Episodes
Austin Sector Deep Dive: Life Sciences with Scott Collins, President …
The pandemic opened a lot of people's eyes to the importance of the life sciences industry. The 21st century is being called the bio century and Austin has the opportunity to be right in the middle of that next wave. We cont...
Austin Sector Deep Dive: MediaTech with Paul O'Brien, CEO MediaTech V…
The Live Music Capital of the world is one of many slogans for our fine city. Music is just one of many forms of media that have been taking hold in the region. This includes film, gaming, and yes podcasting too. One fascinat...
Austin Sector Deep Dive: Blockchain and Crypto with Lee Bratcher, Pre…
One of the strengths of the Austin innovation ecosystem is the wide sector diversification that plays within our region. All of these different industries provide multiple shots on goals for future unicorns, a hedge against a...
The Austin Mortar, an interview with Thom Singer, the Human Connectio…
The building blocks of any ecosystem are the companies that have been founded or migrated here; however, it is the mortar between those blocks that makes a strong foundation. The mortar of an ecosystem is the people, culture,...
Research Speaks with Ross Devol CEO of Heartland Forward Foundation
We talk a lot about how Austin is transforming into the next great innovation powerhouse, but how do you define a growing innovation powerhouse. What do the academics say are the right ways to measure an ecosystem’s growth an...
Who's coming to the Austin Metro with Jason Ball
No innovation ecosystem exists in a silo and one of the significant growth drivers are the companies that are deciding to move here from other regions. Whether it is a satellite office or a new headquarters, these organizatio...
Austin Now with Marc Nathan
Episode 2: Interview with Marc Nathan Part of the evolution of Austin into the next great innovation powerhouse is the change in the types of companies that are being started here. The history of Austin is deeply connected to...
History of the Austin Ecosystem with John Butler
Before we can see what’s next for Austin, we have to know where we have been. To walk us through the history of the Austin innovation ecosystem, we interviewed John Sibley Butler from UT Austin. Professor Butler has been a pa...
Welcome to Austin Next
Over the last decade, Austin has exploded into the national consciousness as the next great innovation powerhouse. That has only accelerated over the past 18 months as talent, capital, and companies are making the move. Homeg...