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Tesla Chooses Texas

• Tesla’s new Travis county factory will serve as a new ’enormous anchor’ for tech sector — Link
• Tesla in Austin: What they’re saying — Link
• Tesla in Austin: By the numbers — Link
• Tesla’s profile: How the company grew into industry powerhouse — Link
• Tesla’s Austin project: A timeline — Link
• Tesla picks Austin for $1 billion auto factory — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman
• 3 more things we learned about Tesla’s Austin plans from Elon Musk — Link
• Tesla confirms it will build $1.1B factory in Austin — Link
• How San Antonio plans to cash in on Tesla in Austin — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Tesla Announces Plans to Build its Next $1.1 Billion Gigafactory in Austin — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• Tesla picks Austin for massive Cybertruck factory — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• Tesla new $1.1B Austin factory could drive headquarters into city — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• Trump praises Elon Musk for choosing Texas for Tesla’s next factory — Link
• Here it comes: Elon Musk says $1.1 billion Tesla ‘Gigafactory’ will be built in Austin — Link
  - Austonia
• Tesla’s next Gigafactory is being built in Austin, Texas — Link
  - Engadget
• Tesla Cybertruck is like nothing else, and it’ll be built in Austin — Roadshow — Link
  - CNET
• Tulsa World editorial: Texas got Tesla; Tulsa will move on, but first it needs to investigate why — Link
  - Tulsa World
• Trump says he personally urged Elon Musk to build Tesla’s new $1 billion factory in Texas — Link
  - Business Insider India
• Value of ‘remarkable’ Tesla still underappreciated by markets, according to managers — Link
  - Investment Week
• Ford F-150 EV Rival Tesla Cybertruck To Be Built In Austin, Texas — Link
  - Ford Authority
• Tesla is hiring, even with record-setting unemployment numbers in U.S. — Link
  - Teslarati

Virtual OpenCoffee Club Austin

• Austin’s SKU Expands its Consumer Packaged Goods Accelerator to the Dallas-Fort Worth Market — Link
• Austin Venture-Backed Investments Decline 32 percent to $257 Million in the Second Quarter — Link
• More Books Recommended by Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs on Silicon Hills News’ Ideas to Invoices Podcast — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• ScaleFactor Raised $100 Million In A Year Then Blamed Covid-19 For Its Demise. Employees Say It Had Much Bigger Problems. — Link
  - Forbes’ David Jeans
• Black leaders in Austin want to build a racial justice movement that sustains itself for years to come — Link
• Austin music venues seek $20 million from city to prevent closures — Link
• Capital Metro board OKs MetroBike partnership for bus-oriented bike system — Link
• County to identify funding source for implementing permanent teleworking — Link
• Capital Metro to bring fleet electrification experts on board — Link
  - Austin Monitor
• Former Austin wealth manager may seek plea in California sex assault case, DA says — Link
• The proof is in the poo: Sewage testing helps detect Austin COVID outbreaks early, researchers say — Link
• Why you should use Lifesize, an Austin video conferencing company that’s better than Zoom — Link
• Video: Austin’s new $1 billion Apple campus under construction — Link
• Mike Ditka comes on as owner of Austin Sound, 7 other teams in women’s pro tackle football league — Link
• Joe Rogan moving to Austin next month, says friend Joey Diaz — Link
• Pandemic dating is an exercise in empathy for many Austin singles — Link
  - Austonia
• Billion-dollar tech startup wades into downtown Austin with new campus — Link
• Texas branded as top state for businesses to survive COVID-19 pandemic — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• Horns up, masks on, together — Link
• As coronavirus cases rise, UT should rethink in-person fall classes — Link
• Now-rescinded student visa policy causes uncertainty for UT-Austin international students — Link
• Texas plans to operate at 50% football stadium capacity — Link
• UT-Austin holds student focus groups to discuss fall reopening plans — Link
• Texas Should Not Restart Standardized Testing in the Next School Year — Link
• Is Online Education Necessarily Second-Best? — Link
• COVID-19 Vaccine Innovation Could Dramatically Speed Up Worldwide Production — Link
  - University of Texas
• A music lovers app: How Nerve streams rarities and deep cuts — Link
• Hub map: a guide to Austin coworking — Link
• DivInc, MassChallenge alum raises funding as cannabis booms in Oklahoma — Link
• Tesla picks Austin for massive Cybertruck factory — Link
• Casino-style gaming company goes on a hiring spree in Austin — Link
• Austin startup The Helper Bees raises $6M to help seniors age in place — Link
• Austin investors back Mercado’s $2.5M funding round — Link
• Office Envy: Inside Founder House, where coliving and #WFH are the norm — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• The second stimulus check may be on its way…to some — Link
• To infinity and beyond…or NOT: COVID forces Bed Bath & Beyond closures — Link
• Uh oh! Your stimulus payment might have been on a suspicious looking debit card — Link
• This site lets you mask weird URLs with a custom domain — Link
• Get to inbox zero every day with this new email cleaner — Link
• With the fast transition to remote work, we forgot about data security — Link
• There’s a shortage of skilled workers, so get learning — Link
• Should you be Facebook friends with your boss? — Link
  - American Genius
• Hippo Insurance Raises $150M, Plans to Hire at New Austin Office — Link
• Weekly Refresh: Eterneva Raised $3M, PLANOLY Launched Sellit, and More — Link
• How to Make Clean Code a Priority — Link
• Game Developer SciPlay Is Hiring 30 People for Its Austin Office — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• Cisco Sacasa promoted to CEO at recruiting firm HireBetter — Link
• For first time in nearly a decade, Austin office rent growth falls below national average — Link
• 102 Central Texas women of distinction nominated for this year’s Profiles in Power awards — Link
• Amazon report shows small business sales on its platform soar during pandemic — Link
• June & January CEO explains her electric startup’s pivot to survive coronavirus crisis — Link
• Capital Gains: New P. Terry’s treats; Austin skyline gets national attention — Link
• At least 19 banks are taking on new clients for $600B Main Street Lending Program in Texas — Link
• Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber picks new CEO — Link
• Journal Profile: Kareem Hajjar tackles major problems in bar and restaurant industry — Link
• 2020 North Austin Growth Summit on horizon — Link
• Episode Six: $7M series A round to fund continued global expansion — Link
• Insurance unicorn Hippo raises $150M, starts work on Austin office — Link
• Austin still best place to live, U.S. News & World Report says — Link
• About 40% of jobs lost at start of pandemic in Austin have been brought back so far — Link
• Physical security startup Ontic begins putting $12M raised in April to work — Link
• ACBJ partners with Advantage Media Group to launch Business Journals Books — Link
• JPMorgan exec explains bank’s PPP haul in Austin — Link
• Amazon signs another large lease in Austin area — Link
• Why these Austin CEOs are committed to building great companies — Link
• Social Solutions reorganizes C-suite — Link
• How Austin’s business assistance programs are faring — Link
• Bankruptcy filings up 54% year to date — Link
• Best practices to ensure security in distance learning and remote training — Link
• M&A wrap: Modernize bought for $67.5M; Planview opens wallet — Link
• In the money July 20: New cash for Eterneva, Lance Armstrong’s VC firm — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Insurance tech startup The Helper Bees raises $6M to expand — Link
• Austin’s VC market weathers financial storm — Link
• Austin biotech companies get emergency approval for coronavirus antibody tests — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO

• In This Together San Antonio — Link
• Michael Girdley’s Four for Friday Podcast — Link
• The Sonar Company Founder and CEO Nick Hayward Dead at 37 — Link
• Gov Tech Startup Irys Closes $1.2M Seed Round — Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
• FunnelAI brings automotive industry veteran Laura Ryan as Chief Operating Officer — Link
• Jefferson: Rackspace, you’re bigger, quieter and more indebted than we remembered — Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
• Making Coronavirus Testing Easy, Accurate and Fast Is Critical to Ending the Pandemic — Link
• Demand, Price for Plastics Increase, Causing Supply Chain Woes for San Antonio Manufacturers — Link
• Alamodome Takes on New Life as City’s Coronavirus-Tracking HQ — Link
• Are We Really ‘All in This Together?’ — Link
• Texas A&M-San Antonio, Alamo Colleges to Teach Most Classes Online This Fall — Link
• Coronavirus Numbers Confusing You? Here’s How to Make Sense of Them. — Link
• San Antonio Residents to Give Shot in the Arm to Coronavirus Vaccine Trial — Link
• After Turbulent Year, Hispanic Chamber Board Selects Next CEO — Link
• Plus One Robotics, Yaskawa America Announce Partnership With FedEx — Link
• High-Profile Team to Lead San Antonio’s Workforce Recovery Effort — Link
• Demand, Price for Plastics Increase, Causing Supply Chain Woes for San Antonio Manufacturers — Link
  - Rivard Report
• Globalscape agrees to merge with Minnesota-based software company — Link
• Local tech startup raises $1.2M in equity funding to expand service — Link
• GOOD WORKS SA: Saying goodbye is not an end to ‘good’ work — Link
• Boeing parts supplier Spirit AeroSystem shuttering San Antonio office — Link
• Pittsburgh-based treatment center to eliminate 100-plus SA jobs — Link
• Call answered: Pandemic prompting greater demand for telehealth — Link
• SwRI lands joint NASA solar tech contract — Link
• Former SA city manager’s new book ‘Greedy Bastards’ a timely tale — Link
• Exclusive: Cisco Equipment could set up HQ in Seguin, CEO says — Link
• Is your PPP free money or a loan? The answer may take some time — Link
• Local search platform company FunnelAI hires new COO — Link
• Juris Medicus acquired by Dallas-based equity firm — Link
• Texas schools get OK to stay virtual longer; $200M set aside to buy tech — Link
• Hispanic Chamber names a new president and CEO — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• Let’s Grow North Texas Business — Link
• Apply to Health Wildcatters Accelerator 2020 — F6S — Applications Due today — Link
• Aurora expands to Texas in bid to ramp up self-driving truck efforts — Link
  - TechCrunch’s Kirsten Korosec
• Dallas Startup Week goes virtual this year. Will it be the same? — Link
  - The Dallas Morning News
• Texas startup’s new app lets you escape to faraway lands — virtually — Link
• Dallas brand gets EPA approval as coronavirus-killing car cleaner — Link
• Texas branded a top state for businesses to survive the pandemic — Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
• Cannabis gig work startup Kanna lands $500K to put people back to work — Link
• Digital tools provide businesses flexibility during Covid-19 — Link
• CAGE Bio launches ionic-based hand sanitizer to fight Covid-19 — Link
• Dallas-based quarterback training app receives $100K in funding — Link
• How OneDay’s video storytelling tech has been keeping families connected amid the pandemic — Link
• Self-driving startup Aurora plans vehicle testing in North Texas — Link
• Seed funding helps Mission Control connect people through video games — Link
• Mercado lands $2.5M to keep supply chains connected amid the pandemic — Link
• Nanoscope Therapeutics lands Series A to begin clinical trials on ocular diseases — Link
• New automotive tech training organization launches in Irving with $3M seed funding — Link
• Eden Green Technology looks to take vertical farming global — Link
  - North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming
• Fitness Club Management Systems Leader ABC Financial Acquires GymSales — Link
• SMU Grad Stamps Personal Brand on Ranch Water — Link
• Local Healthcare Staffing Firm Gives the Power to the Workers — Link
• Study: Millions of Texans Are Turning to Virtual Care — And Loving it — Link
• Extreme Sandbox Heading to The Station in Sachse — Link
• Local Company’s Temperature Kiosks Can Help Businesses Reopen Safely — Link
• Collaborative Imaging announces New Chief Information Security Officer — Link
• D CEO Virtual Lunch Panel: The Business of Higher Education — Link
• Red Bull Arts Launches Microgrants For Dallas Artists — Link
• May 2020 E-Commerce Sales Eclipsed The 2019 Online Holiday Shopping Season — Link
• Texas Mayors Push for COVID-19 Relief Funding — Link
• Local Lawyer Helps Close Deal Bringing Clinics to Walgreens — Link
• Now Ted Cruz Is Fighting With Mark Cuban — Link
• Preparing Facilities For the Return of Sports — Link
• Get Ready to Hear A Lot More About ‘Year-Round School’ — Link
• Achieving Zero Percent Turnover — Link
  - D Magazine
• DI People: Jacobs, PLH Group, Tailwater Capital, and Borden Dairy Make Executive Changes — Link
• Impact Ventures: Meet nVenue, a Sports Tech Startup That Wants to ‘Revolutionize the World of Fan-Engagement’ — Link
• WEDallas: Local Experts Talk Video Marketing in the Era of COVID-19, and Beyond — Link
• Five North Texas Companies Make the List of the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies — Link
• Dallas Startup Week 2020 is Going Virtual — Link
• DFW’s ‘Clean-Crafted’ Wine Pioneer Launches New MIXABLE Brand — Link
• Managing Madness with a Mentor: Meet Heidi Potthoff, Founder of HMP Mufasa — Link
• Q+A: RealCom Solutions Founder and CEO on Putting Clients’ Needs First and the Future of Work — Link
• Fort Worth MillerCoors Brewery Invests Millions to Expand Production of Hard Seltzers — Link
• United Way Dallas and CoSpero Consulting Come ‘Together for Tomorrow’ to Solve Educational Problems — Link
• Toyota Motor North America Makes Five Executive Changes to Social Innovation, Toyota de Mexico Operations — Link
• Impact Ventures: Meet Latinx Spaces, a Digital Publication Redefining Latinx Media — Link
• Dallas-Based Comerica Invests $2M For Small Businesses and Small Farm Operators to ‘Weather These Challenging Times’ — Link
• New Website Helps Texas Students Find the Best In-State Online College Programs — Link
• Samaritan Inn Serves Up Meals and More to North Texas’ Most Vulnerable — Link
• Dallas Invents: 140 Patents Granted for Week of July 7 — Link
• Time to Scale: A Word from TechFW Executive Director — Link
• Nanoscope Therapeutics Closes Series A, Names Alvaro Guillem as Chairman — Link
• Dallas-Fort Worth Companies Share Their Advice on Reopening with Public School Districts — Link
• Impact Ventures: Meet HVACIntel, an IoT Platform That Helps Contractors Manage HVAC Installations — Link
• Dallas’ Mercado Gets $2.5M Investment for its ‘First Mile’ International Supply Chain Platform — Link
• A Local Restaurants’ COVID-19 Refuge: Dallas-Based Oasis App Offers Fee-Free Delivery — Link
• Tech-Focused Garage Gets $3M Seed Funding From Perot Foundation to Rebuild More Than Cars — Link
• Now Presenting: EY’s 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Southwest Finalists — Link
• Boss Women Media and Capital One Partner on Virtual Summit and Pitch Competition for Black Female Entrepreneurs and Professionals — Link
• Impact Ventures: Meet Education PowerED, an Online Marketplace of Culturally Responsive Teaching — Link
• Dallas-Based Virtual Football Training App Receives $100K Investment From Arlan Hamilton — Link
• Q+A: DART’s Chief Innovation Officer on Making Service Adjustments Due to COVID — Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Dallas health startup targeting millennials raises $1.6M — Link
• 40 Under 40 honorees weigh in on COVID, diversity & inclusion and the state of business — Link
• How Kabbage Inc. adjusted its strategy to participate in the PPP — Link
• Southwest Airlines executive on Sabre: ‘They’re challenging to work with’ — Link
• Match’s BLK implements new efforts as ‘world is listening’ — Link
• Women’s Business Center launches business resiliency program — Link
• Dallas Citizens Council CEO focuses on helping area small businesses — Link
• Form D Friday: Avondale Private Lending raises about $17.7 million — Link
• From jumping in on PPP applications to forging ahead with expansion plans: Q&A with PNC Bank’s Brendan McGuire — Link
• Dallas Business Journal honors 40 Under 40 class with live virtual event — Link
• Honoree has used time to create more business opportunities — Link
• Mavs exec says COVID-19 will ‘change the business for sports retail’ — Link
• How Covid-19 is sparking tech innovation in Texas: Don’t get left behind — Link
• Bank of Texas ‘connects’ now more than ever — Link
• American Airlines management discusses business travel, vaccine and more in earnings call — Link
• COVID fueling health care consolidation in North Texas, nationwide — Link
• Longtime leader at Dallas gaming company shifts role to let him ‘put more trophies on the wall’ — Link
• Dallas sports technology duo created a robotic quarterback. The NFL is catching on — Link
• The week in bankruptcies: M&K Rogers Investments LLC, Choice Clinical Lab LLC and 11 more — Link
• Dallas Love Field to use thermal imaging cameras to take temperatures of passengers — Link
• Two in 3 Texas craft breweries won’t survive 2020 shutdown, guild says — Link
• COVID sparking migration from Dallas’ urban core to Plano, Frisco, McKinney, expert says — Link
• Why Blue Marlin Partners, a D.C. private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, is opening an office in Dallas — Link
• The Hunger Games: Why restaurants are spilling red ink, no matter how much they innovate — Link
• National Lacrosse League, local ownership group announce new Fort Worth franchise — Link
• Over 3,000 Dallas businesses have closed since the start of March — Link
• Texas Instruments says second quarter sales decline, though third quarter could show slower decrease — Link
• Amazon-backed driverless company Aurora has picked Dallas area for new testing effort — Link
• Bank of America’s Dallas leader on Main Street Lending Program, PPP and more — Link
• Dallas startup with tools for shipping to U.S. lands $2.5M after raise in November — Link
• Goodbye, office space: DFW tech company has embraced work-from-home — and will stick with it — Link
• First Women’s Bank gets conditional approval from FDIC — Link
• Roundup of deals and dollars: Consulting firm acquires local strategy group — Link
  - Dallas Business Journal

• Hiring: Capital Factory Venture Associate, Houston — Link
• BBL Ventures Energy & Industrial Tech Challenge — Apply by July 18th — Link
• TMCx Fall 2020 Program — Apply
• NextSeed CEO and AOIP Chairman Youngro Lee: Innovation is truly the only way our communities and our nation can recover from the current COVID-related devastation — Link
• LiftOff Houston — Launching Businesses Today For A Better Houston Tomorrow! — Link
• 5 Houston Fintech Startups To Watch — Link
• University of Houston designs air filter that can ‘catch and kill’ COVID-19 — Link
• “When everything changes, everybody must change.” — JR Reale — TMC News — Link
  - Texas Medical Center News
• Meet Chelle Neff: Founder of Urban Betty — Link
  - Shoustout HTX
• Dusty Baker Joins VC Firm Turn2 Equity Partners as a Founding Partner — Link
• Techxans Helping Techxans ft. IAMOTHER50 — YouTube — Link
• Otso Launches Pre-Approval Program for Businesses to Replace Collateral in Commercial Leases — Link
• These 3 Houston-area researchers receive millions in grants for ongoing innovation projects — Link
• This Houston organization is rethinking access to and education on women’s health — Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week — Link
• YMCA of Greater Houston announces equity-focused innovation center backed by Reliant — Link
• Tesla taps Texas for new factory with construction already underway — Link
• Houston and former space rival are advancing biotech startups — Link
• Here’s how much salary Texans would willingly forfeit to continue working from home — Link
• Houston startup raises $30M, plans to be ‘next iconic chemical company’ with plant-based alternatives — Link
• With increased awareness in need for connected medical devices, this Houston startup fills the gap — Link
• Houston coworking company launches online portal to connect members working from home — Link
• This Houston startup is increasing access to marketing for other startups and small businesses — Link
• Houston researcher looks into why some companies thrive in volatile markets — Link
• Rice University students collaborate on COVID-19 solutions — Link
• New report identifies the Houston jobs that are most likely going to be affected by automation — Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week — Link
  - InnovationMap’s Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
• China’s energy infrastructure mapped by Baker Institute — Link
• Architecture students win first place for pandemic-proof dormitory design — Link
• HISD and Rice to conduct districtwide study on educational equity — Link
• Contact-tracing software takes top prize at Rice Design-A-Thon — Link
• Japanese students create online cookbook of cross-cultural recipes — Link
• Better wastewater treatment? It’s a wrap — Link
  - Rice University
• Library will reopen with limited capacity, accommodations this fall — Link
• ‘Zoom is Zoom, but flesh is flesh’: Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars look to make up time, stay safe with return to workouts — Link
• Honors College to launch Global Engagement and Research minor this fall — Link
• Dear class of 2024: an open letter to college freshmen — Link
• HyFlex, Synchronous, Asynchronous: UH’s Fall 2020 class formats explained — Link
• Roundtable: Rating UH’s most popular coffee spots — Link
• I tried contact tracing: a student’s path to navigating the coronavirus pandemic — Link
• UH faculty’s diversity has increased in recent years, data finds — Link
  - University of Houston
• Houston, Harris County schools to remain closed to in-person learning until Sept. 8 — Link
• Schlumberger cuts thousands of jobs, records $3.7B in charges — Link
• 3 ways energy and petroleum pros can pivot to new industries — Link
• NRG Energy to acquire Centrica’s Houston-based Direct Energy for $3.6B — Link
• Houston banks see slow start to Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program — Link
• Thousands of Houston businesses received PPP loans to survive the pandemic — Link
• University of St. Thomas business dean draws on experience to launch new master’s programs — Link
• How Chevron’s CEO views Colorado oil politics in its $13B deal for Noble Energy — Link
• Houston First CEO to retire amid challenging year — Link
• University of St. Thomas selects former Swiss Guard as business school dean — Link
• How deteriorating U.S.-China relations are impacting Houston — Link
• Reports of documents burned at Chinese Consulate ahead of Friday’s eviction — Link
• Court blocks Texas General Land Office from seizing control of Houston’s Harvey Recovery Funds — Link
• Ernst & Young Houston office names new managing partner — Link
• Houston adds jobs in June but lags behind pre-pandemic employment levels — Link
• Coffee trading company Ship Channel Trading Co. finds success following a blend of initial problems — Link
• Popular Houston restaurant owner Vincent ‘Bubba’ Mandola dies — Link
• Restaurants among largest PPP recipients in Houston area, but issues remain — Link
• Men’s Wearhouse parent co. Tailored Brands to lose CFO, cut corporate jobs, close up to 500 stores — Link
• Luby’s issues ‘going concern’ warning, reports $25M Q3 loss — Link
• Restaurant roundup: Slim & Husky’s brings rap-themed pizzas to Houston, Rise Rooftop promises pricey retractable roof — Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• The world isn’t ready to defend against a comet strike — Link
• SpaceX reuses rocket that launched NASA astronauts — Link
• AT&T turns on its 5G network in Houston — Link
• Prairie View A&M, Apple team up to bring coding to Houston, Waller County — Link
  - The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog’s Dwight Silverman

• Hiring Executives First — Shockwave Innovations’ Gordon Daugherty Link
• Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing Products — WSJ’s Dana Mattioli and Cara Lombardo — Link
• The Latest Changes in VC Deal Terms — Pay-to-Play — Kirk Coburn — Link
• How do angel investors source opportunities? — e27 — Link
• Austin Was Destined to Replace Silicon Valley. Then the Pandemic Hit- Adam Bluestein — Link
• How Do You Know if You Work for a Toxic Boss? They May Be Doing Any of These 6 Things Daily — Inc.com — Link
• Nexsys partners with digital insurer Lemonade on homeowners’ insurance verification — Mary Ann Azevedo — Link
• SPAC Man Begins — alexdanco.com — Link
• Journalists say Substack’s email newsletters is a more financially secure career path as newsroom jobs become scarcer — The Washington Post — Link
• Innovating for the Future, Delivering in the Moment — LinkedIn — Link
• The Basics of Podcast Advertising — FrogDog Marketing — Link
• Why Do Some Companies Thrive In Volatile Markets? — Rice Business Wisdom — Link
• Remote tech workers could build new startup scenes, VC Brad Feld says — Business Insider — Link
• These Innovative People Made Our Launch Party Awesome — Link
• 5 Action Movies From The 2000s That Are Underrated (& 5 That Are Overrated) — Link
• Infographic: 34 Startup Metrics That Tech Entrepreneurs Need to Know — Link
• Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting space — Reuters — Link
• How to validate your startup idea quickly — Tech Explorations by Aman — Link
• X.Labs Introduces PreCheck, a Digital Health Passport to Help Keep Schools, Workplaces, Events, and Sports Leagues Safe from COVID-19 — Markets Insider — Link
• Austin Impact Capital — Financial Innovation for Social Impact — Link
• 22 Principles for Great Product Managers — Link
• Raising Capital In A Turbulent Market — What Founders Should Do Now — Link
• 11 Entrepreneurs Who’ve Defied the Odds — Link
• SEC.gov — SEC Charges Silicon Valley Start-Up and CEO With Defrauding Investors — Link
• Comic-Con is virtual for the first time, and anyone can attend for free. Here’s what to expect. — The Washington Post — Link
• The Coronavirus Bankruptcies: From Major Oil Producers to Taverns — Link
• These Black Founders Succeeded In Spite of Silicon Valley — WIRED — Link
• GPT-3 Is Amazing — And Overhyped — Link
• Startup scenes shouldn’t try to copy Silicon Valley, VC Brad Feld says — Business Insider — Link
• Why Medium is Not the Home for Your Ideas — The Hulry — Link
• Mortality of Indian agritech startups will be less: Omnivore’s Mark Kahn — The Economic Times — Link
• The Youngest CEO to Take a Company Public — Link
• In Defense of Innovation — LinkedIn — Link
• Label Insight Launches New Explore Market Navigator Innovation to Fuel CPG E-commerce Growth — Link
• DIU Official Details Steps to Quick-March Commercial Innovation — MeriTalk — Link
• Tymbals — Start-Up Incubators — Link
  Success in Venture Capital comes down to getting an entrepreneur to pick you. — by Jeremy Liew — Lightspeed Venture Partners — Link
• Daredevil Capitalists Like Grubhub, Airbnb, and Uber Are Going Into Hibernation — Marker — Link
• An Evangelist for Remote Work Sees the Rest of the World Catch On — The New York Times — Link
• WeWork Gets Into The Food Business, Backing The Superfood Startup Of Big Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton — Asset Pharmacy Lagos Nigeria — Link
• DTC Holiday Q&A: 11 Leaders (Aug. 5th) — Link
• The Road to Recovery: What to expect from business in 2020 and beyond Registration, Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 3:00 PM — Eventbrite — Link
• Saint Liberty Whiskey Toasts to New Ownership Group — Link
• Oat milk, marijuana pens and non-alcoholic spirits could go mainstream — Link
• #TXBites: Mammoth Creameries, Keto Friendly Ice Cream That’s Yummy Too — TLM — Link
• Why Companies Lose Their Best Innovators — Link

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