We Can Say Southby Like The Locals

Flextime in Austin was highly eventful.  With South by Southwest going on, there was plenty to explore in the startup community.  Thursday night we started off strong with the Startup Crawl which was a great way to mingle with dozens of startup companies in the time frame of very few hours.  Adam, Simba, Eric, and myself […]

We can be flexible part 2 – Austin

In Austin, food is one of the major attractions. Much of the city is populated with original restaurants and food trucks, creating an atmosphere of diverse and fun food choices. The food was definitely one of my favorite parts, and I think a lot of others’ too. Restaurants and food trucks are considered to be […]

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The Austin Finale

On Saturday, our final day in Austin, we had some time to reflect on our travels.  We began the day by having a coffee meeting with Sean Branagan who is the director of the Newhouse Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University.  He is also the creator of Student Startup Madness at SXSW which is […]

Keepin’ Austin Weird

Well, Austin is a beautiful city–different from Boulder, but in a wonderful and weird way. As the Austinites strive to keep the city weird, I would say they did a pretty good job. I saw many unique hairstyles and outfits, but that is what makes the city itself. On Friday, Ethan, Alexis, Eric, Katie and I […]

Capital Factory!

On March 13th, we visited one of the coolest co-working spaces so far (in my opinion): the Capital Factory. From inside, there is a beautiful view of the capitol and downtown Austin and 46,000 sq. ft. full of entrepreneurs (on two floors: 16th and 5th floors). There are 3 components to the Capital Factory: the […]