[ibimage==33389==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Joshua McClure
Real Massive
CEO & founder
Real estate
Twitter profile:
Founder & CEO @RealMassive. ENFJ. I love freedom, #RadicalOpenness #OpenData and #entrepreneurs.
Making it as an entrepreneur is about being ok with not making it as an entrepreneur.
— Joshua McClure (@joshuamcclure) November 23, 2014
[ibimage==33405==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Dan Graham
BuildASign.com
CEO
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
All progress depends on the unreasonable man. -George Bernard Shaw
Don't let a few comments derail a strategic and agreed-upon path of action. Saying you're sorry (or not) on #social: https://t.co/Ubg1oXU4ul
— Dan Graham (@maharg) December 18, 2014
[ibimage==33406==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Bob Metcalfe
UT Austin
Professor of Innovation
Education
Twitter profile:
UTAustin Professor of Innovation, Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise, MIT Trustee, NAE. Past: MIT Harvard PARC Stanford 3Com InfoWorld Polaris.
More Gigabit Internet: Google Fiber adds 4 more cities. Austin has it already (but not at our house yet). Hurry! https://t.co/GdYiX8KueD
— Bob Metcalfe (@BobMetcalfe) January 27, 2015
[ibimage==33407==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Amanda McGuckinHager
PeopleAdmin
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
Digital Marketing
Twitter profile:
Friend, Mom, Co-Worker, Demand Gen/Inbound Marketing (B2B, Tech, Big Data) Start Up Junkie & Lover of Austin, TX
Good design is critical. https://t.co/LsKQ0On0Gm
— Amanda McGuckinHager (@shoogie) October 23, 2014
[ibimage==33408==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Brett Hurt
Bazaarvoice
Former CEO & co-founder
Ratings & reviews software
Twitter profile:
Apple just announced $18 billion of profit on revenues of $74.6 billion - the most profit of any company in history for a single quarter
— Brett Hurt (@bazaarbrett) January 27, 2015
[ibimage==33410==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Sam Decker
//
Mass Relevance
Former CEO & founder
Social media
Twitter profile:
Former CEO/founder Mass Relevance, Bazaarvoice founding CMO, Dell exec & bay area startup exec. Angel investor...
Why investor updates are really, really important https://t.co/HyTkjgZ6V4
— Sam Decker (@samdecker) January 26, 2015
[ibimage==33411==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Jacqueline Hughes
Techstars Austin
Events & community organizer
Tech community
Twitte profile:
Events + Community @Techstars Austin, Founder of @AtxStartupWeek, building @CraftLaunch, Dean @AtxAwesome...
My friends over at @LawnStarter are hiring a Director of Operations here in Austin. Awesome opportunity! https://t.co/wjORGcwhEe
— Jacqueline Hughes (@JacquelinesLife) November 21, 2014
[ibimage==33412==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Claire England
CTAN Angels
Executive director
Investing
Twitter profile:
Executive Director @CTANAngels. Startup Ecosystem Leader. Public Speaker. Community Volunteer. Triathlete. Traveler...
So excited about my new role! RT @ctanangels Let's give warm welcome to CTAN new ED, Claire England! https://t.co/BTkHmhpQAw #Austin #startup
— Claire England (@ClaireEngland) January 6, 2015
[ibimage==33413==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Josh Kerr
Amazon
Startup business development
Tech community
Twitter profile:
Startup BD at Amazon Web Services, Co-founder @Written, angel investor, @CapitalFactory partner, @Techstars mentor, @DEMO god. (Opinions are mine.)
The definitive guide to mistakes startups make when raising money: https://t.co/i6LI4PCyKY
— Josh Kerr (@joshkerr) January 14, 2015
[ibimage==33414==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]JD Weinstein
Capital Factory
Venture associate
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
@CapitalFactory, Previously @UTInnovations Horizon Fund, Burnt-orange blooded, Paddleboarding, Yoga...
Packed house for @protohack Austin @CapitalFactory. Excited to be judging tonight pic.twitter.com/cZ1PFyS19Q
— JD Weinstein (@JD_Weinstein) January 11, 2015
[ibimage==33415==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Paul O'Brien
MicroVentures
CMO
Investing
Twitter profile:
CMO of @MicroVentures & founder of @Incuvator. Growth Hacker & #Startup Advisor. Father, marketer, angel, founder...
Why Startups Fail - Bosses vs. Founders https://t.co/dAmy2M70rm
— Paul O'Brien (@seobrien) January 24, 2015
[ibimage==33416==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Jeremy Bencken
Written
Co-founder & president
Content marketing
Twitter profile:
Co-Founder & Product Guy @ https://Written.com | Full-time Texan, part-time Coloradoan | Fly fishing enthusiast.
Know the Difference Between Traffic and Audience? https://t.co/AaV4xioA4T via @bencken @written @thenextweb
— Jeremy Bencken (@bencken) May 27, 2014
[ibimage==33417==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Ben Dyer
Peachtree Software & UT Austin
Founder & Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Software & tech community
Twitter profile:
Serial and parallel entrepreneur with a Peachy beginning. Interested in digital media, mobile payments...
Not every startup works as planned, some reasons why. Weekly TechDrawl essay: https://t.co/l47mbtEc60 pic.twitter.com/vYfoBEQhnS
— Ben Dyer (@BenJDyer) November 3, 2014
[ibimage==33419==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Evan Baehr
Able Lending
Co-founder
Financial technology
Twitter profile:
Cofounder of @AbleLending, Floodgate / Founders Fund lender to small businesses. Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Facebook, White House alum.
My passion: solve big public problems with private company that delights customers @willydavisjr and I on @FoxNews https://t.co/kx7CzMgItz
— Evan Baehr (@evanbaehr) April 30, 2014
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Michael Dell
Dell Inc.
CEO & founder
Desktops & laptops
Twitter profile:
Self employed https://Dell.com https://msdf.org https://msdcapital.com... Public '88, Private '13
"Advancing health innovation" by @MichaelDell on @LinkedIn https://t.co/BZJwxYtRxq
— Michael Dell (@MichaelDell) January 27, 2015
[ibimage==33427==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Erica Douglass
MarketVibe
CEO
Digital marketing
Twitter profile:
Speaker; blogger; startup founder & CEO. I write a popular entrepreneurship blog... at https://erica.biz .
[https://t.co/xMWZBrybCt] I'm back! What if you don't have *time* to build a business? https://t.co/EoWoJ1Ffc1
— Erica Douglass (@ericabiz) January 26, 2015
[ibimage==33430==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Hugh Forrest
SXSW
Director
Tech community
Twitter profile:
Director of the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin. Other passions include the Boston Red Sox, reading, exercise ...
The sharing economy explained: Lyft CEO Logan Green to keynote SXSW Interactive on March 16. https://t.co/AYh2AECaf6 #sxsw #sharingeconomy
— Hugh Forrest (@Hugh_W_Forrest) January 27, 2015
[ibimage==33432==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Morgan Linton
FashionMetric
COO, CTO & co-founder
Big Data
Twitter profile:
co-founder @fashionmetric | previously @sonos | @carnegiemellon alumni
Morgan’s Flippa Five: https://t.co/3qX8v1XvBa, Lift.io, https://t.co/wXfFJvsuvB https://t.co/VO2qOhVIQG #domains @flippa
— Morgan Linton (@morganlinton) January 27, 2015
[ibimage==33434==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Andy Aguiluz
Techstars Austin
Program Manager
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
NA
"the founders we've supported and the innovations they have delivered" - @davidcohen on the impact startups can have https://t.co/n5sKs23uq7
— Andy (@AndyAguiluz) April 26, 2014
[ibimage==33437==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Noah Kagan
AppSumo
CEO & founder
App deals networks
Twitter profile:
hi*
How to attract the best people in the world https://t.co/ToSqxyezUv
— noah kagan (@noahkagan) November 3, 2014
[ibimage==33438==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Charlie Wood
Spanning
Former CEO & founder
Cloud backup storage
Twitter profile:
Numerous cofounder. Previously founder and CEO of Spanning, acquired by EMC. Interested in the intersection of...
“a determination to navigate the next such shift by finding it first” https://t.co/u9t6PkneUk
— Charlie Wood (@cwood) January 17, 2015
[ibimage==33439==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Robert Gilbreath
ShipStation
Vice president of marketing
E-commerce software
Twitter profile:
Significant other - Fixer of broken toys - Contingent Fabricator
39 Predictions for Ecommerce in 2015 https://t.co/4UUkn09MmR
— Robert Gilbreath (@Adomatica) January 5, 2015
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Valerie Cason
Austin technology council
Director of sales & marketing
Tech community
Twitter profile:
communicate and boogie. fortunate to work w the best in Austin tech via @atcouncil
"Leaders must have brains, soul & heart"- https://t.co/0fv7YybkLt Proud to be apart @wef shapers in ATX w the most passionate of millennials
— Valerie Cason (@CasonDaily) September 18, 2014
[ibimage==33441==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Rob Taylor
PivotFreight
CEO
Shipping software
Twitter profile:
@PivotFreight CEO, @BlackLocus Pres, @CapitalFactory Partner, @techstars Mentor, angel investor, cyclist, company builder...
Good writeup on my friends @capitalfactory @techstars: "The New Rules for Raising Capital in Austin" https://t.co/oQzmbbRieJ
— Rob Taylor (@GoRobTaylor) January 26, 2015
[ibimage==33442==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Joseph Kopser
RideScott
CEO
Transportation app
Twitter profile:
CEO of @RideScout - A mobile App for your phone to show all ride options. Also Defense Energy Security Policy and raising 3 daughters....
Nice, Austin is #1: 7 Top Cities for Startups - Outside of Silicon Valley: https://t.co/jO0k0W2RjF @ATCouncil @CapitalFactory @AdlerForAustin
— Joseph Kopser (@JosephKopser) January 23, 2015
[ibimage==33457==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Josh Baer
Capital Factory
Executive director & founder
Incubator, accelerator & co-working
Twitter profile:
Austinpreneur. I help people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs.
Next week it’s Intro to Fundraising with @gordondaugherty and guest VC @s3ventures https://t.co/k3W3dBzX92 (please retweet)
— Joshua Baer (@JoshuaBaer) January 25, 2015
[ibimage==33458==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Jennifer Leggio
Cisco & Girls in Tech
Senior director & managing director
PR & tech community
Twitter profile:
Raconteur. Hockey lover. Powerhouse. Security Twits herder emeritus. Managing Director, Girls in Tech, Austin...
Spending a quiet day working on the plans for the @GirlsinTech Austin chapter launch. Very excited about this.
— Jennifer Leggio (@mediaphyter) January 18, 2015
[ibimage==33459==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Daina Linton
FashionMetric
CEO & co-founder
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
Co-Founder & CEO @FashionMetric, big data SaaS for apparel retailers to collect more data about their customers...
Excited about Fashion Metric being featured on Product Hunt, please upvote to show your love! https://t.co/vd3izcNKun”
— Daina Linton (@dainalinton) September 3, 2014
[ibimage==33460==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Elyse Holladay
RetailMeNot
Instructor
Tech education
Twitter profile:
front-end architect, tech instructor, speaker. talk to me about Sass, refactoring, women in tech, GIFs, makeup, yoga...
"part of our job as developers is to empathize with how other people use our work." @davatron5000 @ATXSass
— elyse (@elyseholladay) January 23, 2015
[ibimage==33461==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Eddie Machaalani
Bigcommerce
CEO & co-founder
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
Co-founder & CEO @Bigcommerce. Dad, Spurs fan and Aussie entrepreneur determined to democratize #ecommerce...
“Data solves one of the biggest conundrums: getting the right message to the right consumer” https://t.co/SjemYz9qFc #analytics @Bigcommerce
— Eddie Machaalani (@eddiemachaalani) January 27, 2015
[ibimage==33462==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Mark Collier
OpenStack
Co-founder
Open-source programming
Twitter profile:
OpenStack co-founder, OpenStack Foundation COO, ex Rackspace & Yahoo! Love Austin, BBQ, BBALL, open source for fun...
In 2015 I predict "surge pricing" will be renamed "pricing," right to bear cameras will outweigh arms, and 3D printed drones will scare .gov
— Mark Collier (@sparkycollier) January 1, 2015
[ibimage==33463==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Chris Kerns
Spredfast
Director of analytics & research
Social media
Twitter profile:
Trendology selected by Amazon as a Best Business Book of the Month https://t.co/yRMn0E5NmZ #RTM #socialmedia pic.twitter.com/ZvS64pdpe8
— Chris Kerns (@chriskerns) November 1, 2014
[ibimage==33464==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Julie Huls
Austin Technology Council
President
Tech community
Twitter profile:
Innovation Economy evangelist
.@ATCouncil is proud to support Sens. Moran, Warner in the Startup Act https://t.co/9djdKX3QTx via @JerryMoran
— Julie Huls (@juliehuls) January 20, 2015
[ibimage==33465==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Travis Oliphant
Continuum Analytics
CEO & co-founder
Programming
Twitter profile:
Creator of SciPy; Author of NumPy; Previously Professor in Biomedical Imaging; CEO and co-founder of Continuum Analytics
Great high-level overview of Numba with good examples: https://t.co/GcxewMRjYn. If you use #numpy, you likely need #numba too!
— Travis Oliphant (@teoliphant) January 23, 2015
[ibimage==33466==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]William Hurley
Chaotic Moon Studios
Co-founder
Programming
Twitter profile:
Husband to @pamelamalunat. Father to Brooks. CEO @honestdollar. Cofounder @chaoticmoon. Apple Design winner. IBM Master Inventor...
Apple's $178,000,000,000 in CASH could buy @TeslaMotors @SpaceX @Snapchat @Dropbox @Netflix @Airbnb @Uber and @twitter with $20B to spare!!
— whurley ® (@whurley) January 28, 2015
[ibimage==33467==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Hollis Tibbetts
Dell
Evangelist & software technology director
Software marketing
Twitter profile:
#Software #Marketing executive. Technology & market author/expert: #Data, #Cloud, #SaaS, #Integration, #Innovation...
Oracle Service Cloud gets more social - Oracle has released an update to its Oracle Service Cloud that adds new to... https://t.co/9QjIb7KI8B
— Hollis Tibbetts (@SoftwareHollis) January 29, 2015
[ibimage==33468==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Jason Seats
Techstars Austin
Managing director
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
Managing Director at Techstars, Slicehost founder & Rackspace Alumnus
continuing pursuit of doing every version of every possible business, AMZN opens first physical store in NYC https://t.co/lcKWT9PCCk
— Jason Seats (@seats) October 10, 2014
[ibimage==33469==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Erin Lynn Young
Independent
Consultant
UX
Twitter profile:
principal & user experience architect @ Slide UX. information architect. software strategist. reformed marketer.
"When a user becomes familiar with an interface, they often enjoy a feeling of mastery, of power." https://t.co/0KguodLMJ7 via @InVisionApp
— Erin Lynn Young (@erinlynnyoung) January 11, 2015
[ibimage==33470==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Dean Kakridas
Follow @ATX //
International Accelerator
Managing director
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
Managing Director at @IntlAccelerator. Passion for the beautiful game and enabling Work-Life Performance. @SXSW board member....
“The goal is not to fail fast. The goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.”
— Dean Kakridas (@ATX) January 25, 2015
[ibimage==33471==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Lisa Pearson
Bazaarvoice
CMO
Ratings & reviews software
Twitter profile:
Bazaarvoice CMO. Mama, media junkie and easily bored insomniac. Twitter, say something funny.
.@Bazaarvoice profile on @NewsHour. Proud of our industry-leading stance on authentic content. #endfakereviews https://t.co/1oHzkoyLKA
— Lisa Pearson (@lpearson) January 20, 2015
[ibimage==33472==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Chris Valentine
Adeo InterActive
CEO & founder
Tech events
Twitter profile:
Event Producer (Events and/or Programs include... SXSW Accelerator & Startup Village & V2Venture & Startup Austin...
Security tech has rocketed from the backwaters of geekdom to the front page of the news, says @TGR https://t.co/OQgqRZaVpS via @WSJ
— chris valentine (@valentinechris) January 21, 2015
[ibimage==33473==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Eugene Sepulveda
Entrepreneurs Foundation
CEO
Entrepreneurship
Twitter profile:
disruptive innovation in philanthropy · corp culture anthropology · CEO Entrepreneurs Foundation...
Best Cities 4 Yng Entrprnrs. Austin #7. We can do better. access to funding, networking, mentorship & cost living. - https://t.co/VZd3YgmhUK
— Eugene Sepulveda (@EugeneAustin) November 19, 2014
[ibimage==33474==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Ryan Joy
Microsoft
Startup & developer evangelist
Enterpreneurship
Twitter profile:
Web dev. Mostly JavaScript. Startup & Dev Evangelist @ Microsoft. Live in Austin, Texas. Organizer of @RefreshAustin...
Microsoft's Project Orleans, a framework for distributed high-scale applications used for Halo 4, is now on GitHub. https://t.co/zDaKzhik6e
— Ryan Joy (@atxryan) January 23, 2015
[ibimage==33475==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Dan Driscoll
reQwip
CEO & founder
Sports gear marketplace
Twitter profile:
#nerd at-large, #founder @reQwip, #advisor @Prepify, @UTAustin #Longhorn
“Always buy the coffee” - building a network, one cup at a time https://t.co/1yXIshYLOb #startups #entrepreneurship pic.twitter.com/SAOPExutpg
— Dan Driscoll (@dbdriscoll) January 28, 2015
[ibimage==33479==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Ashley McNamara
Rackspace
Lead technical evangelist
Programming
Twitter profile:
I am 15% Unicorn, 25% Developer, 70% Sarcastic, 44% Mathematician, and 100% Awesome....
Responsive #GameDesign: Always design for #mobile resolutions first. Good advice from @jessefreeman
— Ashley McNamara (@ashleymcnamara) January 28, 2015
[ibimage==33481==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Mark Milliron
Civitas Learning
Cheif learning officer & co-founder
Education
Twitter profile:
Co-Founder & Chief Learning Officer, Civitas Learning. Conversations on education, innovation, & more...
Great org 2 benchmark more online learning strategies from US: https://t.co/8BGBKS1eoA #pbsympo2015
— Mark Milliron (@markmilliron) January 28, 2015
[ibimage==33482==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Neelan Choksi
Tasktop Technologies
President & COO
Software
Twitter profile:
Current President of Tasktop, former professional gambler, former CEO of Lexcycle (makers of Stanza)...
Fav quote @TheAmericanCEO yesterday @CapitalFactory Only thing you have control over is ability to fire people and you can only do that once
— Neelan Choksi (@neelan) January 22, 2015
[ibimage==33483==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Adam Hermsdorfer
BigTuna Interactive
Interactive director & founder
Drupal web development
Twitter profile:
Interactive Marketer with Drupal Development and Optimization Agency BigTuna Interactive.
https://t.co/ZBGI0YhB4b will be packaged in core with Drupal 8. Semantic markup out of the box is a huge innovation in CMS's. #drupalcon #SEO
— AdamHermsdorfer (@AdamHermsdorfer) June 3, 2014
[ibimage==33484==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Gordon Daugherty
Nuve
President & COO
Software
Twitter profile:
High tech executive, angel investor and startup mentor
Compensating your first employees when you're a cash poor startup is difficult. Advice here in my newest blog post: https://t.co/2LNEZ2puXW
— Gordon Daugherty (@gordondaugherty) November 9, 2014
[ibimage==33486==Medium==none==self==ibimage_align-left]Adam Weinroth
OneSpot
CMO
Content marketing software
Twitter profile:
Austin tech marketing geek, Proud dad and husband | CMO of @OneSpot | Advisor at @Spredfast @StatusPath
Sharp perspective and wisdom from @bazaarbrett on network effects in a #SaaS and #B2B context. https://t.co/XMr98LPxHy
— Adam Weinroth (@aweinroth) January 15, 2015
