The next week is going to be extremely busy in Dallas for startups. Here’s the roster of events next week courtesy LaunchDFW: Monday March 1st – Dallas Startup Happy Hour The first Monday means Startup Happy Hour. The Dallas Startup Happy Hour is the talk of the startup community in
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I’ll be giving a brief presentation next week when the MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth puts on Bootstrapping 2010. When: Thursday, Feb 25, 2010. 5:30-8:30pm Where: Infomart #2019, 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas 75207 Registration: $20 including dinner. (There is a discount for Entrepreneurs (i.e., $1 tickets), so contact babar
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Ignite Dallas is hosting its first event on March 3rd at the Granada Theater. What is Ignite Dallas? Five minutes, 20 slides. What would you say? At Ignite Dallas, 16 artists, technologists, thinkers, and personalities will take the stage to answer this challenge. Submissions are now open for speakers. If
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Austin Ventures is holding their “AV Entrepreneur Hours” in Dallas on Wednesday, February 24. AV Entrepreneur Hours is a chance for early stage entrepreneurs (particularly those in the internet and software space) to dictate casual conversation with the VCs from Austin Ventures in a casual environment. AV plans to have
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If your new year’s resolution included getting more involved with the Dallas startup ecosystem, showing up at the monthly Dallas Startup Hour this Monday (February 1) is required. Here’s the information: “Are you an entrepreneur? Do you work for a startup or small business? Looking for a job? Looking for
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My good friend Babar Bhatti, Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum DFW Chapter and CEO/Founder of MutualMind, is hosting an “Effective Pitching” this Thursday night. Here’s the scoop from the MIT Forum site: MIT Enterprise Forum DFW Chapter is pleased to announce our January event: Effective Pitching. As an entrepreneur
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TechWildcatters is a mentorship-driven microseed fund and startup accelerator that just launched in Dallas, Texas. TechWildcatters is now accepting applications for their first 12-week accelerator “bootcamp” and 20 startup teams will have the opportunity to pitch on March 11, 2010. The first program begins April 5, 2010. The selected startups
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Startup Weekend Dallas 2010 is scheduled for Friday April 16 to Sunday April 18th. Of course, that is the same weekend as Coachella. I grew up in the Coachella Valley and can therefore objectively tell you Startup Weekend is the better option.
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The Startup Lawyer had 94,685 visits in 2009 and visitors spent a total of 3,603 hours on the site. Most visitors were from California (16,662), Texas (8,203), and New York (8,097). Canada (3,454), the UK (2,452), and India (1,557) lead the pack of international visits. 86 people in China broke
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If you haven’t already seen, The Startup Lawyer blog has been re-designed. My vision for this blog is one that I can’t implement on my own. I had pushed the limit of my coding skills, so I opted to move the ball forward with a formal redesign project in September.
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