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AT&T Innovation Center in Austin by 2015

Tuesday, 19 August 2014 by Paul O'Brien

Dallas based AT&T, in the midst of serious competition for access to Austin’s incredibly innovative startup community, has announced plans for a Center for Innovation on downtown Austin’s Congress Avenue. Part of a developing trend among technology companies to open offices in downtown Austin’s central corridor, AT&T’s new multimillion-dollar facility will be housed in 15,000

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Why Do Startups Work in Silicon Valley?

Thursday, 27 March 2014 by Paul O'Brien

One of the most frequently asked questions of today’s startup economy, no? Invariably, we discuss capital, talent, and ambition, frustrated with our own communities’ lack thereof, perhaps. And yet, is that really what’s at the heart of making a startup community work? When you think about it, the access to and significance of capital available

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Published in Regional Development, Startups

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Working through Austin

Thursday, 11 July 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Home to PeopleAdmin and Indeed, Austin has a history with employment that’s intriguing to explore. Recruiting technology, in particular, seems to play a unique role in the city stemming, to some extent, from its culture of creativity, innovation, and just the right balance between work and life.

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Published in Austin, Insights / Research, Startups

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Where Do I Find, Vet, and Engage with Rockstar Marketers?

Monday, 10 June 2013 by Paul O'Brien

A few FounderDating entrepreneurs recently fired up a topic discussion that every founder, startup, and business owner has had at some point in the early development of their idea; that very question, “how do you find great marketers?” – a question that comes up in public discussions more than a few times a week. So what’s the answer?

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Published in Insights / Research, Startups

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Working With Austin

Tuesday, 05 March 2013 by Paul O'Brien

As SXSW creeps upon us, I’ve spent the last few months considering how exceptionally Austin has communicated to the world that this is the place to live and work. It’s not just hard to disagree, it’s downright impossible: with exceptionally low unemployment rates, incredible business incentives provided by the city and state, a creative and

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Published in Austin, Industry

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How the Internet Failed to Change Our Lives

Saturday, 29 December 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Wrapping up this year and having spent some incredible time with an amazingly diverse set of innovations (and innovators), I starting wondering if and how the internet has really failed to deliver on its promise. One of the sobering realities of a capitalistic economy is that the almighty dollar, indeed, causes tremendous innovations, services, and

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Is the media helping or hurting our understanding of SEO?

Friday, 25 July 2008 by Paul O'Brien

CNET’s Stephen Shankland has written a thorough review of Microsoft’s BrowseRank, “Microsoft tries to one-up Google PageRank” but its this perspective that really tells the story. It’s maddening to see yet another naive or deliberately misleading article on an innovation in search ranking, that perpetuates persistent misunderstanding of how search works and what makes search