I N T R O T O T H E D A L L A S

S T A R T U P C O M M U N I T Y

P R E S E N T E D B Y : A L E X A N D E R M U S E , T H E H A U L C O M P A N Y

@amuse

Alexander MuseCo-Founder at HAULOffice: 214.550.2003Mobile: 214.558.1079

  1333 North Stemmons Fwy, Suite 110  Dallas, Texas 75207

Website: http://www.haulstudios.comPersonal Blog: http://startupmuse.comLinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/amuseTwitter: http://twitter.com/amuse

Agenda

• Entrepreneurial hub?

• Growth of the Startup Scene

• Notable Dallas Startups

• Notable Startup Exits (M&A and IPO)

• VC’s, Angels and Media

• Accelerators, Incubators, Coworking

• Networking Events, Meetups, Conferences

• Where to Find Talent

• Other ways to get involved

• Q&A

W H Y D A L L A S

Pros and Cons

• Concentration of Fortune 500 companies

• Fourth largest metro in the US

• Third largest in self-employment

• 19,000 new companies each year

• Ranked third for startup founders ~Kaufmann Foundation

• More tech jobs that Austin & Houston combined

• Low cost of living/doing business

• Two major airports

• Dearth of experienced VCs

• VCs have very little committed capital

• Very little early stage capital

• Few high growth entrepreneur angels

• Few startup focused service providers

• Leveraged Workforce

• Inexperienced Startup Workforce

• Massive Geography (9,286mi v. 46.9mi)

PROs CONs

Startup Growth in Dallas (in 5 minutes)

• startupmuse.com

• Barcamp/PitchCamp

• Startup Happy Hour

• Startup Weekend

• CoHabitat / Tech Wildcatters

• LOTS of startups

Notable Startups• Koupon Media

• ShopSavvy

• Genband

• Firehost

• Epic Playground

• Bookshout!

• Connectcloud

• Hiplogic

• HAUL

• Pure Discovery

• Image Vision

• Traxo

• Architel

• Modx

• AllPlayers.com

• Mutual Mind

• ZenCash

• Order My Gear

• Convey Computer Corp

• ID90 Technologies

• Biscotti

• NetSocket

• Mobility Ventures

• Vivify Health

• Quiqq

• Who@

• Sparxlife

ShopSavvy

Notable Dallas Exits • Broadcast.com (Yahoo for $5B, 2001)

• EDS (HP for $13.9B, 2008)

• Gamestop (IPO)

• Gearbox Software (IPO)

• Hotels.com (IPO)

• Id Software (ZeniMax for $105M, 2009)

• ITKO (CA Technologies for $330M)

• Metasolv (Oracle for $219M, 2006)

• New Toy (Zynga for $53M, 2011)

• Perot Systems (Dell for $3.9B, 2009)

• Quickoffice (acquired by Google, 2012)

• Softlayer (acquired by IBM for $2B, 2013)

• Texas Instruments (IPO)

• Woot.com (Amazon for $110M, 2010)

VC• Trailblazer Capital

• Silver Creek Ventures

• Dallas Venture Partners

• Remeditex (Pharma/Life Science)

• Cypress Growth Capital

• Green Park & Golf Ventures

• Naya Ventures

• Pangea’s Edge Holdings, Ltd.

• Aristos Ventures

• Mark Cuban Companies

• New MainStream Capital

• Covera Ventures

• Sevin Rosen

• HO2

• Orix Fund

Dead Pool

Angels• Dallas Angel Network

• Dallas Ventures Angel Network

• Dallas Women’s Venture Fund

• North Texas Angel Network

• Lone Star Angels

• Cowtown Angels

• Golden Seeds - Dallas

• Southwest Venture Forum

• Texas Mezzanine Fund

• Tyler Texas Angel Network

• Baylor Angel Network

• Texas Entrepreneur Network

Media Publications• Dallas Morning News

• Dallas Business Journal

• LaunchDFW

• Dallas Observer

• Pegasus News

• Culture Map

• Dallas Startup Digest

• Texas Biotech News

• Geekbeat.tv

Accelerators

• Tech Wildcatters

• Forbes top 10 Accelerator

• 37 companies including: Key Ring, Proxomo, Koupon Media

• Health Wildcatters

• Raised $1M from 30 investors

• VentureSpur

• Dual classes in session in Dallas and OKC including mine: HAUL

• Pipeline at Bio Center

• NTEC

• Bootstrap Dallas

Incubators• The Dallas Entrepreneur Center

(Dallas)

• North Texas Entrepreneur Center (Frisco)

• Collide Center (McKinney)

• Tech Fort Worth (Fort Worth)

• Venture Development Center (UTD)

• United Way’s The GroundFloor (Dallas)

Coworking• Common Desk (Dallas - Deep Ellum)

• WELD (Dallas - Design District)

• SpryRocket (Dallas - Greenville)

• The Grove (Dallas - West End)

• XL Lounge (Dallas - Mockingbird)

• Oak Cliff Hive (Dallas - Oak Cliff)

• Dallas Fort Work (Dallas)

• Dallas Makerspace (Dallas)

• Connective Hub (Addison)

• CoLab (Fort Worth)

• Dallas Cafe Bedouins

• Creative Consortium Group

Networking• BioCenter Dallas

• CEO Netweavers

• Creatives in Dallas

• Dallas Entrepreneur Center

• Dallas Maker Space

• Dallas Internet Marketing and SEO

• Dallas Startup Happy Hour

• Digital Dallas

• Entrepreneurs for North Texas

• EWomenNetwork

• Health Industry Council

• Mobile Monday Dallas

• Red Oak Hackerspace

• Social Media Club Dallas

• Texchange Dallas

• TIE Dallas

• Untyed

Meetups

• Dribbble Meetup

• AIGA DFW

• Refresh Dallas

For Creatives

• Dallas Android Developers Group

• iPhone Developers Group

• Drupal Developer Group

• HTML5 User Group

For Developers

• Social Media Club of Dallas

• Results Oriented Web

For Marketing

• DFW Scrum

• Dal Mob

• DevOps Live

For Product

• Dallas Startup Weekend

• CoFounders Lab

Misc

Conferences

• Big Design Conference (October)

• Circles Conference (September)

• Emerging Tech Conference (July)

• Big Android BBQ (September)

• Front Porch (Front End) Web Developers (October)

Where to find talent• Campus2Careers

• Meetups

• LaunchDFW

• University Job Boards

• CoFounders Lab

Other ways to get involved• Join the conversation online -

comment on articles, tweet, spread the word that you’re a part of the audience.

• Volunteer your time at meetups, events, startup weekend, mentor, host open office hours

• Contribute your own stories or event recaps on your own blog or write for LaunchDFW

• Give before you get, and when you get, pay it forward.

Q & A