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The 8 Things Startup Founders Need to Know about SEO (and one more that will surprise)

Thursday, 06 October 2016 by Paul O'Brien

In the spirit of the great Buzzfeed content marketing hacks, here are the 8 things startup founders need to know about SEO! Honestly, what you’re in for is a non-marketing, non-search oriented exploration of why SEO is critical to startups, founders, and your success or failure as a new venture. I had the honor of

Published in Search, Natural Search / SEO, Startups

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The Rhythm of Austin Innovation

Monday, 08 August 2016 by Paul O'Brien

I had the honor of joining Austin Inno’s Billy Utt today on The Beat. His usual host, the resplendent Brent Winstom, was I’m sure preparing to cheer Dwyer or Haas to the 200m freestyle gold tonight, so I was called up from the deck to chat live about the latest in Austin innovation, via The Beat newsletter.

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Published in Startups, Local

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Real Estate Tech is Texas

Thursday, 19 May 2016 by Paul O'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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Published in Industry, Insights / Research, Local, Startups

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Where are Austin’s Venture Capital Firms?

Tuesday, 03 May 2016 by Paul O'Brien

Of late I’ve been exploring, discussing, and working with Austin’s venture capital economy. We’ll not belabor the ongoing discussions of the state of venture capital, lack of funding, future of financing, and otherwise here; rather, what struck me as potentially helpful is a mere layout of where venture capital is found. Certainly, before we can

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Published in Industry, Insights / Research, Raising Capital, Texas Startups

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How Big Data is Finding its Market in Texas

Monday, 28 March 2016 by Paul O'Brien

Data. Statistics, measurements, and analytics are funny things, particularly in entrepreneurship, as if you think about it, data is invaluable but difficult to aggregate, informational but difficult to consume, technical but immensely educational. Why so hard when so important? Data geeks such as myself often find ourselves lost in the weeds; we love mining

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Published in Analytics, Austin, Startups

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The NW Austin Tech & Startup Corridor

Thursday, 07 January 2016 by Paul O'Brien

There is a frequently heard mantra in Austin that we’re not like Silicon Valley (that we don’t want to be like Silicon Valley) and though I’m of the mind that disagrees with that, considering Silicon Valley an industry of which we’re a part rather than a merely a specific location, what you can’t refute is

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Published in Austin, Industry, Insights / Research, Startups

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Are You an “Entrepreneur”? Are You Sure??

Thursday, 01 October 2015 by Paul O'Brien

Love this question as I think it’s far more important than people realize. People don’t like their time wasted. We have no problem wasting our own time but waiting in line, sitting at an unproductive dinner with coworkers, being unable to find a capable employee at Home Depot… people hate having their time wasted. What

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