The DEC Education: Intro to the Dallas Startup Community
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I N T R O T O T H E D A L L A S
S T A R T U P C O M M U N I T Y
P R E S E N T E D B Y : A L E X A N D E R M U S E , T H E H A U L C O M P A N Y
@amuse
Alexander MuseCo-Founder at HAULOffice: 214.550.2003Mobile: 214.558.1079
1333 North Stemmons Fwy, Suite 110 Dallas, Texas 75207
Website: http://www.haulstudios.comPersonal Blog: http://startupmuse.comLinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/amuseTwitter: http://twitter.com/amuse
Agenda
• Entrepreneurial hub?
• Growth of the Startup Scene
• Notable Dallas Startups
• Notable Startup Exits (M&A and IPO)
• VC’s, Angels and Media
• Accelerators, Incubators, Coworking
• Networking Events, Meetups, Conferences
• Where to Find Talent
• Other ways to get involved
• Q&A
W H Y D A L L A S
Pros and Cons
• Concentration of Fortune 500 companies
• Fourth largest metro in the US
• Third largest in self-employment
• 19,000 new companies each year
• Ranked third for startup founders ~Kaufmann Foundation
• More tech jobs that Austin & Houston combined
• Low cost of living/doing business
• Two major airports
• Dearth of experienced VCs
• VCs have very little committed capital
• Very little early stage capital
• Few high growth entrepreneur angels
• Few startup focused service providers
• Leveraged Workforce
• Inexperienced Startup Workforce
• Massive Geography (9,286mi v. 46.9mi)
PROs CONs
Startup Growth in Dallas (in 5 minutes)
• startupmuse.com
• Barcamp/PitchCamp
• Startup Happy Hour
• Startup Weekend
• CoHabitat / Tech Wildcatters
• LOTS of startups
Notable Startups• Koupon Media
• ShopSavvy
• Genband
• Firehost
• Epic Playground
• Bookshout!
• Connectcloud
• Hiplogic
• HAUL
• Pure Discovery
• Image Vision
• Traxo
• Architel
• Modx
• AllPlayers.com
• Mutual Mind
• ZenCash
• Order My Gear
• Convey Computer Corp
• ID90 Technologies
• Biscotti
• NetSocket
• Mobility Ventures
• Vivify Health
• Quiqq
• Who@
• Sparxlife
ShopSavvy
Notable Dallas Exits • Broadcast.com (Yahoo for $5B, 2001)
• EDS (HP for $13.9B, 2008)
• Gamestop (IPO)
• Gearbox Software (IPO)
• Hotels.com (IPO)
• Id Software (ZeniMax for $105M, 2009)
• ITKO (CA Technologies for $330M)
• Metasolv (Oracle for $219M, 2006)
• New Toy (Zynga for $53M, 2011)
• Perot Systems (Dell for $3.9B, 2009)
• Quickoffice (acquired by Google, 2012)
• Softlayer (acquired by IBM for $2B, 2013)
• Texas Instruments (IPO)
• Woot.com (Amazon for $110M, 2010)
VC• Trailblazer Capital
• Silver Creek Ventures
• Dallas Venture Partners
• Remeditex (Pharma/Life Science)
• Cypress Growth Capital
• Green Park & Golf Ventures
• Naya Ventures
• Pangea’s Edge Holdings, Ltd.
• Aristos Ventures
• Mark Cuban Companies
• New MainStream Capital
• Covera Ventures
• Sevin Rosen
• HO2
• Orix Fund
Dead Pool
Angels• Dallas Angel Network
• Dallas Ventures Angel Network
• Dallas Women’s Venture Fund
• North Texas Angel Network
• Lone Star Angels
• Cowtown Angels
• Golden Seeds - Dallas
• Southwest Venture Forum
• Texas Mezzanine Fund
• Tyler Texas Angel Network
• Baylor Angel Network
• Texas Entrepreneur Network
Media Publications• Dallas Morning News
• Dallas Business Journal
• LaunchDFW
• Dallas Observer
• Pegasus News
• Culture Map
• Dallas Startup Digest
• Texas Biotech News
• Geekbeat.tv
Accelerators
• Tech Wildcatters
• Forbes top 10 Accelerator
• 37 companies including: Key Ring, Proxomo, Koupon Media
• Health Wildcatters
• Raised $1M from 30 investors
• VentureSpur
• Dual classes in session in Dallas and OKC including mine: HAUL
• Pipeline at Bio Center
• NTEC
• Bootstrap Dallas
Incubators• The Dallas Entrepreneur Center
(Dallas)
• North Texas Entrepreneur Center (Frisco)
• Collide Center (McKinney)
• Tech Fort Worth (Fort Worth)
• Venture Development Center (UTD)
• United Way’s The GroundFloor (Dallas)
Coworking• Common Desk (Dallas - Deep Ellum)
• WELD (Dallas - Design District)
• SpryRocket (Dallas - Greenville)
• The Grove (Dallas - West End)
• XL Lounge (Dallas - Mockingbird)
• Oak Cliff Hive (Dallas - Oak Cliff)
• Dallas Fort Work (Dallas)
• Dallas Makerspace (Dallas)
• Connective Hub (Addison)
• CoLab (Fort Worth)
• Dallas Cafe Bedouins
• Creative Consortium Group
Networking• BioCenter Dallas
• CEO Netweavers
• Creatives in Dallas
• Dallas Entrepreneur Center
• Dallas Maker Space
• Dallas Internet Marketing and SEO
• Dallas Startup Happy Hour
• Digital Dallas
• Entrepreneurs for North Texas
• EWomenNetwork
• Health Industry Council
• Mobile Monday Dallas
• Red Oak Hackerspace
• Social Media Club Dallas
• Texchange Dallas
• TIE Dallas
• Untyed
Meetups
• Dribbble Meetup
• AIGA DFW
• Refresh Dallas
For Creatives
• Dallas Android Developers Group
• iPhone Developers Group
• Drupal Developer Group
• HTML5 User Group
For Developers
• Social Media Club of Dallas
• Results Oriented Web
For Marketing
• DFW Scrum
• Dal Mob
• DevOps Live
For Product
• Dallas Startup Weekend
• CoFounders Lab
Misc
Conferences
• Big Design Conference (October)
• Circles Conference (September)
• Emerging Tech Conference (July)
• Big Android BBQ (September)
• Front Porch (Front End) Web Developers (October)
Where to find talent• Campus2Careers
• Meetups
• LaunchDFW
• University Job Boards
• CoFounders Lab
Other ways to get involved• Join the conversation online -
comment on articles, tweet, spread the word that you’re a part of the audience.
• Volunteer your time at meetups, events, startup weekend, mentor, host open office hours
• Contribute your own stories or event recaps on your own blog or write for LaunchDFW
• Give before you get, and when you get, pay it forward.
Q & A