North Texas’ top franchises grow up to 600 percent over three years — Link
Bay Area real estate tech startup expands further into Texas — Link
The ‘Chick-fil-A of coworking’: Here’s how this CEO is positioning his Dallas firm among flexible workspace competition — Link
This software company CEO is using data smarts and robots to amp growth — Link
Are modern trends in patent procurement hurting portfolios? — Link
Stakeholders in Dallas real estate startup increase positions — Link
Dallas-area software company with $50M in VC has a new owner — Link
Dallas private equity firm at center of lawsuit brings on new executive — Link
Chuck Rubin out as CEO of Michaels — Link
Oncor nets half a billion in profits, refunds $60M from tax cuts — Link
AT&T strikes partnership with Microsoft involving network tech — Link
DBJ hosts sixth annual Mentoring Monday event — Link
Pizza Hut, FedEx team up on autonomous delivery device — Link
Dean Foods says it’s exploring ‘strategic alternatives’ — Link
Wingstop’s experience officer resigns — Link
After bagging McKesson’s HQ, Texas business recruiters come back for more in the Bay Area — Link
Cinemark’s answer to MoviePass delivering 10% of its box office — Link
Zurich Insurance Group acquires DFW tech startup — Link
Feeling manipulated by digital tips for coffee? The struggle is real — Link
DallasCIO announces 2019 ORBIE Award winners — Link
With out-of-this-world aspirations, DFW company aims for $6M in new funding — Link
Exclusive: Texas courts Bay Area startups — Link
- Dallas Business Journal
Dallas’ New CANVAS Hotel is Bringing Art to the City — Link
‘Rides That Matter’: New Dallas Rideshare Service Uses Only Electric Cars — Link
Texas’ Booming Life Sciences Sector Draws Financial Advisory Firm to Dallas — Link
Discovery: UTSW Creates Life Expectancy Map for the Ages; Bone Solutions Hits Milestone with Bone Repair Product — Link
UT Dallas, Capital Factory Partner on Incubator to Boost Students’ Ventures — Link
The DEC Partners With Dallas’ EO Accelerator For New Startup Speaker Series — Link
MμZ Motion Brings Innovation to Collaborative Robotics — Link
A National Conference Celebrating Veteran Entrepreneurs is Coming to Dallas This Weekend — Link
Follow the Money: Door Gets $5.4M, Ikonopedia Nets $2M in Series C, Muzooka Notes $3.9M — Link
The Future of Work: What You Need to Know — Link
Dallas Startup Nickson Living is Making Moving Easy — Link
North Texas Cities Hope Open Data Day Helps Find Solutions — Link
Thinking Outside the Blockchain Box: SMU Tackles Sustainability with High Tech Solutions — Link
Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 19 — Link
Fashion-Forward: rewardStyle Brings on Top Execs to Move Into a Phase of Accelerated Growth — Link
Go Time: Traffic-Control Signals Cut Stoplight Wait by 40% in Richardson — Link
Startup Couples: rewardStyle’s Amber & Baxter Box on Balance and Finding Success — Together — Link
TCU and UNTHSC’s Fort Worth Medical School Rethinks Healthcare Education — Link
DI People: Varidesk, Masergy, One Technologies, rewardStyle Make Leadership Moves — Link
UNT Program Nurtures Students, Makes The Classroom a ‘Thirdspace’ for Teachers — Link
Photo Recap: Innovate(her) Conference Sparks Innovative Thinking in Middle School Girls — Link
TWU Begins Work on New $54M Science & Technology Center — Link
Hedera Announces Initial Governing Council Members of Global Industry Leaders — Link
- Dallas Innovates
Last year’s $800 million Infomart sale in Dallas was one of the top U.S. building buys — Link
David Robinson’s Admiral Capital flips land under two Collin County office building purchases — Link
7-Eleven’s new test store opens in Oak Cliff with beer on tap, wine and Laredo Taco Company taqueria — Link
Kimberly Clark’s global brands president leaves to run Dallas startup TropicSport — Link
Michaels CEO Chuck Rubin leaving arts and crafts retailer in ‘mutually agreed’ termination — Link
Dallas Morning News scales back commercial printing, cuts 92 jobs — Link
Austin cybersecurity firm raises $21 million to expand team, ramp up products — Link
Dallas-based Dean Foods reports steep loss, suspends dividend as it considers a possible sale — Link
UT Southwestern brain institute hires noted Parkinson’s disease researcher — Link
Tech firm Cognizant, which already has a big Irving office, expands to Plano with 500 jobs — Link
Texas rocket company signs deal to build manufacturing facility at Cape Canaveral — Link
Dallas coworking firm Common Desk heads to Austin with purchase — Link
- Dallas Morning News
The DEC and Entrepreneurs Organization partner to launch speaker series for startups — Link
- Launch DFW

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale honored at Mays Business School — Link
- Mays Business School
The Next Big Thing in Conference and Corporate Event Technology — Link
- Coterie Spark’s Rebecca Loeb
Texas A&M At SXSW: Aggies To Appear In Panels, Activations, Competitions — Texas A&M Today — Link
Digital health companies pitch at TMC Expert Forum — Link
TMCxpo: Cloud 9 — Link
Memorial Hermann connects with Texas-based Safe 2 Save app to curb distracted driving — Link
- TMCx
Legal Hackathon Launches at The Cannon — Link
- The Cannon Blog
What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received? — Link
- Voyage Houston Magazine
Photos: See the first Houston location of Austin-based coworking concept Firmspace — Link
HBJ’s 2019 Mentoring Monday draws more than 200 — Link
Op-ed: Capitol Hill hearing shows why energy sector needs diversity — Link
Behind the deal: Houston energy software co. makes acquisition — Link
Houston digital payment co. closes $20M after Accenture investment — Link
University of Houston System surpasses $1 billion campaign goal ahead of schedule — Link
AMC Theatres opens first new Houston-area location in more than 20 years — Link
Rice Business Plan Competition 2019 finalists announced — Link
Investment platform NextSeed launches brick-and-mortar division with Greenway Plaza pop-ups — Link
Memorial Hermann CEO to step down at end of year — Link
Yes, Texas LGBT business leaders advocate for social issues, but focus just as much on economic ones — Link
Fitness chain aims to open 20 Houston locations this year — Link
Houston oncology co. aims to grow after merger announcement — Link
Susan G. Komen Houston names new executive director — Link
How to keep employees engaged during times of change — Link
Three new tech-focused tenants move into Greenway Plaza — Link
Rodeo Houston names winners of 2019 World’s Champion Bar-B-Que contest — Link
H-E-B and Texas Capital Bank donate mobile food pantry — Link
Sysco solar farms enter service — Link
- Houston Business Journal
Accenture invests in and partners with Houston-based company — Link
Houston’s newest dating service requires best-friend approval — Link
Greenway Plaza pops up as hot spot for tasty new restaurant concepts — Link
Houston-based online fundraising platform launches new turnkey retail space opportunity — Link
5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
Houston conservationist is helping to find new ways to protect local species and ecosystems — Link
This new-to-Houston startup is simplifying trading for the next generation of investors — Link
Global Legal Hackathon launches at The Cannon in Houston — Link
10 can’t-miss Houston business and innovation events for March — Link
Business leaders in Houston have a surprisingly high tech adoption rate — Link
Meet the Houston entrepreneur behind the ‘Uber of design’ — Link
Popular Houston coworking space hosts event that’s all about the hustle — Link
Houston entrepreneurs aim to connect fitness fiends around the city through a mobile app and curated events — Link
Data-driven inclusion platform founder says ensuring your workplace is diverse just isn’t enough — Link
Houston Food Bank launches app to better connect the city’s food insecure residents to resources — Link
3 tech companies ink deals in Greenway Plaza — Link
Houston safe driving app backed by Memorial Hermann plans Texas expansion — Link
4 health-focused Houston innovators to know this week — Link
- InnovationMap / Culture Map Houston
Nwamaka Imasogie — GitLinks — Link
- HighDrive Network
OEDK 10th Anniversary Party — Video
OEDK bash celebrates 10 years of invention, imagination — Link
Doerr Institute brings ‘purpose checkup’ to Rice — Link
Rice statistician’s warning about machine learning grabs headlines around the globe — Link
Rice Business Plan Competition announces 2019 teams vying for over $1.5 M in prizes — Link
Warning: Automated cars and their operators fail to detect dangers — Link
‘No university is more synonymous with NASA than Rice’ — Link
Rice chemists: Sunscreen essential, but worth FDA scrutiny — Link
- Rice University
University of Houston System exceeds $1 billion fundraising goal 18 months ahead of schedule — Link
Rice Business Plan Competition names teams for 2019 events — Link
Women Who Code is launching in Houston — Link
Microlender Grameen American expands into Houston — Link
Online tool lets small and medium businesses assess cybersecurity — Link
Democrats vow Congress will tackle tech giants — Link
Texas first to fine, order full reimbursement by cryptocurrency firm — Link
Tomlinson: High-tech alternatives threaten future of big banks — Link
No tellers. No ATMs. No cash. Welcome to the ‘neo’ bank. — Link
Apple closing Dallas stores to flee patent trolls — Link
- The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog
Creative Arts Studio — Link
McAllen to Celebrate Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day — Link
- The McAllen Chamber of Commerce

Verified Expert Lawyer: José Ancer — Tech Crunch — Link
How these 3 women entrepreneurs launched their businesses after 40 — FastCompany’s Lindsay Tigar — Link
Kauffman’s State of Entrepreneurship Address: Everyone needs to get involved — Link
How To Fund Your Start-Up Business Idea — Forbes Contributor Lilach Bullock — Link
I Contacted 453 VCs and Lost Our Side Bet Daniel Sexton — Link
American Journalism Project Launches Major Effort to Reinvigorate Local News with $42 Million in Founding Commitments — The American Journalism Project — Link
How Investors Think About Ideas — YCombinator’s Kevin Hale — Link
How to Identify an Entrepreneur Worth Investing In w/ Joe Medved — Predicting the Turn’s Dave Knox — Link
Michigan House expands scouting collaborative — Link
‘Energizing Health’ To Fight Health Disparities and Champion Health Equity During SXSW 2019 — Link
50 Women-Led Startups That Are Crushing Tech — Forbes Contributor Allyson Kapin — Link
This Is Silicon Valley — Gloria Liou — Link
YCombinator Startup School: Advisor Edition — Link
Techstars live AMA: “How to Build a Successful Startup Ecosystem in Your City” replay — Link

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

Tech^Map Cofounder Austin — Panel: Building a Network in the Startup World
Monday March 4th at 7 PM — 9 PM
Capital Factory
801 Brazos St. Austin, Texas 78701
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Built In Austin’s Top Companies Hiring
Wednesday, March 6, 2018 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM CDT
Speakeasy
412 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701
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Intro to Content Strategy
Wednesday, March 6th 6–9 pm CST
GA Austin, WeWork Congress
600 Congress Avenue, 14th Floor Austin, TX 78701
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Building Online Communities with Victoria Taylor of Reddit, WeWork, & Cake
WeWork Labs Houston
Thursday, March 7, 2019 5:30 PM
WeWork
708 Main St Houston, TX 77002
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Protecting Your Intellectual Property on Social Media
Hosted by Houston Social Media Breakfast
Friday, March 8, 2019 at 8:30 AM — 10 AM
3939 Montrose Blvd, Houston, Texas 77006
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BOSS-Talks Inspiration Entrepreneur Karen Hiltz & Engaging Your Stakeholders
Thursday, March 14, 2019 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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Techstars Startup Weekend San Antonio
Friday, Mar 22, 2019, 6:30 PM — Sunday, Mar 24, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
Geekdom
131 Soledad St San Antonio, TX 78205
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H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge
Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 6 PM — 9 PM
Entrepreneurship at Rice — Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
6100 Main St., Houston, Texas 77005
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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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The Austin Forum on Technology & Society
Reaching and Engaging FANatics with Immersive Experiences
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 6:15 PM — 8:30 PM CST
Austin Central Library
710 West Cesar Chavez Street Austin, TX 78701
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March 2019 Virtual Meetup
Houston Freelance Creatives
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 10:45 AM — 12 PM
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/945030567

Austin Tech Happy Hour
Thursday, March 7, 2019
5:30 PM — 7:30 PM CST
The Dogwood
715 West 6th Street Austin, TX 78701
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Houston Unfiltered: Candid Conversations Over Coffee ft. Jiri Horyna
Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM CDT
Station Houston
1301 Fannin St. Suite 2440 Houston, TX 77002
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Technology Startup & Investor Showdown
by Fruition Technology Labs
Friday, March 15, 2019 1:00 PM — 5:00 PM CDT
16800 Imperial Valley Dr Houston, TX 77060
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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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Open Government Symposium 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 ,8:00 AM — 4:00 PM CDT
Austin Central Library
710 West Cesar Chavez Street Austin, TX 78701
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