Get the lowdown of what's going on in the Austin startup scene. These slides are from the Intro to the Austin Startup Scene meetup at Capital Factory http://bit.ly/welcome2austin .
Josh Baer's version of this presentation can be seen at this link http://bit.ly/intro2austin.
delivered presentation again (and updated the slides) on July 29, 2014.
2. Austin
Open Coffee Club
(Instigator)
Austin on Rails
(Co-Founder / Leader)
Cafe Bedouins
(Founder)
Austin API
(Co-Organizer)
Techstars
(Mentor)
@damon
VitalSource
(Early Engineer)
DoesFollow
(Founder)
3. Austin
where we’ll begin
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
3
• Kudos"
• Upcoming"
• Map It"
• Companies"
• Unicorns"
• Vibe
• Startup Communities"
• People To Know
• Where to Sign Up"
• Where to Hang Out"
• Where to Meet Up"
• How to Keep Tabs"
• Funding Options
39. Austin
where we are
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
39
• Kudos"
• Upcoming"
• Map It"
• Companies"
• Unicorns"
• Vibe
• Startup Communities"
• People To Know
51. they run multiple"
10-week web
development intensive
bootcamps per year in
downtown Austin & SF
they’re also offering
part-time courses
across Texas to learn
front-end programming
Harsh ShehzanRavi Shaan
MakerSquare
52.
53.
54.
55.
56. Austin
where we will end
Community Resources
Intro to ATX Startup Scene
56
• Kudos"
• Upcoming"
• Map It"
• Companies"
• Unicorns"
• The Vibe
• Startup Communities"
• People To Know
• Where to Sign Up"
• Where to Hang Out"
• Where to Meet Up"
• How to Keep Tabs"
• Funding Options
59. Facebook Groups
Austin Startups
Austin Digital Jobs
Capital Factory Jobs
Capital Factory News
Austin Freelance Gigs
https://www.facebook.com/groups/austindigitaljobs/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinstartups/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/capitalfactoryjobs/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/freelanceatx/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cfstartupnews/
71. Tech/Biz Groups for Women
• SheHacksATX"
• SheDesignsATX"
• PyLadies "
• Women@Austin
• Girl Develop It"
• All Girl Hack Night"
• Women Who Code"
• RailsGirlsATX
82. Investors
• Austin Ventures"
• Silverton Partners"
• G-51 Capital"
• Live Oak Ventures
Partners"
• S3 Ventures"
• CTAN (Angels)
• 500 Startups (SV/SF)"
• Foundry Group (Boulder)"
• Mercury Fund (Houston)"
• Mohr Davidow Ventures (SF)"
• Floodgate Fund (SF)"
• First Round Capital (NYC)
83. Funding News
• CTAN is regularly a Top 5
Angel Investor group in U.S."
• Techstars incubated/invested
in another 11 companies "
• Capital Factory invested/
incubated another 28
companies"
• Dreamit Ventures incubated/
invested in another 9
companies"
"
• Live Oak ($100M)"
• Mercury ($125M)"
• Silverton ($75M)"
• S3 Ventures ($75M)"
• Austin startup venture
investment up 78% in Q2
2014.
84. Ways to “Plug In”
• Sign up for newsletters and
follow interesting folks/orgs
on Twitter"
• Attend community meetups
and happy hours"
• Go to hackathons, Startup
Weekends, and Demo Days"
• Invite interesting people you
meet for a cup of coffee"
"
• Be helpful to others —
make introductions, give
feedback, be open to the
possibilities"
• Share your experiences
as you go on a blog and
social networks"
• Interact with / be helpful
to others on social media
86. “I don't think about us catching up … frankly, it is
impossible for us to do so. Rather, I think about us
embracing what is unique in - and cool about - Austin.
Austin is a city where people can be themselves - can be
authentic, as Bijoy Goswami, founder of Bootstrap Austin,
and I recently discussed over lunch. But I do think about
providing the capital and the knowhow to those
entrepreneurs that want to transition to a second-stage
frame of mind. And, in my opinion after hundreds of
meetings over the past five months, the future for Austin's
tech entrepreneurship scene has never been brighter.”
http://lucky7.io/post/the-state-of-tech-entrepreneurship-in-austin
88. Creative Commons
• Austin Skyline
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreanna/3518652360 (by adreanna)"
• Pennybacker Bridge
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84077682@N00/3334079907/“ (by_tiffany)"
• Austin City Limits Festival
https://www.flickr.com/photos/choose_freewill/244298560/ (by choose_freewill)"
• Circuit of the Americas, Formula One Racing (Austin)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/guvnah/8195533480/ (by guvnah)"
• Austin Skyline with planned projects (July 2014)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?
s=97067aae7cb96d8642f92b8db83071df&p=6661157&postcount=753 (by Chiveman & Mopacs)
Photo Credits
89. • The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014 (Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2013/12/26/the-metro-areas-with-the-most-economic-momentum-going-into-2014/"
• The Next Biggest Boom Towns (Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/edgl45fkm/no-1-austin-texas/"
• Top 30 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs (Under 30 CEO)
http://under30ceo.com/top-30-best-cities-for-young-entrepreneurs-2013/"
• The 7 Hottest Startup Scenes in the U.S. (Entrepreneur)
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227436"
• Bijoy’s JOurneY (3 parts) on Steve Golab’s blog (fg2 blog)
http://www.fg2.com/category/journey-2/"
• Kauffman Sketchbook StartupVille
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXD5vt0xhyI"
• Can the Tech Industry Follow Trilogy’s Example?
http://www.statesman.com/news/technology/can-austin-tech-industry-follow-trilogys-example-t/nRk7M/
References