Carey Smith Launches Unorthodox Ventures in Austin to Invest in Startups with Great Products - Link

- Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek

They Sold Their Company for $500 Million, Then Went Real-Estate Shopping - Link
- Wall Street Journals’ Katherine Clarke

"Smith runs Unorthodox Ventures with a small group of former employees, known as the Kitchen. They are headquartered in an office park off Friedrich Lane in South Austin."

TeXchange September Third Thursday Lunch - Link

TeXchange Austin 2019 Lunch
The Corum Group – Texas M&A Update
Thursday, September 19 2019 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
Capital Factory | 701 Brazos Street | Austin, TX 78701
https://texchangeaustinseptember2019.eventbrite.com?discount=texassquared
Discount Code: texassquared

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Next Coast Ventures Expands Footprint Announcing Sarah Puil as Entrepreneur-in-Residence - Link
Newchip Accelerator Launches September 2019 Pre-Seed Cohort - Link
Chris Laing, PhD, Executive Director Capital City Innovation - Link
- Health Tech Austin
Hemp Processor Socati Corp. Moves Headquarters to Austin - Link
This Austin-based startup helps companies unleash the true power of data and AI - Link
Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital is focus of complaint to FBI - Link
- Los Angeles Times
LiveOak Venture Partners Adds David Stewart to Investment Team - Link
Innovative Startup Fetch Announces National Expansion - Link
Spaces opens coworking location in Austin - Link
Spreetail Failure Reddit thread - Link [Hat tip: Michael Crider]
$100,000 Artificial Intelligence Investment Challenge at Defense Innovation Summit - Link
- Austin Startups
Next Coast Ventures Names New EIR - Link
HID Global Buys HydrantID - Link
Neighborhood Goods Finds $11M - Link
Realized Lands $6M For Real Estate Wealth Management - Link
GameStop To Cut 200 More Stores - Link
Hostway/Hosting Becomes Ntirety - Link
- Texas Tech Pulse
Inside Austin Startup Rhythmo’s Kickstarter Campaign for a DIY Drum Machine - Link
Austin Investment Property and Wealth Management Startup Raises $6M - Link
ICON is 3D Printing Homes for the Homeless in Austin - Link
New York Company Making Bone Conduction Headphones Relocates to Austin - Link
- AustinInno’s Brett Wistrom - Subscribe Here
Headphone Maker AfterShokz Moves from New York to Austin - Link
ICON Partners with Mobile Loaves & Fishes to Build 3D Printed Homes for Austin’s Homeless Population - Link
ContentATX Focuses on Storytelling and Communication Skills - Link
- Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
Kim Gordon, Reggie Fils-Aimé, Chip and Joanna Gaines, Robert Rodriguez, and More Join SXSW 2020 - Link
Austin Forum in Sept: Data & Ethics - Link
Sept 20: SXSW Art Program Deadline - Link
Sept 19–21: CMBXP Returns to ATX - Link
- SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
Q&A: How 2 UT students turned Teslas into long-distance travel choice for professionals - Link
UT research shows greater e-cigarette use due to unregulated marketing - Link
Former CIA director, US Special Operations commander host panel to discuss counterterrorism - Link
CHAARG brings diverse workouts, community of women to UT - Link
Austin Transportation launches new website to provide resources - Link
New equipment expected to improve fingerprint visualization in APD’s forensics lab - Link
Raising Canes founder donates $10,000 for children’s future college careers - Link
University completes admission scandal investigation, finds no other fraudulent admissions - Link
Global learning award winners honored for their research - Link
Austin FC partners with UT students to help build experience, grow fan base - Link
Social media rise helps tattoo collectors, hurts small parlors - Link
Make earth smile, support UT's zero waste initiative - Link
Student Government will make zero waste a priority - Link
Becoming zero waste requires campuswide involvement - Link
- The Daily Texan
The Founding Stories of 5 Major Austin Tech Companies — and What's... - Link
Social Good, Technically Sound: A Peek Inside Blackbaud’s Frameworks... - Link
How a Diverse, Community-Driven Workforce is Setting Blackbaud Up for... - Link
Austin Real Estate Startup Realized Raises $6M - Link
AfterShokz, Whose Headphones Transmit Audio Through Your Skull, Moves... - Link
Weekly Refresh: Facebook’s New Office and UT’s Very Intimidating... - Link
- BuiltinAustin
Journal Profile: Marc Pickren keeps OutboundEngine humming - Link
More names to know backing Austin FC - Link
Viewpoint: City Hall's actions harming Austin residents, neighborhoods - Link
Texas universities top Forbes' latest ranking of most valuable football programs - Link
Capital Gains: Tacos and SXSW — that's what Austin does! - Link
Austin's Rooster Teeth cuts 13% of jobs - Link
What Austin can learn about traffic, housing, homelessness from similar US cities - Link
Kendra Scott selects direct-to-consumer shipping partner - Link
Texas Facilities Commission boss Mike Novak wants to sell underperforming assets, bring tech to state agency - Link
Austin-made hard seltzer takes on White Claw, rest of crowded category with unique taste - Link
Table of Experts: Building a workplace employees love - Link
Why insurance-tech companies are piling into Austin, raising millions of dollars - Link
Austin could outlaw homeless camping downtown, in West Campus - Link
Austin startup at intersection of wealth, real estate raises $6M - Link
Austin startup helping companies demystify AI grows leadership team - Link
First look: Amazon opens Southeast Austin delivery facility as part of expanding logistics network - Link
How Amazon's huge hiring surge is playing out in Austin, where it's already one of the largest employers - Link
How Texas schools fared in 2020 edition of closely watched college rankings - Link
Icon to build 3D-printed homes for Austin’s homeless as it preps for other Central Texas projects - Link
Texas attorney general joins investigation of Google - Link
In the money Sept. 9: Nearly $3M in deals for legal software, diagnostics - Link
Austin superfood supplement company scores Whole Foods deal - Link
Analysis: Millennials in Texas more likely to own a home than their peers elsewhere - Link
H-E-B bringing multi-level store, BBQ to Lake Austin location - Link
How podcast luminary Dan Carlin turned an empty Austin warehouse into a World War I trench - Link
- Austin Business Journal
Why Austin is seeing a surge in VC investment this year - Link
Headphones maker Aftershokz moves HQ to Austin, has growth plans - Link
Austin's HID Global acquires Utah security tech company - Link
Austin's Rooster Teeth laying off 13% of staff - Link
Whole Foods ending health benefits for part-time workers - Link
LIFE AFTER SOCO: Merchants that helped define South Congress now reinventing themselves elsewhere - Link
H-E-B's Lake Austin store to feature multi-level design, underground parking, BBQ joint - Link
Dallas Fed: Austin economy continues boom - Link
GameStop lays off 14% of workers, closing up to 200 stores - Link
More 3D-printed homes destined for Austin homeless community - Link
After merger, Austin cloud services firm reborn as Ntirety - Link
Austin wealth management platform Realized raises $6M for growth - Link
Texas leads coalition of states targeting Google in antitrust probe - Link
- Austin American-Statesman / 512Tech

SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio Startup Events for the Week of September 16, 2019 - Link
- Startup San Antonio
Public Failure, Internal Strife, Lawsuits: Blue Duck's Short Ride Through San Antonio - Link
- Texas Public Radio’s Paul Flahive
Morphe hosting official grand opening for San Antonio store this weekend - Link
- San Antonio Express-News
The 25 Best Mexican Restaurants in San Antonio, According to Yelp - Link
This Week in San Antonio Food News: Restaurant Owner Named During Democratic Debate, Openings and Meals with a Cause - Link
100% of Bakery Lorraine's 'Bahama Macaron' Sales to Benefit Hurricane Dorian Victims - Link
Candidate Andrew Yang Sends Shoutout to the Founder of San Antonio's Pinch Boil House During Democratic Debate - Link
The Take Away: Talking Culinary Competitions with the Petroleum Club’s Vanguelis Pablopulos - Link
Finger Lickin’ Good: Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! May Be Gimmicky, But Morgan Spurlock Succeeds as a Showman - Link
Here Come the Meats: Three San Antonio Chefs to Compete in Butcher's Ball this Fall - Link
San Antonio Designer Toymaker Aaron Moreno to Debut New Gallery in Southtown - Link
Small Plates, By the Numbers: Whole Lotta Whataburger - Link
Here's Why the Lawsuit Over San Antonio's Refusal to Let Chick-fil-A Into the Airport Probably Won't Go Anywhere - Link
After the Lege: New Texas Laws Bring Changes for Entrepreneurs, Brewers and Foodies - Link
Traders Village Seeks a Slice of the San Antonio Geek Pie with their Own ComiCon - Link
Texas Monthly Hires First Full-Time Taco Editor to Staff, And Honestly It's Goals - Link
San Antonio Cocktail Conference Names 2020 Signature Drink - Link
- San Antonio Current
Scaleworks Firm Chargify Bolts Into Revenue Management Space, Installs New CEO - Link
Flavor-Maker Twang a Seasoned Family Business in San Antonio - Link
- The Rivard Report
App to host event aimed to feed needy San Antonians - Link
Why TRTF selected Merchants Ice for new innovation center - Link
Chargify CEO discusses the company's new products - Link
Scaleworks company Chargify brings on new CEO - Link
NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson teams with son on new podcast - Link
Biotech backers look to put East SA's economic past on ice - Link
Handcrafted luxury boot brand kicks off pop-up series at Pearl (Slideshow) - Link
SwRI to support Space and Missile Systems Center - Link
San Antonio ortho group testing new patient cost-transparency technology - Link
SA spirits maker strikes big deals; eyes new facilities - Link
Fredericksburg jeweler sees growth through alternative financing - Link
- San Antonio Business Journal
Workspace venture VariSpace announces company’s second campus to be in Southlake - Link
- NTXInno’s Kevin Cummings
Dallas-Based Centre and Neighborhood Goods Will Expand to New Cities - Link
Legendary Wildcatter, Businessman, and Philanthropist T. Boone Pickens Dies at 91 - Link
D CEO’s 2019 Oil and Gas Awards: Trevor Rees-Jones to Receive Lifetime Achievement - Link
Tina Craig is Launching Skincare, Neighborhood Goods’ ‘The Residency,’ and More Beauty News - Link
- D Magazine
Plano startup bringing location tech to auto dealers looking to raise $1M - Link
ClassPass-like coworking concept launches in North Texas - Link
Why Net-A-Porter tapped Dallas as part of its expansion effort - Link
Reese Witherspoon's Draper James to open a pop-up store in Southlake - Link
RewardStyle is growing beyond its Instagram savvy as it charts its own path - Link
Texas jeweler James Avery names new CEO - Link
Farm stands remain oases in southern Dallas food deserts - Link
JCPenney hopes to bring in customers with new outdoor-focused offering - Link
GameStop on track to shutter 180 or more stores - Link
Tariffs, profitability and 600 stores: At Home's CEO discusses earnings - Link
Plano company expanding local data center facility amid surging demand - Link
Why DFW Airport is spending millions on smart bathrooms - Link
Southwest Airlines announces tech, marketing leadership changes - Link
Exclusive: Texas Central signs largest partner for high-speed rail project - Link
Women in Business name their best small purchases of the past year - Link
Women in Business honorees name their favorite restaurants - Link
Amazon to hire 300 for regional air hub in DFW that’s slated to open in October - Link
T. Boone Pickens: Oil magnate and corporate raider (1928-2019) - Link
NFL team valuations jump in 2019 — and the Cowboys are still on top - Link
DFW startup bringing fresh approach to retail lands funding of $11M, expects more - Link
Ruff family seeks criminal inquiry against lawyer, bank over millions in trust fund - Link
Readers' Choice poll announced for Most Admired CEO Awards - Link
Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project passes 'major milestone' to becoming reality - Link
VARIDESK lands big lease at Las Colinas workspace as it adds Southlake location - Link
Former Solera CEO suing over stock options worth more than $100M - Link
Amazon points to growth in North Texas as it taps area for big job fair - Link
Dallas finance company applies to be NASDAQ-listed, adds board seats - Link
- Dallas Business Journal
Venture Dallas: Big-Name Speakers Talk Tech, Funding, and Growth in Dallas-Fort Worth - Link
How a First-Year Venture Conference Opened Investors’ Eyes About DFW’s High-Growth Companies - Link
Venture Dallas: Emmitt Smith on Why Retirement is Overrated, Off-Seasons are Key, and DFW is the ‘Center of the Universe’ - Link
Tech Disruptors Are Already Delivering Changes to the Supply Chain, C&W Report Says - Link
Discovery: SMU and UTSW Figure Out How Birds Migrate at Night, Scientists Find Possible Polycystic Kidney Disease Drug - Link
A Look at the Industries Dallas-Fort Worth May Dominate Down the Road - Link
Tech Wildcatters’ Fall 2019 Cohort Kicks Off with Seven New Startups - Link
McKesson and TrakCel Form a Collaboration to Commercialize Cell and Gene Therapies - Link
‘ClassPass of Coworking’: Deskpass Wants to Make Shared Spaces Even More Flexible in Dallas-Fort Worth - Link
Follow the Money: Neighborhood Goods Nets $11M, Ford Financial Fund Raises $1B; Integrity Marketing Makes Acquisition - Link
Innov8te Smart Cities Incubator Names Heyn Managing Director - Link
Venture Dallas Kicks Off With One-on-One Meetings at Capital Factory - Link
Masergy Announces AI-Powered ‘Virtual Engineer’ to Enable Autonomous Networking - Link
JLL Report: Fort Worth’s Near Southside Primed to Become Innovative, Economic Force - Link
How UNT Dallas College of Law Created a Virtual Crime Scene to Help Law Students - Link
Dallas Invents: 156 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 3 - Link
An Event is Coming to Dallas Where Volunteers Build Websites for 48 Nonprofits in 48 Hours - Link
Meet Hasith Vattiku: One of Two DFW-Based Breakthrough Junior Challenge Semifinalists - Link
Meet Shruti Siva: One of Two DFW-Based Breakthrough Junior Challenge Semifinalists - Link
Two North Texas Students Reach Semifinal Round of Breakthrough Junior Challenge - Link
Ten North Texas Women Selected as IF/THEN Ambassadors to Promote STEM Education - Link
DI People: AT&T Business, Smoothie King, and Hilti North America Make Leadership Announcements - Link
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Partners with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas to Improve Community Health - Link
BionorthTX Names Pharma Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist as Stone Award Recipient - Link
Linear Labs Launches a New Version of Its Electric Motor Aimed at Micromobility - Link
- Dallas Innovates
Dallas Public Library Staged to Open Podcasting Studio, Sewing Rooms and Other Maker Spaces - Link
- Dallas Observer
Voyage Lands $31M To Expand Self-Driving Vehicle Fleet from Chevron Technology Ventures - Link
Army Spouse Wins Great American Entrepreneur Challenge - Reda Marie Hicks GotSpot - Link
Houston Shattering Glass Ceilings as a Top 10 US City with Most Women-Owned Startups - Link
Building a Product, Building a Company, Building a Team: TMC’s Biodesign Program Is Looking for Intrepid Talent! - Link
Former competitive cyclist shifts gears to lead a medical device startup - Link
- TMC Innovation
Station Houston Grows In Rowe’s First Year - Link
Station Houston Bolsters Executive Team with Female Leaders - Link
Houston’s Innovation Strategy: Two years later - Link
- Station Houston
Former Station Houston director joins the Plug and Play team as the program prepares for launch - Link
Here's what startups can learn from Houston exits - Link
These innovative Houston clinics are taking urgent care to the next level - Link
5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
Downtown Redevelopment Authority approves $1.25 million grant for new-to-Houston accelerator program - Link
Rice University research sheds light on what family office investors are looking for - Link
Rice Alliance names 10 most promising energy technology companies at its annual forum - Link
Nearly 3 million students are using Rice University-published online textbooks this year - Link
Houston university named the best in the state and among the top schools in the country - Link
New Accenture exec aims to put Houston's innovation on the map - Link
Houston booms among nation's top 10 markets for new apartments - Link
5 things to know before you get rid of your company's old electronics - Link
Houston energy services company closes $7.2 million series A round - Link
Houston blockchain startup closes oversubscribed seed round of funding with local investors - Link
3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
- InnovationMap / Culture Map Houston
Rice ranks among top 20 national universities, still best in Texas - Link
More than half of all colleges and 2.94 million students using free OpenStax textbooks this year - Link
7 staff members honored with RICE MILE Award - Link
JFK’s legacy inspires next wave of ‘moonshots’ - Link
Bank compliance costs jumped more than $50B a year after Dodd-Frank Act, Rice expert finds - Link
Rice anthropologist explores how sustainable energy solutions impact people - Link
Houston’s lifelong learners gather at Rice’s Glasscock School - Link
A resource-full Resumayhem - Link
- Rice University
UH Engineer Leads Team Creating Point-of-Care Test for Prostate Cancer - Link
Testing New Treatment for Epilepsy Patients - Link
What Will Drive the New Energy Economy? - Link
- University of Houston
Wisconsin startup accelerator nabs $1.25M grant to expand into Houston - Link
Zadok Jewelers founders to break ground on mixed-use development near the Galleria - Link
Funding Roundup: Houston startups in finance, data science raise money - Link
The story behind MyPayrollHR and ValueWise — the companies that have left thousands scrambling with few answers - Link
Houston workers not getting paychecks after New York-based payroll company closes - Link
Woodlands-based pharma co. to receive $260M in drug dispute settlement - Link
Charming Charlie founder bids to buy brand, IP assets out of bankruptcy - Link
Photos: All-day wine cafe opens second Houston location in Montrose - Link
Conn's to enter 15th state with new distribution center, potentially 40 future stores - Link
For Mustang Cat, building relationships goes beyond being a family-owned business - Link
Non-Deal of the Week: $1.2B deal to acquire Stewart Information Services called off - Link
Sorry, Dallas. Houston No. 1 in Texas for multifamily permitting, report says - Link
Houston-based pizza chain's founder back as majority owner, eyes expansion - Link
Burger joint in Houston's Washington Corridor to open second location - Link
Houston ranks high on list of cities with most franchises - Link
Lawsuit claims Home Depot 'surreptitiously' collecting customers' 'faceprint' - Link
How a culture of equality can increase innovation - Link
French food services co. moves energy HQ to Houston - Link
HBJ asks 2019 Most Admired CEOs: How do you unwind? - Link
Former Tudor Pickering Holt leader spins out energy asset management firm - Link
Why businesses need both public and private Wi-Fi - Link
- Houston Business Journal
Houston-backed startup assistance program coming to downtown - Link
UH launches Sales Academy for tech industry - Link
Pop-up coworking space for women plans to open permanent location - Link
Houston company builds blockchain network to verify products are fair trade, sustainable - Link
Fitness app brings personal trainers, yoga instructors to your home - Link
Girls Who Code CEO to keynote Houston symposium - Link
Tech, freelancers help businesses work with fewer staffers - Link
Big Tech faces a new set of foes: nearly all 50 US states - Link
Texas to lead multi-state inquiry into large tech firms - Link
- The Houston Chronicle's Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog
McAllen Earns Another Top Safety Ranking - Link
Five Decision Making Traps to Avoid - Link
- McAllen Chamber of Commerce
UnitedHealthcare accelerator chooses 10 digital health startups for inaugural cohort - Link
[Congrats to Mountain Health (Dallas), Bloom Circle (Houston), and Revealix (Austin)]
How to tell if your SEO campaign is actually working - The American Genius - Link
In 'disgusting' move, Jeff Bezos abruptly cuts health benefits for nearly 2000 part-time Whole Foods workers - Raw Story - Link
I Wasn’t Always So Carless - Richard Bagdonas - Link
PitchBook names top entrepreneurial schools of 2019 - Link
How to Succeed In Startups (Without Getting Lucky) - Alex Mittal - Link
The Best Traffic Sources for SaaS Lead Generation in 2019 - Mike Sonders - Link
Miami's venture ecosystem is trying hard to grow up - Link
WeWork Tries to Address Investor Concerns With Big Governance Changes: Term Sheet - Link
America Makes, NFL to Tackle Concussions with Helmet Competition - Business Journal Daily - Link
Meet the Founders in This Year's MIT delta v Accelerator - Link
CBRE, After Launching WeWork Competitor, Forecasts Coworking Shift - Link
Op-ed: Hawaii’s innovation economy goes far beyond R&D - Link
The Exclusive Inside Story Of The Fall Of Overstock’s Mad King, Patrick Byrne - Forbes’
Lauren Debter - Link
What I Learned Attending the Best Events in the World This Year - SaaStr - Link
Micro-VC fund management and capital account statements - David G. Cohen - Link
Instagram Versus Reality at Failed Interior-Design Start-up Homepolish - NYMag’s Madison Malone Kircher - Link
Six Lessons Learned Bringing a Machine Learning Product to Market - Georgian Partners - Link
The Passing of Two of My Childhood Business Heroes - Feld Thoughts - Link
Platforms vs Verticals and the Next Great Unbundling - Andreessen Horowitz - Link
The Siren Song of ROI Based Pricing - Tomasz Tunguz - Link
How should startup founders think about exit strategies? - SaaStr - Link
Why Positive Cashflow Matters - AVC - Link

Carey Smith Launches Unorthodox Ventures in Austin to Invest in Startups with Great Products - Link

TeXchange September Third Thursday Lunch - Link

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