Austin Startups

The Missing Step to Automate your Processes with Software

The Missing Step to Automate your Processes with Software Steven Sinofsky’s Hardcore Software blog recently commented on how hard it is to automate processes with software. And he has some good…

Fellowships in Climate: Getting a Jump Start on your Journey

Fellowships in Climate: Getting a Jump Start on your Journey by David J. Neff and Mike Argosh

Scaling Stories: Building your Go-to-Market, Part 1

Scaling Stories: Building your Go-to-Market, Part 1 This is a new series “Scaling Stories” to share what I’ve learned from my career and from others’ over the last 30 years. If you don’t want…

The Risks and Rewards of Spinning out your Startup from a University

The Risks and Rewards of Spinning out your Startup from a University What do Google, Bose, and Sun Microsystems (Java) have in common? They all started as research projects at universities. It’s undeniable…

Embracing Systemic Complexity: The Ecliptic Capital Climate Thesis

Embracing Systemic Complexity: The Ecliptic Capital Climate Thesis In the last two years, I’ve experienced a wide range of emotions when it comes to climate change.

Uber, Lyft, Waymo, and Fetii: Mobility in the Era of AI

Uber, Lyft, Waymo, and Fetii: Mobility in the Era of AI For more than a decade, rideshare was treated as a two-company market. Uber and Lyft defined on-demand transportation, and most innovation…

Fetii Setting the Standard for Group Transportation Safety

Fetii Setting the Standard for Group Transportation Safety In the bustling world of ridesharing, one name stands out for its innovative approach to group transportation, Fetii. For those unfamiliar…

Phil Gilbert’s “Irresistible Change”

Phil Gilbert’s “Irresistible Change” Phil Gilbert has published a new book — Irresistible Change — and this week I want to focus on key messages we can pull from it.

I’ll Make You Famous — What Do You Want to Be Famous For?

I’ll Make You Famous — What Do You Want to Be Famous For? With apologies to a movie about Jessie James, “I’ll make you famous”, let’s talk about how to make your business famous! But before you…

Maxar Integrates Striveworks’ AIOps Platform to Support Persistent Site Monitoring

Maxar Integrates Striveworks’ AIOps Platform to Support Persistent Site Monitoring Striveworks was launched in 2018 with a vision to build the plumbing for AI underneath the application layer. In addition to offering the…

From Funding to Building: My Pivot from VC to Climate Solutions

From Funding to Building: My Pivot from VC to Climate Solutions After three years as a partner at Ecliptic Capital, where we successfully raised $ 60+MM to back early-stage companies in cybersecurity…