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The Corporate Website is Dead: Content is King

Tuesday, 26 November 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Bob Barker, Austin based managing partner of 20/20 Outlook LLC, joins me as co-author in this exploration of the future of the corporate website. Drawing upon many years experience, as a senior executive in startups and billion dollar companies, Bob acts as a trusted advisor; converting CEO vision into executable strategies that accelerate growth. The

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Evolve the Way You Work – The Role of Coworking Spaces, Incubators, and Accelerators

Tuesday, 19 November 2013 by Paul O'Brien

I recently had the honor of sharing the stage with Austin’s elite in the coworking community. Texas State University’s Spectrum program asked Kerry Rupp, CEO of DreamIt Ventures; Brandon Marker, Managing Director of Tech Stars Austin; Kevin Koym, Co-Founder of Tech Ranch; Ryan Field, Research and Information Manager at ATI; Stephen Frayser, Executive Director of STAR Park; Kris Looney, President of Emergent Technologies; Alex Smith, Longhorn Startup and Capital Factory

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Incubator, Accelerator, or Coworking – What’s the Difference?

Monday, 11 November 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Not long ago, the Austin Business Journal’s Chris Calnan explored the economic impact of business Incubators in Austin, remarking that the support system for nascent companies is stronger than ever thanks to the explosive impact of these resources. Interestingly, this growth follows on the heels of Austin’s explosion of coworking space, leading to a series

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Team, Team, Market, Product, Traction

Tuesday, 22 October 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of sharing with an audience through Texas State’s tech incubator, Spectrum, some thoughts on how team and culture determines your future as a startup. Joined throughout the morning by Paula Soileau, CEO of Affintus, Casey Amidon, Human Relations for Drillinginfo, and Jason Seats, Managing Director of Techstars Austin,

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What It Takes To Raise Money

Wednesday, 09 October 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Yesterday, I had the distinct honor of hosting a topic of discussion during the first conference focused on the convergence of mobile, gaming, entertainment, and entrepreneurship. I started by remarking that the name of the conference, Captivate, could not have been more appropriately chosen by Jennifer Bullard and Suzanne Freyjadis as the very responsibility of

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Animating Your Startup

Monday, 30 September 2013 by Paul O'Brien

One of histories most influential entrepreneurs is a man who literally showed us that it’s possible to breath life into dead ideas. His story, told through a gripping biography written by Mary Shelley in 1818, woke the world up to the fact that it’s possible to animate even the most incredible innovations, to animate the

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Is Education Simply Broken?

Wednesday, 25 September 2013 by Paul O'Brien

“Remember everything we learned last class? Well that’s actually not true and we are going to learn something radically different and (slightly) more correct this class,” said every teach you ever had. I’ve been on a tirade about education lately. With 3 kids in the house, working their way through elementary school, we’re dealing with

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