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Austin Chamber and partners create ATX Helps to help people experiencing homelessness
The Austin Chamber is taking action to help people struggling with homelessness. Working with a range of partners, we have launched ATX Helps — a new non-profit focused on raising money to provide emergency shelter, outreach, and storage for people living on Austin’s...

Why Designers Love Austin: Twitter Survey Reveals Top Reasons to Design in ATX
We collected over 100 responses to three survey questions on Twitter to uncover exactly what makes Austin so attractive to the many designers who choose this city for daily life, work and creative inspiration. Austin has tons to offer designers eager to improve their...

Tech Bites: 5G Will Drive Economic Growth and Innovation in Manufacturing
Picture this: Doctors performing surgeries from miles away. Augmented reality devices providing employee training at a job site in real-time when a crisis occurs. Self-driving vehicles cutting down travel time by 40 percent. Twenty billion Internet of Things (IoT)...

Keeping the Holiday Party Tame and Getting Everyone Home Safe
As a follow up on our prior blog, The Office ‘Non-Denominational Holiday Mixer’: Tips for keeping Everyone Safe and Out of Trouble During Company Holiday Parties, we recap the best measures the party planning committee can implement to keep everyone safe during the...

Talent-Leadership-Culture (TLC) Ep. 4: Simple Instructions
ATC is proud to partner with Cendea to present the series, "Talent-Leadership-Culture (TLC)". This blog series addresses the questions and gives insight to the art of finding the RIGHT tech leader to hire at the director level and above. Thank you to our experts for...

CEO Summit 2019 – Scaling Companies and the Austin Ecosystem
On Monday, ATC hosted over 150 tech executives at the annual CEO Summit, held at the J.W. Marriott. CEO Summit is the premier event for Austin C-Level executives in the Austin technology community. Our two panels discussed AI implementation for growing companies as...

Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do Podcast Episode 9: “UnaliWear with Founder Jean Anne Booth”
ATC & Thom Singer present the 9th installment of Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do Podcast: "UnaliWear with Founder Jean Anne Booth" Thom Singer, podcast host, interviews thought-leaders from ATC Member Companies regarding their unique advice for startups, thoughts on...

New Member Highlight: Movability – National Recognition For Employers That Help Employees Connect with Commute Options
Austin tech companies are known for entrepreneurial innovation. That might be why more and more tech companies in Central Texas are offering their employees robust commute benefits that help both employers and employees take back their time from traffic. And for...

R&D Credits for Startups
A healthcare technology startup claimed the R&D Tax Credit to offset payroll taxes. They received a $498,142 dollar-for-dollar offset against taxes paid, resulting in an 805% return on their investment. Client Profile Location: Raleigh, NC Industry: Healthcare...

ThreatWarrior Joins Carbon Black Integration Network (CBIN) to Deliver End-to-End Threat Protection
ThreatWarrior, a leader in next-generation network security, and Carbon Black, a leader in cloud-native endpoint protection, today announced a collaboration as part of the Carbon Black Integration Network (CBIN) to help customers improve network visibility, enhance...