A great day at the office. I love these moving selfies. (at Written.com)… Read the rest
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Last night was the world famous SXSW startup crawl and the first time that Written has manned a booth or table at an event. We were on the 16th floor of the Omni and had a continous presence of folks eager to learn about our products and services. Or, they … Read the rest
Written.com appeared in an article on TechCrunch today. The article follows our announcement that we’ve completed a seed round of $1 million from Live Oak VP, FLOODGATE, Capital Factory Fund and various angels in Austin.
The article does a good job of talking about what we do — … Read the rest
The first Written coffee shop photo.
Today Marc and I took a few photos at a coffee shop to use for a background image on our new company homepage. We chose a coffee shop because it is an iconic location where many bloggers do much of their writing. (That’s me … Read the rest
Great Statesman article about Meritful a new Capital Factory incubator company and winner of our “Move your startup to Austin for free” contest from SXSW.
Read about how @bemeritful got relocated to Austin with a hundred grand prize package. http://t.co/rbt59qvWJV
— Bryan Menell (@bmenell) May 29, 2013
… Read the restContest winner Meritful
Lori Hawkins from the Austin American Statesman wrote a great about how Capital Factory has become the center of Austin’s startup scene. I’m grateful for the opportunity to be part of it all.
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Hardware is in season
Hardware seems to be back in season. Several of the startup’s I’ve seen come through Capital Factory have innovated with hardware and some of it is pretty cool. Hardware is not an easy cookie to bake so it is unusual for a startup to go for it.
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Obama visited Capital Factory today and I got to meet with him. This was a once in a lifetime experience for me. I feel very grateful to be part of Capital Factory, it is an amazing organization one that is now getting recognition from the President. Hopefully other cities will … Read the rest
Square is completely disrupting the payment space and their most recent announcement of fixed pricing appeals directly to small businesses with point of sale systems who stand to save $300 a month. A closer look paints the picture of a pretty solid deal, but not for everybody.
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I almost invented Napster
I almost invented Napster in 1996, more than a year before Napster was created. I was in the right space at the right time, but when it was all said and done, I missed the opportunity. People often say “think outside the box” but inventing a new disruptive technology takes … Read the rest
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