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North Texas Innovation Alliance Consortium Launches to Create the Most Connected, Smart and Resilient Region in the Country — Link

• More than dozen local cities team up for ‘North Texas Innovation Alliance’ — Link
  - Dallas Business Journal’s Brian Womack
• North Texas Innovation Alliance launches to guide local policies — Link
  - North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming

Texas Innovation Alliance

The 21 founding members of the NTXIA include cities such as Allen, Arlington, Coppell, Dallas, Frisco and Garland. There also is the Dallas Regional Chamber and Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, along with the North Texas Commission and the Texas Research Alliance.

“Smart City collaboration is now moving beyond municipal boundaries, and more and more regions are working together in order to create seamless interchanges for their residents,” said Jennifer Sanders, co-founder at the North Texas Innovation Alliance, in a statement. “Everyone benefits from the North Texas region working collectively to create the most compelling and innovative solutions to support government, residents and businesses.” — Dallas Business Journal’s Brian Womack

Houston innovation hub leader shares details on recent resignation — Link
- Innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms

• Gaby Rowe Leaves As Director of Ion Tech Hub -Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Dwight Silverman
• Executive director of Houston innovation hub ‘The Ion’ resigns -
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  - Houston Business Journal’s Chris Matthews

“Gabriella Rowe, who served The Ion as executive director until earlier this week, has confirmed she has resigned from her position. The Ion is Rice Management Company’s innovation center rising in Midtown, and Rowe was named executive director in October of last year. She was previously the CEO of Station Houston since August 2018, which was later merged with Austin-based Capital Factory.” — Innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms

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• Re-Opening Higher Education, Fool’s Gold, and the New Student Motivations — Link
  - Austin Startups
• Founder Institute CEO: Now Is The Time For Startups To Step Up — Link
  - Crunchbase News’ Mary Ann Azevedo
• Seed Funding Round Secured — Ethyl Ambrosia — Link
• Troposphere Monitoring Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation — Link
• Austin security company develops temperature cameras that can scan 2,000 people an hour — Link
  - KXAN.com
• City of Austin Partners with NTT to Accelerate Smart City Technologies — NTT DATA Services — Link
• ‘This has dwarfed anything else we’ve seen’: Austin nonprofits adapt to soaring need, fewer volunteers and a fundraising slump — Link
• ’The biggest group effort I’ve ever been a part of’: Austin club owners join national lobby for struggling independent venues — Link
• Save the music: Austin club owners help lead national lobby for independent venues struggling to stay afloat in pandemic — Link
• ‘We are starting to see the beginnings of a surge,’ Escott says, as county marks record new COVID-19 cases — Link
• Large crowds, record business for bars, parks and paddleboards as Austin rushes back outside amid Texas reopening — Link
• ‘This is a hopeful story’: Social distancing means booming business for Austin drive-in theaters — Link
  - Austonia
• Austin leaders encourage peer pressure to get folks to wear face masks and avoid crowding spaces — Link
• Travis County considers direct financial allocations to smaller cities — Link
• Council OKs rule changes for old Motorola site — Link
• APD community engagement audit finds some improvement but data lacking — Link
• Capital Metro proposes incorporating Austin B-cycle as extension of public transit network — Link
• Hotel taxes forecast to fall by $36M, leading to expected deficit in city arts funding — Link
  - Austin Monitor
• Austin’s Accelerators and Incubators Adapt and Adjust Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic — Link
• During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Ruckify Finds Success in Helping People Rent Items They Own to Others — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek and Susan Lahey
• Leon Logothetis on the Power of Connection Through Kindness — SXSW Sessions On Demand Video — Link
  - SXSW
• Austin startup may join elite group of ‘unicorn’ companies worth $1B — Link
• Apple reopens Austin stores with extra COVID-19 precautions — Link
• How to watch Texans make history with the NASA/SpaceX mission launch — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• 14 fitness and health startups to know amid Covid-19 — Link
• ‘Everything changed in a week’: How Literati hustled in the early days of a pandemic — Link
• Some Austin tech workers won’t be back in the office until 2021 — Link
• SparkCognition launches new government-focused company — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• The secret to crafting consistently high-converting emails? — Link
• A look into why AI couldn’t save the world from COVID-19 — Link
• Reopening the nation: Best done by sector or calendar? — Link
• Survey indicates that small businesses are optimistic despite COVID-19 — Link
• Who will get to work from home once COVID-19 stay-home orders are over? — Link
• Weight Watchers lays off 4K employees on a brief Zoom call #cold — Link
• Facebook staff now remote — but move away from the Bay, and pay gets cut — Link
• Restaurant chains are using COVID to masquerade as indie food pop ups — Link
  - American Genius
• SparkCognition Unveils New Defense-Focused AI Company — Link
• Leaders: Here’s How to Make Self-Care a Priority — Link
• Weekly Refresh: Everlywell’s COVID-19 Test Approved, Tesla Talk, and More — Link
• Can Data Make Nonprofit Inefficiencies a Thing of the Past? — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• Austin Business Journal parent company joins lawsuit seeking PPP data — Link
• Austin real estate deals keep rolling in despite pandemic — Link
• The week in bankruptcies: Cobal Food Service — Link
• The great (but gradual) reopening: More stores, hotels come back online — Link
• Journal Profile: Structures founder Jerry Garcia believes in creating your own world — Link
• Barbecue maestro Aaron Franklin is now a hall of famer — Link
• American Dreams Disrupted: Small-business owners fighting to survive — Link
• Austin-area officials: Boycott businesses that don’t allow masks — Link
• How SKU’s virtual demo day keeps startups, investors connected — Link
• An unvarnished look at suffering, success during this pandemic — Link
• A Vista Equity for CPG? HumanCo launches to build next great health and wellness businesses — Link
• SparkCognition moves into defense sector with spinoff company led by former high-ranking officials — Link
• Kitchen United eyes expansion after opening ghost kitchen in Austin — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: Red Velvet Events — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: Riverside Homes — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: Michael Hsu Office of Architecture — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: Kodiak Assembly Solutions — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: June & January — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: El Arroyo — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: Data.world — Link
• What’s worked — and what hasn’t — with coronavirus business relief programs so far — Link
• TABC monitoring bars for violations of 25% occupancy limit — Link
• How Austin is trying to help musicians during pandemic — Link
• Baylor Scott & White will lay off 1,200, furlough others, cut executive salaries to cope with coronavirus fallout — Link
• Project Connect cost estimate rises as crucial transit vote looms — Link
• Why Stream Realty put a millennial in charge of its new division — Link
• Uchi to-go: CEO of Hai Hospitality on how the coronavirus is changing dining — Link
• Nonprofit aims to be clearinghouse for Texas veterans to access services — Link
• Big bank merger called off, CEO steps down — Link
• Tips to Covid-proof your office: Isolation rooms, temp screenings, smart technology and more — Link
• When will Austin tech workers return to offices? Some not until 2021 — Link
• In the money May 25: More than $14M in deals reported — Link
• Tex-Mex chain Trudy’s may be sold at auction — Link
• Business, government leaders mobilize to get more PPP dollars to minority-owned businesses — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Austin AI firm SparkCognition creates subsidiary focused on defense sector — Link
• CORONAVIRUS IN TEXAS: Delays, privacy concerns slow efforts to track the virus using digital contact tracing — Link
• Coronavirus in Texas: Baylor Scott & White to lay off 1,200 employees — Link
• Coronavirus fallout continues to pummel Texas manufacturers — LinkDespite outbreak, Dell tops Street expectations — Link
• Outbreak pushes Austin auto dealers to reshape tactics — Link
• Stick to the plan amid outbreak, Austin financial advisers say — Link
• Austin home services sector hopes to ‘come out stronger’ as state reopens — Link
• Texas service sector out of ‘free fall,’ but coronavirus still sapping business — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO

• In This Together San Antonio — Link
• Michael Girdley’s Four for Friday Podcast — Link
• The Sonar Company Pivots Sound Wave Technology From Sports to Education, Nonprofits — Link
• Small Business Checklist for Reopening During a Pandemic — Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
• Mental Health Experts’ Advice for Entrepreneurs Affected by COVID-19 — Link
• $191M Coronavirus Recovery Plan Would Aid Small Businesses, Workers — Link
• San Antonio Chefs Prepare Meals for Food Bank’s ‘Spurs Café’ — Link
• As UTSA Plans Budget Cuts, Some Faculty Worry About Impact — Link
• 4 Big Questions Schools Need to Address Before Reopening this Fall — Link
• Department of Energy Picks UTSA for $111 Million Cybersecurity Institute — Link
• San Antonio Ranks 5th in Installed Solar Capacity Among Major US Cities — Link
• SA Airport Passenger Counts Go From Sky High to Record Lows — Link
• Metro Health Conducts Survey to Gather Local Coronavirus Data — Link
• Panel to Discuss Entrepreneur Anxieties Fueled by Coronavirus Pandemic — Link
• Businesses Might Be Reopening, But Nothing About Coronavirus Has Changed — Link
• Education Nonprofit Yes! Our Kids Can Folds Due to Economic Downturn — Link
  - Rivard Report
• SpaceX Rocket Explodes During Test at the Company’s Texas Coast Facility — Link
• San Antonio Bike Retailers Struggling to Keep Up With Pandemic Business Boom — Link
• Coronavirus Testing Sites in Texas Cities Are Disproportionately Located in White Neighborhoods — Link
• San Antonio’s Viewmaster Online Market Takes Vintage Shopping Virtual This Weekend — Link
• Texas-Based Chain Offering 500 Tea Options Makes San Antonio Debut — Link
• Ruby City’s At-Home Bubble Fest 2020 Promotes Creative Use of Everyday Materials — Link
• Congressman Demands USDA End Controversial $39M Contract With San Antonio Event Planner — Link
• Report: San Antonio Event Planner That Won $39M Federal Contract Has History of Dubious Claims — Link
• Downtown San Antonio Distillery to Reopen Tasting Room and Offer Socially Distant Tours — Link
  - San Antonio Current
• Defense Department’s Warrior Games cancelled amid Covid-19 concerns — Link
• What’s worked — and what hasn’t — with coronavirus business relief programs so far — Link
• Covid-19 prompts rethinking of need for office space, report says — Link
• Local students win challenge with solutions to the digital divide — Link
• American Dreams Disrupted: Small-business owners fighting to survive — Link
• Nothing but the essentials: Needs versus wants, and everything in between — Link
• Cutting to the quick: Ripple effects of historic proportion — Link
• Business Journal presents San Antonio’s 2020 Best Places to Work — Link
• Supreme Court rejects Valero’s challenge to biofuel mandate — Link
• Victory Capital to buy back up to $15M in shares — Link
• Appreciating Covid’s effect on San Antonio small business — Link
• Worse yet to come? — Link
• Uneasy stability — Link
• In virtual high gear — Link
• Holding the line — Link
• Speaking of leadership — Link
• Keep the lights on — Link
• Staying high amid lows — Link
• Feeding new needs — Link
• San Antonio named among top solar cities — Link
• Major SA medical groups team to combat Covid-19 — Link
• UTSA leading cybersecurity partnership with U.S. Energy Department — Link
• Texas assembly lines shutting down but decline could be abating — Link
• Six Eastside small businesses & non-profits granted $33K — Link
• Task force seeks how to reopen UTSA campuses safely — Link
• Lick ice cream shop to open second SA location downtown — Link
• Local tech community office space partially reopening — Link
• $200M pandemic recovery program launches to aid border businesses — Link
• Small businesses seeking recovery advice have a new resource — Link
• Powerful advocates seeking liability relief for SA businesses — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• Let’s Grow North Texas Business — Link
• Apply to Health Wildcatters Accelerator 2020 — F6S — Link
• 14 fitness and health startups to know amid Covid-19 — Link
• Masks on: Vonlane reopens Texas bus routes with Covid-19 safety measures — Link
• ‘It went from a land-and-expand to a survive-at-all-costs mentality’ — Link
• DEC Network launches relief fund for Dallas’ diverse entrepreneurs — Link
• North Texas Innovation Alliance launches to guide local policies — Link
• With $6M series A, caregiver support platform Cariloop looks to double staff — Link
  - North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming
• This SMU Grad’s Skincare Line Is Inspired by Her Ethiopian Heritage — Link
• Executive Perspectives: Jason McCann — Link
• Executive Perspectives: Rick Perdue — Link
• Executive Perspectives: Wendy Lopez — Link
• Personnel Moves: Bank of Texas, CrossFirst, First Capital Bank, and More — Link
• Texas Capital Bank CEO Steps Down As $5.5 Billion Merger Falls Apart — Link
  - D Magazine
• DI People: Comerica, Bank of Texas, Kimberly-Clark, and More Make Executive Moves — Link
• Managing Madness with a Mentor: Meet Cameron Gawley of Buzzshift — Link
• Dallas’ Polte Partners With CoreKinect to Transform IoT-Powered Supply Chain Tracking Solutions — Link
• Uber Receives Three-Year Contract to Supplement DART Microtransit Service — Link
• How Cariloop Plans to Ramp Up Hiring After its $6M Series A — Link
• Five Ways to Be an Effective Leader During Change — Link
• Revive Dallas Small Business Relief Fund to Provide $5M for Entrepreneurs — Link
• Setting Standards: Dallas Seeks Clean ‘Seal of Approval’ to Boost Travel, Tourism After Pandemic — Link
• JPMorgan Chase Gives $670K to Dallas Nonprofits That Support Female Entrepreneurs, Financial Health, and Skills Training — Link
• Dallas Physician Launches a Manufacturing Company to Solve the PPE Shortage — Link
• Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of May 12 — Link
• ‘Best Minds’: North Texas Smart City Consortium Launches with 21 Founding Members — Link
• The Future of Pet Wellness: Petzey Launches First-of-its-Kind Virtual Network of On-Demand Pet Healthcare — Link
• WorkSuites Opens its 20th Coworking Location With a Focus on Private Offices — Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Exec in two health care fraud cases sentenced to 76 months in prison — Link
• Pier 1 Imports will wind down business operations, expects to conclude liquidation sales by late October — Link
• This haircare manufacturer saw online sales triple some days during the pandemic — Link
• Downtown businesses hit by vandalism, looting overnight (Photos) — Link
• Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project clears regulatory hurdle — Link
• Amazon is making thousands of hires permanent in Texas after COVID-19 — Link
• How Prefabrication is Transforming the AEC Industry — Link
• The Future of Downtown Dallas — Link
• Why Adopt a Design-Build Approach? — Link
• The Next-Generation Mobility Centers Disrupting Parking Garage Design — Link
• Why Investing with Impact Makes Good Business Sense — Link
• Publicly traded car parts seller enters DFW with distribution hub — Link
• Still with no PPP funding, company with strong DFW ties caught in the middle — Link
• How newly launched app helps backyard gardeners grow through tech — Link
• Roundup of deals and dollars: Irving company completes $1.4M acquisition — Link
• Dallas data center company seeing stronger activity amid COVID-19 with some customers — Link
• The new COO of a Dallas e-commerce company joined as COVID-19 hit — and sees opportunity now — Link
• CNBC: J.C. Penney to start store closing sales in June — Link
• Deals Day: Juice company takes 270K-SF lease in southern Dallas — Link
• Form-D Friday: Paceline Equity Partners starts up new fund — Link
• How this small Addison aviation firm expects to grow revenue amid downturn — Link
• Dallas Fed survey shows majority expect increase in nonperforming loans — Link
• Trez Capital Texas chief on where capital could flow after COVID-19 — Link
• Software firm Sabre says bookings ‘severely depressed’ as travel fears persist — Link
• Small Business, Big Mission: Tumult of pandemic doesn’t dull DFW’s resolve — Link
• ‘Building projects for tomorrow’s shoppers’: Talking the future of retail with local firm — Link
• North Texas business, government leaders push for LGBTQ protections — Link
• Meet the 2020 Women in Technology honorees — Link
• Kate Weiser Chocolate: Dark reality — Link
• Spire Agency: Shifting gears — Link
• Unrefined Bakery: Starting from scratch — Link
• This North Texas city led the nation in tech job growth in April, report says — Link
• Bank of Texas picks Mandy Austin to lead Dallas market — Link
• How this Denton packaging giant got creative amid COVID-19 — Link
• Tuesday Morning files voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy — Link
• Independent Bank CEO discusses what’s next after $5.5B merger with Texas Capital called off — Link
• Offerpad rates DFW ‘stable’ as iBuyer re-enters residential market — Link
• Comerica taps new chief investment officer who will join asset management group — Link
• Texas Capital CEO steps down as $5.5B merger with Independent Bank called off — Link
• Tsunami of bankruptcies threatens Texas — Link
• Dell Medical School graduates first class — see where the new docs are headed for residency — Link
• Here’s how big J.C. Penney’s retail footprint is in DFW — Link
  - Dallas Business Journal

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• Shop PPE — Get PPE Now and Fast — Link
• HX Launches Founder Survey — An Insight into Startup Needs and Outlook — Houston Exponential — Link
• CoStar News — New Makerspace in Houston’s East End to Bring Corporate Names, Startups Under One Roof — Link
• How Houston can reinvent itself and be bigger and better — The Kinder Institute for Urban Research — Link
• Kinder Institute — Dr. Stephen L. Klineberg 2020 Houston Area Survey Report — Link
• The ION Podcast Series — Video
• The Cannon Partners with baMa — Link
• 7 Effective Strategies to Improve Communication — Link
• Texas Citizens Bank & The Cannon — Alternative Funding for Startups and Small Businesses — YouTube — Link
  - The Cannon Blog
• Houston nonprofits can receive free tech help from big bank’s batch of experts — Link
• 2 corporations write checks to go toward Houston hospital’s COVID-19 efforts — Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
• Brand identity for local businesses matter now more than ever, says Houston expert — Link
• Tech startup rolls out driverless prescription drug delivery in Houston — Link
• Early-stage accelerator announces inaugural Houston cohort — Link
• Here’s how to watch the historic NASA/SpaceX mission launch in Houston — Link
• Tech giant warms up to temperature monitoring system created by Houston startup — Link
• Personalized service made all the difference when obtaining PPP loans — Link
• Online camp and programming marketplace pivots amid pandemic to help Houston parents — Link
• Houston startup raises $10M, A&M names TMC campus, and more innovation news — Link
• Report recognizes Houston as a top city to launch a career — Link
• Houston expert shares tip for developing a circular economy within your company’s tech — Link
• Houston area gets failing score on social distancing, according to report — Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week — Link
  - InnovationMap’s Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
• Rice friend and benefactor Richard Gilder dies at 87 — Link
• Campus Kindness: Pair of Rice alums join forces to feed those in need — Link
• Rice U. physicist Ming Yi wins coveted Moore Foundation grant — Link
• COVID-19 crisis hits Houston harder than other Texas cities — Link
• President lays out Rice’s flexible path — Link
• Fondren Library, Digital Media Commons host free online workshops this summer — Link
• Rice’s COVID-19 research fund awards final grants — Link
• New provost looks ahead to unique challenges — Link
• Senior-living technology research to be funded by Rice ENRICH, UTHealth grants — Link
  - Rice University
• Honors mentors preparing for fall with virtual training — Link
• UH projects up to 5% drop in fall enrollment; Summer numbers ‘doing exceptionally well’ — Link
• ‘Nursing instinct’: UH student puts career, education on pause to fight COVID-19 in New York — Link
• Avoiding Common Mask Mistakes — Link
• UH Alumnus has a ‘Lot’ to Celebrate — Link
• Virtual Stages: How UH Students Challenged Parameters of Artistic Creativity and the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts Transformed in COVID-19 Era — Link
• Researchers Take a Cue from Nature to Create Bulletproof Coatings — Link
• UH Addresses Shortage of Computer Science, Technology and Physics Teachers — Link
• Can Interactive Technology Ease Urban Traffic Jams? — Link
• UH Remembers Keith Wade — Link
• Back from the Bottom of the World — Link
• Resources, Training Now Available to Help Small Businesses Survive Crisis — Link
• Continuously Tracking Fear Response Could Improve Mental Health Treatment — Link
• Congratulations, UH Class of 2020 — Link
  - University of Houston
• Houston-to-Dallas high-speed rail project clears regulatory hurdle — Link
• Energy cos. donate millions to Covid-19 relief, including contributions to Houston Methodist — Link
• These were Houston’s top trade partner countries in 2019 — Link
• Memorial Hermann, Cigna extend contract negotiation deadline again — Link
• Local restaurateur’s nonprofit teams up with mental health organizations to help workers statewide — Link
• 10 reasons why small businesses need to hire a CPA — Link
• Houston biotech firms resume trading after weeks-long suspensions — Link
• Houston Restaurant Weeks founder dies — Link
• Owner: Opening during Covid-19 will make new restaurant stronger — Link
• CVS, robotics co. bring autonomous prescription deliveries to Houston — Link
• JPMorgan Chase donates over $1M to Houston-area nonprofits for Covid-19 challenges — Link
• Guidelines released for $30M Harris County Covid-19 Relief Fund — Link
• Popular local burger chain to close up shop after 6 years — Link
• New Harris Health System CEO: ‘Our hospitals have been full’ — Link
• New BP America president and chairman named — Link
• Houston-based coffee co. owner anticipated strong year, until Covid-19 hit — Link
• Bakery owner: ‘This is by far the hardest of all the disasters we’ve been through’ — Link
• Houston’s top restaurateur continues to innovate to keep his company alive — Link
• Quarantine showed this CEO that setbacks are setups at rest — Link
• Houston small business owners rise from the fire — Link
• Uptown Park wine bar to close days after announcing new concept — Link
• Southwest Houston pizza restaurant closes after nearly 40 years — Link
• Houston midstream co. donating $1M to Covid-19 recovery efforts, including Houston nonprofits — Link
• Another Texas-based retailer files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, plans store closures — Link
• Report: Colleges should be flexible about online fall semester — Link
• Covid-19 prompts rethinking of need for office space, report says — Link
• Popular Indian restaurant in Montrose closes — Link
• Bank of America reveals data breach in PPP application process — Link
• Houston-based web developer aims to hire for new employee-screening business — Link
• Houston-based insurance co. names new CEO to replace founder — Link
• Rice University business plan competition to go virtual for first time — Link
• Houston retailers establish safe protocols for shopping, cleaning stores and products — Link
• Houston’s Johnson Space Center to play critical role in #LaunchAmerica NASA, SpaceX flight — Link
• Houston-based veterans organization expands to other Texas cities — Link
• Recruiting and hiring from afar, done right — Link
• It’s time to myth-bust some coronavirus talking points — Link
• This is how to reinvent your events during a pandemic — Link
• Houston SBA director shares tips on PPP loan forgiveness application — Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• Twitter and Trump: a feud years in the making finally erupts — Link
• Wearable tech can spot coronavirus symptoms — Link
• Exploring the virtues of mind-mapping — Link
• CVS, Nuro partner on autonomous vehicle delivery — Link
• U.S. joins G7 artificial intelligence group to counter China — Link
• CVS Health tests self-driving vehicle prescription delivery — Link
• Appeals court sides with tech giants in activists’ lawsuit — Link
• Houston-area Apple retail stores to reopen Wednesday — Link
• Fortnite, rappers and the billion-dollar pandemic gaming boom — Link
• Looking for a work-from-home webcam? ‘Sold out’ is mostly what you’l find — Link
• NASA-SpaceX ready for another launch attempt — Link
• SpaceX prototype vehicle explodes in Texas — Link
• SpaceX, NASA prepare for backup launch windows — Link
• NASA, SpaceX launch scrubbed due to weather — Link
• SpaceX-NASA liftoff all set to go — Link
• NASA and SpaceX’s first non-test flight reveals launch date — Link
• Timeline: Preparations for a historic NASA, SpaceX launch — Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog’s Dwight Silvermam

• The Most Common Option Grant Mistakes — Silicon Hills Lawyer’s José Ancer — Link
• Every Company is an Internet Company — SEOBrien’s Paul O’Brien — Link
• The Latest Changes in VC Deal Terms — Major Players in the VC Game — Kirk Coburn — Link
• Startups shouldn’t raise money — Ensorial — Link
• Virtually Possible: Two Tales of Small Biz Pivots to Virtual — Velocitize — Link
• Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure — Stephen Wolfram Writings — Link
• Challenges and Opportunities For Emerging GPs Amid The Covid-19 Crisis — Silicon Valley Bank — Link
• Raising Capital and Pursuing M&A in Uncertain Times: Cosmoprof — The leading B2B Beauty Trade Show in the Americas — Link
• Recession Proofing Your Staffing Firm With Clean Integrated Data — Newsroom — Vertify — Link
• Fast Company Queer 50 2020 — Link
• U.S. House passes PPP loan adjustments spearheaded by Chip Roy — The Texas Tribune — Link
• Media & Entertainment Providers Must Innovate Quickly — Vlocity — Industry Cloud Apps — Link
• What Israel can teach the world about beating a pandemic — ISRAEL21c — Link
• California Dreaming — Is Silicon Valley Still the Best Place to Start a Company? • Tomasz Tunguz — Link
• Asset Living Leadership — Asset Living — Link
• The gambler: A business leader who puts strategy first — SmartBrief — Link
• Being Different is Your Advantage — Kim Gamez — Finding Your Venture — Link
• Investor decks — there’s more than one kind! Use them correctly — Yossi Konijn — Link
• The Day AppGet Died. — Link
• What Is the Business Model for DuckDuckGo? — Link
• The Worst Deal Ever: The Inside Story Of The Epically Bad Decision By StubHub’s Cofounder To Buy His Company Back — Link
• How I Grew a Profitable Newsletter after Failing to Monetize My Blog — Indie Hackers — Link
• Advice for the Fundraising Founder — Better Product — Medium — Link
• I Survived Toxic Startup, Here’s the Antidote — Joe Procopio — Medium — Link
• Red Flag List for VC Deals — The Startup — Medium — Link
• Global Startup News…Month In Review — March 20, 2020 — Link
• What Is an ‘Investment Thesis’, and Why Should My Startup Care? — Link
• GCVF Standard Terms & Reps for Investment Docs — Greater Colorado Venture Fund — Medium — Link
• 10 Skills to Master Before Launching a New Business — Link
• Blitzfailing — How to NOT Grow a Company — Econtrepreneur.com — Link
• How To Get the Most Out of Your Calendar — Nir & Far — Link
• How to nail your tech accelerator application — Alan Jones — Medium — Link
• The Alt Finance Landscape — Reformation Partners — Medium — Link
• Fundraising during turbulent times — Link
• Innovations Meet the Market: Smriti Zaneveld of Lazarus 3D — USPAACC — Link
• Turns out ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ is a perfect platform for work meetings — Link
• 3 views on the future of work, coffee shops and neighborhoods in a post-pandemic world — TechCrunch — Link
• How is the pandemic impacting venture capital? — GamesIndustry.biz — Link
• Should You Support Grubhub and Other Delivery Services — The Lone Star Plate Podcast — Link
• Don’t Expect to Save Everything During This Crisis [VIDEO] — Inc.com — Link
• List of Unicorn Startups & Markets — CB Insights — Link
• Risk Assessment and Prioritization for Startups — Google Slides — Link
• Fintech Accelerators report from Insider Intelligence — Business Insider — Link

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