Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter #246
Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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Lower Costs, Laid-Back Lifestyle Continue To Draw Tech Companies To Austin, Texas - Link
- Crunchbase News’ Mary Ann Azevedo
“A large part of what’s behind these changes can be found in the city’s evolution into a tech hub. In recent years, it has become a formidable alternative to the Bay Area and New York City for companies, big and small, looking to grow.
More than ever, I am hearing about a company that has either relocated its headquarters to Austin, is expanding its presence here, or has plans to open a secondary office in the capital city. Last year, we took an in-depth look at this migration and it seemed only logical to do it again in 2020.” - Mary Ann Azevedo
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- Bold Action in the Time of COVID: How Everlywell founder Julia Cheek pivoted her team to fight fraud and FDA confusion and save frontline lives--in just two weeks. - Link
- Inc. Magazine’s Tom Foster - Changes At Sputnik ATX - Link
- Adopting a Growth Marketing Mentality for B2B Startups - Link
- Austin Startups - Austin Fast Start - AYC: Austin Young Chamber - Link
- Austin-Based Real Estate Startup Homeward Secures $105M In Debt & Equity - Link
- Converting Leads Into Meetings With AI: Kronologic Closes On $3.5M Seed - Link
- Crunchbase News’ Mary Ann Azevedo - Report: Tesla's next factory will be in Austin - Link
- Companies making COVID antibody tests aim to regain public trust after demand falls - Link
- Plasma may help COVID-19 patients, Austin doctors say as they join national study—it definitely boosts morale - Link
- 'It feels like I've had a two-and-a-half-month week': Austin’s social distancers can't help but let boundaries soften - Link
- Austonia - City to pursue strategy protecting at-risk workers from Covid-19 threat - Link
- Travis County approves $10M for direct rental and mortgage assistance - Link
- Austin Monitor - Austin-based Invoiced Inks Deal with American Express to Provide Small and Mid-Sized Businesses a 40 Percent Discount on its Software - Link
- Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek - Gabo Arora with Angela Watercutter – SXSW Sessions On Demand Video - Link
- Bobby Berk on the Power of Design with Clay Skipper – SXSW Sessions On Demand Video - Link
- SXSW 2020 Virtual Cinema on Oculus TV Launches May 22 - Link
- SXSW - Tito's pours $1M into Texas research institution for COVID-19 vaccine - Link
- Electric automaker sparks rumors about possible move to Austin - Link
- Texas university's free online course trains COVID 'disease hunters' - Link
- Culture Map Austin - Tesla reportedly eyeing Austin for Cybertruck and Model Y factory - Link
- Austin AI startup raises millions for restaurant ordering technology - Link
- Austin real estate tech startup Homeward raises $105M for hiring spree - Link
- Austin data security startup raises another $15M - Link
- Austin VCs invest in scheduling and sales startup Kronologic - Link
- This UT-born startup is taking a swing with a new personal protection product - Link
- Austin Inno's Brett Wistrom - Subscribe Here - 5 side hustles that could turn into your new career - Link
- Facebook pays $52M to content mods with PTSD, proving major flaw in their business - Link
- One big brand got $10M in PPP funding, refuses to return it - Link
- What does it even mean to get creative with your job search? - Link
- Apple hopes to be less dependent on China, is moving factories to India - Link
- Google has another video conference tool, but are they too late? - Link
- Big tech keeps teams out of offices, but not their contractors #Disparity - Link
- Unless you call your representative, the IRS will be forced to screw PPP recipients - Link
- Companies seek brownie points by returning PPP cash they shouldn’t have applied for - Link
- Twitter will give users a warning before a harmful tweet is sent - Link
- Lead generation company mass scrapes emails from LinkedIn - Link
- Starting a new remote job? How to impress others and secure your place - Link
- Microsoft launches free Python coding language courses easy peasy - Link
- Google podcasts are finally providing valuable information to podcasters - Link
- Best practices for your valuable proprietary data - Link
- American Genius - Texas Policy Experts Offer Playbook for Post-Pandemic Recovery - Link
- Learn Ancient Languages Online from Your Living Room - Link
- Students in Painting Class Explore Alternate Materials in Online Format - Link
- We Protect Health By Prioritizing Equity - Link
- UT Student Startups Lend a Hand to Texans in Need - Link
- Driving Disease - Link
- UT Austin School of Nursing Receives Gift from Luci Baines Johnson and Ian Turpin for Gerontology Care, COVID-19 Efforts - Link
- University of Texas - How to Bootstrap an Intelligent Software Model With Very Little Data - Link
- ALTR Raises $15M to Keep Sensitive Cloud Data Secure - Link
- ConverseNow Raises $3.25M to Help Restaurants Fulfill Contactless Orders - Link
- Kronologic Raises $3.5M to Add More Meetings to Your Calendar - Link
- Weekly Refresh: Cimarron Acquired Aereon, Rev's Free Captioning, and More - Link
- How Engineering Teams Build for Performance Using JavaScript Frameworks - Link
- BuiltinAustin - Tesla may build next factory in Austin area, media outlets report - Link
- 30-plus Austin businesses approved for city loans — but the money isn't flowing yet - Link
- M&A wrap: Deals continue despite pandemic - Link
- 65 companies named Best Places to Work winners for 2020 - Link
- Alamo Drafthouse franchisee files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Phoenix - Link
- So you got a PPP loan. Now what? - Link
- Journal Profile: Greater San Marcos Partnership President Jason Giulietti leads economic development efforts south of Austin - Link
- Austin tech company appoints new CEO from its Tampa office - Link
- Texas after Covid-19: Report dives into what the state should learn - Link
- Real estate-tech startup Homeward scores $105M in debt and equity funding - Link
- Pandemic sparks new business aimed at helping construction companies avoid contagion - Link
- Austin rules ‘Mighty Middle’ of US when it comes to seed funding - Link
- Gov. Abbott says he’s talked to Elon Musk — and the entrepreneur is ‘genuinely interested in Texas’ - Link
- ConverseNow adds millions in funding to help restaurants keep cooking during pandemic - Link
- Austin data security startup raises another $15M - Link
- Forecast: Austin in good position to emerge quickly from this downturn - Link
- Family-run business pivots from oil tech to temperature scanners for factories - Link
- This is how to reinvent your events during a pandemic - Link
- Cindy Lo blows up longtime business plan to survive pandemic - Link
- El Arroyo has overcome multiple gut checks to remain afloat during pandemic, reopen dining room - Link
- VC confidence index sinks to all-time low as pandemic takes toll - Link
- Can’t get PPP funds? Tax professionals break down other CARES Act options - Link
- In the money May 11: More than $10M in deals for 6 startups - Link
- Magnitude Software set to add hundreds of employees in Austin despite pandemic - Link
- PPP loan forgiveness rules changing; Experts share advice - Link
- Austin: Businesses should log customer, employee activity - Link
- Austin Business Journal - Report: Austin a finalist for Tesla gigafactory site - Link
- Unconfirmed report: Tesla to pick Austin as gigafactory site - Link
- Coronavirus in Austin: Restaurants hope for boost as tech workers return to offices - Link
- Austin startup Altr raises $15 million for growth - Link
- Austin startup Homeward raises $105M in equity and debt round - Link
- Decluttering during the pandemic? Goodwill is accepting donations again - Link
- Software maker Atlassian acquires help message startup - Link
- Coronavirus in Austin: Whole Foods opens in East Austin, but online only for now - Link
- Austin American-Statesman
SAN ANTONIO
- In This Together San Antonio - Link
- Michael Girdley’s Four for Friday Podcast - Link
- San Antonio Cybersecurity Experts on Alert for Coronavirus-Related Attacks - Link
- Texas Research and Technology Foundation Takes Alamo Angels Under Its Wing - Link
- How We Cope: The Unexpected Silver Linings - Link
- How San Antonio Health Officials Track Who’s Recovered from COVID-19 - Link
- Restaurant Lobby Urges Governor to Allow Bars to Open Friday - Link
- How a San Antonio School Took a Creative Approach to Remote Learning - Link
- Rivard Report - Virtual Speed Dating Service Aims to Let San Antonians Connect During Social Distancing - Link
- Texas Travel Industry Makes Plea to Governor: Re-Open Tourism Businesses - Link
- San Antonio Current - Rackspace co-founder buys $2M in stock of Frost Bank parent - Link
- James Avery Jewelry shutters Hill Country manufacturing facility - Link
- San Antonio-based public company receives $10M PPP loan - Link
- Major SA medical group buys more time with double dose of PPP - Link
- iHeartRadio veteran preaching peace from sports pulpit - Link
- Science, tech museum taps new leader ahead of Port SA move - Link
- Local startup's probation check-in app tries to lessen pandemic impact - Link
- East Side innovation hub brings local angels into the fold - Link
- Consortium of SA scientists working to develop Covid-19 vaccine - Link
- These retailers in SA received the most warnings for alleged Covid-19 violations - Link
- Local publicly traded company returns PPP money - Link
- A post-pandemic checklist for reopening your business - Link
- One of SA's most-celebrated chefs sees dim future for business - Link
- Local due diligence firm lands $1.4M in new funding with excellent timing - Link
- Online education programs for nurses take on increased significance - Link
- San Antonio Business Journal - Texas Technology Company in a Race to Create COVID Notification App - Link
- NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth - RevTech Ventures partners with TX Universities to fuel student solutions to get back on campus - Link
- 5 UTD, SMU projects win RevTech grants to help keep campuses safe - Link
- Ataia Health takes top prize at MedVentures Dallas virtual pitch competition - Link
- SMU hosts Southwest Venture Forum to prove startups can use family offices - Link
- In the ‘Mighty Middle’ of the U.S., Dallas takes No. 4. for seed funding in previous decade - Link
- Cooklist sees growth, opportunity to help during Covid-19 crisis - Link
- SpotSee releases forehead temperature device to help businesses reopen - Link
- Report: Dallas sheds more than 4K tech jobs in April - Link
- Health care firm acquires Fort Worth payment solution provider for $213M - Link
- On-demand delivery startup Cornershop makes U.S. debut with Dallas expansion - Link
- North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming - What's the Damage on Arlington's Billion-Dollar Entertainment District Investments? - Link
- Dallas Observer - Electric automaker sparks rumors about possible move to DFW - Link
- Culture Map Dallas - A Round-Up of This Week’s Biggest Dallas Retail News - Link
- Partying in the Age of COVID-19 - Link
- Executive Perspectives: Erol Akdamar - Link
- Texas Industrial Real Estate Breaks for Economic Stop Sign. While Paused, It Will Continue. - Link
- ‘Co-Working For Personal Trainers’ Coming to the Dallas Design District - Link
- This Dallas Retailer Sells Excess Inventory from High-End Brands, Then Donates the Proceeds - Link
- How To Provide Clean Spaces For Employees While Using Non-Toxic Choices - Link
- Cool COVID-Tracking Site You Should Bookmark - Link
- Texas Central High-Speed Rail Wins Four-Year Court Battle - Link
- A Big Vote for Science: Docs Form North Texas Medical Society Coalition - Link
- Check Out This Free Healthcare Innovation Pitch Competition - Link
- The Great Accelerator: COVID-19 Hits Retail Industry Hard - Link
- The Six Most Important Things I Learned From Jim Schutze - Link
- Multimillion Dollar Renovation Completed at Historic West End Building - Link
- This is How to Survive a Market Correction - Link
- Send in the Troops: UTA Student Nurses Ready to Join the Front Lines of COVID-19 - Link
- Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas Celebrates 50 Years of Service With Virtual Gala - Link
- Donny Sirisavath Named One of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs of 2020 - Link
- Executive Perspectives: Nikky Phinyawatana - Link
- The Relief and Struggle of Receiving Restaurant Support Funds - Link
- Catalyst Health Network Adds Nearly 100 Central Texas Doctors - Link
- Former Dallas Cowboy Daryl Johnston Hired By Allied BioScience - Link
- D Magazine - DI People: Jacobs, Stream Data Centers, ECI Software Solutions, Make Moves - Link
- MedVentures Pitch Competition Goes Virtual, Dallas-based Ataia Takes Home the Top Prize - Link
- ‘There’s More Opportunity in an Emerging Market’: Florida Tech Firm Optym is Relocating to North Texas - Link
- Infogroup is Giving Government Agencies Data That Could Help COVID-19 Response - Link
- Economy in Brief: New Dallas Region Economic Report Shows Initial Impact of COVID-19 - Link
- Managing Madness with a Mentor: Meet CEC Entertainment’s Chris Boult - Link
- Dallas International School Launches COVID-19 Webinar Series Welcoming Experts Across Industries to Discuss Issues Impacting Community - Link
- Dallas’ Paul Quinn, JPMorgan Chase Join More Than 20 Black Leaders in a Virtual Celebration for Grads - Link
- Amazon’s Hiring 1,500 at a New Site in Oak Cliff, the First to Open in Texas During the Pandemic - Link
- A Newly Formed DFW Company is Producing Equipment to Decontaminate N95 Masks - Link
- Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of April 28 - Link
- Virtual Education: Dallas-based National Math and Science Initiative Launches Free STEM Video Lessons - Link
- Hypergiant’s New AI-Driven Fleet Operations Platform Enables Remote Satellite Operations - Link
- Catapult Health Creates Return-To-Work Programs To Ease Employees’ COVID-19 Concerns - Link
- Dream Big - Link
- Fort Worth-based eRx Network is Bought Back by Change Healthcare for $219M After McKesson Split - Link
- Southwest Airlines Finds Ways to Support Customers and Communities in the Pandemic - Link
- Fort Worth’s ECI Software Solutions Opens to a New Market With Latest Acquisition - Link
- Dallas Innovates - DFW Coronavirus Tracker: Governor urging authorities to cut property tax rates - Link
- Reports: Tesla may build its next major manufacturing facility in Texas - Link
- J.C. Penney files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection - Link
- Uber’s Dallas deal gets even sweeter - Link
- DFW Coronavirus Tracker: These are the businesses that can reopen Monday - Link
- Form-D Friday: Dallas firm closes $969M fund - Link
- Mid-level managers were already stressed. Coronavirus has made it worse - Link
- Deals Day: Samsung expands its warehouse footprint in Coppell - Link
- Texas officials not shy about wanting Elon Musk to make the move with Tesla - Link
- This Fort Worth company expected a steep sales decline. The opposite happened - Link
- As dealmaking stalls, distress could create opportunities for the bold in DFW private equity - Link
- Hyundai snags key DFW executive, scouts locations for urban air mobility office - Link
- New report: Colleges should be flexible about online fall semester - Link
- Exec returns to Wingstop as CTO as digital sales climb - Link
- 'We're scrappy as hell': What the COVID-19 world looks like for RAVE Restaurant Group - Link
- Dallas company raises more than $15M in middle of pandemic - Link
- Consumers are ready to shop, but not to try on clothes - Link
- Why this hugely successful retail chain is moving its HQ to Dallas - Link
- Fossil cuts employees costs with furloughs, reductions in hours and pay - Link
- CEO of firm behind index focused on health care tech discusses what's thriving in COVID-19 economy - Link
- Optimism grows among retail landlords as Texas reopens - Link
- Fort Worth company tests new way to auction aircraft amid COVID-19 - Link
- Restaurant group reduced hours for hundreds across North Texas - Link
- In lockdown, nail care sales rise as makeup sales drop - Link
- How to reinvent your events during a pandemic - Link
- Behavioral health patient volumes plunged, but providers bracing for a surge - Link
- In the ‘Mighty Middle’ of the U.S., Dallas takes No. 4. for seed funding in previous decade - Link
- Why this Fort Worth hedge fund is betting on the small, micro-cap space - Link
- Here’s how North Texas universities rank in the COVID-19 reality - Link
- Why Dallas could be in the mix if Tesla packs its bags for Texas - Link
- SBA failed to give guidance to ensure underserved and rural markets had access to PPP, report finds - Link
- Firm helping improve cancer surgeries creating hub in Dallas as it gets $7.4M grant, invests in AI - Link
- Dallas Business Journal - https://supportmylocal.shop/
- Shop PPE - Get PPE Now and Fast - Link
- COVID 19 Return To Work Safe - Securitygate - Link
- Liongard CEO Joe Alapat lays out plans as company closes B funding round - Link
- ChannelBuzz.ca - Fitz Gate Ventures Raises Second Flagship Venture Capital Fund - Link
- Telemedicine For Neurology: 5 Benefits (And 3 Challenges) - Link
- Braincheck - Houston Methodist First In The Nation To Be Approved By FDA To Transfuse Donated Plasma From Recovered COVID-19 Patient - Link
- Click2Houston - Houston mom draws up support for essential workers - Link
- KHOU 11 - The ION Podcast Series - Video
- Electric automaker sparks rumors about possible move to Texas - Link
- New online tool helps Houstonians support indie retail stores - Link
- Train to be a COVID-19 'disease detective' with new UH online course - Link
- Local judge invites Elon Musk to move Tesla headquarters to Fort Bend - Link
- Houston school offers COVID-19 'disease detective' online course - Link
- The do's and don'ts of using your PPP loan funds - Link
- UH expert: Mental health research just as important in the time of COVID-19 - Link
- 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
- Photos: Check out TMCx's recently renovated space - Link
- Why Houston’s oil and gas leaders need to prioritize becoming a modern energy workplace - Link
- Houston software startup closes $17M series B - Link
- Houston startup releases new tool to help companies get employees safely back into work - Link
- Business school dean says he's seen an increase in enrollment amid COVID-19 crisis - Link
- Could Tesla come to Texas? Houston-area leaders extend an invite - Link
- This Houston startup is revolutionizing event networking - Link
- Houston PR team shares how social media can affect your small business - Link
- Houston-based venture firm closes recent fund and reflects on COVID-19's effect on investing - Link
- Inc. named the best workplaces in U.S. — and 6 Houston companies landed on the list - Link
- 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
- InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston - Houston’s Economy Is Diversified Enough To Handle The Latest Oil Bust…Right? - Link
- Houston Public Media - Energy Worker Survey Finds Remote Preference - Link
- Rigzone - OwlSpark - Rice University Startup Accelerator - The OwlSpark Accelerator Launches May 21 - Link
- Tools for space are food for thought on Earth - Link
- Virtual Rice University commencement set for Saturday - Link
- 2D sandwich sees molecules with clarity - Link
- Rice engineer wins grant to study temperature and coronavirus - Link
- New issue of Rice Magazine tackles our new world and more - Link
- Unconventional students at Rice: Shree Kale turns uncertainty into opportunity - Link
- International students show off their home countries through virtual tours - Link
- Rice University - University of Houston researcher developing device to treat babies with blood disorders - Link
- Congratulations, UH Class of 2020 - Link
- Walk This Way: UH Now Offers Live Virtual Tours - Link
- Return to Work at the Office? Energy Workers Say “Not So Fast” - Link
- UH Student Selected as 2020 Frederick Douglass Global Fellow - Link
- Texas Policy Experts Offer Playbook for Post-Pandemic Recovery - Link
- Pandemic Highlights the Plight of Female Health Care Workers - Link
- Multitasking in the Workplace Can Lead to Negative Emotions - Link
- UH College of Medicine Now Training ‘Disease Detectives’ to Combat COVID-19 - Link
- 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
- University of Houston - Houston VC firm raises second venture fund - Link
- Mayor Turner pitches Houston for Tesla HQ — but it might be too late - Link
- Treasury offers safe harbor for PPP loans under $2M - Link
- SBA regional exec: Money remains for PPP loans. Here's how much has been returned - Link
- Panel recap: Experts discuss the state of Houston's energy industry - Link
- Houston exec dedicates life to solving problems for companies - Link
- BBVA to open more Texas branches, including in Houston area - Link
- Houston software co. aims to hire after closing $17M Series B - Link
- Houston software co. raises $17M funding round - Link
- Family-run business pivots from oil tech to temperature scanners for factories - Link
- This Houston health system is gaining in the fight against Covid-19 - Link
- Houston real estate industry will cope with loss of department store chain, expert says - Link
- Major Houston tech co. hires first COO - Link
- Outgoing Rodeo Houston CEO discusses chances of event returning next year - Link
- Restaurant group reduced hours for thousands of employees across Texas - Link
- Long-term social distancing doesn't bode well for small energy cos. - Link
- Burlesque, food hall deal in EaDo scrapped amid Covid-19 - Link
- Houston-based helicopter cos. reveal post-merger leadership team, golden parachutes - Link
- Houston surgeon: How Covid-19 could change transplant medicine - Link
- 8 things to consider before you return to the office - Link
- Houston butcher shop sees meat prices surge as Covid-19 hits processing plants - Link
- French co. developing Texas solar project worth hundreds of millions of dollars - Link
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo CEO to leave - Link
- Texas ranchers say they've 'taken the brunt' of beef production woes - Link
- Houston-based real estate services co. cuts staffing, spending - Link