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[Texas Startups @TexasStartups]

Applications are open for the @twuniversity Center for Women Entrepreneurs program's Austin cohort.

https://t.co/OjIb71CxKk

[Paul O'Brien @seobrien]

Austin lost 2 great entrepreneurs to the aggressive behavior ICE has been taking. I couldn't help fix things in the U.S. quickly enough so they could stay, so we can explore how to help Guatemala benefit. https://t.co/a1U2ca4VaC

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

New supertall just dropped in Austin and it’s not just a gigantic glass box!? It even has a traditional-looking crown!? 🤯

I’m marking this as the official kickoff of the next Austin building supercycle after 3 years of slowdown. It’s time to dot the skies with cranes again!

[Sam Parr @thesamparr]

Dear Dallas founders,

[8VC @8vc]

Applications for 8VC’s 2027 Engineering and Design Fellowships are now live!

This cohort marks ten years of our Fellowship program, and what a decade it’s been. Hundreds of Fellows have leapt into startup life, shipped real products, built enduring relationships, and learned what (and who) it takes to scale unstoppable companies.

Like @Saronic, whose valuation has climbed from $4 billion to $9.25 billion since we filmed the video below.

One project. Twelve weeks. Uncapped possibility. But don’t take our word for it:

[Sully 🤠 @sullydoesitall]

I wanna start hosting more founder dinners and brunches at my new place in ATX

Who wants an invite

[Paul O'Brien @seobrien]

https://t.co/RulEGm0wiz

[Paul O'Brien @seobrien]

Excited to join the conversation at AcceleratorCON, Oct 23, in New York.

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[Douglas Green @__douglasgreen]

Everything you want is on the other side of your fear.

[Cam Hardaway 🇺🇸 @hardaway_cam]

I felt small today. Large scale transformers are indeed, quite large.

Come check it out on Oct. 26th in Austin!

https://t.co/nkZCDgNr2q

[Pat Matthews @patmatthews]

$2B in portfolio exits so far this year. Exciting times for our small venture firm.

[Paul O'Brien @seobrien]

Networks decide who gets funded, which startups survive, and which regions compound.

New Research: Network Economies are the Competitive Moat Causing Success https://t.co/MQLAYTZZVA

[Jake Fleshner @JakeFleshner]

Just wired angel investments into two incredible founders building amazing companies…

More to come next week

[Douglas Green @__douglasgreen]

What happens when the thing your profession gets paid to produce becomes nearly free?

Translation already lived through it: the industry survived, but pricing compressed, workflows changed, junior work eroded, and value moved.

Here’s what comes next. https://t.co/RbubLmgkZ2

[Marc Randolph @marcrandolph]

Your number one responsibility as CEO is simply:

Don't run out of money.

[Michael Dell 🇺🇸 @MichaelDell]

42 years ago, I started @Dell with $1,000 in my dorm room. Today, I’m deeply honored to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. 🇺🇸

Thank you @POTUS. This honor belongs to the incredible teams, partners and customers who made it possible.

The best is yet to come.

Keep building 🚀

[Guillermo Flor @guilleflorvs]

Mark Cuban says if he were 20 today, he'd skip venture capital entirely.

His reasoning: a $100K/month AI consulting business for small businesses beats chasing a 0.1% VC lottery ticket.

The math is brutal and obvious once you say it out loud.

Most founders spend years grinding for a shot at diluted equity, a 10-year exit, and a 95% failure rate. Cuban is pointing at a different path — one where AI tools let a 20-year-old build real cash flow fast, without giving up ownership or control.

The contrarian insight isn't "consulting is underrated." It's that the AI moment has made consulting scalable in ways it never was before. One person can now deliver what used to take an agency.

$100K/month is $1.2M/year. Profitable from day one. No board. No cap table. No begging for a Series A.

That's the business Cuban wishes he'd had access to at 20.

[Paul O'Brien @seobrien]

That’s my face when I'm asked why I network so much.

What I’m thinking is, "how is yours not? This matters."

I’ve helped kids try to start their careers, and I’ve watched friends I love try to find their next job after doing great work for years. They’re talented and they work hard and they aren't connecting with people.

So, I did some research for my work with startups. The ones that built real networks succeeded 89% of the time, and the ones that didn’t succeeded 17% of the time. It wasn’t about money. It was about people, and it’s the same for a company, a city, and every one of us.

A network isn’t luck. You build it one conversation, one introduction, one “how are you doing?” at a time, and it pays you back for the rest of your life.

The article is here: https://t.co/X84ROqkzYZ
The full paper is free to download here: https://t.co/bhuKH4pSVD

And if someone you care about is struggling right now, introduce them to someone. It might change everything.

[Texas Startups @TexasStartups]

@FedTechStartups has been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration to run the Texas Advanced Manufacturing Acceleration Cluster with @PortSanAntonio as the regional hub up through Austin.

https://t.co/EETE6P92DC

[Jason Scharf @Jason_A_Scharf]

Forget Silicon Hills. Forget an American Shenzhen.

The Texas Diamond is where frontier tech is invented, financed, built, & deployed. 🤠🚀🦾