by Damon Clinkscales

Intro to theAustin

Startup Scene

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)

Austin

where we’ll begin

Community Resources

Intro to ATX Startup Scene

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• 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

Austin

where we’ll begin

Community Resources

Intro to ATX Startup Scene

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• Kudos"• Upcoming"• Map It"• Companies"• Unicorns"• Vibe

KUDOS

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Austin’s Changing Skyline

YOU’LL NEED A MAP

http://austintechmap.com/company/map

http://bit.ly/austinscene

COMPANIES

Up and Coming

• WP Engine"

• Umbel"

• Filament Labs"

• Pristine"

• Shelfbucks"

• YouEarnedIt

• Compare Metrics"

• Spredfast"

• Sparefoot"

• Spiceworks"

• Tabbed Out"

• uShip

• IPO’d 2011"

• Symbol: AWAY!

• Value: $3.3B

• IPO’d 2012"

• Symbol: BV!

• Value: $560M

• Acquired 2012"

• private sale!

• Value: $1B?

• IPO’d 2013"

• Symbol: SALE!

• Value: $1.35B

Austin represent.

Austin represent.

Offices in Austin

AUSTIN

our beloved home

BOOTSTRAP !FIRST

REVENUE FOCUSED

QUALITY !OF LIFE

SOCIAL CAPITAL

RISING TIDE

BE YOURSELF

Austin

where we are

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Intro to ATX Startup Scene

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• Kudos"• Upcoming"• Map It"• Companies"• Unicorns"• Vibe

• Startup Communities"• People To Know

Brad Feld’s Boulder Thesis

JOSHUA BAER@JOSHUABAER

http://bit.ly/baer-consumer-internet

Austin is

awesome.

No kidding.

KEVIN KOYM@KKOYM

JACQUELINE HUGHES@JACQUELINESLIFE

JOSH JONES-DILWORTH@JOSHDILWORTH

ASH MAURYA@ASHMAURYA

Austin Lean

Startup Circle

JASON SEATS@SEATS

KERRY RUPP@KERRY_RUPP

STEVE WELCH@WELCHSTEVEN

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

Austin

where we will end

Community Resources

Intro to ATX Startup Scene

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• 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

WHERE TO !SIGN UP

http://startupdigest.com/austin

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/

WHERE TO HANG OUT

Happy Hours

• Austin Tech Happy Hour (ATHH)"

• Big Ass Social Happy Hour (BASHH)"

• Capital Factory Happy Hours

Coworking Spaces

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• Capital Factory"

• Conjunctured"

• GoLab"

• Link"

• Perch

• Opportunity Space"

• Tech Ranch"

• Vuka Co-op"

• HubAustin"

• Chicon Collective

Coffee Shops"

• Dominican Joe"

• Cenote"

• Epoch (24 hr)"

• Bennu (24 hr)"

• Radio

• Houndstooth"

• Caffe Medici"

• Halcyon"

• Jo’s (on 2nd)"

• Hideout

Bars

• The Gingerman"

• Handlebar"

• Easy Tiger"

• CU29 Cocktail Bar"

WHERE TO MEET UP

Hacking

• Cafe Bedouins"

• HackTX"

• OpenHack ATX"

• Open Austin

• 3 Day Startup"

• Startup Weekend"

• AngelHack"

• MakerSquare

Entrepreneur Meetups

• ATX Co-Founders"

• Austin Lean Startup Circle"

• Austin Open Coffee Club"

• Austin TechBreakfast"

• TeXchange

Tech Meetups

• Austin on Rails"

• Austin.rb"

• Refresh Austin"

• ATX Hardware "

• Austin JavaScript"

• Austin Wordpress"

"

• AustinJUG "

• Austin Data Geeks"

• Austin Node.js "

• AWPUG"

• Austin Python"

• Austin PHP

Finding a Co-Founder

• ATX Co-Founders"

• FounderDating"

• Startup Weekend"

• Lean Startup Machine"

• 3 Day Startup"

• Coworking Spaces"

• Meetups"

• Hackathons

Incubators / Accelerators

• Austin Technology Incubator"

• Techstars"

• Capital Factory"

• Dreamit Ventures"

• Incubation Station"

• Longhorn Startup"

• Tech Ranch Austin"

• Thinktiv

Tech/Biz Groups for Women

• SheHacksATX"

• SheDesignsATX"

• PyLadies "

• Women@Austin

• Girl Develop It"

• All Girl Hack Night"

• Women Who Code"

• RailsGirlsATX

KEEPING TABS

Austin Startup Press

• Lori Hawkins (Austin American-Statesman)"

• Christopher Calnan (Austin Business Journal)"

• Laura Lorek, Susan Lahey (Silicon Hills News)"

• The Austin Phoenix (Austin Entrepreneurs / Small Businesses)"

• Techzette (Austin Tech Journal)

Austin Startup Blogs

• Bryan Menell‘s AustinStartup"

• Brett Hurt’s lucky7"

• Joshua Baer‘s austinpreneur"

• Capital Factory blog"

• Gordon Daugherty’s Shockwave Innovations blog"

• BP3 Blog (“Austin” section)

• Tech Ranch Austin’s blog"

• Austin Technology Incubator blog"

• Thinktiv’s blog"

• Austin Technology Council"

• Jason Cohen, A Smart Bear"

• Sparefoot blog

Go to Twitter!"

search for “Austin startup”

Go to Twitter!"

search for “Austin startup”

BOOM!

FUNDING

Demo Days / Pitch Events

• Capital Factory"

• Incubation Station Showcase"

• Dreamit Ventures"

• Techstars"

• Longhorn Startup Lab"

"

• CTAN Pitches"

• RISE Fast Pitch "

• SXSW Accelerator"

• Innotech Beta Summit

• CopperEgg > Idera"

• HeyRide > Sidecar"

• MapMyFitness > UnderArmour"

• Infochimps > CSC

• ObjectRocket > Rackspace"

• Mass Relevance > Spredfast"

• Dachis Group > Sprinklr"

• Gazzang > Cloudera

Recent M&A Activity

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)

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.

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

THINK BIGGER

“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

Thank You

Welcome to Austin!

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

• 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