THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN TEXAS
An event every month that begins at 12:00pm on day Third of the month, repeating until December 31, 2021
RSVP FOR THIS EVENT | Free
The Austin Blockchain Collective Community Meetup is a monthly online educational forum. Our interactive meetups present decentralization, blockchain and Web 3.0 topics with a bias towards business benefits (but including high level technical concepts). Meetups generally include presentations and panels and feature industry thought leaders.
Enjoy the great indoors as we play paintball, pictionary, disc golf, bowling and more together in VR!
If you’d like to join us download RecRoom for your VR headset, pc , or iphone. Check the event’s tab in you’re watch menu for Austin Virtual League at 7pm sharp.
Or send one of us a friend request in RecRoom!
@CopeW
@Cpaustin2000
@philoovr
@puzzabug
If you run into trouble drop us a line on discord. We’d be happy to help: https://discord.com/invite/KjcHKq2
It’s free to play & cross platform so we can all play together if you have VR or not! Available on Steam, oculus store, ios, pc download.
Show up at 7pm, Games start at 7:10!
Tips on playing on a PC:
https://rec-room.fandom.com/wiki/Screen_Mode
Amongst all the excitement of running a startup is a lot of hard work and stressful decisions. Founders Academy Essentials is a 3-day lunch-n-learn curriculum designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs that are passionate about their business potential!
Whether you’re working on your MVP and preparing for launch or already generating revenue, you will be exposed to fundamental insights and tools to help dramatically increase your odds of success.
What To Expect
Program Dates – January 19-21
11:15AM (prepare to begin, and have your lunch ready); 11:30AM – 1:00PM (lectures).
*This event is completely virtual and live-streamed for attendees.
Day 1:
- Developing Your Idea
- Elevator Pitch Secrets
- Sizing your Market
Day 2:
- Business Development Secrets & Strategic Partnerships
- Setting the Stage for a Future Acquisition Exit
- Founder & Early Employee Compensation
Day 3:
- How Much Should You Raise & When?
- Seed Funding Vehicles and Terms
- Fundraising Issues, Hints & Tips
Please plan to attend at least 2 sessions when registering.
The aim of this group is to create a regular meeting for anyone currently working on or interested in music related startups! Austin is one of the best cities on earth for music and for tech startups, so this group will fuse two of the best parts about Austin! Entrepreneurs, developers, investors, service firms, music industry folks and anyone with a passion for tech and music should join! Let’s all work together to make our music startups better or to start the next great music tech company!
Twitter: @atxmusictech
Are you an entrepreneur starting a new company? Recently moved your company to Texas? Want to find out how to connect with other entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors in the startup ecosystem?
Join us VIRTUALLY to hear an overview from experienced entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, and community partners at Intro to Texas Startup Scene & Ask Me Anything. Get a chance to introduce yourself and ask any questions on entrepreneurship and other related topics.
This month we are featuring Marc Nathan, Vice President, Client Strategy at Egan Nelson LLP, and Jonathan Chavez, Venture Associate at Capital Factory.
Speakers
Marc Nathan serves as VP of Client Strategy in E/N’s Technology and Venture Capital practice group. As a deeply experienced and connected consultant in the Texas technology startup community, Marc assists E/N’s early-stage clients with fundraising strategy, including targeting and connecting with angel and VC investors within and outside of local markets, structuring financing rounds, and general strategic advisory with respect to seed and early-stage fundraising. Marc also enjoys facilitating connections between founders and other advisors, executives, and service providers throughout the various ecosystems in which he works.
Prior to joining Egan Nelson, Marc founded T-Squared Agency, a boutique consulting firm supporting selected clients with comprehensive funding strategies. Through T-Squared, Marc launched the Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter that covers startup news, opinions and events that affect the startup and tech community in the Lone Star State, and publishes the Texas Startup Resource guide.
Jonathan Chavez is a Dallas-based venture associate for Capital Factory, the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. Jonathan spends his time sourcing tech startups for Capital Factory’s accelerator program and fund. Prior to Capital Factory, Jonathan spent six years in banking, most recently with J.P. Morgan’s Technology & Disruptive Commerce Group, and Wells Fargo prior to that role. Additionally, Jonathan was part of the founding team of Neu Robotics, an autonomous UAV robotics company; his roles included business development, fundraising, and operations. Jonathan graduated from The University of Tennessee’s Global Leadership Scholars program with a degree in finance/economics/international business. He’s an avid music fan who spends a lot of his free time attending live (or virtual) music festivals/shows, attempting to read Dune, and playing games (currently Warzone/Ghost of Tsushima/Among Us/Genshin Impact).
We’re a group that focuses on design best practices for data visualizations, presentations, and infographics. DFW Data Visualization is a professional group that meets regularly to discuss data visualization, data communication, infographics, data analysis, charts and graphs, visual marketing, and more! We want to interact and learn from designers, marketers, and experts that are willing to share their work, discuss case studies, provide insights, and discover data visualization tools. Join us to learn how to communicate more effectively with data visualization and design.
Check out videos of prior events on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV_TFt-V3iI1QpKodEvDBpHD53kxXBKD
ODSC brings together the open-source and data science communities with the goal of helping its members learn, connect and grow.
The focus of this Meetup group is to allow ODSC to work with Meetup groups, non-profits, and other organizations to present informative lectures, workshops, code sprints and networking events to help grow the use of open source languages and tools within the data science and data-centric community. As such, our specific goals are:
1. Build a collaborative group to work with other Meetup groups, non-profits, and other organizations.
2. Promote the use of open source languages and tools amongst data scientists and others.
3. Host educational workshops.
4. Spread awareness of new open source languages and tools that can be used in data science.
5. Contribute back to the open-source community.
Amongst all the excitement of running a startup is a lot of hard work and stressful decisions. Founders Academy Essentials is a 3-day lunch-n-learn curriculum designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs that are passionate about their business potential!
Whether you’re working on your MVP and preparing for launch or already generating revenue, you will be exposed to fundamental insights and tools to help dramatically increase your odds of success.
What To Expect
Program Dates – January 19-21
11:15AM (prepare to begin, and have your lunch ready); 11:30AM – 1:00PM (lectures).
*This event is completely virtual and live-streamed for attendees.
Day 1:
- Developing Your Idea
- Elevator Pitch Secrets
- Sizing your Market
Day 2:
- Business Development Secrets & Strategic Partnerships
- Setting the Stage for a Future Acquisition Exit
- Founder & Early Employee Compensation
Day 3:
- How Much Should You Raise & When?
- Seed Funding Vehicles and Terms
- Fundraising Issues, Hints & Tips
Please plan to attend at least 2 sessions when registering.
Welcome to the new year, job seekers! Join the team at Let’s Eat, Grandma as we go over some of the most commonly asked questions about writing job search documents.
This will be a casual, Ask-Me-Anything style event where we encourage you all to open up and ask questions in regards to your resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profiles. No question is too specific, and there is no such thing as a dumb question!
In our day of social media and cell phones, speaking has become a difficult skill to practice. Have no fear Startup Toastmasters is here. We focus on developing profound public speaking skills for entrepreneurs, startups, founders, young professionals, and wantrepreneurs. Join us and be prepared to make a massive change in your public speaking skills.
Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., the organization’s membership exceeds 357,000 in more than 16,600 clubs in 143 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators, and leaders.
By Appointment Only
Our doors are open! Reach out to Members@CapitalFactory.com to book your private, in-person membership tour.
