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Jan. 9, 2023

Austin Next Live: The Austin Bio Innovation Ecosystem

What’s next for the Austin bio sector? Jason, Jawad Ali (Austin Medtech Connect), and Dennis McWilliams (Santé Ventures) had a live discussion on how we actually define the sector, what makes us unique, our challenges, and more.

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Dec. 27, 2022

From the Archive - Homegrown Venture Capital with Brian Smith, Managing Director of S3 Ventures

One of the biggest changes over the last few years in the Austin region is the influx of new venture capital firms and the raising of record funds by our homegrown firms. We spoke with long-time local VC, Brian Smith Managing Director of S3 Ventures about how the funding environment…

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Dec. 20, 2022

From the Archive - Austin is Becoming a Multi-Hub Region with John Garrett, Founder and CEO of Co...

Surprising when we started exploring the subject, but this has turned into one of our most popular episodes. The regional innovation ecosystem is more than downtown and more than just Austin. The entire metro from Bastrop to Dripping Springs and San Marcos to Temple is maturing and changing. We are…

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Dec. 13, 2022

From the Archive - History of the Austin Ecosystem with John Butler

We are traveling back to our very first episode with John Sibley Butler of UT Austin. Professor Butler has been a part of the ecosystem for decades and takes us through a journey from the beginning of the ecosystem to what it is today. We can't explore what's next before…

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Dec. 6, 2022

What's next Austin Next?

Michael and Jason take a moment to reflect back on what we learned in 22, the new questions we are asking in '23, and some surprising additional elements we are adding to the show. Support the show and check out our sponsors: Austin Private Wealth (https://austinprivatewealth.com/) Austin Next Links: Website…

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Nov. 29, 2022

Mammoths, Tigers, and Genomics, Oh My! with Ben Lamm CEO and Founder of Colossal Biosciences

Bringing back the wooly mammoth, computer aided design for biology, is this a sci-fi novel or just a taste of what’s going on at the intersection of biology, technology, and Austin. Our next guest is Ben Lamm, CEO and Founder of Colossal Biosciences, Founder and Board Member of Form Bio,…

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Nov. 22, 2022

Austin Next Live: The Austin Bio Innovation Ecosystem

Austin Next did our first live recording on LinkedIn Live. Jason was joined by Jawad Ali (Austin Medtech Connect), and Dennis McWilliams (Santé Ventures) for a discussion on how we actually define the bio sector here in Austin, what makes us unique, our challenges, and more. What's next Austin? Episode…

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Nov. 15, 2022

Live at the Informa Tech AI/IoT/ Quantum Conference

The Informa Tech AI/IoT/Quantum Computing conference landed in Austin November 2nd and 3rd. Austin Next was there, listening, learning, and supporting the conference. With speakers ranging from chess champions and NFL quarterbacks to Austin’s Mayor and UT’s Athletic Director, everyone was here to talk and learn about changes and the…

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Nov. 8, 2022

Rise of the Rest with Steve Case

Steve Case is one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Case co-founded AOL in 1985 and under his leadership and vision, AOL became the largest and most valuable Internet company of its time. Moving beyond AOL, Case formed Revolution, a DC based investment firm focused on innovation…

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Nov. 1, 2022

A Deep Dive with Bob Campbell, a Longtime Austin Leader

Bob Campbell is a visionary senior business leader with a track record of building successful businesses while advising corporate and government leaders on management and policy issues. He is a management consultant; corporate board member; non-profit board member; private equity advisor, and active angel investor. We talk about his long…

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Oct. 25, 2022

Road Trip to Houston - Innovation through the Investor Lens with Dougal Cameron, Managing Directo...

We continue our dive into the Houston innovation ecosystem from an investor point of view. Dougal Cameron is a co-founder and the managing director of Golden Section, a venture capital firm, engineering organization, and early-stage venture partner serving business software companies from ideation to $5M in revenue. We talk about…

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Oct. 17, 2022

Road Trip to Houston - The Innovation Ecosystem with Houston Exponential

Austin Next is still on the road and today we are visiting another point of the Texas Triangle. Houston has been on a tear the last few years growing from $400M in annual startup funding in 2018 to crossing the $2B threshold last year. There is the Texas Medical Center,…

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Oct. 10, 2022

Road Trip to San Antonio Part 2 – Alamo Angels Make Substantial Progress

Today we continue our visit to San Antonio and working to discover the unique innovation ecosystem here in the Alamo City. And no discussion would be complete without talking about the investors here. Juan “Sebastian” Garzon serves as Executive Director for Alamo Angels and Programs Manager for VelocityTX. In these…

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Oct. 3, 2022

Road Trip to San Antonio - The Innovation Ecosystem with Jim Perschbach, President & CEO Port San...

A lot of conversations today talk about the competition & cooperation between San Antonio and Austin. Two growing cities separated by a strip of Interstate 35. Cities with very different histories, different experiences…but both growing innovation systems. For our San Antonio visit, we start with Port San Antonio, It’s the…

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Sept. 26, 2022

Austin Networking Groups We Like

Lately, we've been talking and writing a lot about networking. Why is it so important to us? People are social animals. And no matter how much we can get done remotely, we need a connection with other people. But just as important networking groups are where the creative collisions happen.…

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Sept. 19, 2022

How Resilient is Austin to an Economic Downturn with Roland Pena, SVP of Global Technology and In...

The US and perhaps the world’s economies seem to be headed for a rough patch. Given the growth of the Austin/Central Texas area over the past couple of years, the question is how resilient is the Austin economy, and are we ready for what comes next? Today, we’re joined by…

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Sept. 12, 2022

Return to the Austin Mortar with Thom Singer, CEO of the Austin Technology Council

A lot of things have changed since we last had Thom Singer on the podcast. We talk about Thom's new role, what the networking environment looks like now, and how that impacts the creative collisions between the foundations of Austin. What's next Austin? Episode Links • Our first conversation with…

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Sept. 5, 2022

Austin Next Goes Boom!

Today, the Austin Next team and the Boom ATX podcast team get together. Lee Snedaker and Glenn Hart have been talking about Austin for about as long as we have. And they have the advantage of much deeper knowledge about Austin’s history and culture. We had a wide-ranging discussion, from…

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Aug. 29, 2022

Exploring Austin's Draper Startup House, a Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The growth of our ecosystem and the critical mass of startups coming to Austin leads to unique opportunities to experiment with support infrastructure. One of those experiments is the Draper Startup House, a global entrepreneurship ecosystem including a network of co-living houses and a pre-seed “pop-up” accelerator program. Today we…

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Aug. 22, 2022

The Past, Present, and Future of Entrepreneurship in Austin. Part 2 of our Discussion with Brett ...

We are back with Part 2 of our discussion with Brett. In this episode we cover the expanding Austin region, identifying talent, the intersection of philosophy, politics, and innovation, and of course what comes next. What's Next Austin? Episode Links: • Brett Hurt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt) • Brett Hurt Twitter (https://twitter.com/databrett?lang=en) •…

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Aug. 15, 2022

The Past, Present, and Future of Entrepreneurship in Austin. Part 1 of our Discussion with Brett ...

Brett Hurt is a serial entrepreneur, launching Bazaarvoice, Coremetrics and now data.world. Over that time, he's learned a lot about software, people, software and soul. His latest company, data.world, is a B Corp, or as he calls it, Capitalism 2.0. Brett invited us to his home to talk about growing…

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Aug. 8, 2022

The Changing Austin Venture Scene with CS Freeland, Executive Director of the Austin Venture Asso...

Clearly the Austin entrepreneurial ecosystem has been growing dramatically for the last several years. And, with that growth has come a lot of new investors. Whether it be VCs building larger funds, entrepreneurs reinvesting earnings, incubators and angels willing to help startups, there are a lot of people getting involved.…

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Aug. 1, 2022

Innovation and Architecture with Todd Runkle Principal, Managing Director at Gensler

Often how we live, work and play is determined by where we live, work, and play. The buildings we occupy can range from condos and offices in the central business district, to the wide-open spaces needed to test drones and farm equipment. Today with speak Todd Runkle on how Austin…

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July 25, 2022

Peter Rex, Real Estate and PropTech Entrepreneur and now Austinite

We met and talked to Peter Rex, who with his team at Rex LLC owns substantial real estate in Austin and across the United States. Since 2018, Peter has focused a lot of his time and energy on Rex Tech Ventures, his technology incubator and PropTech software companies. Rex Tech…

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