THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN TEXAS
Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs globally in partnership with Google for Startups.
The cornerstone of our global community are monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Founded in Silicon Valley, Startup Grind has helped millions of entrepreneurs build their businesses, connect with strategic partners, and secure funding.
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For entrepreneurs and innovators building the future of human possibility through technology products and services to expand wellbeing, enhance cognition, and elevate consciousness.
Meet other local Python programming language enthusiasts! Ask your questions about any aspect of Python development, including “how do I start learning Python?”
You may also join the merged APUG/AWPUG mailing list to participate in more discussions. Visit http://austinpython.org to sign up!
Additionally, you can find us on IRC in the #austinpy channel on Freenode.
In changing times, we’re used to pivoting. Based out of the Capital Factory in downtown Austin, TX, technology and innovation are in our blood. We’ve learned that sound leadership skills are reliable in person and online.
Our club creates a fun, relaxed, professional environment to work on skills that will change your life.
Come check us out, we can’t wait to e-meet you!
What YOU get when you join us
-Safe space to practice your public speaking skills (digital or in-person!)
-Constructive feedback from membership with your best interests at heart, who want to see you succeed
-A guided process to professional development and networking that makes taking the next step clear and easy
-A global network of outgoing leaders you can plug into whenever, wherever you are
-The freedom to work at your own pace
The Center of Gravity Toastmasters normally meet on the 16th floor of the Capital Factory in downtown Austin (outside of quarantine, that is).
Capital Factory is the “Center of Gravity” of innovation in Austin. As such, the Center of Gravity Toastmasters pride themselves on their entrepreneurial, outside-the-box approach to leadership and public speaking. Our club gets traction from some of the most innovative companies Austin has to offer. We offer a supportive, energetic environment that’s easy to plug in to. Join us!
Join us as we walk you through the ins and outs of investing in startups, stocks, and more with guest speakers from Dumb Money!
Are you interested in investing in startups, stocks, or anything under the sun? Join us VIRTUALLY for an overview from venture capitalists, investors, and YouTubers at Intro to Investing & Ask Me Anything with Chris Camilo, Dave Hanson, and Jordan McLain from Dumb Money!
Get a chance to introduce yourself and ask any questions on investing and other related topics.
Speakers
Chris Camillo, a pioneer in contextual data analysis, is one of the world’s top performing self-directed investors and published author of Laughing at Wall Street (MacMillan / St. Martin’s press, Oct 2011). In 2006 he applied a social data arbitrage trading strategy to invest $20k in the stock market, and in just over 3 years grew it to more than $2MM. Chris and his book have been featured on Fox Business Network, Bloomberg TV, CNBC.com, Forbes.com, and Business Week. Over the 10 year period ending in 2016, Chris has maintained an audited public markets investing track record of 91% annualized returns. Chris is a regular public speaker on the predictive effectiveness of contextual data analysis and it’s role in investment research. Beyond investing in the public markets, Chris has made a career of bringing new business concepts to market as an active early-stage investor/advisor and operational executive. Recent exits include Research Now, eCarList, Order My Gear, and TickerTags.
Dave Hanson is a Dallas-based investor focused on discovering innovative startups, spotting big market opportunities, and building great businesses with a handful of entrepreneurs. Hanson shares his business and investing activities on the “Dumb Money” and “Hey there, Dave Here” YouTube channels.
Jordan McLain is a Vlogger / Investor at DumbMoney.tv, Engineer, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur. Utilizing his background in engineering and data architecture, Jordan Co-founded several successful Dallas based startups. eCarList was the first big data company in the retail automotive space, and TickerTags was the first social listening platform aimed at institutional investors. With successful exits from both of these companies, Jordan spends his time giving back to the startup community via advising and investing in Texas based startups. Recent notable exits from Texas based investments include Order My Gear and Fixd Repair.
Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. He has been recognized as a Henry Crown Fellow and Braddock Scholar at the Aspen Institute, a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations Young Leaders Forum, an Eisenhower Fellow, and a recipient of the Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty.
Have questions beforehand? Email TrietNguyen@CapitalFactory.com with the subject line Intro to Investing AMA Questions.
Join this local Austin group to discuss and present Technical topics on Big Data, AI , Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI related technologies.
“Creatives in the Workflow” is all about creative professionals.
1 in 2 creative freelancers struggle with cash flow. At Blended Sense, we believe that creative professionals are underserved and undervalued. We empower local creative freelancers by building a sustainable creative community through education and collaboration.
Join us for our monthly series to grow, empower, and network!
Whether you are a photographer, videographer, editor, graphic designer, writer, actor, a CREATIVE…come join us to learn new skills, network with local creatives, and grow your business in 2020!
Join this highly collaborative meetup focused on all things algorithms. This group was founded to create community of learning around algorithms. All skill levels are welcome. Looking forward to learning with everyone.
During “Maximizing Tech to Save Money,” Sean Hale will lead a discussion about how nonprofit organizations can establish a strong back office. Successful nonprofits have strong administration so the rest of the staff can focus on achieving the mission. Almost every nonprofit can improve finance, operations, human resources and IT in ways that will pay for themselves quickly through enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. Sean has extensive experience helping nonprofits save money while enhancing their use of technologies. Sean understands how to nurture structure in a way that drives excellence. We look forward to chatting with Sean on July 13! Bring questions and one or two of your favorite technology recommendations.
Nonprofit Tech Club Austin #NPTechClubATX is part of a network of tech clubs across the nation and the world. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared (a division of TechSoup), are co-sponsors. Meetings are free and open to all. We are inclusive and celebrate multiple approaches, backgrounds and points of view. Our aim is to help nonprofits find cost-effective tech solutions and techniques to make their work easier, more secure and efficient.
We are now scheduling programs for 2020. If you have ideas, please join our Facebook group and share them today. Our monthly programs will occur on Monday evenings in 2020.
We would like to thank Capital Factory for being our primary venue host during 2020. Our tech club programs will also appear on the Capital Factory event calendar. We are pleased Trianon Coffee will continue as a #NPTechClubATX sponsor during 2020. Hearty thanks to both!
Sincerely,
#NPTechClubATX Volunteer Team
This group is focused on Clojure and related Lisp languages specifically Common Lisp and Scheme as they strongly influence the approach Clojure takes. Java is a foundational system for Clojure, but the focus is not on the Java language, but the JVM and associated libraries that are the power base for Clojure. Functional programming, multi-methods, etc. will be discussed and demoed with the focus on real-world uses and power. Abstraction and advanced techniques will be discussed as well. We’re looking for people who want to talk, demo as well as give lightning talks at the REPL so that people can follow along. Topics include Clojure for creating MineCraft bots, Clojure for Social Data Mining, etc. Please offer up talks that you can give as well as ones you may be interested in doing along with a partner. I (we) want the group to be active in that we don’t have a ton of people just sitting watching a few, but each time we meet, teams have formed to be able to present to the group. 15 or 30 mins. is fine. There’s more than enough to share with this awesome language and toolset.
By Appointment Only
Our doors are open! Reach out to Members@CapitalFactory.com to book your private, in-person membership tour.
