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Co-Founders Wanted MeetUp Date:
Monday, August 11th, 2014

Time:
6:30 - 9:00 pm

Location:
Capital Factory,  
16th Floor of the Austin Centre/Omni Hotel

Physical address:
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street
Austin, TX 78701 

Parking: Capital Factory is providing tickets for parking after 6:00pm to park under the OMNI Hotel for $5.00 to park at the self park entering from Brazos street. You have to save your parking ticket and then show the one that Capital Factory will provide to get your discounted parking

To keep the check-in process as efficient as possible please go to
http://cofounderaustin.eventbrite.com to register beforehand. You will show your confirmation when you sign in for your name tag on Monday night.

Pre-registrastion Cost: $11.24
Door Cost: $15.00

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Some give-a-ways this month!

Bring your business cards to network with and to enter into our drawing at this months MeetUp!

Businessuites is giving away gift cards worth 2 hours of conference room time at any Businessuites location. For more information see article below or go to www.businessuites.com .

Don't Forget! The more business cards you bring and the more you use at the meeting, the more opportunities and connections you will have!

Win a FREE organic cotton t-shirt from The TechMap just like the awesome volunteers wear each meeting! How cool is that?? We think we are pretty cool! So you will too!

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Take our recommendations to make the most of your experience. We sincerely want everyone to make the connections needed to grow in the manner they are looking for growth in.

Heading South Might be the Hottest Ticket No Matter How You Look at It

The state of Texas is investing heavily in start-up companies and funding them through entities such as the Texas Emerging Technology Fund along with other supports throughout the state including entrepreneur accelerators and education programs.  With Texas being neighbors with Mexico immigrants are playing an important role in the success Texas is sure to experience in the tech world.
In the past, manufacturing of textiles has been the ticket to success in business relations between Texas and Mexico. Auto parts shared in that success. Now, we see 20 manufacturing facilities in Mexico ranging from aerospace to medical devices to electronics. It is clear that China is not always the best manufacturing solution which is especially excellent for Texas because the state already has the business history in place and the close proximity cannot get any better. China has been increasing shipping and labor costs while they have not made any improvements in overall shipping guarantees. Not much distance to cover when you are shipping from Mexico to Texas. This is huge for Texas small businesses and entrepreneurs in industries ranging from what we have seen in the past such as textiles and auto parts to up and coming techie start-ups and even the more sophisticated manufacturers.
This is where the temperatures collide. The heat in Texas has been above 100 degrees in recent months.  The tech scene is migrating across Texas and reaching out to the Mexican border for some really hot business opportunities. Now, places like Brownsville will be beefing up their average IQ statistics when SpaceX hires and develops 600 rocket scientists when they expand their already contracted operations there.  Ok, so, that is kinda “hot” if you ask me.
What an exciting future Texas has to offer young entrepreneurs who are just out of college or someone who has dreams of starting over and doing what they love. Texas quite possibly has it all within driving distance.  And, ladies, who wouldn’t want a town full of Rocket Scientists living nearby. I am sure they will need firemen to keep them safe in emergencies and if none of that works out, just on the other side of the border in a place called Ciudad Juárez, Johnson & Johnson employs about 8,000 people making pacemakers and heart stints, at my age and as an empty nester, that may be closer to my style anyway. When it comes down to it, “Hot” is in the eye of the beholder.

Written by Lee Inmon August, 2014

The place to be in August—Are you going?
Goals of the conference

We are bringing together thousands of people that want to learn more about equity and reward-based crowd funding. The laws are changing rapidly in many states, to include Texas. This set of events are designed to keep inventors, entrepreneurs, real-estate professionals, and investors in the know.

Target Audience

This conference targets crowd funding enthusiasts, inventors, entrepreneurs, investors, and real estate professionals. We provide professionals with the networking needed to produce new products and businesses.

Upcoming Events For details go to: http://thetechmap.com/events

When Event Name Type Location Cost 8/5/2014
The Tax Man Cometh: Business Tax Obligations Workshop Entrepreneur Center of Austin $45.00 Details 9:00AM - 4:00PM 4029 S Capital of Texas Hwy Ste 110 Austin TX 78704 USA 8/6/2014

AUSOME - Austin's #1 Online Marketing Meetup Meetup Capital Factory Free Details 6:30PM - 8:30PM 701 Brazos Street, 16th floor, Austin, TX 8/6/2014

High-Impact Marketing: 10 Low-Cost Strategies for Big Sales Returns Workshop Entrepreneur Center of Austin Free Details 9:00AM - 12:00PM 4029 S Capital of Texas Hwy Ste 110 Austin TX 78704 USA 8/11/2014 

Co-Founders Wanted Meetup Meetup Capital Factory $11.24 Details 6:30PM - 9:00PM 701 Brazos Street, 16th floor, Austin, TX 78701 8/14/2014 

Austin: TrendPo, Togga, Zing Register, Common Form Tax Software, StayFaster Meetup Capital Factory Free Details 8:00AM - 9:30AM 701 Brazos Street Suite 1601 Austin, TX 78701 8/21/2014

Entrepreneur Fitness: 10x Your Energy, Focus and Fun Meetup Tech Ranch Austin Free Details 6:30PM - 9:00PM 9111 Jollyville Road, Room 100, Austin, TX 78759 8/28/2014

Kickercon Crowd-funding Conference & Expo Conference Hilton Americas-Houston $279.99 Details 8:00AM - 6:00PM 1600 Lamar Houston, TX 77010, US 8/29/2014

SheHacksATX Hackathon Capital Factory $50.00 Details 7:00PM - 10:00PM 701 Brazos Street Suite 1601 Austin, TX 78701 9/8/2014

Co-Founders Wanted September Meetup Meetup Capital Factory $11.24 Details 6:30PM - 9:30PM 701 Brazos Street Suite 1601 Austin, TX 78701 9/26/2014

ATC Texas Big Data Conference Conference AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center $75.00 Details 8:30AM - 4:30PM 1900 University Avenue Austin, TX 78705 10/6/2014

ATC Battle of the Tech Bands Meetup The Mohawk Free Details 5:00PM - 10:00PM 912 Red River St Austin, TX 7870 10/10/2014

ErlangCamp Austin 2014 Conference St. Edwards University $150.00 Details 7:00PM - 10:00PM 9420 Research Blvd Austin, TX 98759 10/20/2014

Free: The World's Biggest MBA Admissions Event comes to Austin! Conference Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Free Details 4:30PM - 9:00PM 700 San Jacinto Boulevard, Austin, TX 78701 11/14/2014

AT&T Mobile App Hackathon - Austin Hackathon TBD Free Details 6:00PM - 9:00PM Austin TX

Connecting for JOBS & Connecting for TALENT http://thetechmap.com/jobs

Job title Company Location Date Posted
Mobile Application Graphic Designer Future Hosting Austin, TX 7/15/[masked]:41
iOS Mobile App Developer Future Hosting Austin, TX 7/15/[masked]:33
Software Developer WPEngine Austin, TX 7/1/[masked]:37
Senior Software Developer TBG Global/ dba moADlabs Austin, TX 6/28/[masked]:48
Software Developer moAD Labs Austin, TX 6/27/[masked]:46
Software Engineer - Full Stack Jingling Corporation Austin, TX 6/27/[masked]:45
Software Engineer - Full Stack Future Hosting Austin, TX 6/27/[masked]:43
Food Startup Looking for Developer/BSA Nimble Foods Austin, TX 6/26/[masked]:13
Full Stack Web Developer at Hot Startup! Favor Austin, TX 5/24/[masked]:25
PHP Web Developer The Venture Market Austin, TX 5/24/[masked]:56
MicroFocus COBOL Developer Allied Consultants Austin, TX 5/24/[masked]:51
Front End Developer Home Away, Inc Austin, TX 5/24/[masked]:57
Mechanical Engineer Square Domain Austin, TX 5/24/[masked]:11
Business Systems Analyst National Charter Schools Institute Michigan (Grand Rapids, Lansing, Mt. Pleasant - Negotiable)5/24/[masked]:28
SMT Process Engineering Manager Stack Search San Antonio 5/24/2014 9:28
Senior Systems Admin Certain Affinity Inc Austin, TX 5/24/2014 8:57
PHP Developer WPEngine Austin, TX 5/24/2014 7:25
Lead Developer Aptifit United States 5/23/[masked]:01

The TechMap has Partnered Yet Another Impactful Group - Texas State Small Business Development Center

The Texas State Small Business Development Center is made up of 8 experienced business advisors who mentor existing and start-up businesses in strategic planning, market research, international trade, financial planning, and product development. These services come at no extra expense to the students at Texas State, but are already funded through taxes.  The program is completely funded by the SBA and the State of Texas.

Representatives from the Texas State Tech Team Advisors will be at the next meet up on Monday, August 11th for more information!

We are excited to partner with an organization with such an impactful outreach to young entrepreneurs and small business owners!

Can't Get Enough Education - Is Coding Calling Your Name?

A MESSAGE FROM JOHAN BORGE, FOUNDER/CEO TECHMAP-

Hello members!

I wanted to get in touch to introduce a new opportunity for those looking to develop their technical skills or work with technical teams. Austin Coding Academy is offering part-time classes in Python,

HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the development process. They focus on intro level classes and specialize in helping managers and entrepreneurs expand their technical skill set.

I'm happy to announce that TechMap has partnered with Austin Coding Academy and, within that, will be offering a promotion for those interested in taking classes with them. For any of our members who apply and are accepted to ACA's fall session, TechMap will sponsor $150 of that student's tuition.  If you would like to take advantage of this, enter "Techmap14" in the reference code section of the application.

Often times one of the hardest parts of starting a business is finding and communicating with your technical team. We think this would be a great opportunity for anyone that works with developers or simply wants to get a foundation in coding.

For more information, check out their website (www.austincodingacademy.com) or give them a call at [masked].

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