Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #215 2019

Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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Cosmetics giant to buy Houston-based cult skincare brand Drunk Elephant for $845M — Link

- Houston Business Journal’s Olivia Pulsinelli

How Drunk Elephant Founder Tiffany Masterson Went From Stay-At-Home Mom To Beauty Mogul — Link
- Fashionista’s Stephanie Saltzman
Hot Skin-Care Brand Drunk Elephant Sells For $845 Million, Minting Founder A Fortune — Link
- Forbes’ Chloe Sorvino

“Shiseido announced Tuesday that it will spend $845 million to acquire Drunk Elephant, the female-founded clean beauty brand that has become one of the fastest-growing prestige skin-care companies in history.

Forbes estimates that 50-year-old founder Tiffany Masterson, who will stay on with the brand under Shiseido as chief creative officer and president, will pocket roughly $120 million when the sale closes at the end of the year.” — Forbes’ Chloe Sorvino

TeXchange Austin: Women in Finance

TeXchange Austin 2019 Lunch: Women in Finance
Thursday, October 17th 2019 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
Capital Factory | 701 Brazos Street | Austin, TX 78701
https://texchangeaustinoctober2019.eventbrite.com?discount=texassquared
Texas-Squared Discount Code: texassquared

Proudly sponsored by:

Speakers:

Jennifer Mabe — LinkedIn
Chief Financial Officer Rock Solid Technologies, Inc.
Kim Voss — LinkedIn
Chief Accounting Officer at American Campus Communities
Kristena Wozniak — LinkedIn
VP of Business Development Propeller Industries — Moderator

Agenda:
11:30AM — Registration and Networking
12:00PM — Lunch and Panel Presentation
1:00PM — Closing Remarks

• Austin-based Escalate Capital Partners Closes On $282M For Fourth And Largest Fund — Link
  - Crunchbase News’s Mary Ann Azevedo
• With Square’s backing, a Texas startup declutters benefit payments — PaymentsSource’s Kate Fitzgerald — Link
• Place Technology Raises $3M In Funding — Link
• The Nexus Of Innovation And Government In Austin — Link
  - Booz | Allen | Hamilton
• A Statement from Sara Christensen of Kickass Masterminds — Link
• Masschallenge Texas In Austin 2019 Names Top 14 Finalist Startups — Link
• Live by the Tool, Die by the Tool — Link
  - Austin Startups
• RigUp Gets $300M — Link
• BrainCheck Raises $8M For Cognitive Assessment Tools — Link
• Tenfold Finds $7.5M — Link
• PreFix Finds Funding To Help Homeowners With Home Maintenance — Link
  - Texas Tech Pulse
• Study says women need to be seen as “warm” to be considered confident — Link
• We’ve all seen job listings for UX writers, but what exactly is UX writing? — Link
• “Starting a business is easy,” said only one guy ever — Link
• New age stranger danger: teaching kids about AI — Link
• What you absolutely *must* know about digital marketing in 2019 — Link
• How freelancers, entrepreneurs can start accepting cryptocurrencies — Link
• 5 ways employers can avoid age discrimination when hiring — Link
• Should creatives try building a portfolio using Medium or Google Docs? — Link
  - The American Genius
• SXSW economic impact grows to new high of $355.9 million — Link
• Austin joins a handful of cities where carbon emissions have fallen in recent years — Link
• Report gives Council options for equity in funding for chambers of commerce — Link
• Chamber pushes ‘all of the above’ regional mobility solution — Link
  - Austin Monitor
• Amazon-linked startup scouts East Austin for new global headquarters — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• Finnovation Lab Partners With SKU and Seed Spot for New Programs — Link
• RigUp Raises $300M and Becomes Austin’s Latest Unicorn — Link
• Power Player: UT’s John B. Goodenough Wins Nobel Prize — Link
• SparkCognition Lands $100M Series C, Nearing Unicorn Status — Link
• Tenfold Raises $7.5M Series C Led by Next Coast Ventures — Link
• Austin Startups: The Top Venture Capital Funding Deals, Mergers and Acquisitions in September — Link
• The Top Austin Tech and Startup Hires (and Departures) of September 2019 — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• San Antonio-based Dura Software Raises $10 Million in Funding — Link
• Exploring Space, Travel, and Colonization at SpaceATX — Link
• Trust Ventures of Austin Raises $70 Million in a Second VC Fund to Invest in Startups Disrupting the Status Quo — Link
• Austin-based RigUp Lands $300 Million in Funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to Expand its Labor Marketplace for the Energy Industry — Link
• UT Austin Engineering Professor John B. Goodenough Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry — Link
• Ten Startups Pitch at Techstars Impact Demo Day in Austin — Link
• Artificial Intelligence Startup SparkCognition Raises $100 Million in Additional Funding — Link
• Hello World and RetailMeNot Work Together to Bring STEM Opportunities to Austin Students — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• Energy 2.0 on Oct 17 at Austin Forum — Link
• Climate Action Track at SXSW 2020 — Link
• A SXSW State of the Union — Advocating for Human Rights — Link
  - SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
• Business professor educates students, faculty on ethics, morals in the workplace — Link
• Newly developed software from McCombs researchers plays music according to listener’s mood — Link
• Goodenough to win: UT professor awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry — Link
• Texas Health CoLab, Texas Venture Labs partnership gives Austin health startups business advantages — Link
• Nanogel technology may boost efficiency of cancer drug delivery — Link
• UT Libraries celebrates Ada Lovelace Day with Wikipedia Edit-a-thon — Link
• UT introduces program to advance women in leadership — Link
• Good Systems team hosts fireside chat to celebrate launch — Link
• UT can bridge the technological gap between education and career — Link
  - The Daily Texan
• Keep Women in Tech, and Austin Weird — Link
• RigUp Hits Unicorn Status With $300M Round — Link
• SparkCognition Closes $100M to Become ‘One of the Most Valuable… — Link
• Place Technology Raises $3M to Give Businesses Salesforce-Powered… — Link
• Tenfold Raises $7.5M to Help Customer Service Teams Help You — Link
• Weekly Refresh: 3 Acquisitions, and RideAustin Goes Open Source — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• Austin to Dallas in 17 minutes? Virgin Hyperloop brings back the hype — Link
• Clean meat: Epic founders launch Force of Nature — Link
• Journal Profile: When he’s not developing high-rises, Victor Young likes to travel, rock out — Link
• Lanham Napier’s BuildGroup spills the beans — Link
• Why an asset manager with $581B is growing its mid-market lending team in Austin — Link
• The Business Journal Interview with Katherine Shappley, the head of Facebook’s Austin office — Link
• Capital Gains: UT professor wins Nobel, prominent real estate figure dies, SXSW grows impact & other news — Link
• Expansion on tap after RigUp raises whopping $300M — Link
• 2 unlikely classmates, 1 goal: Making health care cheaper, more effective — Link
• Austin breweries lead state’s haul at Great American Beer Festival — Link
• This 15-year-old’s lemonade is now sold in 1,500 stores nationwide — Link
• Why Austin investors are pouring millions of dollars into a Houston brain-health startup — Link
• M&A wrap: Deals by Per Stirling, Upland, Solis Security & SpaceCraft — Link
• Jungle Scout plants global HQ in East Austin — Link
• Software startup Tenfold raises $7.5M series C — Link
• SmileDirectClub pledges 850 manufacturing jobs to Kyle — Link
• SparkCognition nabs massive $100M funding — Link
• FloSports loses D.C. United streaming contract — Link
• As WeWork stumbles, Firmspace hopes to fill high-end niche in coworking — Link
• Photos: How Tito’s Vodka, High Brew Coffee, other businesses try to stand out at ACL Music Festival — Link
• Memorial diamond maker Eterneva is ready for its ‘Shark Tank’ bump — Link
• In the money Oct. 7: More than $300M in dry powder, plus some huge numbers from RigUp — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Austin’s Trust Ventures has $70M to invest in startups that face public policy hurdles — Link
• Financial tech company Joust moves HQ from Denver to Austin — Link
• Austin energy tech startup RigUp raises $300 million — Link
• Industry advocates wary as state weighs hemp rules — Link
• Texas halts permit process for new medical pot dispensaries — Link
• Austin’s SpaceCraft acquired by Colorado tech company — Link
• Austin-based Asure Software selling business unit for $120 million — Link
• Report: SXSW 2019 had $355.9 million economic impact on Austin — Link
• Austin tech company Tenfold raises $7.5 million — Link
• Breaking news: SmileDirectClub to open plant in Kyle, employ up to 850 — Link
• Austin’s SparkCognition raises $100 million to boost AI platform — Link
• Austin’s Upland Software buys California tech firm — Link
• Austin startup myHouseby brings virtual reality to consumer home design — Link
• Dallas Fed: Austin economic growth remains strong — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman / 512Tech

SAN ANTONIO

• Dura Software Secures $10M Series A Round to Fund Expansion — Link
• San Antonio Musuem of Science and Technology Centerpiece of Port San Antonio Innovation Hub — Link
  - Startups San Antonio
• 2019 Top Workplaces in San Antonio: Small employers — Link
• 2019 Top Workplaces in San Antonio: Midsized employers — Link
• 2019 Top Workplaces in San Antonio: Large-sized employers — Link
• New San Antonio-focused ride-hailing service taking to city streets — Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
• Former Congressional Candidate Kopser Launches Civic Engagement Org in San Antonio — Link
• Dura Software Buys California Virtual Events Site 6Connex — Link
• Only Austin, Denton Outrank CPS Energy in Clean Power Report — Link
• Scooter Offenses Draw Hundreds of Warnings, Few Citations Since Sidewalk Ban — Link
• Fed Economist: 2020 Economic Growth Predicted to Slow but Remain Positive — Link
• Conference Trains Government Employees in How to Fight Cyber Attacks — Link
• Henry Cisneros’ Investment Firm Merges With New York-Based Capital Group — Link
• Second Annual Rivard Report Medical Forum Focuses on Billion-Dollar Research Partnership — Link
  - The Rivard Report
• SA software company raises $10M from investors; adds board members — Link
• Global R&D company opens laboratory building at Port San Antonio — Link
• Two SA companies make top 5 for national customer experience excellence — Link
• Bird willing to share part of scooter proposal to city — Link
• Business Journal presents 2019 Veterans in Business Awards honorees — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Michael Lynd (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Ricardo Sanchez (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Tiffany Tremont (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Bede Ramcharan (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Taurean (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Levi Rodgers (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Jon Allman (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Chuck Bunch (Video) — Link
• 2019 Veterans in Business Awards: Douglas Carlberg (Video) — Link
• SA-based civic-minded tech startup growing local, global presence — Link
• Local tech company names CEO for subsidiary — Link
• How the Spurs hope to lure more fans from Austin (Did you guess helicopters?) — Link
• AmeriVet’s San Antonio HQ gamble paying off — Link
• SA holding company plans to seek local CEO for its recent acquisition — Link
• Local company buys California-based virtual events platform provider; moving HQ to San Antonio — Link
• GUEST COLUMN: San Antonio’s cyber story is a positive one being written together — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal
• Why Plano’s The Vested Group Puts Quality Over Growth — Link
• North Texas Startups: The Top Funding Deals, Acquisitions and VC Activity in September — Link
• Let’s Meet! RSVP for NTX Inno’s Launch Event — Link
• Meet Paul Nichols, the New Director of UTD’s Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship — Link
• How LocuMatch is Changing Healthcare with Part-Time Doctors — Link
  - NTXInno’s Kevin Cummings
• Local business owners receive hands on training through business acceleratorprogram — Link
  - KTRE
• Razberi Technologies Raises $5.8 Million in Funding — Link
• Thiel Co. Says Ex-GC, A ‘Wonder Years’ Star, Breached Deals — Link
• 7 Austin billionaires cash in on Forbes’ list of richest Americans for 2019 — Link
  - CultureMap Austin
• Nominate: D CEO and Dallas Innovates 2020 The Innovation Awards — Link
• Photo Recap: D CEO‘s Women’s Breakfast Panel: The Art of Risk-Taking — Link
  - D Magazine
• Self-Driving Cars Coming to Dallas. Sort Of. — Link
  - Dallas Observer
• Vista-backed Dallas company making another acquisition - Link
• Feeling overworked? Dallas ranks low on analysis of cities' work-life balance - Link
• Executives learn from instruction when they become the teachers - Link
• Match Group moves closer to possible separation from majority owner - Link
• Form-D Friday: Dallas-based biotech company raises money for clinical trial, gearing up for another larger round - Link
• Startup aiming to raise $10M is bringing order to cops working off-duty jobs - Link
• Hyperloop could come to North Texas sooner than expected - Link
• Gaming growth: How North Texas is securing its piece of an expanding billion-dollar industry - Link
• Reuters: Topgolf looking to hire banks for IPO - Link
• VC investments in Dallas area fell during third quarter after big first half of the year - Link
• Uber holds town hall in downtown Dallas to discuss bringing self-driving cars to the city - Link
• M&A down substantially in Texas in Q3 - Link
• Here's what the innovation team at DFW Airport is working on - Link
• DFW-based Satori Capital invests in New Jersey firm - Link
• Meet the new director of UTD’s Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Link
• The ultimate in experiential retail? Now you can get hitched at Helzberg Diamonds - Link
• Go inside Uber's new Dallas offices - Link
• Software and field service companies combine to serve more than 30,000 field technicians - Link
• Why Gold's Gym is betting on wearable technology - Link
• In California, tech talent is pushing median salaries past $200K - Link
• Delivery company at Amazon facilities cutting more than 200 workers in Dallas area - Link
• iPhone supplier Finisar cutting more than 100 jobs in Allen as operations shift to Sherman - Link
• Consulting giant McKinsey opens tech-savvy retail store to capture data - Link
• Photojournalists sue to change Texas drone laws - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal
• STEM, STEAM, STREAM: ‘The World Doesn’t Work Without Technology Anymore, Nothing Does.’ - Link
• Dallas-Based FinTech Zirtue Raises $1M in Seed Round - Link
• Dallas Ranks High in Global Cities’ AI Readiness Index - Link
• Discovery: UTD Research Finds a Cool Twist; UNT Prof Works to Improve Knee Surgery Outcomes - Link
• Follow the Money: TPG Commits $500M to Collabnet, Razberi Gets $5.8M, Kibo Acquires Monetate - Link
• Entrepreneur Vic Keller Talks STATinMED Research’s Role in Healthcare - Link
• Poo-Pourri Just Put a Very On-Brand Poop Installation in Klyde Warren Park - Link
• Tech Titans Live! Expo and Trade Show Will Highlight All Things Tech - Link
• Cloud Commerce Provider Kibo Acquiring AI-Powered Monetate Platform - Link
• Razberi Technologies Raises $5.8M to Fuel Growth and Roll Out New Products - Link
• The Future of Uber’s Self-Driving Vehicles in Dallas - Link
• ‘It’s Not Complicated, It’s Tutoring’: Dallas Startup Takes a Holistic Approach to Education - Link
• UT Dallas-Backed Research Center Gets National Science Foundation Designation - Link
• Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 1 - Link
• Reimagine Communities Summit: How Human-Centered Design and Digitalization Drive Innovation - Link
• Deep Ellum Among Top 20 ‘Cool Streets’ in North America, New Report Says - Link
• Inspire Frisco is Bringing Together Twelve Texas Universities through Tech Event - Link
• Calling All Innovators: D CEO and Dallas Innovates Launch The Innovation Awards 2020 - Link
• DI People: Infogroup, MeshTek Labs, GIACT Systems, and MediaKind Make Executive Moves - Link
• YTexas Summit: Talking Bills, Business, and the ‘Texas Miracle’ - Link
• Lantern Pharma Teams Up with National Cancer Institute to Predict Drug Effectiveness on Tumors - Link
• Tech to Table: OneDine’s App-Based Restaurant Solution - Link
• To the Moon: NASA Awards North Texas Firm $2M for ‘Tipping Point’ Technology - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Chevron takes another step forward in supporting Houston's entrepreneurship ecosystem by partnering with Plug and Play - Link
• Company of the week: BrainCheck - Link
  - PitchBook News & Analysis
• BrainCheck Closes $8M Series A Funding Round, Empowers Physicians with a Better Way to Assess Cognitive Impairment & Dementia - Link
• $2 million grant will allow long-sought business incubator in Galveston - Link
  - Galveston County Daily News
• TMCx Alumni Win Big at UCSF Digital Health Awards - Link
  - TMCx
• These Houston billionaires cash in on Forbes' list of richest Americans for 2019 - Link
  - CultureMap Houston
• Mayor announces major effort to reduce emissions on Houston's roadways - Link
• Houston billionaires named to Forbes' list of richest Americans for 2019 - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• Houston expert: Put people first during customer service week - Link
• Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta shares his business tips and expertise in his new book - Link
• Videos: Robotics company unveils its Houston operation at the Texas Medical Center - Link
• Houston skincare line acquired for $845 million - Link
• Houston health tech company raises $8M, former WeWork exec has a new gig, UH programs recognized, and more innovation news - Link
• Investment group director calls for more startup funding out of Houston - Link
• Houston ranks among the top cities ready for the rise of artificial intelligence - Link
• Houston organization to host a hackathon to find sustainable solutions to climate change - Link
• 5 investor red flags to look out for, according to this University of Houston expert - Link
• Texas Medical Center enters into health innovation partnership with Denmark - Link
• TMCx medical software company taps Houston for first U.S. market - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap / Culture Map Houston
• Executive Education Academy brings Texas school leaders to Rice’s Jones School - Link
• More evidence needed to assess impact of soda taxes - Link
• Water + air + electricity = hydrogen peroxide - Link
• New CEOs can raise their social game to keep their jobs - Link
  - Rice University
• Space Explorers to Visit University of Houston - Link
• What Happens as Solid-State Batteries Begin to Fail? - Link
• Bauer College Economic Development Initiative Earns National Recognition - Link
  - University of Houston
• See the Houston cos. with the biggest IPOs, VC raises of Q3 2019 - Link
• Funding Roundup: Houston hedge fund raises $53.6M, medical data platform raises seed round - Link
• On-demand beauty app to launch in Houston - Link
• Bracing for a slowdown: As economists predict reduced speed ahead, here's what Houston can expect - Link
• See how Rice, other Texas universities stack up in terms of total cost - Link
• Houston by far the easiest Texas city in which to do business, analysis finds - Link
• Photos: Global tech firm opens first medical robotics research hub in Texas Medical Center - Link
• Houston health tech co. raises funding from Austin investors, aims to grow customer base - Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• As robots move into health care, new R&D facility opens in medical center - Link
• Houston startup raises $8M for product that assesses cognitive impairment, dementia - Link
• Houston’s venture capital investments fall sharply in third quarter - Link
• The question in Boca Chica: Do you take Elon Musk’s money and run? - Link
• Houston to participate in global hackathon to address climate change - Link
• Dolphin Tank's friendly business pitch session comes to Houston - Link
• Remember that T-Mobile plan switch? Never mind . . . - Link
• New robotics facility opens in medical center - Link
• Texas AG is Google's new competition cop - Link
  - The Houston Chronicle's Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog
• When Startup Law Firms Don’t Sell Legal Services - Silicon Hills Lawyer’s José Ancer - Link
• Capturing Luck with “or” instead of “and” - A Smart Bear’s Jason Cohen - Link
• Complications - Startup Decision Making’s Ben Dyer - Link
• 20VC: John Fein, Founder & Managing Partner @ Firebrand Ventures - Podcast
• Texas Bar's Incubator Is Ready to Expand, Going Virtual and Statewide - Legaltech News - Link
• OutboundEngine raised $14 million with this pitch deck - Business Insider - Link
• How to Spot a Wantrepreneur -- and How to Avoid Becoming One - Ryan Daniel Moran - Link
• Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan - The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer - Link
• Why Family Office Advisors Are Fast Becoming Extinct And How To Avoid It - Forbes Contributor Francois Botha - Link
• Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph shares the 8 ‘rules for success’ his dad gave him when he was 21 - CNBC’s Kathleen Elkins - Link
• One Of New York’s Top Seed Investors Takes On Outside Capital For The First Time - Forbes -Link
• Study finds mega-deals are driving up prices of early funding rounds - Business Insider
  - Link
• 4 growth strategies for scaling your business the smart way - Inc. Magazine - Link
• The Future of WeWork: Leaner, Humbler, and Duller - Inc. Magazine - Link
• Central Payments Announces Formation of Falls Fintech Accelerator and Release of CPX Open API Platform - Benzinga - Link
• Get to Know the Female Entrepreneurs Who Are Reshaping the Business World - Entrepreneur - Link
• Founder of Charlotte startup SkillPop [Techstars Austin ‘18] talks expansion into Atlanta market - Link
• The Wave of Digital Media Consolidation Isn’t Over Yet: Term Sheet - Fortune - Link
• Is Anyone Going to Get Rich off of Email Newsletters? - The Atlantic’s Kaitlyn Tiffany - Link

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

Founders Academy Essentials (with Live Stream)
by Capital Factory
Monday, Oct 14, 2019, 11:15 AM –Thursday Oct 17, 2019, 1:15 PM CDT
Capital Factory Austin | 701 Brazos Street | 7870116th Floor
Capital Factory Dallas + the DEC| The Centrum | 3102 Oak Lawn Ave | Suite 109
The Cannon Houston | 1336 Brittmoore | Houston, TX 77043
REGISTER

Latinx in Tech Summit
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM CDT
Capital Factory
701 Brazos St 1st Floor Austin, TX 78701
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TeXchange Austin October 2019
Topic: Women in Finance
Thursday, October 17, 2019
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CDT
Capital Factory 701 Brazos Street Austin, TX 78701
https://texchangeaustinoctober2019.eventbrite.com?discount=texassquared
Texas-Squared Discount Code: texassquared

Civic Trivia and 3rd Birthday Bash!
by Austin Tech Alliance
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street 1st Floor Voltron Room Austin, TX 78701
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The State of VC: For Texas Founders with S3 Ventures
Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
301 Congress Ave, Austin, Texas 78701
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Food Incubation Summit - SOLD OUT
October 23-24, 2019
Austin, Texas
https://www.foodincubationsummit.com/

Texas Podcast Conference - TexasPodCon
Friday, October 25, 2019 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 5:00 PM (CDT)
Tripoint - Grantham Hall
3233 N. St. Mary's St. San Antonio, TX 78212
REGISTER

Bunker Connect Austin: A Community of Resources
by Bunker Labs Austin
Monday, October 28, 2019 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Google Fiber Space
201 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78701
REGISTER

Sputnik ATX Demo Day: Summer '19 Cohort
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 4 PM – 6:30 PM
301 Congress Ave, Austin, Texas 78701
REGISTER

How to Raise Your Seed Round with Kelsi Kamin
by Spuntik ATX
Friday, November 8, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
REGISTER

Denton SHEPreneur Crowdfund Live
Monday, November 18th 2019 at 6:00 PM CDT
Stoke Coworking
608 E Hickory St #128 Denton TX, 76205
REGISTERSan Antonio Startup Week
October 21–26, 2019
https://sanantonio.startupweek.co/

Austin Impact Accelerator - Sneak Peak Happy Hour
Wednesday October 16 5:30pm - 7pm
Waterloo Greenway
1111 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
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Quake Capital ATX 2019 Demo Day
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 2:30 PM - 5PM
Robert B. Rowling Hall, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business
300 West Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard Austin, TX 78705
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The Riveter Austin Wellness Summit
by The Riveter Austin
Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM CDT
The Riveter Austin
1145 West 5th Street Austin, TX 78703
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Coffee Shop Culture
Monday, October 21, 2019 at 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
Revolucion Coffee + Juice (Downtown San Antonio)
300 E. Houston St., Suite 105, San Antonio, Texas 78205
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SA Tech Fuel Competition
Tuesday October 22, 2019
Tobin Center
100 Auditorium Cir, San Antonio, TX 78205
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Startup Grind X - BCS Chapter Hosts Mark Bowles, ecoATM Founder, Venture Capitalist & TV Producer
Thursday October 24, 2019, 6:30 P.M.
Herschel's Speakeasy At The Stella Hotel
4100 Lake Atlas Drive Bryan, TX 77807
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Design Jam - Solving for Workforce Diversity
by SocialGood.us
Thursday, October 24, 2019 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Impact Hub Austin
5540 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX 78756
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DivInc's Startup Sistas presents Conversation with Minda Harts
by DivInc
Thursday, October 24, 2019 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
2416 East 6th Street Austin, TX 78702
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TEDxSugarland
Saturday, October 26, 2019
The Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center
1700 First Colony Blvd Sugar Land, TX 77479
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Houston Startup Happy Hour
by NextSeed
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Poitín Bar & Kitchen
2313 Edwards Street #100 Houston, TX 77007
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Naturally Austin Pitch Slam
Tuesday October 29, 2019
Austin Central Library
710 West Cesar Chavez Street Austin TX
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