u/seobrien

Curious if it's open to the public

Our community lost one of its own today. Saddened to hear of the passing of Josh. My condolences to their family, friends, and colleagues.

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Worth a look. $3MM in an Austin Startup doing Sales Operations with AI

"Venture-capital investment in Austin reached a record $7.4 bn last year ...The city is now America’s 5th-most active for VC investment, up from 10th a decade ago"

Angel / seed stage funding

The metro ranked just behind the Bay Area, New York City, Boston, London and Los Angeles. It was named the top rising star in North America.

Tauri Laws-Phillips (CEO, DivInc ), Emily Gupton (President, Austin Women in Technology), and Gabriel Rucker (Managing Director, Founder Institute Austin) for the Austin Innovation Exchange at Cabana Club; an evening of honest conversation about where this ecosystem actually is right now, where it's going, and what we keep getting wrong.

What we'll dig into:
→ The real state of Austin's startup economy (not the press-release version)
→ Where the capital is actually flowing
→ Resources founders keep missing
→ How investors, builders, and operators stop talking past each other

Come pitch us hard questions. Stay for the networking. THURSDAY, June 11, at Cabana Club (so you know we'll have some fun)

🎟️ RSVP: https://luma.com/r4bs9ii2

Austin is where someone can raise $2 million for an AI-powered dog-walking marketplace, pivot to quantum tacos, and still make it to live music before midnight.

This community exists for founders, investors, operators, builders, and the occasionally sleep-deprived person who just realized their "side project" became a company.

Ask questions. Share lessons. Debate ideas. Celebrate wins. Discuss failures. Help each other build great things. I'm u/seobrien, a founding moderator of r/austinstartups.

A few ground rules:

• Don't spam. I know where you live.
• Don't sell services nobody asked for.
• Don't post "I help startups scale!!!" content.
• Don't turn every conversation into a lead-generation funnel.

Founders already have enough problems. Investors already have enough pitch decks. Nobody came here hoping to discover your revolutionary SEO agency, offshore dev shop, growth-hacking framework, crypto opportunity, AI automation consultancy, executive coaching practice, NFT resurrection project, or "quick question" that somehow ends with a Calendly link.

Violators will be subjected to the traditional Austin startup consequences:

1. Your pitch deck will be reviewed by strangers from Reddit.
2. Every coffee meeting will become a networking event.
3. Your startup will be described as "Uber, but for..." forever.
4. You will be forced to explain your business model to a panel of VCs who only ask, "But what's the moat?"
5. You will receive exactly 37 LinkedIn connection requests from people selling fractional CFO services.

You've been warned.

Now grab a taco, ship something people actually want, and help keep Austin weird enough to remain interesting. 🚀🤠🌮 Let's make r/austinstartups meaningful.