Austin, Texas - #1 Startup Metro in the U.S.

Austin, Texas

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#1 Startup Metro in the U.S.

Joshua Baer Founder & CEO of

Capital Factory

Where is Austin?

Why Austin?

on every top ten list

150 people move here every day

top of every list

How did Austin become a tech hub?

George Kozmetsky

AdmiralBobby Inman

Pike Powers @auspow

MCCMicroelectronics and Computer Consortium

Michael Dell @MichaelDell

ionaireDell

Unique things about Austin• South by Southwest (SXSW)

• Startup Week & Startup Crawl

• Google Tech Hub / Fiber / Autonomous Cars

• Apple’s 2nd largest site in the world

• University of Texas

• Capital Factory

• Berlin, Germany

• Denver, CO

• Detroit, MI

• Chicago, IL

• London, England

• Minneapolis, MN

• Raleigh-Durham, NC

• Montreal, Canada

• Nashville, TN

• San Francisco, CA

• Tel Aviv, Israel

• Dublin, Ireland

Austin’s Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs

Programmers and entrepreneurs

850 Meetups and hackathons

50,000

Some of the meetups

Coworking Starts at $200/month

Find investors, intros & advice at

Office Hours

Phones and tablets available in the

Device Lab

Professional lights, cameras and services

Video Studio

Density Draws in everyone that startups need to meet

Touchdown Austin http://TouchdownAustin.com

Unique things about Austin• South by Southwest (SXSW)

• Startup Week & Startup Crawl

• Google Tech Hub / Fiber / Autonomous Cars

• Apple’s 2nd largest site in the world

• University of Texas

• Capital Factory

Cities Unique AmbitionsBy Paul Graham

Boston Be smart


Silicon Valley Be Powerful


NYC Be Rich


Los Angeles Be Famous


Washington, DC Be an Insider

Cities Unique Ambitions

Austin Be Yourself

By Bijoy Goswami

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Capital Factory

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