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ATC SXSW Recap
Barbary Brunner, CEO The wildflowers are out in force, and SXSW has just wrapped, so that means that Spring is upon us here in Austin. ATC Hosted our annual Gateway party at the Belmont on Thursday night before SXSW Interactive. We had almost 500 folks join us for an...

Lessons from the Smart Cities Competition
Barbary Brunner, CEO I want to tell you a story about Austin's journey along the smart cities road. Late last winter, the Obama administration announced a U.S. Department of Transportation Smart Cities competition. The prize was $50 million put up by the U.S. DOT and...

Insperity Community Involvement
Insperity volunteers give time and talents for extraordinary results Integrity. Respect for the individual. Contributing to communities. Perseverance. Servant leadership. These are the tenets on which Insperity was built. They’re also the foundation of being a good...

Gemalto: Can Biometrics Improve The Traveler’s Experience?
Back in 1996, Tom Cruise’s use of fingerprinting and facial recognition in the first “Mission: Impossible” was the hottest new technology in Hollywood. But twenty years – and four new MI movies – later, biometrics are much more commonplace. You can use your...

Consero: You’ve Raised Your First Round – Now What?
As discussed in the recent article about establishing a holistic investor reporting philosophy, it's crucial for a seed-stage company to do so as soon as possible. But once the business has actually acquired backers and secured its first round of financing, that...

Policy Coalition Recap
The Policy Coalition began 2017 with a continued focus on strategic introductions to the Austin tech ecosystem for out of market policy influencers and a new dialog with the City on the innovation community's role in the development of policies that impact Austin's...

Ten Years Later: How Our “Four I” Values Have (Or Haven’t!) Changed
I’ve been an entrepreneur for many years now (check out that gray hair in my picture on our website!), and in my experience I’ve learned a lot about what it takes for a company to succeed and grow. Now you may be thinking it’s surely all about the right product at the...

Wortham: Social Engineering Fraud
A new modern-day crime has many companies learning an expensive lesson about the importance of strong internal control procedures. The crime is commonly known as Social Engineering Fraud or Impersonation Fraud, and it all starts with a seemingly innocent “notice”...

PwC: A Very Tech Holiday
Sean McDonald, PwC Partner@iamseanmcdonald sean.mcdonald@pwc.com The 2016 holidays are over and I bet technology was on everyone’s gift list. According to PwC’s 2016 Holiday Outlook, shoppers planned to spend 10% more this holiday season; an average of $1,121 each,...

Vinson & Elkins: An Ounce Of IP Litigation Prevention
For any new company, the last thing anyone wants to think about is litigation, especially litigation involving intellectual property claims. Indeed, as an IP Litigator, I am usually the last person in my firm that a start-up company wants to hear from or ever need....