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TXDOT “Star Wars Day” Road Sign for May the 4th

I took a break from back-to-back Zoom calls to get an oil change on Friday and I was disturbed by two things - the sheer number of cars on the road and the fact that the oil change guy actually shook my hand when I reached out to get my keys from him. Both things were kind of shocking considering that we wouldn't have given either a second thought just a few weeks ago. I told him that it was my first handshake since February, and he seemed unimpressed by my commitment to social distancing. I probably won't be going back there, but it made me realize that at least here in Austin, there's a bigger push to 'get back to normal' than you would gather from the news. I was on several calls this week with leaders from the startup community and the general consensus is that live events won't start happening until at least September and more than likely 2021. I've participated in a number of online Demo Days this week and it made me realize the most important part of these kinds of events isn't the super-polished 'Shark Tank'-style pitches with beautiful graphics and charts that point up and to the right. We can watch hundreds of these as videos on YouTube and they start to blur together after the seventh or eighth pitch just like at live events. The most critical aspect of a Demo Day is the ability of an audience member (who technically should be a potential investor) to meet the entrepreneur and ask questions about the company. In person, the companies would typically wait for the whole cohort to finish and then show up to tables or booths that represent the individual startups. Usually, drinks and hors d'oeuvres are flowing by this point both in celebration of completing the grueling task of making it through a successful bootcamp program and to give a little social lubrication to the sometimes difficult conversations of determining valuations for seed-stage companies. I've always said that writing seed checks to pre-traction companies is equivalent to betting on which toddlers will eventually win Olympic Gold, and sometimes those little personal interactions help. I'm suggesting that anyone who produces Demo Day events online builds in some time and a breakout room for people to speak with the companies directly as a part of the program.

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StartupGrind Austin

I have the privilege and honor to be interviewing serial CEO and founder Caroline Caskey Goodner (LinkedIn) , CEO of OrganiCare, an all-natural chemical-free medicine company based in Austin.

StartupGrind Austin
Wednesday, May 13th 6pm
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• Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation Year One Success Stories - Link
• How’s the Coronavirus Weather in Texas? - Link
• Austin Based Datum Tech Secures Seed Round Funding - Link
• My startup repaid our PPP loan – Techical(ly) CEO - Link
  - Austin Startups
• Mobile Education Platform, Aceable, Welcomes Marissa Tarleton as New Company President and Esther Lem as Board Member - Link
• COVID-19 Is Just The Latest Blow To Electric Scooter Companies - Link
  - Texas Standard
• How to launch a data catalog quickly with the people you already have - data.world’s Will Briggs - Link
• AirMap Acquires Hangar Technology, Expanding its Capabilities and Technology Offerings to Serve Developers and Enterprises - Link
• BlendedSense - Support Your Online Business in 2020 with Quality Digital Assets - Link
• Facing dismal job outlook, University of Texas grads launch agency - PR Week - Link
• Devastated Austin tourism may take years to recover - Link
  - Austonia
• Council approves Healthy Streets program to ease crowding on sidewalks, trails - Link
• Council wants plan for how to spend $170M in federal aid for Covid-19 relief - Link
• City taking steps toward $1,000 grants for musicians impacted by Covid-19 - Link
• City and county consider long-term telecommuting strategy - Link
• Idled restaurants may serve as low-income neighborhood groceries during pandemic - Link
• Loan forgiveness, grants highlight recommendations to Council for economic recovery - Link
  - Austin Monitor
• What the architects of emerging COVID-19 coalitions might learn from leagues of old - Link
• There is a reason cities are outpacing national governments in the face of COVID-19 - Link
  - Urbānitūs
• Chef Kwame Onwuachi and Liz Bacelar on COVID Activism in the Restaurant Industry – SXSW Sessions On Demand Video - Link
• Amy Webb’s Emerging Tech Trends for 2020 – SXSW Sessions On Demand Video - Link
  - SXSW
• Lyft permanently shuts down Austin scooter operations amid massive company layoffs - Link
• What the architects of emerging COVID-19 coalitions might learn from leagues of old - Link
• There is a reason cities are outpacing national governments in the face of COVID-19 - Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• RetailMeNot Founder Cotter Cunningham takes local startup questions in the Beat - Link
• Swivel pivots its flexible workspace software for commercial leases - Link
• German robotics company KUKA cuts 43 jobs, closes Austin office at Domain - Link
• ‘We truly felt like we could make a difference:’ Austin startups reflect on Covid-19 pivots - Link
• The funding index: a roundup of Boston’s VCs, Angels and other investment firms - Link
• This Seattle startup is launching its ‘Night In’ mystery boxes in Austin - Link
• Health care savings account startup emerges from stealth with $5M - Link
• Catalyst Games launches virtual trivia to help support local food banks - Link
• The top Austin tech and startup hires and layoffs of April 2020 - Link
• Austin company offers closed captions for student video conferences - Link
• Austin tech startup venture capital funding and acquisitions (April 2020) - Link
  - Austin Inno's Brett Wistrom - Subscribe Here
• Cuseum brings masterpieces into your home with AR - Link
• New AR tech makes putting images into Photoshop a breeze - Link
• Credit card limits got slashed for millions without them knowing - Link
• Yelp adds virtual services classification to help during COVID - Link
• Challenges facing receiving the PPP loan - Link
• Uber finally requires drivers and riders to wear face masks - Link
• ‘Fuzzing ImageIO’ is the latest security risk for iOS devices - Link
• Amazon VP resigns via spicy letter calling the company chickensh*t - Link
• Employers, follow Kroger’s example of paying for COVID-19 testing - Link
• J. Crew has filed for bankruptcy, other retailers are next - Link
  - American Genius
• Time to Build a More Resilient Economy After COVID-19 - Link
• UT Austin Student Innovators Accepted into Target’s Incubator Program - Link
• UT grads design, develop cost-effective portable ventilator - Link
• UT seniors share thoughts on first virtual graduation ceremony - Link
• Diversity + Inclusion director leaves after lengthy human rights investigation - Link
• President Fenves reflects on last 5 years - Link
• The ‘UT 10’: How students past and present preserve the Asian American identity - Link
• Just because it’s legal to go out doesn’t mean it’s safe - Link
• Out-of-state students find ways to pay in-state tuition - Link
• UT’s first African American aerospace engineering professor works to promote inclusion - Link
• UT-Austin researchers discover llama antibodies can help treat COVID-19 - Link
• Remote advising poses challenge to UT students - Link
• Scooter companies make cuts amid COVID-19 pandemic - Link
• UT senior gets surprise visit from Steven Spielberg on John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’ - Link
• Texas Exes creates website to help graduates find jobs during coronavirus pandemic - Link
• UT nursing instructor volunteers to fight COVID-19 in New York - Link
• Businesses near UT-Austin decide whether to reopen under Abbott’s new order - Link
  - University of Texas
• First Dollar Raises $5M Seed Funding to Build a Better HSA - Link
• These Austin Companies Are Hiring Now - Link
• Weekly Refresh: Silverton Partners' New Funds, ATX Kit Launched, and More - Link
• Vue vs. React vs. Angular: This Front-End Developer's Favorite Tech - Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• As Austin extends stay-at-home order, business leaders recommend steps for reopening economy - Link
• JuiceLand keeps dining rooms closed, tosses old model out window; 'We would rather be cautionary than cavalier' - Link
• Genprex strikes deal with MD Anderson, adds to momentum in cancer fight - Link
• Capital Gains: Easy Tiger churns out tons of bread, Austin Chamber attracts tons of jobs - Link
• Austin doughnut eatery seeks bankruptcy protection for location in San Antonio - Link
• German robotics company closes Austin office, sheds dozens of jobs - Link
• When it comes to getting your PPP loan forgiven, track every penny spent - Link
• SEC loosens rules to help small businesses sell stakes, raise funds during Covid-19 crisis - Link
• State lawmakers loosen up, Austin keeps closed what it can - Link
• Local company pivots to make a low-cost ventilator - Link
• Tech, interior design partnership started with puppy love - Link
• Austin startups reflect on Covid-19 pivots; 'We truly felt like we could make a difference' - Link
• West Coast insur-tech startup that raised $60M last year now growing fast in ATX - Link
• UT System expects to lose hundreds of millions of dollars because of Covid-19 pandemic - Link
• Dell Children's to build new hospital as part of $700M expansion - Link
• Considering PPP bonuses to get loan forgiveness? Read this first - Link
• These are the business experts guiding Austin leaders through the financial chaos from Covid-19 - Link
• More small business grant programs on horizon - Link
• Aceable hires former RetailMeNot CEO as first president, adds to board - Link
• Life as a startup CEO right now: Big wins, bonuses and a few tears - Link
• Google's latest diversity stats highlight interesting hiring trend - Link
• First Dollar emerges from stealth mode with $5M in funding - Link
• More businesses in Texas may reopen over next two weeks - Link
• Bumble providing grants to small businesses during pandemic - Link
• Two Austin chefs named James Beard Award finalists - Link
• DipDipDip Tatsu-Ya named one of best new restaurants by GQ - Link
• Hershey sells Krave back to Sonoma Brands, Forbes reports - Link
• How Austin eateries, stores fared on first weekend back open to customers - Link
• Sales tax revenue in Texas falls sharply amid coronavirus, oil downturns - Link
• More than $100B remains in PPP round 2, SBA figures shows - Link
• How startups can raise money during these trying times - Link
• Viewpoint: Child care must come back if economy is to reopen - Link
• Can your business be sued if Covid-19 spreads at work? - Link
• Austin economists expect recovery to start soon - Link
• Nonprofits snag $687K to help those hurt by SXSW cancellation - Link
• In the money May 4: More than $40M in deals for wide range of companies - Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Coronavirus in Austin: Tech companies brace for return to office life - Link
• 5 reasons why you shouldn't freak out about 20.5M job losses - Link
• Can these 13 retailers survive coronavirus? Permanent store closings, bankruptcies coming - Link
• Coronavirus in Texas: Job losses on downward trend but still huge - Link
• Coronavirus in Austin: Asian American businesses eye reopening amid pandemic-related racism concerns - Link
• Jobless claims may reach 33 million as COVID-19 layoffs likely lead to a historic jobless rate - Link
• Austin health care savings startup First Dollar launches, raises $5 million - Link
• Austin’s National Instruments looks to evolve for next wave of tech innovation - Link
• Coronavirus in Austin: How Vital Farms is doing business and giving back - Link
• Austin's National Instruments looks to evolve for next wave of tech innovation - Link
• Working at home had a positive effect on productivity during the pandemic, survey shows - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO

• In This Together San Antonio - Link
• Tips for Remote Onboarding During a Pandemic - Link
• UTSA-Led Collaborative Team Wins Grant to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine - Link
  - Startups San Antonio
• Michael Girdley’s Four for Friday Podcast - Link
• New COVID-19 Tracking Tool Shows Economic, Health Impact on Texans - Link
• Supplies Tight and Prices Rising at San Antonio Meat Markets - Link
• Report: Reopening San Antonio Businesses Will Need to Provide Assurances to Virus-Wary Patrons - Link
• Local Businesses Step Up to Food Distribution Plate During Coronavirus - Link
• Cured Restaurant’s Steve McHugh Named a ‘Best Chef in Texas’ Finalist - Link
• Chow Train Has Cooked Nearly 45,000 Meals for San Antonio’s Most Vulnerable - Link
  - Rivard Report
• If San Antonio Needs to Fund Another Round of COVID-19 Assistance, Here’s Where It Can Find the Money - Link
• Virtual Vitality: Gyms Shifted Online During the Pandemic, and Fitness Instructors Say It May Be the Wave of the Future - Link
• San Antonio's H-E-B Hosts Virtual 'Texas-Sized' Ceremony for High School and College Grads - Link
• San Antonio Researchers Land $200,000 to Develop Possible COVID-19 Vaccine - Link
  - San Antonio Current
• Jungle Disk's leader an advocate for fellow entrepreneurs, workforce development - Link
• Congress didn’t budge on PPP; now SA visitor industry is paying the price - Link
• Pandemic prompts increased push to recruit bioscience talent in SA - Link
• Roosevelt High students top field in national cyber competition - Link
• Study finds Texas falls in top 10 states with fewest coronavirus restrictions - Link
• Furloughs and Forgiveness: How one business is dealing with PPP uncertainty - Link
• GOOD WORKS SA: Power of the Purse brought to bear on need for child care - Link
• Confused about requirements of Texas' reopening plan? One Texas company built a guide - Link
• H-E-B may be overcharging customers for eggs, lawsuit claims - Link
• Bringing them back: A leading employment lawyer on how to reopen your workplace - Link
• SA restaurant owners worry for "beaten down" industry's survivability amid capacity limits - Link
• Investors give advice for fundraising during a pandemic - Link
• SA scooter company lands new deal in Central Texas - Link
• South Texas Military Contracting Roundup: Contracts highlight military's need for PPE - Link
• SABJ reveals the 2020 Family-Owned Business Awards honorees - Link
• Texas’ first Opportunity Zone investment breaks ground on the South Side - Link
• Exclusive: Mayor Nirenberg weighs in on state's reopening plan, tests for local economy - Link
• Technology and interior design partnership starts with puppy love - Link
• Founded on oil, local tech company looks elsewhere for growth - Link
• AT&T is nearing the big HBO Max launch, and the high-end service is getting cheaper — in one case - Link
• Global market widens for Xenex coronavirus-killing robots - Link
• Blue Bell reaches plea agreement, former president charged over 2015 listeria outbreak - Link
• Texas businesses set to receive $12.8 billion in loans so far in second round of PPP - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal
• Robotics competition eyes Dallas for annual championship - Link
• Sandlot Esports launches tournament to combine gaming with giving - Link
• How Encore Live built its production business and is helping founders switch to digital - Link
• DFW companies team up to provide gig work for firefighters - Link
• Tracking the dollars: The DFW funding deals, M&As and VC activity in April - Link
• Local leaders: The North Texas tech hires and departures in April - Link
• Meet the local startups fighting the pandemic, helping the community in April - Link
  - North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming
• UT Austin researchers unlock COVID-19 treatment in unexpected source - Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
• How Have You Spent Your Time in Quarantine? - Link
• Is DFW Scared to Death? - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Elaine Agather - Link
• Austin-Based Investment Company Buys Former American Airlines Headquarters - Link
• Mark Cuban Hires Undercover Shoppers to Assess Business Safety During Reopening - Link
• What Does the Experience of High-End Dining Mean in the Age of COVID? - Link
• Preparing For Re-Entry: Experts Share Key Strategies For Getting Back to Work - Link
• 30-Year Industry Veteran Forms Restaurant Properties Group - Link
• Neiman Marcus Files For Bankruptcy - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Elyse Dickerson - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Nina Vaca - Link
• Dallas City Council Gets First Look at COVID-19 Economic Impact — And It’s Really Bad - Link
• Bracing for a Meat Shortage as Dallas Restaurants Bring Back Partial Dine-In - Link
• The Workers on Dallas’ Food Frontline - Link
• Remote Monitoring During COVID-19 - Link
• Elevating Real Estate and Putting People First - Link
• CRE Opinion: Health And Safety Measures We Adopted To Stop The Spread of COVID-19 - Link
• We’re Living Through Bizarre Times; Let’s Talk About The Future - Link
• Carpet Tech Now Measuring Cleanliness to Guarantee Disinfection - Link
• What Type of Crisis Leader Will You Be? - Link
• A New Heart Attack Blood Test to Reduce ER Wait Times - Link
• Executive Perspectives: LaMonte Thomas - Link
• Nominate: D CEO’s Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Chris Jackson - Link
• Texas Instruments Foundation Donates Millions to United Way of Metropolitan Dallas - Link
• Fraud in the Time of COVID-19 - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Tony Sarsam - Link
  - D Magazine
• Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in April - Link
• DI People: McKesson, Bell, Take Command Health, and More Make Moves - Link
• Motorola Solutions’ Narasimha Raju Nagubhai: Managing Madness with a Mentor - Link
• With a $3M Grant, UTD Research Team Begins Work on a Deep-Sea Wind Turbine - Link
• A Dallas-based CBD Startup Founder Is Working on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Link
• Hotels.com Wants to Help You Tie the Knot During Quarantine - Link
• How Dallas’ Travelocity (and its Roaming Gnome) Are Keeping Globetrotting Alive - Link
• Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of April 21 - Link
• NASA Johnson Space Center Awards Jacobs a $478M Contract Extension - Link
• Take Command Health Hires Kyle Estep as its Business Development Director - Link
• Virtual Recruiter: Dallas’ Knack Launches a Free App for Job-Seeking Engineers - Link
• Startup Success: Dallas-based DartPoints Gets Majority Investment from Astra Capital Management - Link
• North Texas PPE Supplier Strikes a Deal With Amazon, Wynn Innovations, and More - Link
• Forces for Good: Toyota, Mary Kay, BOK Financial, and More Contribute to COVID-19 Relief - Link
• Nature in Need: Here are 3 Ways to Help the Conservation Heroes Keeping Our World in Balance - Link
• Deep Ellum-based MedCAD Goes Live With its PPE Shop - Link
• Pregnant During the COVID-19 Pandemic? This Remote Nurse Monitoring App Wants to Help - Link
• Substance Abuse Treatment is Essential During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here’s How Enterhealth Adjusted - Link
• Dallas Biotech Company’s Antimicrobial Coating Linked with First Health Care-Associated Infection Reduction - Link
• UTD PhD Students Had the Largest Number of Dissertation This Semester—And Presented Them Online - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• High-end hotels in DFW, nationwide flagged by loan servicers as millions in coronavirus losses mount - Link
• Photo tour: Former Cowboys star Jason Witten lists Westlake mansion for $4.7 million - Link
• Analyst weighs in on Neiman Marcus Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, shifting consumer spending - Link
• Could litigation funding be the key to surviving a recession? - Link
• Cleaning expert offers advice on disinfecting workspaces for reopening to keep employees and customers safe - Link
• Mark Cuban sent out secret shoppers over Dallas’ first open weekend—here’s what they found - Link
• Sabre sales drop by more than one-third as CEO expects 'a smaller travel market for some time' - Link
• Plano medical device supplier expects sales to drop temporarily from COVID-19 - Link
• Here’s what workers say they need to feel safe in the office again - Link
• Texas Central wins key legal decision for high-speed rail project, setting up potential Texas Supreme Court showdown - Link
• SEC loosens rules to help small businesses sell stakes to raise funds during coronavirus crisis - Link
• Upcoming national, DFW unemployment rate won’t be as high as projected, DFW analyst says - Link
• Local experts aren't seeing uptick in Opportunity Zone interest despite surge in funds - Link
• Chanel, Christian Louboutin and more: These are Neiman Marcus Group's creditors with largest unsecured claims - Link
• Home health service companies adapt to support and protect patients and staff in COVID-19 response - Link
• It's official: Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy - Link
• Dallas alcohol sales drop 58% in March; April likely will be worse - Link
• Is North Texas more insulated than the rest of the state? Dallas Fed economist decrypts market uncertainty - Link
• Why now is the right time for this boutique firm's fourth oil and gas royalty fund - Link
• Kroger adds nearly 5,000 employees in DFW as traffic surges - Link
• RealPage CEO says pandemic ‘shocked’ industry into long-term positive, but reduces outlook - Link
• 'Limit access to those that need funding': Group of state AGs call for PPP overhaul - Link
• Why these firms invested $38 million in a corporate learning tech company - Link
• Dallas data center company focused on ‘edge’ acquired by investment firm in Washington, D.C. - Link
• As Dallas to Houston high-speed rail hearings continue, opponents bemoan process - Link
• Richardson company acquires Silicon Valley firm with over $10M in funding - Link
• For self-employed and general partners, SBA issues rule for PPP loans - Link
• Layoffs, supply chain logjams and Best Buy runs: DFW manufacturers combat COVID-19, chart recovery - Link
• Can’t get PPP funds? Local tax professionals break down other CARES Act options - Link
• Why this investment firm's 'pipeline has never been more robust' - Link
• Dallas’ Match eyes June for new solo status as revenue growth slows amid COVID-19 - Link
• Uber asks city of Dallas for deadline extension on incentive requirements for its big project - Link
• On the Agenda: Fort Worth, Dallas focus on reopening economy, aiding businesses - Link
• Economist to Dallas business leaders: V-shaped recession likely - Link
• Amid government help for the economy, Allen firm sees sales more than double during COVID-19 - Link
• Many restaurants did better than expected on reopening weekend, owners say - Link
• How DFW companies are navigating the evolution of work — an executive discussion - Link
• Texas is among top states in the country for most PPP loan approvals in second round, data shows - Link
• Meet new leader of Fort Worth-based Bell's innovation team developing air taxi and more - Link
• ‘Our clients don’t go out of business,’ says DFW CEO looking for opportunities - Link
• Nonprofit creates program to assist small business owners through COVID-19 - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal
• https://supportmylocal.shop/
• Shop PPE - Get PPE Now and Fast - Link
• Fitz Gate Ventures Raises Second Flagship Venture Capital Fund - Link
• The ION Podcast Series - Video
• Houston Confronts One-two Punch of COVID-19 and Oil Bust - Manufacturing.net - Link
• Energy Investment Cycles 101 – When Energy Stocks Work and When They Don’t - Link
  - Digital Wildcatters’ Jake Corley
• San Angelo Business Plan Competition offers a total of $70K in cash to winners - Link
  - MyFoxZone.com KIDY
• UT Austin researchers unlock COVID-19 treatment in unexpected source - Link
• 13 Houston energy tech startups pitch at Rice Alliance's first virtual event - Link
• A COVID-19 research breakthrough out of a Texas university comes from unlikely source - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• New initiative to bring protective equipment to underserved parts of Houston - Link
• Houston specialist reflects on innovation and technology's effect on pregnancy care - Link
• Houston-focused bank comes through with record number of vital PPP loans - Link
• Houston drone company sees rising need for automation within the energy industry and beyond - Link
• Houston area high school students develop innovations to help in coronavirus crisis response - Link
• Non-Houstonian identifies why the Bayou City is prime for a tech and startup boom - Link
• From T-shirts to facemasks, how this Houston startup quickly made its COVID-19 pivot - Link
• Rice creates entrepreneurship minor, Houston tech jobs grow, and more innovation news - Link
• Houston expert reflects on why product management and user experience are key for tech startups - Link
• This Houston startup is changing the way companies access tech talent - Link
• Local organization creates handwashing stations for Houston's homeless communities - Link
• Houston entrepreneur creates online marketplace to support local shops amid coronavirus crisis - Link
• Houston entrepreneur explains how aiming small generates big growth even in trying times - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
• Virtual celebration planned for Rice’s 107th commencement - Link
• Rice grads win 10 Fulbright grants - Link
• Rice economist wins award for best paper from American Economic Association - Link
• COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives - Link
• Mech major Cofer named Knight-Hennessy Scholar - Link
• Rice faculty part of Baylor Superfund program - Link
• Most Houstonians with COVID-19 symptoms are not being tested - Link
• Houston must address housing and transportation affordability jointly - Link
• Pulitzer Prize awarded to Rice history professor - Link
• Baker Institute experts: Hydrogen and nanomaterials may transform energy industry - Link
• Three Ph.D. grads win NSF postdoctoral fellowships - Link
• Federal grant bolsters Rice eye research - Link
• Senior is first Rice student to earn prestigious coaching accreditation - Link
• Book edited by Rice political scientist examines voting and representation in U.S. - Link
• Rice Management Co.’s Alan Arnold dies at 46 - Link
• Rice to offer minor in entrepreneurship - Link
• Regulatory hurdles make HIV research less effective, Baker Institute experts say - Link
  - Rice University
• UH Researcher Developing New Device to Treat Babies with Blood Disorders - Link
• International Group of Physicists and Engineers Design FDA-Approved, Open-Source Ventilator - Link
• UH Alumnus Wins Pulitzer Prize - Link
• Project Will Expand Use of Metal Catalysts for Drug Discovery - Link
• Race-Specific Lupus Nephritis Biomarkers - Link
• New Guidelines for Treating the Sickest COVID-19 Patients - Link
• UH Students Eligible for $18.35 Million in Aid from CARES Stimulus Funding - Link
• UH Survey Examines Challenges, Impact of COVID-19 on Harris County Residents - Link
  - University of Houston
• Face to Face with Gordian Group Chairman Fred Zeidman Gordian Group, LLC - Link
• Houston-based fabrication co. ordered to return $10M PPP loan - Link
• All-you-can-eat salad bar restaurant closing for good - Link
• Company with Houston ties sells former Lone Star Brewery site - Link
• Coronavirus headlines: Houston spending $200M on Covid-19 fight; Beaches closed to vehicles; Fort Bend No. 1 in testing - Link
• Acclaimed Houston restaurant company to offer delivery to luxury apartments - Link
• Schlumberger to cut jobs in Houston - Link
• Local distillery sets sights on moving to planned mixed-use development in Tomball - Link
• Houston companies' VC fundraising hit hard by Covid-19 slowdowns - Link
• NRG's retail leader takes on the task of securing Houston as the energy capital of the world - Link
• 10 reasons why small businesses need to hire a CPA - Link
• Texas Central wins key legal decision for high-speed rail project, setting up potential Texas Supreme Court showdown - Link
• Houston food hall partially reopens, adds charity program - Link
• Houston e-commerce startup hiring, expanding footprint after securing $15M - Link
• Jungle Disk's leader an advocate for fellow entrepreneurs, workforce development - Link
• Houston-based water infrastructure co. names new co-CEOs - Link
• Navigating through volatility creates opportunities and challenges for investors (podcast) - Link
• Coverage in the time of coronavirus: What role insurance companies will play in reopening the economy - Link
• 'Limit access to those that need funding': Group of state AGs call for PPP overhaul - Link
• How one Houston founder brought furloughed workers back before receiving PPP loan - Link
• Houston Food Bank gets $1M donation from prominent philanthropists - Link
• Houston food hall adds former East End eatery as vendor, reopens patio - Link
• Houston biotech firms' trading halted over coronavirus-related claims - Link
• Here's when Round 2 of PPP could run out - Link
• New United Way Houston CEO sought mission-oriented role after time at Anadarko, law firm - Link
• The do's and don'ts of a tactful layoff - Link
• Houston-based nonprofit health insurer names new CEO - Link
• Op-ed: Economic health is just as important as public health - Link
• Galveston-based foundation donates millions for new UTMB department - Link
• Sysco reveals size of workforce cuts due to Covid-19 - Link
• Sure, Texas is starting to reopen. But do consumers want to go out? - Link
• Houston-based national retailer issues 'going concern' warning amid Covid-19 fallout - Link
• 4 Houston nominees make final round of James Beard Awards - Link
• Covid-19 to cost city of Houston millions in lost revenue - Link
• How the coronavirus pandemic will change Texas’ long-term goals, priorities - Link
• New operator of future Houston food hall to bring in local, national chefs - Link
• Texas among top 5 in loans, dollar value so far in second round of PPP - Link
• Fashion retailer with 4 Houston-area locations files for bankruptcy protection - Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• UnbuckleMe owners look to ‘Shark Tank’ appearance to reverse sales slip - Link
• Captain Experiences books bucket list fishing trips the modern way - Link
• Opendoor resumes buying homes, touting safety of going open house-free - Link
• Zoom-ing through online meeting setup - Link
• I’ve hosted aSpace Center Houston to host virtual camping trip - Link
• Earth-like ‘Goldilocks’ planets might be less common than... - Link
• SpaceX passes key tests in South Texas - Link
• Tom Cruise, NASA are making a film - Link
• Tornado's damage to Onalaska seen from a satellite - Link
• Readjusted model forecasts thousands more COVID-19 deaths in TX - Link
• I’ve hosted aSpace Center Houston to host virtual camping trip - Link
• Earth-like ‘Goldilocks’ planets might be less common than... - Link
• SpaceX passes key tests in South Texas - Link
• Tom Cruise, NASA are making a film - Link
• Tornado's damage to Onalaska seen from a satellite - Link
• Readjusted model forecasts thousands more COVID-19 deaths in TX - Link
  - The Houston Chronicle's Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog's Dwight Silverman
• Storage Units Have Stories To Tell – Stor-Galore - Link
• Business You Should Know – W. Silver Recycling, Inc. - Link
• Driscoll physicians publish COVID-19 paper - Link
  - McAllen Chamber of Commerce
• Texas Is Aiming To Be At The Forefront Of Blockchain Adoption And Innovation - iownit - LinkStartups: Avoid Competition (don’t neglect it) - Link
• Pitching VCs from Far Far Away - Link
• The Family and the Wedding Party – Starting a Startup Team - Link
  - SEO’Brien’s Paul O’Brien
• The "Time To Build" For LPs & Banded Returns In Software Companies & Unlocking Talent In The Private Markets - Peter Teneriello - Link
• One More About Virtual Meetings • Red Velvet Events, Inc. - Link
• Zoom Fatigue - Feld Thoughts - Link
• How To Write a Great Cold Email That Will Actually Get a Response - Summation by Auren Hoffman - Link
• Current Trends in North American Trading in Natural Gas - Kirk Coburn - Link
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