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Architecting Growth

Wednesday, 24 April 2013 by Paul O'Brien

About a decade ago, I was standing at the top of the Empire State building when someone nearby asked why New York City seems to have two distinct areas with sky scrapers. Have you ever noticed? Have you ever wondered? The answer is what I’ve concluded to be one of the most important considerations with

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The Plea for the Press to Evolve

Monday, 25 February 2013 by Paul O'Brien

With a couple years in Austin, TX, and a former 12 in Silicon Valley, I’ve had an exceptional experience working with distinctly different entrepreneurial communities. Each has a little bit of a grass is greener complex going on – Silicon Valley sees Austin as hip, less expensive, up and coming, entrepreneurial more than “startup,” but

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Getting Into Coworking

Thursday, 31 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Those of us working in the coworking community know, that per capita, Austin, Texas is the hotbed of the movement. According to Google Search Trends and reported by DeskMag, Austin leads the US market in search queries (demand) related to coworking; it’s no surprise Austin is home to the Global Coworking Unconference. For that reason,

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Removing Barriers to Scale – Marketing Before Raising Capital

Monday, 28 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

As an entrepreneur raising capital, you expect the inevitable question about growth. From where are you going to acquire customers? Such a question, though expected and appropriate, is as laden with ignorance as the typical answers. At the end of the day, no one needs to know how, nor model from, where you will acquire

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Cospace.co Grows to Serve All Work Spaces – Austin’s Cospace Coworking Closes

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Last week, the Cospace brand evolved to focus on serving entrepreneurs and professionals throughout the world as our web service continues to aggregate and promote work spaces; providing economic and real estate intelligence. In July 2012, we launched https://cospace.co to index and promote every work environment; connecting skilled professionals with the right place to work.

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Startup Marketing

Tuesday, 01 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Not long ago, I had the distinct pleasure of joining an incredible group of Austin entrepreneurs through AUSOME (Austin Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs) for a discussion of the Art of Startup Marketing. Thanks to David Vogelpohl, founder of Marketing Clique and Tapfire Mobile, I finally took a few minutes to put pen to powerpoint to

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The Cost of Entrepreneurship in Your Community

Tuesday, 20 November 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Having spent a couple years now in Austin, and the previous 12 in Silicon Valley, a frequent topic of discussion over drinks or dinner is the question of how entrepreneurship works. Not “Startups” per se, at least not in the context that we think of them when reading about all the innovation on TechCrunch; rather,

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