Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #235

Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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SXSW VIP Insiders Guide 2020 — www.bitly.com/sxswvip

The VIP Insider’s Guide is the most comprehensive list of official and unofficial events during SXSW geared towards business professionals.

If your company is ‘thinking about doing something’ for SXSW, you should contact me immediately — limited sponsorships and promotions are still available, but the window is closing — marc+sxsw@tsquaredagency.com

Austin-based startup Logictry has launched an interactive SXSW planner in beta — with early access for Texas-Squared readers: sxsw.logictry.com

The Case for Texas — February 2020 Research Report — Link

– Ecliptic Capital’s Christy Cardenas

Christy Cardenas, Managing Partner, of new Austin VC fund Ecliptic Capital has just published a deeply researched report on the state of the innovation economy from a financial perspective. It’s a great, short read that lays out the economic drivers of the Texas startup ecosystem — The Case for Texas

Are Accelerators Becoming A Trap For Startups? — Link

– The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder

“Accelerators, the short, intensive programs that helped propel companies such as Airbnb and Dropbox to fame and fortune, are proliferating in Houston and across the country and providing more opportunities for startups to find the advice, money and connections that might lead to success. As a result, startups are finding it easier to enroll in multiple programs, sparking a debate in the innovation sector of whether moving from one accelerator to another merely delays the hard work of building a business and testing the market for new products and services.

“You’re doing startup theater the longer you stay in accelerator programs,” said Marc Nathan, who advises startups for the Austin law firm Egan Nelson. “At some point startups have to grow up or die.” — Andrea Lienfelder

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I want to clarify my quote about ‘Startup Theater’ — it was in reference to companies going through multiple programs without significant customer growth to show for it. I get the extreme value of gong through the right program at the right time (ideation stage / incubator | emerging stage / incubator | growth stage / accelerator), but I’ve observed several companies hanging around programs when they should be out talking to potential customers. It’s the same concept as someone who is a sixth-year undergrad or going through a second MBA program — there is a cutoff in a startups life that a going through multiple programs will start to have diminishing returns for many companies. I want to personally thank Andrea Lienfelder for years of dedication to the Houston startup community and wish her out-of-this-world success with her new Space beat.

Houston Tech Rodeo
Presented by Houston Exponential
https://www.htxtechrodeo.com/

We are excited to officially announce the #HTXTechRodeo! During the first week of March, the Houston tech ecosystem will be corralling a week of events and hosting activations throughout the city to showcase the diversity of startups, talent, investment opportunities, and emerging trends.

• Houston Exponential wrangles up a week full events to spur innovation in Houston — Link
• These are the events to attend each day during the Houston Tech Rodeo — Link
  - Innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms
• Veteran investor headlines Houston Tech Rodeo — Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Dwight Silverman [Congrats to Dwight on taking over the Startup beat for the Chronicle from the ever-capable Andrea Lienfelder who is moving over to to the Aerospace beat].

Techstars Austin Accelerator Demo Day

Techstars Austin Accelerator Demo Day
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 3:00 PM — 6:00 PM CST
Austin Public Library
710 W Cesar Chavez St. Austin, TX 78701
REGISTER
Please contact Program Manager Alex Friedman at Alex.friedman@techstars.com for an invitation

• San Antonio CEOs Rally Support For Entrepreneurship Program — Link
  - Texas Public Radio
• Startup Crawl at SXSW Presented by Booz Allen Hamilton — Link
• It’s Time to Make a Commitment to Accessibility and Inclusiveness in Social Networks — Link
  - Austin Startups
• La Colombe’s new self-heating coffee can: A hot cup of joe in 2 minutes — The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Michael Klein — Link [Powered by Austin-based HeatGen]
• Hey, small businesses: The city wants to give you money — Link
• Parks board does deep dive on Austin City Limits Fest contract for Zilker Park — Link
• Petition would recriminalize homeless camping — Link
• Austin Monitor Radio: Austin’s Equity Office — Link
  - Austin Monitor
• Austin Tech Startups That Raised Venture Capital or Got Acquired in February 2020 — Link
• Austin Edtech Startup Acadeum Raises $7M to Connect Colleges — Link
• Report: Austin Ranks №1 in the Nation for Jobs — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• Tech industry takes big wallop as coronavirus continues to spread — Link
• The simplest ways to help an unhappy client — Link
• Wal-mart can’t keep up even with fresh online technology — Link
• Facebook wants to hear from you. Literally. For innocent reasons — Link
• How to personalize your site for every visitor without learning code — Link
• German company funded to become the WhatsApp for employee messaging — Link
• Productivity hacks for tools you already have — Link
• Free streaming service you haven’t heard of boasts 25M subscribers — Link
• Who’s teaching Gen Z to adapt to working with other generations — Link
• Malomo helps online retailers keep up with retail giants — Link
• Consumers spend big on smart speakers, but small through them — Link
  - American Genius
• Hypergiant to Host SpaceCom and The AI Collective During SXSW — Link
• WSJ Ranks Austin as the Nation’s Hottest Big City Labor Market — Link
• Austin Ranks Third in the Milken Institute’s List of Best Performing U.S. Cities — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• 15 Days Until SXSW 2020 — Link
• 16 Days Until SXSW 2020 — Link
• 17 Days Until SXSW 2020 — Link
• 18 Days Until SXSW 2020 — Link
• 19 Days Until SXSW 2020 — Link
• Election 2020 Programming at SXSW — Link
• Thisten Audio-to-Text at SXSW 2020 — Link
• Tomorrow’s Art Today at SXSW 2020 — Link
• SXSW Pitch: Applied Bioplastics — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Flugauto — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Citefull — Link
• So Many Robot Sessions at SXSW — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Winding Tree — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Passbase — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Praxis Labs — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Waycare — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Lofty AI — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: PurePlus — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Virsix Games — Link
• SXSW Pitch: Collective Liberty — Link
• SXSW Pitch Finalist: Syndio — Link
• Abby the SXSW Chatbot Just Got Smarter — Link
• Nurturing Your Local Music Scene at SXSW 2020 — Link
• Social Equity in the Cannabis Industry — Link
• RSVPs Now Open For 2020 Mentor Sessions, Round Tables, Professional Development Sessions & More — Link
• Build your Network at the Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion — Link
• Ben Pasternak’s Journey to Becoming a Tech Entrepreneur — SXSW Filmmaker In Focus — Link
• Take a Look at the Future of Healthcare at the SXSW Trade Show — Link
• 2020 Podcast Stage Lineup: The James Altucher Show, Women in Tech Podcast with Arlan Hamilton and Doll Avant, Skullduggery Podcast with John Kerry & More — Link
• Trade Show Hub: Book Signings by Kwame Onwuachi, Amy Webb, & More — Link
  - SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
• Board of Regents approves UT-Tyler medical school, first in Northeast Texas — Link
• RecSports Recess hosts free day celebrating National Recreational Sports and Fitness Day — Link
• West Campus Limos offers fun, affordable rides for students — Link
• Future UT-Austin student sells over 10,000 Girl Scout cookie boxes, breaks Central Texas record — Link
• Undergraduate Business Council hosts lecture on Google, privacy — Link
• Female business founders panel discusses challenges, share advice — Link
• Student government assembly discusses bringing smart lockers to campus — Link
• UT Elementary School to restore classroom gardens with $2,500 grant — Link
• UT-Austin lab uses robots to help survivors of strokes — Link
• Imagine Lab hosts virtual reality showcase for Entrepreneurship Week — Link
• UT-Austin scientists make breakthrough in coronavirus research — Link
• Freshman starts Nigerian-inspired makeup business that caters to Black women — Link
• Former UT tennis coach Michael Center sentenced to six months in admissions scandal — Link
• Disney Television Animation representative speaks on Diversity and Inclusion efforts, recruitment — Link
• Dell Medical School receives full accreditation — Link
• Girl Day at UT-Austin exposes 8,000 young students to engineering, science — Link
• CPRIT Funding to Support New Cancer Prevention Efforts Benefiting Central Texans With Low Income — Link
• Less Than Infinite — Space is Becoming an Orbital Landfill — Link
  - University of Texas
• Acadeum Raises $7M for Its Online Course Marketplace — Link
• Sales and Marketing Working Together? It’s One Way AlertMedia Doubled Its Revenue — Link
• Turnover in Entry-Level Sales is High. Does This Company Have a Way to Slow It Down? — Link
• Austin Named WSJ’s Hottest U.S. Job Market for Second Year in a Row — Link
• Engineering Teams Share How They Structure Their Software Development Life Cycles — Link
• Weekly Refresh: Synthio Acquired, New Kendra Scott Institute Hire, and More — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• Capital Gains: Return of ‘Monster Garage,’ new name for Startup Games & a $25M condo still in limbo — Link
• How Serenity Kids scored wide distribution, millions in funding for organic baby food — Link
• Edtech startup Acadeum banks millions from investors — Link
• Do startup companies need lobbyists? — Link
• Viewpoint: Chamber can’t rest on laurels as Austin booms — Link
• How big can Austin get? City Hall bears down on housing capacity conundrum as prices, traffic get worse — Link
• Google to invest $10B in offices and data centers in 11 states this year, including Texas — Link
• Journal Profile: Matt Levin reflects on the big leap he took with ECR — and what’s next — Link
• Dell co-leads $60M investment in Silicon Valley’s newest tech unicorn — Link
• After raising $90M in 2019, ScaleFactor reorganizes with layoffs, new business model — Link
• Austin ranks №3 on Milken’s Best-Performing Cities list — Link
• Construction CEO Ben Cureton dies suddenly — Link
• Expedia Group to lay off thousands of employees — Link
• Mentoring Monday 2020: Women pulling up women — Link
• Stock market turbulence caused by coronavirus fears hits Austin companies — Link
• Austin tries to help small businesses compete for city contracts — Link
• Austin has nation’s №1 job market, Wall Street Journal reports — Link
• Exec from parent company of NBA’s Spurs named Texas Lyceum president — Link
• In the money Feb. 24: $66M in deals, including $15M for bootmaker Tecovas — Link
• Ty Haney leaves CEO spot at Outdoor Voices — Link
• M&A wrap: Amherst strikes $2B deal; Startup does first acquisition — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Austin’s QuestionPro acquires Dallas company — Link
• Austin education tech firm Acadeum raises $7M — Link
• Austin’s Kong Capital aims for $200M fund — Link
• State orders Austin agent to stop selling investments — Link
• Austin tech startup Olea raises $9 million — Link
• Austin boot company Tecovas raises $15 million — Link
• Austin’s Vertify expands tech offerings with acquisition — Link
• Austin’s Startup Games gets new name, expanded mission — Link
• Austin’s Genprex raises $25.5M with 2 stock offerings — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO

• Port San Antonio Board Approves ASM Global as Operator for New Innovation Center — Link
  RealCo Adds Startups FastVisa and Totem to Its Accelerator Program — Link
  - San Antonio Startups
• In San Antonio, Ag Secretary Perdue Tells Nation’s Farmers to Plant — Link
• How Family-Owned Sunset & Co. Rose Above Market Decline — Link
• San Antonio Startup Readies Early-Payday App for Launch — Link
• Southwest Research Institute Sees Year of Record Growth — Link
  - Rivard Report
• A Second M.A.C x Selena Reina Line Arrives This April — Link
• Numbers Game: Calling San Antonio the Seventh-Largest City Has a Nice Ring, But It Doesn’t Reflect Reality — Link
• Alamo Drafthouse Launches Season Pass Movie Subscription Service — Link
  - San Antonio Current
• Local software company still strong and resilient after fire — Link
• Are Spurs getting out of outdoor concert business? — Link
• Plumes of smoke visible for miles as fire burns at business south of downtown — Link
• Some broader economic challenges masked in Texas thanks to ‘huge’ migration — Link
• End of the Line? Retiring manufacturers wonder who will step up when they step out — Link
• Selena, MAC Cosmetics launching new makeup collection — Link
• GOOD WORKS SA: Local Rotary works to stay relevant to next generation — Link
• Mentoring Monday 2020: See the SA businesswomen helping grow future leaders — Link
• SA students shadow companies large and small — Link
• City wants small business to weigh in on climate action — Link
• Former Texas secretary of state to help promote SA’s global reach — Link
• Nasdaq gives SA oil company more time to shape up — Link
• South Texas Military Contracting Roundup: Defense Dept. doles out $112M in fuel — Link
• SA creative agency doubles revenue by getting ahead of Google shift — Link
• Cybersecurity company creates, hires chief revenue officer — Link
• Danish company doubles down on South Texas with proposed $295M wind farm — Link
• How businesses can weigh in on clean energy program — Link
• SA biotech adds heavy hitters to bolster global plan — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• What You Missed at NTX Inno’s TechVision 2020 Popup Event — Link
• PE Firm Acquires Allen Communication Software Company Cytracom — Link
• FlyLine Emerges From Stealth to Take the Hassle Out of Travel Booking — Link
• Female Innovators Compete for $5K Prize at Health Wildcatters Hackathon — Link
• Plano Health Monitoring Startup Expands Platform with New Acquisition — Link
  - North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming
• Life and Work with Dr. Lyndsey Harper — Link
  - Voyage Dallas Magazine
• Texas named second best state for black entrepreneurs in new report — Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
• This Dallas Designer’s Outerwear Is Chic, Cozy, and Cruelty-Free — Link
• Appropriate Work Atmosphere in the #MeToo Era — Link
• TEDxSMU Behind the Scenes — Link
• Jim Coleman, R.I.P. — Link
• Dallas’ Growth Demands a Dialogue on Density — Link
• Baylor Scott & White Health Adds Four New Board Members — Link
• Celebrity Stylist J. Bolin and Influencer Kim O. Launch Dallas-Based Clothing Line — Link
• WorkSuites Opens Largest Dallas Location — Link
• The Three Questions Kaizen CEO Derrick Evers Asks When Determining The Next Steps in a Deal — Link
• Ever-Looming Wine Tariffs Are Fueling Anxiety Across the Industry in Dallas — Link
• My New Favorite Twitter Account — Link
• 20-Minute Neighborhoods Could Solve Many of Dallas’ Urban Problems — Link
• Council Discusses the Difficulty of Building Granny Flats — Link
• Photo Recap: CFO Outlook Panel 2020 — Link
• Standing Desk Disruptors VARIDESK Announce Name Change; Call Us Vari — Link
• How Young Professionals Shaped Dallas’ Luxurious Office Space — Link
  - D Magazine
• UT Dallas Researchers Develop a New Cybersecurity Tool That Actually Welcomes Hackers — Link
• ‘Not Cool, Dude’: Trend Micro’s Factory Honeypot Found Real Solutions to Cyber Attacks — Link
• DSW20: What to Expect at Digital Fight Club and the Women of Innovation Summit — Link
• Dallas-Area Companies ‘Sprint’ to Solve Pain Points in Their Health Benefits — Link
• Dallas’ Kim O. Collabs on a New Collection With Celebrity Stylist J. Bolin — Link
• Bath Bombs for a Cause: Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth Provides Job Opportunities Through Edgar’s Bath Goods — Link
• Discovery: SMU Team Propels Drone Communication Forward, UTA Professor Creates Sustainable City Simulations — Link
• The Leaning Tower of Dallas: ‘When You See an Opportunity, Lean Into It.’ — Link
• Dallas Ranks Ninth Among Milken Institute’s Top 25 Best-Performing Cities — Link
• By Kids, For Kids: Dallas’ DeadSoxy and Vogel Alcove Team Up on Socks for Social Good — Link
• Follow the Money: Rosy Wellness Gets $1M in Seed Round, CareView Raises $100K, Integer Buys Israeli Medtech Company — Link
• Meet the Innovators: Lyndsey Harper, CEO and Founder of Rosy — Link
• Neighborhood Goods’ Third Store in Austin Gets Open Date — Link
• Dialectic Therapeutics Plans to Further Cancer Drug Research Using $3M CPRIT Grant — Link
• WorkSuites Opens its Largest Dallas Location Yet — Link
• Valerie D. James, Founding Dean of Admissions, Bids Farewell to College of Law — Link
• AT&T Selects Dallas’ K2View as its Platform for Test Data Management — Link
• Rosy, the Tech Platform Helping Women With Low Sex Drive, Raises $1M Seed Round — Link
• Dallas Invents: 138 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 18 — Link
• Photo Gallery: Health Wildcatters Hackathon Promotes Women in Science and Healthcare — Link
• Texas Central Makes $5.9B Deal With Spanish Firm to Develop, Operate High-Speed Rail Line — Link
• Texas Women’s Foundation Adopts ‘Gender Lens’ Investment Strategy With $10.5M Fund — Link
• DI People: Dave & Buster’s, Cyber Group, and SOLiD Announce Leadership Moves — Link
• Tyler Technologies Helps the State of Texas Reach E-Filing Milestone — Link
• A Restaurant, the Super Bowl, Blockchain: Catching Up With Avocados From Mexico — Link
• Life Science Exit: Bio-Rad Laboratories Acquires Fort Worth’s Exact Diagnostics — Link
• VariDesk Rebrands as Vari to Reflect its Entire Suite of Workspace Innovation — Link
• The Tech Company That ‘Uberized’ Healthcare at Home — Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• RealPage’s revenue tops expectations as ‘growth inflection is already arriving’ — Link
• This couple is running the ‘mom-and-pop shop’ of coworking spaces in Uptown — Link
• Economist: Dallas-Fort Worth economy highly susceptible to coronavirus pains — Link
• This Dallas initiative is working to teach kids the value of entrepreneurship — Link
• Company that makes 3-wheeled car considers Texas for manufacturing facility — Link
• Form-D Friday: Bios Partners raises $52M — Link
• 2020 Outstanding Directors Awards honorees announced — Link
• North Texas communications company acquired by PE firm, plans to hire — Link
• Tech firm aims to bring about 300 jobs to Plano with ‘strategic investment’ as it tackles data for AI — Link
• Internal merger at Goldman set to benefit Dallas; real estate investing to concentrate in the city — Link
• Helicopters are noisy. Bell is developing ‘brand new technology’ to solve that problem — Link
• With its most recent merger, Dallas firm doubles workforce — Link
• Comerica’s interim CFO takes on the position permanently — Link
• Dallas startup using tech to improve women’s sex lives raises $1M — Link
• It’s not all energy: M&A update on health care, tech in Texas — Link
• Some broader economic challenges masked in Texas thanks to ‘huge’ migration — Link
• How this $25M Alvarado company is countering a tight labor market — Link
• Photos: A look back at the Dallas Business Journal’s 7th annual Mentoring Monday — Link
• Communications company rebrands on 10-year anniversary — Link
• Plano’s Tyler Technologies racks up biggest year in acquisitions since 2015 with over $200M in deals — Link
• Amazon fulfillment center developer begins new project by DFW Airport — Link
• This private equity firm is giving lower middle-market companies a ‘first bite of the apple’ — Link
• AT&T boosts spending on R&D after four years of declines amid Time Warner buy, investments — Link
• DFW manages to make top 30 for best cities to start a business as Austin claims №1 spot — Link
• Companies turn to mentoring to make strides in workforce diversity — Link
• ‘We’re in the business of live’: Dallas company breaking ground on new $50M HQ — Link
• Roundup of recent deals and dollars: Dallas-based middle-market PE firm acquires food brand — Link
• Plano tech firm that landed $8M in funding last year just acquired a Pennsylvania startup — Link
• Why Varidesk says dropping the ‘desk’ will clarify its expanding strategy — Link
• Texas loses a legal giant — Link
  - Dallas Business Journal

• Houston Tech Rodeo — February 29 — March 7
  https://www.htxtechrodeo.com/

• Houston Startups Apply to Attend SXSW — APPLY
• Donated cornea restores vision and prevents blindness — Link
  - TMC’s Shanley Pierce
• The Cannon Classroom — Yoga for Entrepreneurs — Link
  - The Cannon Blog
• New innovative dining club connects Houston young professionals to deals — Link
• Houstonians rev engines and fulfill fantasies at private racetrack — Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
• 11 startups pitch top Houston angel investors at biannual summit — Link
• Here’s what lean startup tips founders can learn from this Houston restaurateur and Rice University MBA — Link
• Capital Factory founder plans to double portfolio companies in Houston this year — Link
• 4 corporate housekeeping tips for female founders from Houston experts — Link
• Houston airport first in Texas to be selected for facial recognition program — Link
• Here’s what Houston startups need to keep in mind when building their teams — Link
• Houston investor group backs growing logistics automation startup emerging from stealth — Link
• 3 Houston employers clock in among Fortune’s 100 best companies to work — Link
• Dallas coworking company to open its first location in Houston — Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week — Link
  - InnovationMap’s Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
• Rice U. energy expert: Oil and gas industry’s ‘defensive’ history influences approach to climate change — Link
• Watch for new trade deal’s impact on state-owned businesses, says Baker Institute expert — Link
• Rice scientists simplify access to drug building block — Link
• Best Boards Conference helps nonprofits maximize impact — Link
  - Rice University
• New Poll Shows Bernie Sanders With Strong Lead in Texas — Link
• UH Expands Promise to Keep College Accessible — Link
• Democratic Primary Voters Say Health Care is Top Priority — Link
• Can New Kind of Power Plant Improve Air Quality, Resilience? — Link
• Coronavirus and the Supply Chain Interrupted — Link
  - University of Houston
• Houston investment groups partner to increase investor diversity, access to capital for startups — Link
• More than 2,200 patients notified after some private records lost in possible privacy breach, Harris Health System says — Link
• Tankers and trailers full of drinkable water arrive in Houston to meet high demand — Link
• City of Houston names inaugural chief transportation planner — Link
• Newest Hardy Yards craft brewery keeps things local — Link
• Open for business: Hospitals, universities, private firms pour money into TMC development — Link
• Event space company plans latest outpost in East End — Link
• Growing Alabama bank to acquire Houston-area financial services firm — Link
• Houston Methodist’s new TMC tech hub tests VR, voice-enabled devices and more — Link
• Houston scores 14 semifinalist nods in 2020 James Beard Awards — Link
• Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta buys another restaurant chain out of bankruptcy — Link
• Health care takes the lead in Woodlands employment — Link
• Two massive international brands coming to Houston’s Galleria — Link
• Why this Swedish financial co. made its U.S. debut in Houston — Link
• Houston tech group acquires Virginia-based medication data firm — Link
• Houston de novo bank raises over $93M, opens for business — Link
• See which local favorites won 2020 Rodeo Best Bites Competition — Link
• Mentoring Monday: Advice for mentors from leading executives nationwide — Link
• Houston hotels dominate top 20 on new U.S. News & World Report list — Link
• Major car co. testing subscription service in Houston — Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• Boeing still reviewing Starliner software after failed rendezvous with Space Station — Link
• Smithsonian Channel releases ‘Black in Space’ documentary on African American pioneers — Link
• Virgin Galactic accepting $1K deposits for your $250K+ trip to space — Link
• How do you train for space walks? In a giant swimming pool lab — Link
• Tissue-box-size satellite created by Rice University students to help tackle space junk — Link
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise campus breaks ground — Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog’s Dwight Silverman

• Your Series A Readiness Scorecard — Shockwave Innovation’s Gordon Daugherty — Link
• The Horrifying Things I’ve Seen as an Office Manager in Silicon Valley — Link
• The end of the IPO as we know it — AngelList — Link
• Why Coworking Isn’t Just a Fad, It’s a Force Changing Commercial Real Estate — LA Progressive — Link
• YC just published a 70-page Series A guide so founders don’t tank their own prospects — TechCrunch — Link
• This 16-Year-Old Entrepreneur Makes $8K a Month Selling Her Own Hot Sauce — Black Enterprise — Link
• Here are the 10 biggest startups acquisitions PE firms have made since 2017 — Business Insider — Link
• Tell Your Entrepreneur Story (With Lyn Graft) — YouTube — Link
• And the Winner of Alice’s $10,000 Grant and Mentorship Opportunity Is… — Link
• List of assets owned by The Walt Disney Company — Wikipedia — Link
• Seed Fundraising: 13 Tips You Won’t Get on Twitter · Kapwing Blog — Link
• ScaleX Tackles The Hefty Funding Gap For Female Founders In Emerging Markets Accelerators — Forbes’ Anne Field — Link
• The Strategic Importance of Competition — LinkedIn — Link
• A Short History of Energy Deregulation and the Future of Localized Energy — Kirk Coburn — Link
• A Formula for Growth After the Start-Up Stage — The New York Times — Link
• Startup Accelerators: The Ultimate Guide — Link
• 20 for 2020: Augmented Reality Trends and How They May Play Out This Year — Link
• How to Give a Presentation Like a Pro — Link
• These self-published authors are actually making a living. Here’s how. — Link
• 3 Big Differences Between Founding A High-Growth Startup And Managing A Legacy Family Business — Link
• Do You Turn Into a Hot Mess Even Thinking About Networking? — Link
• Makerspace Essentials — MakeCrate — Link
• Not a Newsletter: A Monthly Guide to Sending Better Emails — Google Docs — Link
• 4 Reasons Why Your Side Hustle Won’t Magically Morph Into a Scaled Business — Link

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

Food+Tech Meetup
Startup Disaster Stories and What We Can Learn
Monday, March 2, 2020 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
The Cook’s Nook
502 Thompson Ln, Austin, TX 78742
REGISTER [I’m moderating this panel and it’s going to be a lot of fun]

Cofounders League
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM CST
WeWork Thanksgiving Tower
1601 Elm Street #Floor 33 Dallas, TX 75201
REGISTER

MassChallenge Texas Application Open House — Austin
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 2:00 PM — 5:30 PM CST
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street Austin, TX 78701
REGISTER

Austin Technology Forum
Technology + Art: Data, Algorithms, and Software Enable New Artistic Creativity
Thursday March 5, 2020 6:15pm
Austin Central Library
710 W. Cesar Chavez Austin, Texas 78701
REGISTER

Cofounder Austin Meetup
Keynote Speaker Richard Bagdonas
Monday, March 9, 2020 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street Austin Texas 78701
REGISTER

Wake Up! ATX CPG Meetup: Future of Food Edition
Saturday, March 14th 9:00am — 11:00am
SXSW Center
1400 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701
www.bitly.com/wakeupcpg

How to Form a Micro VC Fund Workshop at Mercury Fund
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Mercury Fund
3737 Buffalo Speedway #Suite 1750 Houston, TX 77098
REGISTER

Startup Weekend Fort Worth Spring 2020
Friday, March 27–29, 2020 6:30 pm
UTA Startup Lounge
505 W. Nedderman Drive Arlington, TX 76019
REGISTER

Houston Cyber Summit
Tuesday, April 28 & Wednesday, April 29, 2020
George R. Brown Convention Center
REGISTER
Houston Tech Rodeo — February 29 — March 7
https://www.htxtechrodeo.com/

MEET ATX: Diversity in Austin, a Panel Discussion
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 6:30 PM — 8:30 PM
Industrious Austin
201 West 5th Street #1100, Austin, Texas 78701
REGISTER

Jason Calacanis Founder Office Hours
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:30 AM — 11:00 AM CST
Rice University — McNair Hall Shell Auditorium
Houston, TX 77005
REGISTER

Reverse Pitch, Accelerators and Funds with the Ask
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 at 9:00 AM
Sesh Coworking
1210 West Clay Street #Suite 18 Houston, TX 77019
REGISTER

Austin Young Chamber Meet, Greet, & Amplify Mixer Presented By Shipstation
Thursday, March 5, 2020 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
ShipEngine, 4009 Marathon Blvd. Austin, TX 78756
REGISTER

Business Angel Minority Association Launch Party
Friday, March 6, 2020 at 8 AM — 9 AM
Amegy Tower
1717 W Loop S, Houston, Texas 77027
REGISTER

The Future Of Food @ SXSW
Saturday, March 14th 11:00am — 4:00pm
SXSW Center
1400 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701
REGISTER

The Future of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs) Meet Up
Sunday, March 15th 2:00pm — 3:00pm
Trade Show — Meet Up Pavilion — Exhibit Hall 3
Austin Convention Center 500 E Cesar Chavez Austin, TX 78701
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2020/events/PP1137918

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