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Unite Texas startups, distinct new ideas and ventures, and opportunity
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If you're not involved in @founding (Founder Institute) as a program director, mentor, or founder, you're missing out on the largest network in the world. James Phelan, Mery Ramirez, and @NatashaGorodetz spinning up more in Houston via
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The Founder Institute provides local & global support networks and a proven methodology to get your startup to early traction and funding
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Today we funded our FINAL pre-seed investment of the year: - Second-time founder - Bootstrapped last company to a $50M exit - Austin-based - Cold inbound three weeks ago - Modern payment infrastructure for the insurance industry - Larger-than-average lead check Reminder: we’re
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5 Predictors of Startup Failure; One of Which Proves Conventional Wisdom Wrong
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Most startup advice is recycled nonsense from those who haven't seen the harsh reality of startup failure. Discover the real predictors today.
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I’m pleased to end the year by announcing that Craft Ventures has opened an Austin office. God bless Texas and happy new year!
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Startups and the Art of Worldbuilding
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Film Producer Anton Jokikunnas recently shared a wonderful observation that "each film is a startup," kind enough to add a thought I published the other day,
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New Year, New Idea about Startup Ideas... People like me are asked (a lot), how to validate ideas. What happens over time then, when there are countless podcasts, books, and articles about how to validate ideas - and yet people are still asking how - is that you start to
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These 10 startups made waves in Houston's innovation scene this year.
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These startups reached memorable milestones, won prestigious awards, found creative solutions and disrupted their industries.
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Houston continues to stand out as a top destination for entrepreneurs, ranking No. 7 among the best large U.S. cities for startups thanks to strong business growth, one of the nation’s most affordable office markets, a growing freelance workforce and a startup survival rate that
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Luxury commuter van startup connects Houston with Austin and San Antonio
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Houstonians now have a new way to hop between cities, and it comes with Wi-Fi, leather seats, and a guaranteed Buc-ee’s stop. On November 17, mobility startup Shutto launched its luxury van service...
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There Is No “Era of the Bootstrapped Startup,” There’s Math, Memory Loss, and Better Advice
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No, it isn’t the era of the bootstrapped startup. And pretending otherwise is how regions misallocate money, how founders misunderstand capital markets, and
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"Avride is a U.S.-based autonomous vehicle startup headquartered in Austin, TX, with additional R&D hubs around the world. The company develops and operates both autonomous cars and delivery robots that share technologies and mutually benefit from each other’s advancements — a
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🎸 Big news! Routeware has officially opened our new HQ in Austin, Texas—supporting our remote-first model while giving teams, customers, and partners a collaborative hub for meetings, demos & planning. Read more ➜ https://t.co/JWH2hXEDVs
#AustinTX #GovTech #SmartCities
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Austin is the 8th global startup ecosystem & 5th in the US according to @PitchBook. Underneath 14th in development (raw size) and 3rd in growth, based on value & counts of deals, exits, & funds. Sectors: SaaS 7th US/8th Global Healthcare 8th/10th Fintech 8th/15th 🤠🚀🦾
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We’re not in the “Era of Bootstrapping.” We’re in the Era of Remembering How Entrepreneurship Works People keep calling this a “new age” for founders. Bootstrapping didn’t rise. The denominator did. More founders. Same math. More people realizing VC was never coming. Cities
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Every few years, someone declares a new epoch in entrepreneurship. We’ve had the “Era of Lean,” the “Rise of the Micro-VC,” the “Democratization of Innovation,” and (God help us) the phase where...
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If you look good in a bow tie, you’re obligated to turn it into an economic development metaphor. 😎 Cities, stop wearing clip-ons and actually tie your startup ecosystems together… all connected by one knot: entrepreneurs. https://t.co/1AvaRnQOjN
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If startup ecosystems were a fashion statement, most cities would look like clip on necktie that everyone admires for the good intention of dressing it up. In reality, we’ve overserved accelerators...
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Only in Austin... Austin is one of those rare places where the absurd becomes normal. → A guy flying a drone? Normal. → A startup scaling to $10M? Normal. → People doing breathwork in a sauna at 6am? Also normal. ✌️
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Texas Medical Center (TMC) Innovation selected 11 startups for its 2025 HealthTech Accelerator, a six-month program to help early-stage medical technology (medtech) companies grow. 025 Startup Cohort: - OsseoLabs - Roam Technologies - SageSpectra - OptiLung - Dozee - Dynamic
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The Houston Investment and Trade Mission has arrived in Taiwan! Led by the Greater Houston Partnership, @HoustonFirst and @HarrisCoJudge Lina Hidalgo, the mission aims to attract new investment and strengthen Houston’s global connections across East Asia. 🌐Learn more about how
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Judge Hidalgo and the trade delegation she is leading met with Inventec, a global technology leader driving the future of AI, cloud computing, and advanced manufacturing. Inventec recently announced opening a massive manufacturing plant in Katy that will bring at least 2300 jobs
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