Category: Industry

The Insecurity of Costs – Accelerating New Business Development

Monday, 09 September 2019 by SEO'Brien

GENERAL STARTUP STATISTICS 69 percent of U.S. entrepreneurs start their businesses at home. According to the National Association of Small Business’s 2017 Economic Report, the majority of small businesses surveyed are LLCs (35 percent) followed by S-corporations (33 percent), corporations (19 percent), sole proprietorships (12 percent), and partnerships (2 percent). 51 percent of people asked, “What’s the best way

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The Networking to do BEFORE you Startup

Monday, 18 March 2019 by SEO'Brien

A simple list of five. The FIVE groups of people to start networking before you start anything… Toward investors. Start now. Getting know them before you need them. Get to know those who will likely support what you’re doing. They’re advisors so they can invest, not banks that are just there for capital. With potential

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From Automobile to Innovation – Stories of Entrepreneurship

Sunday, 13 January 2019 by SEO'Brien

I didn’t grow up around incredible cars, nor in a family of enthusiasts, but a few of my earliest and fondest memories involve automobiles. The first was as a child, being driven to school by mom, when she shared a passing anecdote that she had always wanted to be a race car driver (that story

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How Silicon Valley Really Got Its Start: In Fashion Tech

Friday, 21 December 2018 by SEO'Brien

It was in 1848, that a carpenter by the name of James Marshall spotted gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, Calif. Soon hopeful prospectors flooded the Golden State in search of their fortunes. Today’s gold rush is, of course, the venture capital discovered in them thar hills; with entrepreneurs flooding the Valley in search of their

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What Does it Mean to be Working in Technology?

Friday, 13 July 2018 by SEO'Brien

Frankly, I hate how, since the dawn of the computer and internet, when we say “technology” we tend to presume only software, web sites, and smartphones. “Technology” does not mean semiconductor and code! The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes The idea of technology was defined in 1829! Technology (“science of craft”, from Greek, techne, “art, skill, cunning

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A Giant Conversation

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 by SEO'Brien

Why the future is now – and the secrets that could be the key to getting your next big idea funded. Whether it’s VC, sponsorship or grant, I had a chance, with Epsilon’s John Immesoete, to break down the startup ecosystem as it relates to media and technology. We discuss ever-changing role of today’s CMO, and why

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Published in Advertising, Austin, Industry, PR, Social Media, Startups

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Real Estate Tech is Texas

Thursday, 19 May 2016 by SEO'Brien

Everything is bigger in Texas, under the Lone Star. Real estate is as Texan as Oil & Gas, with even ranches here that are larger than some states. What recently struck me was the discovery that, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis and National Association of Realtors, Texas Real Estate accounts for roughly 14%

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