With the changing nature of work, new regional ecosystems flourishing, and massive domestic migration the demands to our infrastr…
Texas has long been a home for the semiconductor industry. I guess it started with a little company named Texas Instruments, but …
Capital is the fuel that drives the innovation ecosystem. Grants can make up an important component in funding and catalyzing inn…
Today we’re going to expand our focus a bit, and look at the entire state of Texas, not just Austin. We want to dig into what has…
We have gone deep and we have gone wide in looking at the sectors and factors that drive the growth of the Austin region. Today w…
A common plank in ecosystem development is having a strong research-focused university churning out discoveries and intellectual …
Work is changing, whether that is how we work (remote, hybrid, in-person), the tools we use, or how we govern these organizations…
We are changing up the format this week as we are flying without a net and without a guest. This time is just a conversation betw…
We are hitting the road again and learning about all the other "emerging" ecosystems. This time we are heading to the Southeast a…
This is another in our Unique to Austin series where we look at what gives Austin its special sauce. There is nothing more unique…
A key enabler of Austin’s growth are the unique institutions, events, and infrastructure that only exists in our region. In 2018,…
Over the course of the pandemic, migration trends already taking place were accelerated. It’s an open secret that the middle of t…
Austin is not the only ecosystem in the news as the next big thing. The past few years have seen massive disruption, geographic m…
For Austin to solidify its role as the next great innovation powerhouse, we must research what has come before and what are the t…
We continue our conversations about talent, who companies need and how to get them. Are we positioned for the future needs of our…
Talent remains a hot topic in everyone of our discussions. Do we have enough workers, do we have the right skill sets, how are we…
Everyone we have interviewed on the podcast has mentioned talent as a key issue facing Austin as it quickly ramps up its innovati…
Over the course of this podcast, we have explored the Austin ecosystem from a variety of different angles. The sectors here, the …
The innovation space is wider and more expansive than the traditional tech verticals. It extends to the food we eat, the health/b…
The space race runs through Texas now. All types of rockets, satellites, control software, and the underlying infrastructure of t…
Austin is more than the live music capital of the world or the latest tech-wonderland. Central Texas has a notable and growing ma…
Venture capital is just one source of funding available to early-stage companies. These sources both compete with and complement …
As we continue our look at the Austin capital environment, we turn to the newcomers to the region. Over the past 18 months, we ha…
The fuel that makes startups grow has always been capital. This is produced from revenue, debt, angels, crowdfunding, and venture…