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  • SXSnippets: With Jock Jams and Red Bull in tow, RecBob hits the streets

    The home stretch – time to take what we’ve learned the previous three days and fine tune the machine. | 10 a.m. – Load up the RV and head downtown. This was our first morning to sleep (eight hours of sleep, more than double what most of us had gotten in the prior two weeks).…

  • SXSnippets: Dwolla’s Lampe learns the allure of ‘lasers, wine and geeks’

    1:15 a.m. – Walk in late, drenched with rain, to Gary Vaynerchuck’s Secret Wine Party from Matthew Rosenberg’s Fast Society/Cameo house party. Lasers, wine and geeks make for an amazingly awesome combination. | 9:30 a.m. – Christina Aguilera apparently looks …

  • SXSnippets: AgLocal embraces ‘awesomely weird’ Austin

    8:45 a.m. – It’s day four for the AgLocal team, and we’re already droppin ya’lls and agreeing that Austin is in fact awesomely weird (and uh yes, the locals would like to keep it that way). We’re up early to grab some provisions for a bbq we’re hosting at our Airbnb house. Local rancher Windfall…

  • SXSnippets: Checking in from a sun-splashed Sunday at South By

    11:00 a.m. – The day started a little later than usual (taxis!), but it began with a bang as we met with Phil, Manager of Emerging Tech for VaynerMedia (Gary Vaynerchuk’s agency). The rest of the team took the divide and conquer approach, attacking sessions on the campus: an interview about “the tragedy of comments”…

  • SXSnippets: Catch Nick Seguin if you can

    12:30 a.m. – Hugs and handshakes with SPN team and Dwolla folks at the Startup Weekend/Twilio/Zaarly party… They finally got there! | 8 a.m. – Run and lift at hotel – gotta shake off last night and get some energy! | 9:30 a.m. – Finally pick up badge … What does that say about value…

  • SXSnippets: Soggy Saturday still ‘overwhelming, cool and addictive’

    11:30 a.m. – Head to Austin Convention Center in style. Sister lives here and takes me by her cute Fiat convertible door-to-door where I need to go. Cool!? Except it’s raining buckets here. Why did I leave 70 degrees in KC? | 12:40 p.m. – Fascinated by the characters everywhere. People in sumo outfits, light…

  • SXSnippets: Breakfast tacos and blow-up beds for Hudl’s CEO

    4:45 a.m. – Wake up. This is one of those rare trips where I am flying out of Lincoln, so wake up is only 1 hr. 15 min. before my flight. | 7 – 9 a.m. – Layover in Minneapolis. Nothing like heading north before you fly south, but I’ve gotten used to the routine.…

  • SXSnippets: Building a business on a bus

    Day 3 of StartupBus was a lesson in endurance. Many of us started the morning after logging just slightly more than four hours of sleep for the week. We gathered our gear and loaded the bus for our final leg into San Antonio/Austin. Today would be the day that the world would get to know…

  • Raising funds, that’s easy. Knowing where to raise, that’s very hard.

    (This is a guest post by Collin Caneva.) I’ve been asked a number of times about raising money in this market. I’m not really sure that I’m the guy to turn to for advice, as what’s worked for me, might not work for you. Everyone’s different. First off, the obvious: I don’t live in Silicon…

  • Oscars on our minds: Six must-watch films about entrepreneurship

    With the Oscars on Sunday, great films are on our minds. But while 2011 was a good year for movies of most varieties, there was no “The Social Network” on tap to feed the appetites of the startup-minded. So if you’re starved for some inspiration, go back and check out these six films about entrepreneurship,*…