Marketing and Storytelling Manifest a Startup City
Friday, 23 August 2024
The explosive growth of specific cities throughout the world might be the best evidence of the impact of good old-fashioned marketing. Not advertising mind you, but marketing: understanding what you have, for whom, why they care, and delivering that to them. The last 25 years or so have witnessed the transformation of our world from
- Published in Economic Development, Industry, Insights / Research, Startup Ecosystems
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Superman isn’t Coming
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
When asked if I have any mentors to whom I look up to, people tend to chuckle when I share that at the top of my list are my family and Superman. Embodying both to an extent, my earliest experience with a Man of Steel was my father, who struck me as impervious to anything,
- Published in Startup Ecosystems, Startups
Why Accelerators Fail Startup Founders
Thursday, 11 April 2024
Let’s take the two most distributed Startup Development Organizations in the world, and tease out what’s happening In a point of fact: overwhelming most Accelerators *fail* founders; but why? With such a bold assertion, let me properly set the stage by pointing out that when 90% or more of all startups fail rather quickly, it’s
- Published in Featured, Industry, Insights / Research, Startup Ecosystems, Startups
The Critical Role of Startup Mentors
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Finding myself now through 3 cycles of the economy (more or less), working with startups throughout, I can’t help but observe and plead for people to raise their hands in philanthropy as mentors to entrepreneurs and would be founders. I’m no graphic designer but an idea struck me that felt best conveyed in a graphic,
- Published in Insights / Research, Startup Ecosystems, Startups
Developing Austin’s Startup Ecosystem
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Regional culture, history, and infrastructure are the qualities of a region of the world that drives innovation, jobs, and economic development because technology is ultimately about people and their potential. A really a wonderful article about Austin in The New Yorker sparked a series of wonderful discussions of the past and present of the Austin
- Published in Industry, Startup Ecosystems, Startups, Texas Startups
When an Economy needs Co-Founders – And Seems to have a Tech Talent Gap
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
A characteristic of local economies that I never experienced much before leaving Palo Alto, California: “we can’t find co-founders!” Many know that I’ve spent half of my professional life in Silicon Valley and the other half in the new economy’s most appealing innovation region: Central Texas. I’ve touched a few times on the stark differences
- Published in Startup Ecosystems, Startups
When Raising Capital, What is a Broker-Dealer Registered with the SEC?
Friday, 19 December 2014
With the advent of crowdfunding and the ongoing changes to how startups might raise capital, prompted by the JOBS Act, entrepreneurs are frequently asking about the role of a broker-dealer. Why? Let’s start from the beginning with an understanding of what exactly is a broker-dealer An individual, company, or organization that trades securities (a catch-all term
- Published in Raising Capital, Startup Ecosystems