Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #191

Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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EverlyWell scores $50M haul — Link

- Austin Business Journal’s Mike Cronin

• Austin-Based Digital Health Startup EverlyWell Raises $50M — Link
  - Crunchbases’s Mary Ann Azevedo
• EverlyWell raises $50M to expand the reach of its at-home lab tests — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• Austin health tech firm EverlyWell lands $50M for expansion — Link
  - American-Statesman’s Lori Hawkins
• EverlyWell Raises $50M for At-Home Lab Tests for Fertility, STDs and More — Link
  - AustinInno’s Brent Wistrom
• EverlyWell Lands $50 Million More in Venture Capital Funding — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• EverlyWell, Austin Maker of At-Home Lab Tests, Nets $50 Million — Link
  - Xconomy’s Angela Shah

“CEO Julia Taylor Cheek founded EverlyWell in 2015. Her company enables people to order tests, such as fertility and food-sensitivity diagnostics, and obtain doctor-reviewed results and feedback within days.”

Help Regina Vatterott with her Recovery — Link

On Sunday morning 4/31/19, Regina was rushed into emergency surgery due to a major brain bleed. The doctors were able to get the bleeding under control and she is currently recovering in a hospital in Israel, where she was at the time.

We are raising funds for her recovery efforts, medical bills, rehab expenses, and travel expenses for her and her family to get back to Houston from Israel once Regina is stable enough to head home. — GoFundMe

Intro to the Austin Startup Scene & Ask Me Anything with Marc Nathan — Link

I’m honored to be asked to speak on a topic very near and dear to my heart — the Austin Startup Scene. Come learn about resources and events that will help you grow your startup in the Austin area.

Intro to the Austin Startup Scene & Ask Me Anything with Marc Nathan
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 4:00 PM — 7:00 PM CDT
Capital Factory
701 Brazos, 16th Floor Austin TX 78701
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• Part two: More impressive (and free) tools for bootstrapping your business — Link
  - Austin Startups
• Meet Krishna Srinivasan, Founding General Partner at LiveOak Venture Partners — Link
  - Vator.tv
• Austin Revealed: Booting Up Big Tech — Link
  - KLRU-TV
• CoStar News — Top Tech Companies Reboot Austin, Texas, Into the 21st Century — Link
• Slingshot Aerospace Raises $5m for AI-driven Data Analysis — Link
  - Crunchbases’s Mary Ann Azevedo
• Atlanta-Based TommyRun Races into Austin, Texas, Homebuilding Market — Link
• Adlucent Joins Austin’s Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge | SYS-CON MEDIA — Link
• Yep. A lot more people have moved to Austin, the Census Bureau confirms. — Link
• Austin Energy buys biomass plant for $460M — Link
• Adler says Texas has ‘declared war’ on Austin: ‘We must be prepared to defend ourselves’ — Link
  - Austin Monitor
• Imandra, Innovapptive, Nesh, Kroger Delivery Robots & More TX Tech — Link
• Slingshot Adds $5M for Software That Monitors Disasters, Defense — Link
• SolarWinds, Moki, Nimbix, GoT, Rice Business Plan & More TX Tech — Link
  - Xconomy’s Angela Shah and David Holley
• Austin ranks №2 in the nation for most women-owned startups — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• Slingshot Aerospace Raises $5 Million More in Funding — Link
• Austin-based eRelevance Suddenly Shuts Down — Link
• AI Startup Imandra Moves its Headquarters from London to Austin and Lands $5 Million in Funding — Link
• Austin Startups Pitch at Oracle’s Cloud Accelerator Demo Day — Link
• Mastercard Buys Austin-based Vyze — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• Nesh Finds Seed Funding To Apply Smart Assistants To Oil, Gas Industry — Link
• Imandra Sets Up Shop In Austin, Adds $5M — Link
• eRelevance Suddenly Shuts Down — Link
• Accenture Boosts Cybersecurity Effort In San Antonio — Link
• Slingshot Aerospace Lands $5M In New Seed Round — Link
• Vyze Acquired By Mastercard — Link
• EverlyWell Finds $50M — Link
• Cognite Expands To US, Sets Up Offices In Austin, Houston — Link
• Adlucent Signs Up For Startup Diversity and Inclusion Effort — Link
• Anaconda Taps Red Hat Veteran For Sales, Marketing Efforts — Link
• AT&T Sells Stake In Hulu For $1.43 Billion — Link
• Celling Biosciences Buys ThermiGen — Link
• JASK Doubles Headcount, Trumpets Growth — Link
• Phunware Inks Patent Licensing Deal — Link
  - Texas Tech Pulse
• UT alumni, Linda and Lee Norris, support women in engineering and low-income students with $1 million gift — Link
• Barney Swan challenges students to clean up 360 million tons of CO2 — Link
• Digital driver’s license test program approved by Texas House — Link
• UT Researcher discovers potential target for Tylenol overdose — Link
• Q&A: ROC Nation CEO Jay Brown discusses experience in music industry — Link
• UT professors have a new idea to bring down the cost of course materials — Link
• UT grads expand pediatric company — Link
• Cyberagriculture promises to make your food taste better — Link
• Hey Curious Campus: What is UT doing to promote sustainability on campus? How can students get involved? — Link
• UT students develop software to help satellites seek objects — Link
• Students without social media share alternatives for connectedness — Link
• Engineering students build eco-friendly doghouses for furry friends — Link
• UT student entrepreneurs found EnAIRgy to replace nicotine highs with higher energy levels — Link
• Kerbey queso recipe now on moon after Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes — Link
• Artineering seeks to build bridge between art and engineering majors — Link
• Dell Medical School hosts health conference to improve local health — Link
  - The Daily Texan
• 4/20: A Look at Marijuana Startups in 12 Different Markets — Link
• Apple Announces New iPhone and Device Recycling Lab in Austin — Link
• Slingshot Aerospace Closes $5M Seed Round — Link
• Austin Fintech Startup Acquired by Mastercard — Link
  - AustinInno’s Brett Wistrom
• SXSW Moments: Disaster Response — Link
• SXSW Moments: Hacking Democracy — Link
• Amanda Palmer on Crowdfunding and Songwriting at SXSW 2019 [Video] — Link
  - SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
• Austin ranks second in women-led startups, according to new report — Link
• Keeping it weird: 8 leaders share what makes Austin unique for women… — Link
• Slingshot Aerospace raises $5M in funding to analyze the world from… — Link
• LumApps, a social network-styled office communications tool, raises… — Link
• Austin’s named best place to live yet again, thanks in large part to… — Link
  - BuiltinAustin’s Katie Fustich & Kelly O’Halloran
• An Interview With Lani Rosales — Link
  - AM Insights
• Beautiful new wellness app takes a more holistic approach — Link
• Class action suit hits vape company, Juul for illegally marketing to teens — Link
• High School ‘Signing Day’ for seniors starting careers, not sports or college — Link
• Why many entrepreneurs facing mental health issues don’t get help [part two] — Link
• Entrepreneurs face higher rates of mental illness [part one] — Link
• 3 things to do if you *really* want to be an ally to women in tech — Link
  - The American Genius
• Journal Profile: How Claire England became a linchpin on Austin’s startup scene — Link
• 2 Austin executive moves to know, including SailPoint’s new security expert from HomeAway — Link
• Imandra gets $5M to police other tech companies’ computer programs — Link
• Sempulse: finalist — Link
• Vote for the next great idea in the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest — Link
• RunLab: finalist — Link
• Shipwell: finalist — Link
• Proximity Learning: finalist — Link
• Arrive Logistics hires former CFO of Yeti Coolers, product head for Spredfast — Link
• Yvonne Tocquigny has learned that in branding, bigger isn’t always better — Link
• Capital Gains: Why ABIA rocks; Precourt donates $1M — Link
• Why companies are flocking to North Austin — Link
• Apple reveals secretive Austin lab where iPhones are recycled — Link
• North Austin’s explosive growth shifting business’ attention away from downtown — Link
• More on SolarWinds’ $350M buyout, including Samanage’s venture capital haul — Link
• Bill advances at Texas Capitol to expand low-THC medical marijuana program — Link
• As some big cities lose residents, Austin is adding them faster than anywhere else — Link
• More office space to rise at Domain; New project is something way different — Link
• Argodesign opens Amsterdam office — Link
• Austin-based Forcepoint to bring 300-plus jobs to new Boston facility — Link
• Locale eager to expand to hot locales like Atlanta, San Francisco after raising $2.5M — Link
• Slingshot raises $5M to help NASA and others in space — Link
• M&A wrap: Pair of Austin companies get bigger — Link
• South Texas Money Management founder dies — Link
• Bob Fabbio’s eRelevance shuts down, report says — Link
• FedEx expands in Austin with space to double van fleet, handle pricier shipments — Link
• Mastercard buys Austin fintech company — Link
• Tech company to split U.S. HQ between Austin, Houston — Link
• How Austin business leaders can help relieve Austin’s congestion woes — Link
• International publishing company leaves downtown for North Austin — Link
• 5 keys for startups to rev up profitable growth in Austin’s red-hot funding ecosystem — Link
• Royal Blue Grocery opens first San Antonio store — Link
• Phunware cuts 15% of jobs amid wild ride on Nasdaq — Link
• In the money April 15: $1M in deals for golf app, health care services — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Two Texas Moms And The Summit They Created — Link [In one of the best highlights of my professional career — I take credit as the person who introduced Laura to Carrie at the Chronicle tweetup event and suggested they do a conference together — I was proud to moderate a panel this year for their spinoff Dad 2.0 Conference]
• Livestrong Foundation selling Austin HQ, will look for new home — Link
• Austin jobless rate slips to 2.7%; demand for workers remains strong — Link
• Lawsuit claims Lakeway man fleeced $8 million from investors — Link
• Austin’s Imandra raises $5 million to boost AI product — Link
• OFFICE BOOM: Rents hit record high as Austin-area office market surges — Link
• Report: Austin №2 in nation in percentage of women-owned startups — Link
• Austin’s Slingshot Aerospace raises $5 million to continue growth — Link
• Austin internet marketing firm eRelevance unexpectedly shuts its doors — Link
• Austin’s Fringe Benefit Group buys North Texas-based health care firm — Link
• Texas lawmakers revive bid to phase out state’s franchise tax — Link
• Starbucks expanding solar, enough to power 360 Texas stores — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman / 512Tech

SAN ANTONIO

• Thinking Differently on Firing People — Link
  - Michael Girdley
• UTSA Startup Grind to Feature Active Capital and FunnelAI — Link
• UTSA Startup Leaptran Wins Award for Sustainable Energy Innovation — Link
• Newchip Launches Equity-Free Online Accelerator Program — Link
• San Antonio Startup Events for the Week of April 15, 2019 — Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
• San Antonio Wound-Care Company Eyes (Another) Initial Public Offering — Link
• Accenture Invests in San Antonio Government-Cybersecurity Operations — Link
  - Xconomy’s David Holley
• Jeannie Wyatt, ground-breaking San Antonio money manager, dies at 65 — Link
  - San Antonio Express News
• Word Salsa, the Best (Robot) Poet in Town, a National Poetry Month Treat — Link
• USAA Weathers Multiple Disasters and Challenges for Mostly Positive 2018 — Link
• Researchers Begin Testing Long-Term ‘Universal’ Flu Vaccine — Link
• Financial Pioneer Jeanie Wyatt Remembered: ‘She Was Just Magic’ — Link
• DoSeum Launches New Master Camps — Link
• San Antonio Eyes Untapped Opportunities in Military Medicine — Link
  - Rivard Report
• San Antonio’s tech sector growing as Houston contracts — Link
• Kristen’s Take: How universities on opposite ends of the educational spectrum are building the cyber workforce — Link
• Former Andeavor HQ presents rare opportunity in SA — Link
• EDITOR’S NOTES: SA’s emerging urban lifestyle attracts Austin attention — Link
• USAA board chairman Lester Lyles to retire — Link
• New affiliate of Acelity files for IPO — Link
• City licensing cybersecurity software modeled after human immune system — Link
• Harte Hanks to eliminate dozens more Texas jobs — Link
• USAA military spouse hiring initiatives wins White House recognition — Link
• Podcast: Tips for new entrepreneurs on how to build brand momentum — Link
• Accenture doubles down on San Antonio as nationwide cyber hub — Link
• Vote for the next great idea in the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest — Link
• Stirista: finalist — Link
• Link New Tech Inc.: finalist — Link
• Owens Recovery Science: finalist — Link
• Frontline Support Solutions: finalist — Link
• E-Legal: finalist — Link
• South Texas Money Management founder dies — Link
• San Antonio-based Acelity expanding senior leadership for global growth — Link
• San Antonio-based insurance, risk management brokerage expands to Houston — Link
• SABJ Business Minute: What you need to know to start your week — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal’s Kristen Mosbrucker

• Entrepreneurs of Erath business plan competition announces winners — Link
  - Stephenville Empire-Tribune
• Tech Culture McKinney Is Abuzz With a New Technology Coworking — Link
• Dallas’ EarthX draws high-roller speakers including ex-Starbucks guy — Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
• Mizzen and Main’s Kevin Lavelle: The DTC space will see ‘a lot of carnage’ — Digiday — Link
• Dallas tech company with 350 employees sold to financial services software firm — Link
• How this DFW startup went from ‘Stayin’ Alive’ to a multimillion-dollar business — Link
• AT&T decision to drop NFL from streaming services catches league by surprise — Link
• Uber, Lyft pick-up zones start in Deep Ellum. Will they work? — Link
• Former Stockyards bookkeeper sentenced for stealing $1.3M — Link
• Numbers adding up in NFL’s data push — Link
• Canadian company’s slow start in Garland underscores DFW talent shortfall — Link
• Methodist Health System CEO accelerates retirement, interim named — Link
• Growing Dallas software company to sell to large British firm — Link
• Texas Instruments to build $3.1 billion manufacturing plant in DFW — Link
• Pier 1 names interim CFO; could close 45 stores this year — Link
• Neiman Marcus to take stake in company in preowned luxury space — Link
• AT&T grows delivery service as it looks for new ways to get phones to users — Link
• What a difference a day makes: Inside last week’s M&A activity in Texas — Link
• Warner Bros. invests in studio with Dallas ties — Link
• Vote for the next great idea in the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest — Link
• Foreman Therapy Services: finalist — Link
• Center for Psychological Services: finalist — Link
• Chargeback Gurus: finalist — Link
• Feedback: finalist — Link
• OneSource Virtual: finalist — Link
• Tech company building new digital ledger exchange to move headquarters to Dallas — Link
• And the United Way’s Social Innovator of the Year Award goes to… — Link
• Meet the 2019 Women in Technology honorees — Link
• Nominations open for 2019 Tech Titans Awards — Link
• Jerry Jones Jr. discusses what’s next at The Star — Link
• Lockheed Martin, Bell team up to make system that sees through aircraft — Link
• AT&T sells WarnerMedia’s stake in Hulu as it looks to pare down debt — Link
• Ericsson North America leader sees resurgence after ‘brutal’ period — but work remains — Link
  - Dallas Business Journal
• Fashion First: Neiman Marcus Taps Potential of Luxe Pre-Owned Market with Fashionphile Investment — Link
• Guinness Record: 846 People Learn AI Coding at Capital One Event — Link
• Robots in Action: Amazon Takes DISD Robotics Championship Teams Behind the Scenes, Gives $10K to STEM — Link
• Content Lineup: Adventure Through Nature With Mixed Reality at EarthxInteractive 2019 — Link
• Discovery: UTA Prof Gets $300K to Study Mycobacteria; UTSW Team Studies Liver Cancer Treatment — Link
• Legacy of Headquarters: How Fehmi Karahan Turned Ross Perot Sr.’s Vision into a Reality — Link
• Follow the Money: VC Backs Edgetensor, Stryve Biltong Gets $16.5M, Neiman Marcus Invests in Fashionphile — Link
• The Intersection of Corporate, Arts, and Entrepreneurship: Gillian Friedman Fox — Link
• The Pitch: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Awards $225K to This Year’s Top Social Innovators — Link
• The Proof is in the Packaging: Van’s Kitchen Focuses on Quality over Quantity — Link
• Balancing a Nonprofit and Homework: Paper for Water is Led by Some of Dallas’ Youngest CEOs — Link
• Bottle Rocket, Social.Lab Leverage Data to Build More Powerful Experiences — Link
• Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of April 9 — Link
• Fort Worth’s ‘First Justice Enterprise’ Empowers Women Through Employment — Link
• DI People: TCU’s Neeley School of Business, CBRE, AMN Healthcare Make Leadership Moves — Link
• Explore Mathematics During a Virtual Walk Through SMU With talkSTEM’s New Video Series — Link
• The Intersection of Corporate, Arts, and Entrepreneurship: Meet Johnathan Brownlee — Link
• Alliance Data to Sell Epsilon Business in $4.4B Cash Deal — Link
• Dallas Has Been Made for Esports’: How Startups Can Grab a Spot in the Gaming Industry — Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Feeling crowded yet? Dallas-Fort Worth gained 1 million people in less than a decade — Link
• Retail therapy: Neiman Marcus staff on Instagram, Dallas’ Gardenuity, Walmart’s checkout carousels — Link
• As Methodist Health CEO steps aside early, interim chief comes out of retirement — Link
• Stephen Moore: U.S. needs more brainiac immigrants, so let’s boost H1B visas — Link
• Texas labor force tops 14 million as monthly job growth continues — Link
• Plano, Airbnb reach agreement that takes a hassle from hosts and a hotel tax directly from guests — Link
• Health care firm in The Colony sells to Austin’s Fringe Benefit Group — Link
• Texas Instruments to build $3.1 billion chip plant, create nearly 500 jobs in Richardson — Link
• Plano-based Stryve Biltong raises $16.5 million to market emerging Keto-friendly snack food — Link
• Neiman Marcus invests in Fashionphile to get a cut of growing pre-owned handbag market — Link
• Dallas firm says it lacks cash to pay the $175M investors want from closed hedge fund — Link
• Dallas-launched health tech firm keeps Austin’s hot streak going with $50M in backing — Link
• FedEx Office’s new bots can deliver pizza, groceries or even bring chicken noodle soup to the sick — Link
• As streaming competition heats up, Hulu buys AT&T’s stake for $1.4 billion — Link
• Dallas-Fort Worth shoppers embrace the rise of curbside grocery pickup — Link
• Plano-based Alliance Data Systems sells off Epsilon marketing division for $4.4 billion — Link
  - Dallas Morning News
• Houston’s The Suffers Take More Than $30,000 in Losses From Dallas Theft — Link
• Her HQ Wants to Give Dallas Women a Permanent Place to Work Together — Link
• Alamo Drafthouse Will Offer Its Own Movie Ticket Subscription Plan This Year — Link
  - Dallas Observer

• StartupGrind Houston #SGWomen 2019 — Application Closes April 23rd, 5pm CST — Link
• Houston Playing Catch-up in Bid to Remake Itself as Tech Hub — Link (Full Article Link)
  - The Wall Street Journal’s Heather Mack
• This Founder Built a National Business By Helping Kids Get Into College — Link [I worked with Neha several years ago at Forthea and seeing her success is incredibly gratifying]
  - Entrepreneur Magazine’s Stephanie Schomer
• In Houston’s JLABS, a blueprint for Long Island — Link
• Communities That Covert — How to Find Your Online Audience on Social Media — Ep 85 — Podcast
• Native Houstonian Entrepreneur Leaving Silicon Valley for the Bayou City — Link
  - The Cannon Blog
• New Microsoft, Intel Accelerator Seeks Tech to Make Houston Smart — Link
  - Xconomy’s Angela Shah
• This entrepreneur is changing the landscape of Houston’s innovation ecosystem — Link
• Houston ranks among top 10 U.S. cities with most women-owned startups — Link
• New report lands Texas among 10 worst states for the environment — Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
• 3D printing company opens new space in the Houston area — Link
• Houston startup has created a less intrusive video advertising experience — Link
• Impact investing is shaping the future of the world, says this Houston expert — Link
• Starbucks brews up solar energy initiative across Houston and Texas — Link
• Houston software company raises $16.3 million, TMCx opens applications, and more innovation news — Link
• Houston-based investment platform expands capabilities for local deals — Link
• Rice University research calls for more ways to measure virtual employee success — Link
• European software company plans first U.S. office in Houston — Link
• Houston fintech startup partners with local coworking space to grow investment opportunities — Link
• Houston has the №7 most startups owned by women — Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week — Link
  - InnovationMap / Culture Map Houston
• Inching toward equity: Houston women fight to level playing field in venture capital funding — Link
• HBJ names 40 Under 40 Class of 2019 honorees — Link
• NextSeed opens up to larger funding deals following SEC registration — Link
  Funding roundup: Houston-based AI platform, regenerative medicine co. and sports media co. raise capital — Link
• Vote for the next great idea in the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest — Link
• BioScience Writers: finalist — Link
• re:3D: finalist — Link
• EHS Insight: finalist — Link
• NatGasHub.com: finalist — Link
• Houston co. starts construction on $170M wind farm — Link
• Houstonians’ nitro brewery adds a new jolt to local offices — Link
• Local restaurateur to open 5 concepts in one River Oaks venue — Link
• ‘Aparthotel’ co. eager to expand after raising $2.5M — Link
• A tech company that renovates for-sale homes expands to Houston — Link
• Houston-based health care co. sued over $1.6M in invoices — Link
• Microsoft to launch accelerator for smart city tech in Houston — Link
• Spring Branch coffee shop opening with CBD-infused products — Link
• Energy-focused tech company to split U.S. HQ between Houston, Austin — Link
• Houston tech co. closes $16.3M Series A round, aims to grow local headcount — Link
• Don’t let a reputation blunder become the end of your brand — Link
• Photos: Kroger, Nuro debut driverless delivery in Houston — Link
• Waste Management to acquire Florida-based co. in $4.9B deal — Link
• CEO of Houston-based health insurer abruptly departs — Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• Stephanie Campbell — Houston Angel Network — Link
  - HighDrive Network
• Turner highlights Houston innovation, entrepreneurship power — Link
• Trash, but make it fashion — Link
• Bioengineers program cells as digital signal processors — Link
• IPOs help communities prosper, Rice research shows — Link
• Rice students work up wearable to halt allergic reactions — Link
• Time for marijuana decriminalization in Texas has come, say Baker Institute experts — Link
• Entrepreneurship shines at 5th annual Veterans Business Battle — Link
• Machine Dazzle makes fashion-as-art at the Moody Center — Link
• Rice Architecture announces Cannady Hall — Link
• NASA administrator and Rice alum Bridenstine celebrates Apollo 11 on campus — Link
• Rice advances the art of protein blacksmithing — Link
• Rice’s Baker Institute, Shell partner to study evolution of global energy — Link
• Faculty, staff honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, service — Link
• Rice to offer online Master of Computer Science degree — Link
  - Rice University
• Microsoft, Intel join to bolster ‘smart cities’ tech in Houston — Link
• Microsoft to create smart cities accelerator program in Houston — Link
• HobbyFest to provide public a ‘backstage pass’ to Hobby Airport — Link
• Veterans Business Battle reports $134,000 in prizes, initial investment offers — Link
• Waste Management to acquire competitor Advanced Disposal in $4.9B deal — Link
• Kroger self-driving vehicle grocery deliveries begin — Link
• What’s the etiquette of email? — Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog
• The Examined Life — Link
  - McAllen Chamber of Commerce

• How Startup Employees Get Taken Advantage Of — Silicon Hills Lawyer’s José Ancer — Link
• The Foundation Newsletter by Rich Winley — Subscribe
• What My Baby and Innovation Have In Common — Kyle Ballarta — Medium — Link
• Midas List 2019 — Link
• Tennis star Serena Williams has launched a venture firm for investing in women, people of color, and young entrepreneurs — Business Insider’s Paige Leskin — Link
• Why women should invest in women — Financial Times’ Alice Ross
  - Link
• New fund launched to accelerate digital independent media in Latin America with financing and advising — Link
• Co-Working Giant Looks to McDonald’s Model to Fend Off WeWork — Wall Street Journal’s Konrad Putzier — Link
• Sling Health Demo Day at Cortex in St. Louis draws 20 teams — Link
• Digital Health VC Funding Hits $2 Billion in Q1 2019, Reports Mercom Capital Group — Link
• Barefoot billionaire: Sridhar Vembu built ZOHO, a tech giant you’ve never heard of — Link
• The Common Challenges Faced by Female Entrepreneurs — Link
• How This Entrepreneur Sold His Billion Dollar Business 3 Times — Forbes Contributor Alejandro Cremades — Link
• How To Deal When Your Partner’s Career Change Throws Your Life Into Chaos — Refinery 29’s Ludmila Leiva — Link
• In a TED Talk, Chobani Founder Hamdi Ulukaya Gives 4 Secrets to Success — Inc.com — Link
• Markets Insider launches private-company data pages with help from Crunchbase — Business Insider — Link
• Top Last Mile Delivery Companies & Startups Changing Shipping — Business Insider — Link
• 40 Big Tech Predictions for 2019 from Business Insider Intelligence — Business Insider — Link
• 8 Important Areas You Should Focus on Immediately After Launching Your Business — Inc.com — Link
• What do you do when you’re stuck in a rut — in life, love, and biz — Sweb Development — Link
• How to Attract and Gain Sponsors for Your Home-Based Business — MELD Coworking — Link
• A Speckle of Hope: A UT Austin Project’s Journey Through & Beyond… | Dell Medical School — Link
• This Entrepreneur Sold His Business To Oracle For $850 Million And Has Invested In Over 100 Startups — Link
• How to teach cloud-powered mobile app development to students — Open Source blog — Link
• The Future of Retail Technology (Downtown Networking and Discussion) | Meetup — Link
• Houston Female Founder Roundtable: How to Get Ahead in Entrepreneurship with Alice — Link
• Locals Who Lead: Courtney Santana’s Mission To Unlock Potential — Link
• Meet Ben Lamm of Hypergiant Industries in North Dallas — Voyage Dallas Magazine | Dallas City Guide — Link
• How to Successfully Brand your Corporate Event • Red Velvet Events, Inc. — Link
• Introducing — Beyond The One Line — ResilientGrid — Link
• Newchip — Accelerator Program — Link
• There’s a new use for America’s dying malls: co-working — Fast Company’s Ruth Reader — Link
• How To Register A Company In The Usa: Comprehensive Guide For Founders — Aynur Nuriev — Link
• After Giving 1,000 Interviews, I Found the 4 Questions That Actually Matter — Inc. Magazine Contributor David Walker — Link
• The Quarterly Reset — GAN — Link
• How to make the leap from consulting to a startup — Future Vision — Medium — Link

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Thursday, April 25, 2019 7:30 AM — 10:30 AM CDT
Houston Baptist University
Linda & Archie Dunham Theater
7502 Fondren Road Houston, TX 77074
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Technology Advisors Group
Friday, April 26, 2019 7:00 AM
Wellsmith: Leaving the Legacy of a Healthier World
Jeanne Teshler, Founder and Chief Success Officer of Wellsmith
Calavista Software
3700 N Capital of Texas Hwy, 4th Floor (#450) Austin, TX 78746
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Tiny Texas Podcast Festival
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 9 AM — 5 PM
300 W Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX 78705, United States
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SputnikATX Demo Day
Tuesday April 30, 2019–4:00pm
301 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701
https://sputnikdemoday.splashthat.com/

Food+Tech Meetup
How Food Innovation, Technology, and the Circular Economy Can Work Together
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Soul Popped Gourmet Popcorn
15635 Vision Dr Suite 111 · Pflugerville, TX
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Entrepreneurial Governance: Forming a Board of Directors for Startups
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Lillie Labs, Rice University
6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77002
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Product Prodigy Demo Day — Prototype
Office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Thu, May 16, 2019 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM CDT
Impact Hub
5540 N Lamar Blvd Austin Austin, TX 78751
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