Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #221

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Austin’s Next Coast Ventures Closes On $130M Fund II — Link

- Crunchbase’s Mary Ann Azevedo

• Austin’s Next Coast Ventures raises $130M fund for startup deals — Link
  - American-Statesman’s Lori Hawkins
• Austin’s Next Coast Ventures Closes $130M Fund to Back Startups — Link
  - AustinInno’s Brent Wistrom
• Austin’s Next Coast Ventures Closes on $130 Million Fund — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• Next Coast Ventures closes $130M second fund, adds entrepreneurial firepower — Link
  - Austin Business Journal’s Mike Cronin
• Next Coast Ventures Raises Second Fund, Worth $130M — Link
  - Texas Tech Pulse
• Austin VC Firm Next Coast Ventures Announces Its $130M Fund — Link
  - BuiltinAustin’s Gordon Gottsegen

“The firm is focused on identifying, and providing capital to, “high-growth” startups in ‘Next Coast’ markets (hence its name). Seventy-percent of its current portfolio is based in its home city of Austin but it’s also backed companies based in locales such as Utah, Montana and Minneapolis.” — Mary Ann Azevedo

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Wake Up! ATX CPG Conversations over Coffee meetup
Wednesday, November 27th
8:30 AM — 10:30 AM
121 Pickle Rd. Austin, Texas 78704
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A merry band of holiday hooligans are creating the best bazaar this side of the Mississippi for the bric-a-brac you’ll present as gifts to your beloved. So come all ye faithful with your tacky, candy cane sweaters and winter sleigh for a day you won’t forget. We’ll be sure to spin your dreidel with themed cocktails, holiday games, and a curated assortment of jaunty startup junk. What a better way to celebrate the startup community with a little bit of welcome dosh?

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For vendor, partner, and sponsor inquiries, please contact startupholidaymarket@gmail.com

AUSTIN STARTUP HOLIDAY MARKET 2019
December. 1st, 12pm — 4pm
Native Hostel
807 E 4th St, Austin, TX 78702
Facebook Event Registration

Portfolia Rising America Fund VIP Cocktail Party

Portfolia Rising America Fund VIP Cocktail Party
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM CST
Elastique Athletics
2005 West Gray St Houston, TX 77019
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— Alexandre Lebrun (@lxbrun) November 22, 2019

• Growjo’s Fastest Growing Companies in Texas — Link
• Growjo’s Fastest Growing Companies in Austin — Link
• Red Velvet Events’ Cindy Lo Launches PostCon to help event organizers & future attendees by providing feedback — Link
• Oksana Malysheva Wins Silver Stevie® Award in 2019 Stevie Awards For Women In Business — Link
• Apple expands in Austin — Link
• Firefly Aerospace Announces DREAM Payload Participants — Link
• SparkCognition and Shell GameChanger Team Up to Apply AI Technology to Predict Pressure in Wells — Link
• Rooster Teeth Executive Charged In Brutal Domestic Violence Incident — Link
  - CBS Austin
• Bryan Menell — sold, IPO’d, and acquired companies — YouTube — Link
• Newchip Launches Free Online Bootcamp to Help Startups Fundraise — Link
• San Marcos Transforms Empty Lot Into Green Space “Mobility Hub” — Link
• Austin-Based Veteran Aims to Help Victims of Disaster With LifePods — Link
  - Spectrum News
• Coworking space The Common Desk opens in East Austin — Link
  - Community Impact Newspaper
• Austin tech startup creates proactive security system to prevent shootings — Link
  - FOX 7 Austin
• Austin Startup Plans 3D-Printed Village — Link
  - Builder Magazine
• Why you should start with WHY — Sputnik ATX — Link
• Skyrocket Productivity with Xebec — Link
  - Austin Startups
• Austin’s tech sector explodes with 10,000 new jobs in just 2 years — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• How ATX Studios Has Quietly Become Valuable Real Estate for TV in Austin — Link
  - Austin Chronicle
• Moonshots, Capital Factory Back Copper Labs In $2M Funding — Link
• Pensa Systems Snags $10M For Drones, Computer Vision Effort — Link
• Lyft Cutting Scooter Service In San Antonio, Dallas — Link
  - Texas Tech Pulse
• Anti-displacement advocates seek $2 billion from tech giants to fund housing — Link
• Council makes first move for Tarrytown food truck zoning case — Link
• Arts, music groups target underserved communities with $12M for creative spaces — Link
  - The Austin Monitor
• Apple Plans a Presidential Groundbreaking in Austin — Link
• Austin Startup Raises $10M for Inventory-Tracking Drones and AI — Link
• President Trump and Apple’s Tim Cook are Coming to Austin — Here’s What We’re Looking For — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• REX Raises $40 Million to Disrupt the Real Estate Buying and Selling Process — Link
• Austin’s Pensa Systems Lands $10 Million More for Drone System to Check Retail Inventory — Link
• President Trump Tours Plant with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple Begins Construction on its $1 Billion Campus Nearby — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• Pointed out I was the only person of color at work, was told ‘Yes, but you pass’ — Link
• How hemp could be used to stop marijuana at the border #YeahOk — Link
• Reality check: WeWork can make mistakes, lose billions — you can’t — Link
• Why building apps without knowing how to code is increasingly common — Link
  - American Genius
• 10 Amazing Speakers at SXSW 2020! — Link
• Get One-on-One Coaching at SXSW: Convergence, Interactive, Film & Music Mentors Announced — Link
  - SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
• Top UT Inventions and Innovations of 2019 — Link
• UT, Austin startups showcase products, services at Venture Expo — Link
• UT receives $1.5 million award to establish new data science institute — Link
• Students struggle with scarcity of natural hair products near campus — Link
• UT study finds increase in West Texas earthquakes — Link
• Vending machines promoting healthy options cause confusion with junk food — Link
• New online library search system to come January 2020 — Link
• Entrepreneurship pitch competition DisrupTexas awards student competitors funds to help with startup — Link
  - The Daily Texan
• Juniper Square Is Doubling Its Team in Austin Following $75M Series C — Link
• How to Build — And Scale — A Successful Sales Team — Link
• Conquer Coding With These 9 Austin Python Training Courses and… — Link
• Shipwell Kept Its Culture While Doubling Its Staff Once. Here’s How… — Link
• Real Estate Tech Startup REX Raises Another $40M for Expansion — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• San Francisco real estate-tech startup could double in size in Austin after raising $75M — Link
• Ownership dispute sparks foreclosure threat at old Motorola campus — Link
• Austin’s Coolest Offices on display — Link
• Capital Gains: Photos for UT, funds for opioid study, payloads for future rockets — Link
• Cloudsnap changes CEO, raises more seed money — Link
• Software startup that’s raised $10M remakes C-suite — Link
• A new way to raise money for CPG startups — Link
• A new person to know on Austin’s hot CPG scene — Link
• Viewpoint: You’d be surprised what’s made in Austin — Link
• Apple breaks ground on $1B campus, welcomes President Trump to Austin — Link
• Austin startup raises $10 million for retail drones — Link
• Collaboration between San Antonio’s four leading research institutions will lead to personalized therapies, worldwide health care model — Link
• BBVA’s top exec in Austin is leaving town — Link
• Viewpoint: Too many companies don’t take workplace equality seriously — Link
• Viewpoint: Veterans could use this kind of help to become entrepreneurs — Link
• $40M funding boosts REX’s expansion ambitions — Link
• In the money Nov. 18: $26M raised by 6 Austin companies — Link
• P. Terry’s scores CFO from upper ranks of Kendra Scott — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• UT professor to lead new Austin-based Sony AI division — Link
• JOB MARKET PUZZLE: Austin’s job growth slows, even as employers struggle to hire workers — Link
• Does Trump’s tweet about Apple, 5G technology make sense? — Link
• Austin’s Cloudsnap raises $1.8M, names new CEO — Link
• Ex-Texas Tribune staffers plan news organization for women — Link
• Facebook showcases emergency response tools in Austin — Link
• Austin retail tech startup Pensa raises $10 million — Link
• Analysts: Austin visit two birds with one stone for Trump — Link
• CEOs of new Gannett: ‘Pivot’ needed for digital transformation as merger completes — Link
• Austin tech-focused real estate firm REX raises $40 million — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO

• Growjo’s Fastest Growing Companies in San Antonio — Link
• Worth Repeating: Lorenzo And The Beatdown That Wasn’t — Link
  - Texas Public Radio
• How San Antonio is Building a Startup Culture — Link
  - CitiesSpeak
• Is San Antonio learning to play nice with Austin? — Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
• Chargify Adds Former Rackspace Sales Executive, Debuts Revenue Forecasting Tool — Link
• Trinity University Students+Startups Internship Program Moves to San Antonio Area Foundation — Link
• Cloudsnap Hires Former Rackspace Executive as CEO, Lands $1.8M to Fund Growth — Link
• Port San Antonio Board Approves Phase 1 Plans for New Innovation Center — Link
  - Startups San Antonio
• 20 San Antonio-Based Makers, Boutiques You Should Be Following on Instagram — Link
• Good Gifting: Reduce Corporate Consumption and Support Local Artists By Shopping San Antonio’s Holiday Markets — Link
• 10 Locally Produced Gifts for San Antonio Foodies — Link
• Homegrown: Think You Know All the Benefits of Buying Local? Here are a Few You May Have Missed, San Antonio — Link
• The Office Pub Crawl Returns to Downtown San Antonio with Christmas Edition — Link
• H-E-B-Owned Favor Delivery is Now Providing Runners with Car Insurance — Link
• Where to Find Locally-Made Movie Merch in San Antonio — Link
  - San Antonio Current
• Port San Antonio OKs Pact to Develop Innovation Center — Link
• Ann Stevens, BioMed SA’s Founding President, Announces Retirement — Link
• National League of Cities Conference to Showcase San Antonio Policymaking — Link
• Texas Mobility Summit Aims to Address Equitable Transportation, Collaborate for Change — Link
  - The Rivard Report
• Apple CEO lauds H-E-B as innovative partner during Salesforce conference — Link
• San Antonio-based internship program becomes nonprofit — Link
• GOOD WORKS SA: They’re telling nonprofits’ stories from the heart — Link
• Blue Star’s Villarreals brewing up bigger business — Link
• Big data-driven startup for universities closes $3M funding — Link
• Executive Q&A: Seguin economic development director on manufacturing — Link
• Active Capital leads second seed funding round for Austin-based managed automation company — Link
• VelocityTX’s global accelerator seeks to better align with SA’s economic development strategy — Link
• Local startup looks to raise $2M to build more robotic mowers — Link
• Exclusive: BioMed SA president to retire after long run — Link
• Globalscape provides special dividend; secures $55M credit facility — Link
• Two cybersecurity employees arrested doing their jobs, and why it’s shaken entire industry. — Link
• SA biotechs cashing in despite investor challenges — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal
• Growjo’s Fastest Growing Companies in Dallas — Link
• Meet the Winners of the Dallas SoGal Global Pitch Competition — Link
• And The Winner Is: ResumePuppy Takes Top Prize at UTD Big Idea Competition — Link
• TWU Awards Micro-Grants to 7 North Texas Female Businesses — Link
• Plano-Based Specialty Coffee Maker Files for IPO — Link
  - NTXInno’s Kevin Cummings
• Dallas PR Company KISS PR Reports Venture X Dallas Collaboration Epic! — Link
• Mouser Electronics and Grant Imahara Explore Crowd Funding for Innovators in Newest “Engineering Big Ideas” Video — Link
• Technology startups pitch ideas to Amarillo community & investors — Link
• Texas innovation beats Silicon Valley in many ways, except one — Link
• At invitation-only summit in North Texas, aviation futurists talk progress toward flying cars, electric-powered aircraft — Link
  - The Dallas Morning News
• WFAA Launches New Podcast Called (No Kidding) Y’all-itics — Link
• Friday Poll: How Do You Feel About Scooters? — Link
• Electronics Manufacturer Bringing 150 Jobs to Garland — Link
• Texas Women’s Foundation’s 34th Annual Luncheon — Link
• Nailed It: Food Board Edition — Link
• Personality Study Claims Texans More Like East Coasters Than Southerners — Link
• Injuries Pile Up as Dallas’ Day of Scooter Reckoning Approaches — Link
  - D Magazine
• Beyond the Uber ride: Silicon Valley stepping up presence in Dallas area — Link
• Form-D Friday: Veritex Holdings raises $75M — Link
• Dallas 100: Rankings revealed for fastest-growing private companies — Link
• Dallas 100 №1: This DFW mobile distributor is finding opportunity secondhand — Link
• Study: 660 companies moving facilities out of California with many bound for Dallas-Fort Worth — Link
• Texas Central enters new agreement for high-speed rail project — Link
• Torch Awards winners discuss what makes their companies ethically great — Link
• ‘User friendly’ approach means Texas has new high-stakes patent litigation hotspot — Link
• North Texas company making another acquisition — this time for $155M — Link
• This Dallas organization partnered with Celanese to help grow 3 local nonprofits — Link
• BBB Torch Awards for Ethics winners announced — Link
• Roundup of recent Deals and Dollars: Nov. 20 — Link
• Dallas Innovation District serves as key piece of West End transformation — Link
• West End anchored by history, infused with innovation — Link
• Plano semiconductor company faces China scrutiny over acquisition, report says — Link
• American Airlines teams up with James Beard Foundation — Link
• Dallas travel startup raises about $10M in funding that attracts ‘massive player’ — Link
• Dallas logistics provider merging to create $2B company — Link
• Dallas startup focused on virtual reality looking for more funding — Link
• New CEO of Dallas ed-tech company eyes doubling revenue next year — Link
• Four North Texas cities claim top spots among most digital locales — Link
  - Dallas Business Journal
• Ontronics Takes the Top Spot at SMU Cox’s Annual Dallas 100 Awards — Link
• Dickey’s Leaders Make Plans for Revamping the Company’s Tech — Link
• Ready, Cassette, Go: The Nostalgic Music Player Gets a Functional Fix — Link
• DCCCD Teams Up With Edquity to Launch Emergency Aid Mobile App for Students — Link
• Discovery: Three UTA Chemists Among World’s Top 100 Scientists, UNT Prof Helps with Fossil Identification Breakthrough — Link
• SoGal Foundation’s Global Pitch Competition Announces Dallas Regional Finalists — Link
• Capital One’s Beyond Summit Talks the Future of Mobility in Dallas — Link
• European Wax Center’s CEO on Staying Ahead in the Beauty Industry — Link
• Follow the Money: Renibus Therapeutics Nets $16.3M, Shiftsmart Raises $12.75M, Traxo Receives Equity Funding — Link
• JPMorgan Chase Invests $1M in North Texas Military Vets — Link
• Dallas Innovates: The [Tech] Talent Issue — Link
• A Cloud Solution for Resumes Takes the Top Prize at UTD’s Annual Big Idea Competition — Link
• Texan by Nature Recognizes Companies Committed to Conservation — Link
• Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 12 — Link
• Cooklist’s New Thanksgiving Meal Planner Decides Your Dinner in Under a Minute — Link
• Recap: Startups Take the Stage at Health Wildcatters’ Pitch Day — Link
• TMGcore Unveils its Transformative Data Center Platform — And it’s About the Size of an SUV — Link
• DI People: RoboKind, rewardStyle, Jacobs, and Idea Grove Make Leadership Announcements — Link
• We Compute: Dallas-Fort Worth’s Data Center Market Shows No Sign of Slowing Down — Link
• MODE Transportation Merges With SunteckTTS — Link
• National Travel Trailer Brand Partners With Dallas-based Lighting Startup — Link
• Influencer Firm rewardStyle Gets an Industry Veteran as its New CTO — Link
• Plano-Based 5G Solutions Company Nets $85M in Series C Funding — Link
• My Startup Story: How a McKinney Couple Wants to Change the View on Healthcare — Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Growjo’s Fastest Growing Companies in Houston — Link
• FIT:MATCH revolutionizes apparel retail with AI-powered shopping match platform; Announces collaboration with Brookfield Properties — Link
• The Secret to Pitching Major Retailers, According to Self-Made Billionaire Tilman Fertitta — Link
  — Inc. Magazine
• Fearless: How One Couple Launched The Largest Independent, Hispanic-Owned U.S. Advertising Agency — Link
  - Forbes’ Court Stroud
• HopSkipDrive Case Study — Pierpont Communications — Link
• 2019 Startup Superstar: Deidre Mathis — Link
  - Houston Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs
• My Energy Investment Thesis #2: Unconventional Oil And Gas — Link
  - Shell Technology Venture’s Kirk Coburn
• Changes To Investor Visa Program May Affect Houston Development — Link
  - Houston Public Media
• TMCx Accelerator Spring 2020 Applications Open — Link
  - TMCx
• The Cannon Announces December 9th Open Date for Downtown Location — Link
• The Cannon Expands Leadership Team — Link
• Scary Stories — Startup Edition — Link
• The Cannon Celebrates Grand Opening — Link
• A Lawful Moment from Baker Botts — Understanding Intellectual Property — Link
  - The Cannon Blog
• Overheard: Local fighters land knockout quotes at Houston’s first Digital Fight Club — Link
• Bill Nye shares the future of space exploration at Houston’s annual SpaceCom — Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
• Photos: The Cannon Houston’s downtown space expects to open its doors early next month — Link
• Survey company wants to make collection information in Houston short, sweet, and to the point — Link
• Houston can stay the Space City within medical and health innovation — Link
• 4 Houston-based medical device companies pitch at TMCx Demo Day — Link
• 3 takeaways from The Houston Innovation Summit’s first panel — Link
• Houston entrepreneur plans to revolutionize the construction industry using a tech-enabled material — Link
• City council approves $24M for East End hub, TMCx opens apps, and more Houston innovation news — Link
• 3 reasons venture capitalists say no, according to University of Houston research — Link
• Houston startup adds 2 big names to its board of directors — Link
• Houston racks up spot among worst cities for credit card debt — Link
• Here’s what events to attend each day during The Houston Innovation Summit — Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week — Link
  - InnovationMap’s Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
• White House science adviser Droegemeier visits Rice — Link
• Veterans Business Battle seeks entries for 2020 competition — Link
• Small manufacturers in Houston struggling to find workers, according to new Rice report — Link
• Byrne named fellow of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society — Link
• Rice’s Kolditz recognized as №1 university leadership coach — Link
• Space team’s cubesat earns honor — Link
  - Rice University
• Exposing Office Distractions and Effects on Worker Productivity — Link
• New Hybrid Device Can Both Capture and Store Solar Energy — Link
• New UH Law Building Named for Alumnus, Philanthropist John M. O’Quinn — Link
  - University of Houston
• Houston tech company to begin build-out of new Upper Kirby headquarters — Link
• More companies come to Houston Food Bank’s rescue following ammonia leak — Link
• Taco Bell testing chicken strips in Houston — Link
• How business owners can implement financial best practices to take advantage of growth opportunities — Link
• HBJ launches midmarket companies List, awards program — Link
• Photos: Breweries put final touches on new Sawyer Yards locations — Link
• Panel recap: Houston finance execs talk trade uncertainty, workforce needs — Link
• Stanley Black & Decker appoints president to Houston-based O&G arm — Link
• Houston’s economy looks strong in many sectors, but impact of oil and gas downturn continues to be felt — Link
• New BBVA USA Houston CEO ‘excited to get back to Houston’ — Link
• H-E-B helps replenish Houston Food Bank after ammonia leak — Link
• Rich Kinder’s foundation gives major university $10M to fund new degrees — Link
• Downtown coworking expansions: WeWork opens, The Cannon sets date — Link
• Verizon expands 5G network to Houston — Link
• Fintech co. Bill.com plans $100M IPO after recent expansion to Houston — Link
• BBVA taps former Austin exec as new Houston CEO — Link
• Business, VC heavyweights join Houston startup’s board — Link
• Business leaders bullish on The Woodlands. But hiring, office space, flooding remain challenges — Link
• University of Houston renames new law building after monetary gift — Link
• Revived Charming Charlie brand reveals 15 stores opening, including 3 in Houston — Link
• Sourcing contractors for your business? Why choosing from the local talent pool makes sense — Link
• Rice researchers leading effort to develop mind-reading helmet with $18M grant — Link
• Activist investor Carl Icahn reveals stake in HP, says merger with Xerox is ‘no brainer’ — Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• Science Guy Bill Nye pitches space sailing, exploration in Houston — Link
• Minting startups by design — Link
• Bill.com, which recently opened a Houston office, files for IPO — Link
• WeWork grows in Houston despite corporate woes — Link
• Baker Hughes deal to boost AI in the oil field — Link
• Tomlinson: Gaps in cyber insurance are costly — Link
• Verizon launches mobile 5G service in Houston — Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog
• “Can’t Make Enough” Chamber Innovation Grant winners are featured in The Monitor — Link
• Five Leaderships Lessons from Grant — Link
• Five Fatal Flaws for an Employee — Link
• Say Hello To…Sally Fraustro-Guerra — Chairman Of The Board — Link
• 13 Questions With Mcallen Chamber Board Member — Carlos Melguizo — Link
• People You Should Know — Skylar Stoleson — Link
• Meet Your Ambassador — Leonor Medina — Link
  - McCallen Chamber of Commerce
• Chamillionaire Creates Startup Competition For Entrepreneurs Of Color — Link
• Walmart wants robots in stores. Target doesn’t — FreshPlaza.com — Link
• Great entrepreneurs don’t fit into any pattern; they form a new one: Alok Goyal of Stellaris — Link
• Startup Monday: Should Local Startups Take Bigger Swings? — Link
• This CEO is on a mission to boost Latinx business owners — Link
• Council Post: Should You Take That Job Offer? 12 Ways To Ensure It’s The Right Fit — Link [Houston Entrepreneur Donald Hatter]
• Serial Phoenix entrepreneur’s new venture: Helping people find jobs they love — Link
• 30 Corporate Innovation Labs You Should Know — Link
• Out-of-state tech startup wins $100K pitch competition in Baton Rouge — Link
• For Start-Ups, Cash Is King (Again) — The New York Times — Link
• Bloomberg: Ann Arbor №3 new top tech hub in country — Link
• Q&A: How 4 young entrepreneurs are thriving in county’s rising tech hub — Link
• Coffee shops: The Gateway To Ecosystem Building — Social Venturers — Link
• How To Let Ordinary Investors Invest In Startups? OurCrowd Has The Answer — Forbes — Link
• Stadia Ventures’ Tim Hayden on Expanding from Sports to Esports — Link
• Mary Kay Advocates for Global Female Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and Equality at Top Women’s Conferences Around the World — Link
• 15 Inspiring Entrepreneurs To Watch In 2020 — Link
• Five Companies Selected to Join GCxN Cleantech Accelerator — Link
• Evolve Energy Makes Energy Management Texas with New AI-Based — Link
• AUSA to host Army Futures Command reps — Link
• The Pearl Fund Adds Colorado and Texas to New Network Designed to Spur Social and Economic Impact in US Opportunity Zones — StreetInsider.com — Link
• Flexible Workspaces and Coworking Could Contribute Over $127 Billion to Local Economies in the U.S. in the Next Decade — Link
• It’s Not the Coworking Model That’s the Disruptor — GlobeSt.com — Link
• Here’s a $25M seed fund aimed at backing some brash new drug ideas out of the Broad — Link
• Why the WeWork Fallout Isn’t Affecting Women-Focused Co-Working Startup The Riveter — Geekwire’s Taylor Soper — Link
• Don’t Worry About Giving Your Idea Away. Validating Your Startup Is More Important — Link
• Israeli startup UBQ is turning trash into plastic products — Washington Post — Link

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

Intro to the Houston Startup Scene & Ask Me Anything with Omair Tariq and Brittany Barreto
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 4:00 PM — 7:00 PM CST
The Cannon
1334 Brittmoore Road Houston, TX 77043
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Intro to Fundraising & Ask Me Anything: WEDallas Edition
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 10:30 AM — 1:30 PM CST
Capital Factory + The DEC
3102 Oak Lawn Avenue Suite 109 Dallas, TX 75219
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Made In Houston: Game Changers In The Startup Scene
Tuesday, December 10th 6:30–9 pm CST
GA Houston
1301 Fannin St, Floor 21 Houston, TX 77002
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TEDxHoustonWomen 2019 : BOLD + Brilliant!
by Impact Hub Houston
Saturday, December 14, 2019 10:30 AM — 4:00 PM CST
Unity of Houston
2929 Unity Dr Houston, TX 77057
REGISTERWake Up! ATX CPG Conversations over Coffee meetup
Wednesday, November 27th
8:30 AM — 10:30 AM
121 Pickle Rd. Austin, Texas 78704
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Technology for Social Good: How Tech Professionals & Companies Can Support Social Impact
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:15 PM — 7:30 PM CST
Austin Central Library
710 West Cesar Chavez Street Austin, TX 78701
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Innovate Austin Launch Party
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 5:30 PM — 9:30 PM CST
Native Hostels
807 East 4th Street Austin, TX 78702
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The Future Of Work: Closing The Skills Gap
Tuesday, December 17th 8:30am
Station Houston
1301 Fannin Street, Floor 21st Houston TX
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