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It’s starting to feel like Groundhog Day, the Bill Murray movie where he had to repeat a single day over and over. My Groundhog Day looks like this: wake up, check email/Slack, breakfast, get the kids set up on their school work, Zoom Webinar (or three), lunch, another meeting or two, walk around the neighborhood with the family, dinner, then Netflix, and then another restless night of sleep. Rinse and Repeat.

Yes, for those paying attention, this was last week’s first paragraph. My prediction came true this week — more of the same. We did have a bit of good news on the personal front, my father-in-law received an experimental plasma treatment that helped him recover from his COVID-19 infection. There was a nice write-up of his somewhat harrowing experience in a local Houston paper. Getting the word out about his condition through social media channels proved to be a pivotal factor in his recovery, so I would think twice about quitting Facebook.

Like many of you, I’m getting a little “Webinar-ed” out, and just so you know, not every meeting needs to be a video call — the phone works just fine (and gives you a chance to walk around a bit). Also, a pro tip for webinars is to start them a few minutes earlier than the specified time to get any technical issues out of the way (Can you hear me now?). It also allows for the necessary pleasantries to get started, like asking how everyone is doing. Networking is more important than ever so I recommend giving your attendees a little time to chat with each other, which means that you should have your (short) elevator pitch about yourself ready to go when you get on one of these meetings.

I’m curious about your experiences with Webinars and video meetings and any tips you may want to share.

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• Four Woman-owned Subscription Boxes to Try During Quarantine — Link
  - ATX Woman Magazine
• Hypergiant Might Be The Real-Life Version Of Marvel’s Stark Industries — Link
  - Forbes Contributor Annie Brown
• Terminal taps AI company ROIKOI to help companies build remote engineering teams — Link
  - Venture Beat’s Paul Sawers
• City, county to work with business on reopening Central Texas — Link
• Council approves $2.5 million in aid to musicians, artists impacted by Covid-19 — Link
• City rolls out bridge loan program to assist businesses impacted by Covid-19 — Link
• Austin gets millions to deal with coronavirus — Link
• Commissioners Court approves community-generated emergency food contract — Link
• City braces for cuts to cultural arts funding, citing likely drastic hotel tax drop — Link
  - Austin Monitor
• H-E-B and Favor Delivery Launch 2-Hour Delivery at all Texas Stores — Link
• Austin Entrepreneurs Create Mobile App Solutions to Help Retailers Handle Curbside Pickup — Link
• Central Texas Task Force Launches to Safely Reopen Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Link
• Austin Cleaning Products Startups See Huge Surge in Sales From the COVID-19 Pandemic — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• SXSW Alumni Films from 2015–2019 Now Streaming on Prime Video — Link
  - SXSW
• Austin among U.S. metros suffering from shortage of healthcare workers — Link
• Texas university unmasks cutting-edge technology to battle COVID-19 — Link
  - Culture Map Austin
• ATX KIT Launches to Boost Austin CPG Startups, Donate to Hospitals — Link
• With Students Stuck at Home, Austin Startup PenPal Schools is Booming — Link
• Austin VCs, Startup Mentors: ‘Give Extra, Extra Love to Your Customers’ — Link
• Uber Connect Launches in Austin for Trunk Loads of Peer-to-Peer Deliveries — Link
• How Blockchain and Immunization Passports Could Help Us Re-Open — Link
• Liveoak Technologies’ Virtual Nature Helps it Thrive During a Pandemic — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• If you had an SBA loan prior to COVID-19, there are debt relief options — Link
• The Australian government holds Facebook and Google accountable — Link
• Facebook expands Messenger Kids worldwide, and ups safety features — Link
• Facebook faults free follower data for dark web distribution — Link
• NY AG investigating cable giant as hundreds of staff tested positive for COVID-19 — Link
• Why you must nix MLM experience from your resume — Link
• COVID-19 is no reason to not pay employees for their time — Link
• Build the perfect digital workspace for your team with Fibery — Link
• Stay off the streets, start up helps you cut your own hair, Karen — Link
• PPP: Who’s screwing small businesses most — SBA, politicians, or banks? — Link
• If focus is a struggle for you, try this Exploding To Do list — Link
• Boomer.email is a scary look into all generations mindsets — Link
  - American Genius
• Professors, services adapt amid COVID-19 pandemic — Link
• Don Japanese Kitchen supplies community with essential items — Link
• Online learning doesn’t mean we can do more work — Link
• COVID-19 is an emergency. The Student Emergency Fund was unprepared. — Link
• UT Outpost sees jump in free grocery delivery requests from students in Austin — Link
  - University of Texas
• How to Build a Sales Enablement Strategy That Works — Link
• Texas Launches Job Website, Austin Tech Companies Among Companies Hiring — Link
• Weekly Refresh: Gembah Raised $3.275M, Wheel’s New Hires, and More — Link
• ‘No One Goes Unheard’: How This Dispersed Engineering Team Stays Connected — Link
• Dallas Tech Companies & Startups — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• ABJ reporters break down biggest coronavirus stories so far: Construction chaos, economic fallout & more — Link
• When will Austin office market recover from pandemic? Will new towers still rise? Real estate insiders offer some clues - Link
• Vrbo parent Expedia names CEO, raises billions, outlines cost-saving measures - Link
• New crowdfunding tool could help small businesses weather pandemic - Link
• Some best practices if you're starting retail-to-go - Link
• Help out local breweries at this weekend's Great Texas Beer Run - Link
• With students stuck at home, Austin startup PenPal Schools is booming - Link
• Got a PPP loan? Here's how to make sure you get loan forgiveness - Link
• Task force created in tentative first step toward restarting Austin economy - Link
• Got your PPP check? Congrats, now get ready for intense federal scrutiny - Link
• 20% growth still on tap after sign company pivots to face shields - Link
• Capital Gains: Deep Eddy makes sanitizer, Icon makes it on Apple TV, P. Terry's keeps expanding - Link
• Journal Profile: Telemedicine CEO leans into demand for her startup during coronavirus - Link
• Pandemic creating insatiable appetite for warehouse space in Austin - Link
• Goldman Sachs-backed Texas program delivered only 3% of $25M in PPP loans before federal funding ran out - Link
• ZenBusiness CEO offers playbook for VC-backed startups to preserve jobs - Link
• Billions more in PPP funding could evaporate quickly; Here's how to get ready - Link
• Managing during a pandemic: Be aware of emotional toll on employees, keep an eye on life after coronavirus - Link
• All Together ATX giving nearly $2M to nonprofits helping those in need - Link
• After a PPP meltdown, Red Velvet Events adjusts more - Link
• Exec shares Great Recession lessons that can help during coronavirus pandemic - Link
• These industries received the most PPP money - Link
• Has the coronavirus hit your staff? Here’s what employers need to know. - Link
• In the money April 20: More than $50M collected by companies - Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• UNCERTAIN VENTURES: Amid coronavirus outbreak, Austin’s VC sector ‘flying blind’ - Link
• A SMALL BUSINESS LIFELINE? Amid coronavirus crisis, federal loan program may save some Austin companies, but leave others behind - Link
• Coronavirus in Austin: Restaurants, kitchens to offer emergency prepared meals - Link
• Despite coronavirus setbacks, Canada-based Ruckify plans to move HQ to Austin - Link
• AMD pledges $15M to advance supercomputing in fight against coronavirus - Link
• The tech titan and the kids: What happens when Michael Dell hosts a virtual Q&A with children - Link
• Coronavirus in Texas: Testing platform picked by Austin could expand to other cities - Link
• Coronavirus in Texas: Testing platform picked by Austin could expand to other cities - Link
• Coronavirus in Austin: City rolls out millions in relief funds, loans - Link
• Coronavirus in Austin: Stores prepare for retail-to-go - Link
• Coronavirus in Austin: What you need to know about retail-to-go - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO

• In This Together San Antonio - Link
• Hays Waldrop interviews Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex - Link
• Pinch Boil House Wins $25,000 Geekdom Community Fund - Link
• UTSA Innovation and Commercialization Help Researchers Get Ideas to Market In Challenging Times - Link
  - Startups San Antonio
• San Antonio Storybook: The New Normal - Link
• San Antonio Then and Now, in Images - Link
• Small Business Owners Left Out of Payroll Loan Funding Await Their Turn - Link
• H-E-B and Favor Introduce 2-Hour Home Grocery Delivery - Link
• KLRN, Other PBS Stations Partner With TEA to Educate Via TV - Link
• As Summer Approaches, Educators Track Students Absent Since Shutdown - Link
• San Antonio Colleges Prepare for Murky Financial Future After Coronavirus - Link
• Physician’s Mobile Coronavirus Testing Site Offers Peace of Mind for a Price - Link
• UTSA Launches Program to Get Small Businesses Back on Sound Footing - Link
• Feed the Frontline SATX Helps Health Care Workers and Local Restaurants During Pandemic - Link
• How We Cope: Principal Rethinks How to Serve Students - Link
• Tech Bloc Event Raises Funds to Supply SAISD Families With Internet Access - Link
• Nirenberg, Wolff Tap Business Leaders to Help Reopen Local Economy - Link
• $5.3M Fund Sustains San Antonio Nonprofits’ Responses to COVID-19 - Link
• Lack of Internet Access for Students Sparks Citywide Collaboration - Link
• Local vs. State Control at Issue in Deciding How to Reopen Businesses - Link
  - Rivard Report
• Bandcamp Will Waive Its Revenue Share to Help San Antonio Bands Impacted by COVID-19 - Link
• San Antonio Council Votes for $25 Million Fund to Help Residents With Rent, Food and Medicine - Link
• Budget Bloodbath: Defunding San Antonio Arts Organizations Will Save Money During the Current Crisis, But at What Cost? - Link
• Gamer Recreates San Antonio's Fiesta in Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Porta Potties and All - Link
• San Antonio Nurse's Design May Provide Better Coronavirus Protection Than N-95 Face Masks - Link
  - San Antonio Current
• Alamo Colleges helps students with financial difficulties caused by Covid-19 - Link
• Mental health needs to be a top priority for employers in the midst of social distancing - Link
• How Covid-19 is changing San Antonio small business — one story at a time - Link
• Exclusive Q&A: SBA district officer gives advice, insight as second round of PPP approaches - Link
• Texas Business Minds: sign company adds PPE manufacturing to business model amid pandemic - Link
• Covid-19 accelerates telehealth training for therapists of autistic children - Link
• Small business owners feel big banks failed them in getting PPP loans - Link
• PPP losers and winners and their advice for next round of applicants - Link
• Another Alamo City distiller joins the fight against the pandemic - Link
• Adapt or die: Manufacturing companies are changing the way they do business amid the coronavirus - Link
• Covid era pushes medical, manufacturing communities toward new alliance - Link
• The week in bankruptcies: Telecommunications company files for Chapter 7 - Link
• Popular SA restaurant company hopeful PPP and H-E-B are recipe for survival - Link
• SA tech community helps bridge digital divide in SAISD - Link
• This local credit union started business lending just for PPP - Link
• Boerne biotech gets PPP loan, but virus affecting expansion - Link
• Texas universities adjust to new normal in placing students in careers - Link
• Business owner talks stresses of filing for unemployment, furloughing employees - Link
• Scaleworks leads multimillion-dollar fundraise for Irish company - Link
• SA mayor, county judge unveil economic transition team - Link
• Nasdaq-traded SA tech company receives PPP loan - Link
• Pandemic and the stages of crisis and recovery; which one are you in? - Link
• PPP money buys SA business time as it braces for new normal - Link
• San Antonio whiskey distillery selling hand sanitizer curbside - Link
• Pandemic response holds lessons to combat future supply chain disruptions - Link
• Funding Roundup: 11 SA companies raise more than $11.4 million amid pandemic - Link
• SA tech startup helping jails reduce suicide - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal
• With $50M Series B, Life Insurance Platform Bestow Launches New Nonprofit - Link
• Mission Control Looks to Keep North Texans Connected Through Video Games - Link
• Meet the RevTech Impact Grant Winners Helping During the Crisis - Link
• Pandemic Forces Grapevine Retailer GameStop’s PayCuts, Furloughs - Link
• Tech Exec Launches 3D-Printed PPE Effort Amid Pandemic - Link
• Report: COVID-19 Crisis Financially Impacting Startups Globally - Link
• How a Dallas Nurse Runs Her CBD Startup From the Frontlines of the Pandemic - Link
• JetSuite Grounds Fleet, Furloughs Crew Members Amid Pandemic - Link
  - North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming
• This Is How Dallas Gets Back to Work - Link
• Executive Perspectives: David Gibbs - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Dave Leach - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Lynn Moore - Link
• A Guide to Texas’ New Retail To-Go Rule, Which Is Now Available in Dallas - Link
• How Dallas ISD Is Changing Its Grading During the Pandemic - Link
• BCBS of Texas Donates $1 Million for Restaurants to Feed First Responders - Link
• As COVID-19 Puts a Lockdown on Events, Encore Live Pivots to a Virtual Focus - Link
• Where to Support Boutique Bakeries in Dallas Right Now - Link
• Need a Mask? Check Out These Options from Local Creatives - Link
• Explainer: How City, County, and State Corona Rules Work - Link
• After Over a Month of Closed Doors, What’s Next for Dallas Restaurants? - Link
• Programming Note: EarthX Interview With Julie Packard - Link
• Texas Received More Government Loan Dollars Than Any State, But Dallas’ Culinary Future Remains Dire - Link
• Rural Providers Get a Boost From Federal Broadband Stimulus - Link
• Meet the Local Company Helping New York Track COVID-19 - Link
• The New Workplace: Planning for Reentry - Link
• These Lifelong Friends Just Launched a Line of Leather Goods - Link
• Executive Perspectives: Calvin Carter - Link
• These Dallasites Want to Help Young Adults Work Through Their First Economic Downturn - Link
• Grab a Glass and Jump Into a Virtual Wine Tasting in Dallas - Link
• Marijuana Hard to Find During Coronavirus Lockdown - Link
  - D Magazine
• DI People: AT&T, Toyota, and More Make Executive Leadership Moves - Link
• ‘The New Normal’: Vari Renovates HQ, Develops New Products in Response to COVID-19 - Link
• The COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Inequalities Between Havers and Doers - Link
• Solution Fund: UT Dallas and SMU Partner With RevTech on Higher Ed (SAFE) Schools Challenge - Link
• COVID-19 Response: North Texas Companies Make Donations, Launch New Programs, and Support First Responders - Link
• Bestow Closes $50M Series B and Launches its Own Nonprofit to Assist Those in Financial Distress - Link
• COVID-19 Relief: Communities Foundation Receives $1M From Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas for PPE, Child Care, and Seniors - Link
• Clarus’ TherMobile Boards Have a Shield and Cutout to Protect Employees During COVID-19 Pandemic - Link
• RevTech Awards $40,000 in Impact Grants to 8 Dallas-Area Companies - Link
• Jacobs Releases Plan to be Net Zero Carbon in 2020 and Carbon Negative by 2030 - Link
• Hotels in COVID-19: OYO Sees Rise in Long-Term Stays, Offers Rooms to Healthcare Workers - Link
• Dallas Invents: 171 Patents Granted for Week of April 7 - Link
• A Custom Medical Device Startup in Deep Ellum is Prototyping Better PPE to Fight COVID-19 - Link
• ‘Their Future Is Our Future’: How a Dallas Native is Helping Vulnerable Island Nations Transition to Renewable Energy - Link
• Technologies That Touch You - Link
• Greenville-based REC Foundation is Taking the World’s Largest Robotics Competition Virtual - Link
• Trinity Park Conservancy Program Places Among Texan by Nature’s 2020 Conservation Wranglers - Link
• Emmitt Smith to Lead Dallas Regional Chamber in Connecting Workers Impacted by COVID-19 to Jobs - Link
• Tyler Technologies in COVID-19: Goes Live With Tech, Offers Virtual Internships, and Continues to Serve Texas - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Texas’ Unemployment Numbers Are a Horror Show. They Could Be Worse. - Link
• While We Shelter in Place, Breweries Have Lined Up New Beers - Link
• Service Industry Workers Strip Down to Raise Money for Furloughed Workers - Link
• Things We Miss About North Texas Venues - Link
• 8 Years After Launching a Food Truck, Easy Slider Is On-Wheels-Only in the Crisis - Link
• Waste Not, Want Not: Helping Local Farmers Sell Produce After Losing Restaurant Business - Link
• The Trend Line to Watch Is the Car Line Waiting Outside the Food Bank - Link
• Social Media Spirals Into Panic as Healthcare Expert Predicts Concerts Won’t Return Until 2021 - Link
• Foods to Eat While in Quarantine. And on 4/20. - Link
  - Dallas Observer
• Report: Neiman Marcus could file for bankruptcy as soon as Sunday - Link
• John Stankey has risen to the top job at AT&T after nearly 35 years. It won't be an easy one - Link
• Without the gamble of futures markets, the oil industry might be ready to fold - Link
• AT&T's Randall Stephenson to step down as CEO; COO John Stankey is taking over in July - Link
• ExxonMobil shifts to hand sanitizer production as oil demand remains weak - Link
• Bank of Texas business topic spotlight: Financial planning with intention - Link
• Form-D Friday: Bluescape Energy Partners raises $150M - Link
• Treasury: North Texas public companies that received PPP funds must pay it back - Link
• Expect exodus of physicians from health care after COVID-19 pandemic, survey says - Link
• Here's how economic incentives could change post-coronavirus - Link
• This Dallas real estate investor is offering small businesses loans out of his own pocket - Link
• Fintech firm raises $50M to ramp up expansion as it helps makes life insurance more digital - Link
• Sabre furloughing roughly one-third of employees - Link
• Chipotle to pay record $25M fine for sickening 1,100 people from 2015-2018 - Link
• WSJ, NYT: Dallas hotelier's companies to receive Paycheck Protection Program’s biggest payout - Link
• Dallas startup tries to keep up as demand outweighs supply '500 to 1' - Link
• Telehealth use, coverage by insurers soaring in response to COVID-19 - Link
• BCBSTX donates $1M to Communities Foundation of Texas - Link
• Executive profile: Texas sign company adds PPE manufacturing to business model amid pandemic - Link
• How today's supply chain disruptions in North Texas could create future opportunities - Link
• When will COVID-19 deaths peak in Texas? This model from UT has a prediction — but reopening could change that - Link
• Four potential post-coronavirus outcomes for business leaders to consider - Link
• Texas joining pilot that will allow SNAP recipients to order groceries online - Link
• GameStop cutting salaries, including 50% for the CEO, as it deals with COVID-19 - Link
• How will COVID-19 change office space in North Texas? Experts weigh in - Link
• An inside look at impact investing trends in North Texas - Link
• Texas had over 1,200 SBA disaster loans related to COVID-19 approved - Link
• Texas M&A falls dramatically in Q1 - Link
• On the Agenda: COVID-19 small business loans, municipal funding, eviction relief - Link
• Comerica increases credit reserves amid COVID-19 pandemic - Link
• No refunds: Americans struggle to get money back after canceled events - Link
• COVID-19 is changing business – and that could mean new work-from-home efforts when offices reopen - Link
• A tale of two retailers: Can JCPenney and Neiman Marcus outlast the coronavirus pandemic? - Link
• Roundup of deals and dollars: Integrity Marketing Group acquires an insurance marketing organization - Link
• Original ChopShop and bellagreen CEO discusses shifting strategy and silver linings - Link
• The week in bankruptcies: Sixsite Gear LLC, Japan Investments Inc. and more - Link
• Texas universities adjust to new normal in placing students in careers - Link
• Tech firm selling to restaurants pivots in matter of days to thrive amid COVID-19, avoid layoffs - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal
• https://supportmylocal.shop/
• Houston Methodist Tech Hub Creates Early Telemedicine Training Venue for COVID-19 - Link
  - Crunchbase News’ Christine Hall & Jenna D'Illard
• Managing Burn Rates & Extending Cash Runways During Uncertain Times - Video
  - HXTV
• The Cannon Startup Innovation Scholarship - Link
  - The Cannon
• Brighter Bites Starts $2 Million Campaign, Seeks More Donations - Link
  - The Packer’s Chris Koger
• Stewart & Stevenson Signs Exclusive License Agreement with Rice University for ApolloBVM Ventilator Production - Link
• Down, But Not Out: Houston's Smaller Coworking Firms Grapple With The Coronavirus - Link
  - Bisnow
• The ION Podcast Series - Video
• Rice University ignites innovation in response to COVID-19 crisis - Link
• Recovered COVID-19 patient donates plasma to those still critically ill - Link
• Coronavirus: A Texas Medical Center continuing update - Link
• COVID-19 has transformed the business of organ transplants - Link
• Harris Health System partners with University of Houston to fulfill face shield orders during COVID-19 crisis - Link
  - Texas Medical Center
• Here's what Houston high schools shine brightest in the state, according to a new report - Link
• This Texas startup is helping Houston pets get virtual care during coronavirus - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• 9 Houston startups that are pivoting to provide COVID-19-related services - Link
• With the growing oil and gas crisis, Houston expert suggests an investment in tech - Link
• Houston accelerator announces newest cohort to tackle cleantech - Link
• Texas sees decline in clean energy jobs — and more losses are expected due to coronavirus - Link
• Houston health tech startup launches game-changing, at-home coronavirus testing - Link
• Houston's innovation ecosystem can't lose momentum amid COVID-19, entrepreneur says - Link
• New program in Houston is training future forensic scientists and digitizing DNA evidence - Link
• Houston organizations pivot to telemedicine and remote care amid COVID-19 crisis - Link
• University of Houston looks at how to navigate which ongoing research is considered essential - Link
• Aerospace giant taps Texas site to make face shields for health care workers battling the coronavirus - Link
• Houston entrepreneur turns focus to digital connections during COVID-19 outbreak - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
• Researchers solve ‘link discovery’ problem for terahertz data networks - Link
• Campus Kindness: Alum produces protective equipment for health care workers - Link
• How to give back to your community during the pandemic - Link
• Rice wins federal grant to advance sickle cell disease therapy - Link
• Bowers, Fox, Lima, Whitehurst and Zoghbi elected to Baker Institute Board of Advisors - Link
• Rice researchers look to ‘trap and zap’ coronavirus - Link
• Texas Policy Lab partners with Harris County judge on COVID-19 response - Link
• Manufacturer signs on to mass-produce Rice ventilator - Link
• Remote teaching makes us more human, Rice U. expert says - Link
• OpenStax experts to provide tips on promoting equity, engagement in online learning - Link
• Smucker named associate VP of development - Link
• Graduates job-hunting during recession must remain hopeful, according to Baker Institute expert - Link
• Moody studio space transformed to produce face shields for workers battling pandemic - Link
• Rice awards first COVID-19 research grants - Link
• Rice professor pulls together massive COVID-19 symposium - Link
• New resource for anthropology instructors enhances online teaching - Link
  - Rice University
• Renu Khator Elected to Prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Link
• How Are Texas Restaurants Surviving COVID-19 Shutdown? - Link
• UH Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic Offering Virtual Therapy - Link
• Searchable Atlases of High-Resolution 3-D Images Would Offer New Tool for Researchers, Clinicians - Link
• Tariffs on Chinese Imports Have Taken a Toll on Houston - Link
• Social Response: Graduate College of Social Work Launches Mask Drive - Link
• UH Researchers Improving Resolution in 3D Data Collected by Drones - Link
• UH Psychology Professor Joins Stars on BET Pandemic Relief Telecast - Link
• Real Life Superheroes: UH Alumni On Front Lines In Hospitals - Link
• Facing a Dire Need: UH Producing Face Shields for Houston Hospitals - Link
• Harris Health System—University of Houston Collaboration - Link
• Mike Floyd Named Second Truman Scholar in UH History - Link
• Distant but Connected: UH Students Serving the Community in the Time of Social Distancing - Link
  - University of Houston
• Houston insurance group raises $100M through share offering - Link
• Some Houston malls are opening for 'retail to go' starting Friday, April 24 - Link
• Covid-19 strikes the latest blow to Houston's battered office market - Link
• Kinder Institute founding director: 'Difficult times for Houston' ahead - Link
• Here are a few options for companies that didn't obtain federal relief funding - Link
• Houston co. creates investment opportunity to help businesses survive Covid-19 crisis - Link
• Honeywell unveils $10M Covid-19 relief fund for certain employees - Link
• Houston restaurant owners propose better solutions for PPP - Link
• Large Houston lenders, community banks prepare for second wave of PPP loans - Link
• Executive profile: Local sign company adds PPE manufacturing to business model amid pandemic - Link
• Spanish restaurants reopen with PPP funds; another award-winning chef offers meals at H-E-B - Link
• E-commerce boom, wild oil prices a mixed-bag for Houston's industrial market - Link
• How these Houston restaurants, plus one nonprofit, secured PPP loans - Link
• Beyond PPP: Here's how many SBA disaster loans have been approved in Texas - Link
• Bellagreen bouncing back after coronavirus-related shuttering thanks to PPP - Link
• Houston economist: These sectors could see notable job losses this year - Link
• Houston PE firm to offer free Covid-19 testing to all employees - Link
• Popular Houston bakery replaces recently shuttered restaurant with to-go concept - Link
• 'The workload has just gone crazy.' Houston Food Bank CEO talks demand, donations and PPP funds - Link
• NASA sets date for first crewed SpaceX launch - Link
• Four more Houston restaurants reopen for takeout service after coronavirus-related shuttering - Link
• Here are some resources Houston's small businesses can tap into to survive - Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• How a Houston hospital’s carpenter used sneeze-guard leftovers to create a life-saving device - Link
• Pearland Company Hustles To Fill Hand Sanitizer Orders - Link
• Hubble is 30 — and still sending mesmerizing images of space - Link
• Model forecasts significantly fewer COVID-19 deaths in Texas - Link
• Electronics recycling in age of pandemic - Link
• Many ways to pay without touching cards or cash. Maybe too many. - Link
• Free web design offered to aid small businesses struggling during pandemic - Link
• "I just can't do this." Harried parents forgo home school - Link
  - The Houston Chronicle's Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog's Dwight Silverman
• Rio Grande Regional Hospital and Valley Regional Medical Center Announce Grants To Aid In COVID-19 relief efforts - Link
  - The McAllen Chamber of Commerce
• North American Venture Report: Funding Up Slightly In Q1 - Crunchbase News’ Gené Teare & Mary Ann Azevedo - Link
• Insurance Policies Your VCs Want Post Funding - Lumen Insurance’s David Perez - Link
• How To Network Virtually - Myfoodjobrock’s Adam Yee - Link [Thank you Adam for mentioning me]
• How deal terms are changing right now - Techcrunch’s Connie Loizos - Link
• Mapping “The Future of Work” Startup & Investor ecosystem - Pietro Invernizzi - Link
• Jamie Siminoff Didn't Let His 'Shark Tank' Failure Stop Him From Building a Billion-Dollar Business With a Big Mission -Entrepreneur Magazine - Link
• A Tale Of Two Startups - Health Sector Innovation In A Time Of Crisis - Forbes’ Trevor Clawson - Link
• Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Accelerator - Link
• The unexpected secret to level up your networking - Fast Company’s Benjamin - Link
• Reflections on the coronavirus chaos. - Tamar Weinberg - Link
• A Theory of Zoom Fatigue
• The Convivial Society: Dispatch No. 5
• A Theory of Zoom Fatigue - L. M. Sacasas - Link
• The 'Undertaker Of Silicon Valley' Stays Busy As Startups Lay Off Thousands - NPR’s Bobby Allyn - Link
• Mapping “The Future of Work” Startup & Investor ecosystem - Pietro Invernizzi - Link
• Poll of NYC VCs shows hope for early-stage startups - Venture Beat - Link
• How To Successfully Host Large Virtual Meetings And Events - Forbes’ MeiMei Fox - Link [Congrats to Douglas Ferguson at Voltage Control]
• Bill Gurley is stepping away from an active role at Benchmark, 21 years after joining the firm - Techcrunch’s Connie Loizos - Link
• The Pitch Is in the Air, and It’s CBD Infused (or How to Play VC Bingo) - Unorthodox Ventures - Link
• Venture Capital Due Diligence: The Market Test How to determine if investments are VC ready - Austin @ GoingVC - Link
• 7 Keys To Working Remotely in the Time of Coronavirus - Remote COO - Link
• The Psychology of Founders Who Win in Downturns - NFX’s James Currier - Link
• 10 Business Models, 10 Companies, 10 New Ways of Working In A Pandemic - Hackernoon - Link
• A Resource Guide For Founders and Investors During This Uncertain Time - Grasshopper Bank - Link
• A Former Guardsman Wants to Help 100 Vets Found Their Own Tech Startup Every Year - Military.com - Link
• VCs see online forums as crucial support for young founders - Pitchbook’s Leah Hodgson - Link
• Farmers markets may be your safest bet for food shopping during the coronavirus pandemic - Catalina Jaramillo - Link
• How to Know If Your Business Can Survive Covid-19 - Inc. - Video
• Andrew O'Brien: Ruckify - Helping Communities In The Pandemic - The Lone Star Plate Podcast - TexasRealFood - Link
• Covid-19 Lockdown: Plan for it to last for 5 years - Boffinism - Link
• Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2020): Martech 5000 -- really 8,000, but who's counting? - Chief Marketing Technologist - Link
• Food tech startup reshapes strategy as coronavirus closes down lab work - Food Dive - Link
• The Scramble To Create Job Boards For Laid-Off Workers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic - Link
• IDEO Designers Share the Best Creative Advice They've Ever Received - ideo.com - Link
• Billionaire Mark Cuban Just Gave Businesses a Valuable Lesson in Crisis Leadership - Inc.com - Link
• The reason Zoom calls drain your energy - BBC Worklife - Link
• US Air Force starts 3D printing medical protective gear amid worldwide shortage - Link
• Facebook - Link
• Reframing Business Plans and Strategic Plans Post COVID - Notations on Non-Profits - Link
• How AI helps retail during the pandemic - Omdia - Tractica - Link
• Remember to Fly The Airplane – 5 Principles for Leading in a Crisis - Randy Conley - Link
• Maintaining And Growing Brand Loyalty Amidst The Crisis - T3’s Jay Suhr and James Lanyon - Link

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