Marc Nathan
18 min readApr 14, 2019

Texas Startup News, Opinion & Events in the Lone StartUP State
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Austin’s LiveOak Partners raises $105 million to invest in startups — Link

- Austin American-Statesman’s Lori Hawkins

  • LiveOak Venture Partners Locks in $105M Fund - Link
    - AustinInno's Brent Wistrom
  • LiveOak Venture Partners Closes a $105 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Texas Startups - Link
    - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
  • LiveOak Venture Partners raises $105M to invest in Texas startups - Link
    - BuiltinAustin’s Katie Fustich & Kelly O'Halloran
  • LiveOak Venture Partners raises $105M for startup investments - Link
    - Austin Business Journal’s Paul Thompson
  • Austin VC Firm LiveOak Venture Partners Closes Second, $105M Fund - Link
    - Xconomy’s Angela Shah
  • LiveOak Venture Partners raises $105M to invest in Texas startups - Link
    - The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Leinfelder

“Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners has closed on a new $105 million fund for early stage investments.LiveOak, is one of Central Texas' most active venture capital firms, previously raised a $100 million fund in 2014.The firm was founded by former Austin Ventures investors Krishna Srinivasan, Venu Shamapant and Ben Scott.” - Austin American-Statesman’s Lori Hawkins

Houston venture fund of funds doles out $5 million in Austin firm in its first investment - Link

- InnovationMap Houston’s Natalie Harms

Houston Exponential fund of funds invests in Austin VC fund - Link
- Houston Business Journal’s Chris Matthews

"The HX investment is a part of LiveOak's Fund II, which was oversubscribed and closed at $105 million, the company announced today. According to a release from LiveOak, Fund II is a continuation to the firm's dedication to Texas entrepreneurship. The fund will focus on funding within the state's four largest tech hubs — Austin, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio — and have initial investments ranging from $2 million to $4 million, the release states." - InnovationMap Houston’s Natalie Harms

Texas Q1 2019 Report: Lone Star Startups Raise Nearly $800M - Link

- Crunchbase’s Mary Ann Azevedo

Chevron to buy Anadarko in $33B mega deal - Link

- The Houston Chronicle’s Jordan Blum

In biggest deal since IPO, SolarWinds to drop $350M on Samanage - Link

- AustinInno’s Brent Wistrom

Help Regina Vatterott with her Recovery - Link

On Sunday morning 4/31/19, Regina was rushed into emergency surgery due to a major brain bleed. The doctors were able to get the bleeding under control and she is currently recovering in a hospital in Israel, where she was at the time.

We are raising funds for her recovery efforts, medical bills, rehab expenses, and travel expenses for her and her family to get back to Houston from Israel once Regina is stable enough to head home. - GoFundMe

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  • April 16: Tankee Talks Startup Success - Link
  • Writing A Startup Investor Update - Link
  • Hangar Names Matt Hunter as Chief Product Officer - Link
  • Austin A-List Entry Deadline: April 8 - Link
    - Austin Startups
  • EX Squared Solutions Announces Acquisition of Rocksauce Studios - Link
  • Kony Expands its Executive Leadership Team with Industry Veterans - Link
  • VC-backed Aceable appoints one as CFO and another as finance VP - Link
  • A more connected, insightful data world Tim Gasper - Link
  • Disrupting the Pentagon: Can the Air Force Learn To Think Like a Startup? - Link
    - Popular Mechanics’ Joe Pappalardo
  • New Ventures seeking teams to compete for spot in STAR Park - Link
    - San Marcos Daily Record
  • Phunware Announces Award of Patent for Mobile Device Localization Based on Relative Received Signal Strength Indicators - Link
  • Thank You Rooster Teeth - Link
    - Rooster Teeth’s Ezra Cooperstein

    Texas-Based Interplay Learning Announces Tech Veteran Sam Decker Joins Board of Directors - Link
  • Austin gets a new comprehensive transportation plan - Link
  • Proposed labor rule would mean gig economy workers in Texas can’t get unemployment benefits - Link
    - Austin Monitor
  • Austin downloads hundreds of jobs as software company zips into town - Link
    - Culture Map Austin
  • Zoho Plans to Go Big in Austin but Also Wants to Keep Things Weird - Link
  • NASA Selects UTSA to be Part of an Institute to Create Smart Habitats for the Moon and Mars - Link
  • Austin’s VC Investment up 16 Percent in the First Quarter to $704 Million - Link
  • Zoho Announces Plans to Relocate its Headquarters to 375-Acre Austin Campus with New Zoho University - Link
    - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
  • CyrusOne Gains $200M In Sale Of Portion Of GDS Shares - Link
  • WP Engine Links With HubSpot - Link
  • Magnitude Software Connects Tools To Database Provider Kx - Link
  • Spiceworks Expands In India With Development Center - Link
  • Former TPG Partner McGlashan Faces New Charges In College Admissions Scandal - Link
  • SailPoint Names CISO - Link
  • REX Sets Up Headquarters In Austin - Link
  • Interplay Learning Adds Austin's Sam Decker To Board - Link
  • Skratch Expands Reach Across Texas - Link
  • Ticketbud Aims At Restaurants By Linking To Events - Link
  • Zoho Moves HQ To Austin - Link
  • Traxo Links With Freebird - Link
  • Mavenir Wins Cellcom - Link
  • Aggredyne Gets FDA Nod On Testing Device - Link
  • Hart InterCivic Names Chief Sales Officer - Link
    - Texas Tech Pulse
  • Class of 2019 senior gift aims to improve UT Libraries - Link
  • UT creates new website for off campus living resources - Link
  • Freelancing allows students to apply skill sets, be their own bosses - Link
  • Take time to develop a life outside of work - Link
  • Dell Medical School of Social Work form first Department of Health Social Work - Link
  • UT researchers locate areas of the brain that house scary thoughts - Link
  • UT graduate students bring science to Austin libraries - Link
  • Local Austin business brings homemade twist to cookie delivery - Link
  • Textiles and Apparel Recycling campaign seeks to improve textile sustainability on campus - Link
  • UT should make public speaking more of a priority - Link
  • Here’s how UT researchers are improving 360 technology - Link
  • Longhorn Rocketry Association faces challenges amid NASA competition - Link
  • Startup founded by UT professor receives $80 million to research fighting cancer with immune system - Link
  • UT, Microsoft researchers seek to make computers more accessible to people who are blind - Link
  • UT game development students express concern amidst industry working conditions - Link
  • Speakers discuss representation at TEDxUTAustin conference - Link
    - The Daily Texan
  • Phunware Announces 15% Layoffs - Link
  • Report: Austin Named No. 1 Place to Live in the U.S. - Link
  • Zoho Will Make Austin Its New HQ - Link
  • ClaraPrice Wins the 2019 Tech Madness Championship - Link
    - AustinInno’s Brett Wistrom
  • Startup Weekend Hackout in Austin - Link
  • SXSW Moments: Kara Swisher - Link
  • SXSW Moments: Arlan Hamilton - Link
    - SXSW’s Hugh Forrest
  • LumApps, a social network-styled office communications tool, raises... - Link
  • Austin’s named best place to live yet again, thanks in large part to... - Link
  • What these Austin engineering teams value outside of technical talent - Link
  • ScaleFactor opens Denver office, with plans to double Austin team - Link
  • HyperScience crowdfunds $9.6M to further renewable energy and... - Link
    - BuiltinAustin’s Katie Fustich & Kelly O'Halloran
  • Startups love pondering inclusion, yet half have no women in leadership - Link
  • Apple adds ‘Autism Acceptance’ section to App Store - Link
  • FCC wildly misreports broadband adoption, leaving many under-served - Link
  • Real estate commissions are negotiable, no matter what any lawsuit says - Link
  • Consumers already becoming complacent about subscription products - Link
  • Beware: The biohacking obsession is attracting scammers - Link
  • Simple logo creation tools perfect for any freelancer - Link
  • Why Google’s AI ethics advisory board immediately imploded - Link
    - The American Genius
  • Austin VC investment starts 2019 on very high note - Link
  • Bill extending corporate tax incentive passes Texas House - Link
  • Austin adopts plan to get more people carpooling, riding the bus - Link
  • Austin's most philanthropic businesses recognized by Chamber - Link
  • 'Fixer Upper' stars reveal more about new TV network - Link
  • How Ryan Sanders Baseball built a business juggernaut on the success of the Round Rock Express - Link
  • Capital Gains: Amazon alcohol, biomass bailout, 5G fanfare - Link
  • Viewpoint: In this session’s billboard battle, one size doesn’t fit all - Link
  • Amazon's price cuts at Whole Foods put to the test - Link
  • New beer brewery coming to South Austin - Link
  • Behind the deal: How an Austin tech firm was bought by a Houston energy business - Link
  • 2 people to know in Austin tech: Matt Hunter & Jim Carroll - Link
  • Layoffs and major pivot behind it, Lifesize reaches $100M milestone - Link
  • Rocksauce Studios bought by another Austin company - Link
  • Amazon planning a deeper dive into alcohol sales? A new job posting suggests so. - Link
  • Home-selling website REX shifts HQ to Austin, plans to double staff - Link
  • AT&T announces 5G rollout in Austin — but won't say where - Link
  • Bumble's latest foray: scary world of print publishing - Link
  • Austin's next tech HQ: Software maker Zoho bringing hundreds of jobs to site near airport - Link
  • There's no better place to live than Austin, says U.S. News - Link
  • In the money April 8: $28M in deals, including for robot coffee maker & global defense giant - Link
  • Gensler, Tritium Partners lease space on hip strip - Link
  • Capital Metro may bring mass transit to the Drag, other parts of Central Austin - Link
  • UT grads take pediatric clinics, on-demand health care app statewide - Link
  • Bonobos founder invests in Austin startup making pots and pans - Link
    - Austin Business Journal
  • Why Austin is seeing a surge in VC investment this year - Link
  • New bus line offering 99-cent tickets from Austin to major Texas cities - Link
  • Giving City: Forum for men to increase awareness, action - Link
  • Austin's SolarWinds buying IT company Samanage for $350 million - Link
  • Advocates: Texans need wider access to medical marijuana - Link
  • Dell adds to market share in weakening global PC market - Link
  • Business groups: Sales tax plan 'promising,' but more info needed - Link
  • Whole Foods promised to cut prices. We checked to see if they did. - Link
  • Tech-focused real estate firm REX moves HQ from L.A. to Austin - Link
  • Workers push back on new Texas contractor rule - Link
  • Austin startup Frog leaps into crowded e-scooter market - Link
  • Software maker Zoho moving HQ to Austin, adding hundreds of jobs - Link
  • Austin's Forestar Group plans to raise $350 million - Link
  • CEO: Austin's SailPoint 'has arrived' as key player in cybersecurity sector - Link
    - Austin American-Statesman / 512Tech

SAN ANTONIO

  • How Do I Get Tech Savvy? - Link
    - Michael Girdley
  • UTSA tapped by NASA to help build homes on Moon, Mars - Link
    - KHOU
  • Active Capital Leads $1.8M Seed Round for Startup Back Office - Link
  • Port San Antonio Delegation at Global Aerospace Conference Highlights Advanced Tech - Link
  • UT Health San Antonio Launches New Accelerator for Researchers - Link
    - Startups San Antonio's Iris Gonzalez
  • Active Capital Leads $1.8M Round for Back Office’s AI Bookkeeping - Link
  • CD&R Buys Majority Stake in San Antonio’s Sirius Computer Solutions - Link
    - Xconomy's David Holley
  • Netflix CEO, Founder Reed Hastings to Speak at San Antonio Tech Rally - Link
  • Best Buy’s Health Tech Company Bringing Service Center to San Antonio - Link
  • Amid Shrinking Film Incentives, Alamo City Studios Goes the Co-Op Route - Link
  • Area Nonprofits Benefit From Talents of Local High School Media Makers - Link
  • The Man in The Castle: CEO Joe Eazor on ‘Remaking’ Rackspace - Link
  • Startups Focus on Motor Safety, Interactive Art, Music, Comics, and Skateboard Security - Link
    - Rivard Report
  • What to expect after the acquisition of NewTek - Link
  • Sirius Computer Solutions to get new majority owner - Link
  • Local developer builds new house-hunting platform - Link
  • UTSA moves closer to coveted research funding status - Link
  • SABJ presents the winners of the 2019 Fiesta Medal Contest - Link
  • Report: Texans take on 10% more credit card debt than U.S. average - Link
  • EDITOR'S NOTES: Take time to nominate a woman worthy of recognition - Link
  • Fiesta 101: A business guide to San Antonio's biggest party - Link
  • San Antonio entrepreneur seeks to automate solar field cleanup - Link
  • San Antonio robot maker gains entry to big pharma market - Link
  • Dura Software names CEO for recently acquired subsidiary - Link
  • Tobin Center expanding entertainment business beyond SA - Link
  • What to expect after the acquisition of NewTek - Link
  • San Antonio named top solar-powered Texas city - Link
  • Owner of Guadalupe County telemedicine company indicted - Link
  • Link New Tech Inc.: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • Stirista: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • Owens Recovery Science, Inc.: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • Frontline Support Solutions: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • E-Legal, Inc., d/b/a Easy Expunctions: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • San Diego health tech company bringing call center, 400 new jobs to SA - Link
  • Toyota to share patented electric vehicle technology for free - Link
  • Spurs to unveil new store in advance of NBA playoffs - Link
    - San Antonio Business Journal's Kristen Mosbrucker
  • A Breakdown of All the Cool New Brands at Neighborhood Goods - Link
  • Lyda Hill Philanthropies Looking for 100 Women STEM Ambassadors - Link
  • Inside the Launch of Dallas-Based App ‘Rent My Wardrobe’ - Link
    - D Magazine
  • Office supplies giant recruits Irving for first Texas coworking space - Link
    - Culture Map Dallas
  • Company backed by Dallas PE expands coast to coast - Link
  • Dallas County's marijuana policy now as lenient as any other in Texas - Link
  • Korean tobacco firm locates U.S. HQ in Fort Worth, DMN reports - Link
  • Mizzen+Main names new CEO as founder steps down - Link
  • It's official: Chip and Joanna Gaines to launch new TV network - Link
  • Maestro dba Feedback: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • OneSource Virtual: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • Center for Psychological Services: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • Foreman Therapy Services: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • Chargeback Gurus: Entrepreneurial Opportunity Contest finalist - Link
  • Why this $2.5B company chose McKinney for its new HQ - Link
  • VC investments more than triple in Dallas area during first quarter as U.S. falls - Link
  • Deal to crack Mexico's golf market begins in Texas - Link
  • California security company acquires Dallas firm with over 300 employees - Link
  • Behind the merger with Leo Holdings and what it means for Chuck E. Cheese's parent - Link
  • Five DFW finalists competing for funding in United Way's Social Innovation Accelerator competition - Link
  • Monday Money: More investors find Fort Worth's biotech scene - Link
  • Four Corners Brewing expands distribution outside of Texas - Link
    - Dallas Business Journal
  • The Recipe to Individual Success? Barack Obama says Innovation, Hard Work, and Resilience - Link
  • Discovery: REHEAL Glove Advances at UTA; UTD Studies Why Women Get More Migraines - Link
  • Opportunity Rising Foundation Names 6 New Board Members - Link
  • Dallas-based MoneyGram Wants to Give Gig Economy Workers Better Access to Cash Payments - Link
  • Follow the Money: Nimbix Gets $4M, Energy Spectrum Raises $867M; Sentrics Acquires SeniorTV - Link
  • ‘Math Will No Longer Protect Your Data’: VaultChain Wants to Make Data Impossible for Hackers to Reassemble - Link
  • FlintConf Aiming to Have Positive Impact on Denton Economy - Link
  • Dallas Wedding Fashion Designer, Retailer Watters Launches E-Commerce Site - Link
  • STEM in the Schoolyard: Sparking the ‘Curiosity’ That Fuels Innovation - Link
  • Tyler Technologies is “Fueling Connected Communities” at its Largest User Conference Yet - Link
  • Walmart’s Dallas Optical Facility Employs 320, Cranks Out Over 20,000 Glasses a Week - Link
  • Dallas Invents: 129 Patents Granted for Week of April 2 - Link
  • Don’t Miss These Local Flicks at This Year’s Dallas International Film Festival - Link
  • Winners Take Home $100K in Cash Prizes From TCU’s Socially Conscious Business Competition - Link
  • DI People: Celanese, Alerian, MTX Group Make Chief Executive Appointments - Link
  • *E1, E2, Art Behind Julian Placino’s ‘Pathways to Success’ Podcast - Link
  • LiveOak Venture Partners Closes $105M Fund for Investing in Texas Startups - Link
  • Capital One’s Innovation Summit Unites Corporations and Startups to Spark Real Change - Link
  • DSW19: The Week Wraps at the Corporate Startup Innovation Summit - Link
  • AfroTongues Launches as “the World’s First Crowd-Sourced App Exclusively for African Languages” - Link
  • Trend Micro’s IoT Joint Venture Offers a New Approach to Tackling Weaknesses in Cybersecurity - Link
  • This Tech Unicorn Is Growing Internationally With WeWork—Here’s How - Link
    - Dallas Innovates
  • All froth, no pour? Catchy ideas changing Texas beer, liquor and gambling laws may go flat - Link
  • George W. Bush honors Bill and Melinda Gates in Dallas with leadership award - Link
  • Mizzen+Main CEO to step down to fight 'crony capitalism' with Koch-funded policy group - Link
  • Austin woos real estate startup's HQ away from its California home - Link
  • New Richardson office project lands coworking firm Common Desk - Link
  • Airbnb reverses anti-Israel policy that got company blacklisted in Texas - Link
  • Musicians thrive in Texas' nearly $10 billion a year music industry, but what about educators? - Link
  • What a Walmart store manager in Texas thinks about his new robots, including one made in Frisco - Link
  • Dallas startup Cooklist wants to put your pantry in your pocket with Target's help - Link
  • California security firm Allied Universal acquires Securadyne for Dallas-based tech HQ - Link
  • Korean firm will set up U.S. headquarters and distribution center in north Fort Worth - Link
    - Dallas Morning News
  • StartupGrind Houston #SGWomen 2019 - Application Closes April 23rd, 5pm CST - Link
  • Fair Winds And Following Seas For Kelly Land - Combined Arms - Link
  • Rockets agree to sell majority stake in Clutch Gaming to 76ers for $20 million - Link
  • Houston Colors - Link
    - Houstoria
  • B2B Startups Pitch Perfect at Cannon Ventures Pitch Night - Link
    - The Cannon Blog
  • Beyond Oil: Bahrain, Houston Can Find Common Ground on Innovation - Link
    - Xconomy's Angela Shah
  • Houston Startup Creates Customized Stories Sent By Mail - Link
    - Houston Public Media
  • Accelerator program executive to connect the dots within Houston's innovation ecosystem - Link
  • Texas sees significant growth in VC investments for Q1, but Houston falls short - Link
  • 3 Houston entrepreneurs changing the world with their B2B startups - Link
  • 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
  • Houston crowned most diverse city in America by new report - Link
  • How tech boot camps can help solve the Houston innovation equation - Link
  • 5 Houston biotech companies taking health care to new levels - Link
  • New report shows that Houston and Texas are making strides in wind energy - Link
  • Texas A&M team wins second round of Boeing-backed flight device competition - Link
  • Accelerator program executive to connect the dots within Houston's innovation ecosystem - Link
  • Silicon Valley-founded sports tech startup relocates to Houston - Link
  • Houston venture fund of funds doles out $5 million in Austin firm in its first investment - Link
  • How Houston can bridge the cybersecurity talent gap - Link
  • 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  • Rice University startup competition awards record $2.9 million in prizes - Link
  • Houston energy storage provider inks major deal with Canadian tech co. - Link
    - InnovationMap / Culture Map Houston
  • Houston tech firm grows Texas footprint through acquisitions, new office locations - Link
  • Boeing CEO, speaking in Texas, says test flights for software update have been successful - Link
  • Tulane University evaluating its presence in Houston - Link
  • CEO: Chevron, Anadarko megadeal portends billions in divestment - Link
  • Sysco acquires two more food distributors - Link
  • San Antonio-based insurance, risk management brokerage expands to Houston - Link
  • Bill extending corporate tax incentive passes Texas House - Link
  • Walmart to spend nearly $265M on store improvements, innovations in Texas - Link
  • Chevron to acquire major Houston-area upstream energy co. for $33B - Link
  • Home-selling website shifts HQ from California to Texas, plans to double staff - Link
  • VillageMD exec on Walgreens partnership: 'It's an opportunity that we could never pass on' - Link
  • Macy's rolls out concept store to Houston location, 35 others - Link
  • National wealth management firm names new Houston president - Link
  • Houston-area Walgreens to open primary care clinics in partnership with health care co. - Link
  • Behind the deal: Houston energy co. buys oil field data firm - Link
  • Mattress Firm’s executive chairman, president and CEO resigns - Link
  • UH gets $1M gift from large energy co. to fund new faculty positions - Link
  • United Airlines still giving employees performance bonus despite missing goals - Link
  • Do Texans get a good return on investment from their tax dollars? - Link
  • HEB-adjacent Houston coffee concept opens flagship location - Link
  • Former RigNet CEO takes top spot at Canadian oil field tech co. - Link
  • Geographic spotlight: Downtown Houston experiences renaissance in 2018 - Link
  • 4 data points to know in Texas energy - Link
  • Record $2.9M in prizes doled out at Rice Business Plan Competition - Link
  • Woodlands-based co. takes pediatric clinics, on-demand health care app statewide - Link
  • National coworking co. president: ‘We are actively looking’ at other submarkets in Houston - Link
    - Houston Business Journal
  • Greg Powers – Halliburton - Link
  • Russ Capper – The Executive Director of Houston Exponential - Link
    - HighDrive Network
  • Drill Team Six wins Engineering Design Showcase - Link
  • 7 selected for Rice alumni board; president and president-elect announced - Link
  • 34 Rice students win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, funding - Link
  • 2D borophene gets a closer look - Link
  • ‘Deep learning’ casts wide net for novel 2D materials - Link
  • Plastic lab waste from Rice becomes coral reef on land - Link
  • Rice’s Matthew Brake wins NSF CAREER award - Link
  • Army Futures Command visits Rice - Link
  • Vita Inclinata Technologies from Mitchell Hamline Law School wins RBPC - Link
    - Rice University
  • Houston 3D printing company opens community showroom for hands-on activities - Link
  • Texas startup welcomes guests to rent out sprawling private ranches across the state - Link
  • Virtual reality tour lets you peek in refineries - Link
  • MassChallenge now accepting applications from Houston startups - Link
  • Power in your pocket: Apollo computers forged breakthrough - Link
  • Peek inside FirmSpace's new coworking office in Uptown - Link
    - The Houston Chronicle's Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog
  • Mcallen Chamber Awards 2018 Top 5 Small Businesses - link
  • 13 Questions With Mcallen Chamber Board Member - link
  • People You Should Know – Frank Almaraz - Link
  • Meet Your Ambassador – Tina Ziegler - Link
  • How Do You See the World? - Link
    - McAllen Chamber of Commerce
  • The 4 Ps of Media Technology - MediaTech.Ventures Paul O'Brien- Link
  • PITCH DECK LIBRARY: Here are the pitch decks that helped hot startups raise millions - Link
  • Rise of the Venture Studio - Steve Gotz — Partner, Silicon Foundry - Link
    Backstage Detroit accelerator participant Foodstand acquired by digital health company - Link
  • Aspen Institute's CEO on Running a Nonprofit Focused on the Exchange of Ideas (Podcast) - Link
  • 8 Biggest Fintech Incubators in the USA - Link
  • Welcome To The New C-Store Innovation Game - pymnts.com - Link
  • Uber Reveals One of Its Big Vulnerabilities - Slate - Link
  • Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Children's National Health System* to Launch JLABS @ Washington, DC - Link
  • Allies to join Army Futures Command - Link
  • Office Depot opens more coworking spaces in stores - Link
  • Sprint Accelerator announces 2019 class - Link
  • Chamillionaire On Investments With Lyft And Black Financial Freedom - Link
  • Esports: Is this Israel’s next ‘athletic’ frontier? - Jonathan Frenkel - Link
  • Meet the woman behind Amazon’s explosive growth - FastCompany - Link
  • People Are Telling Us What They Want From Cities, We're Just Not Listening - ETS Insights Seyi Fabode - Link
  • Why I’m doing a startup again after years of investing - Tom Howard - Link
  • How to Engage Millennials at Retail Fueling Stations - Link
  • How to Close More Mid-Market M&A Deals - Link
  • The Con of the Side Hustle - The New York Times’ Alissa Quart - Link
  • Seed investing: Art or (data) science? - Christoph Janz - Link

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Monday, April 29, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Austin Central Library
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Outlier Podcast Festival
May 17th 6:30pm – May 18th 4:00pm
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119 Nueces St, Austin, TX 78701
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Wednesday, April 24 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm
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How To Be A Male Ally To Women In Tech
Wednesday April 24, 2019 · 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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Tuesday April 30, 2019 – 4:00pm
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