This is going to be a great opportunity for Austin startups. There is going to be more announcements and details shared at tonight's Austin Tech Happy Hour as well.
Alex, Thanks for posting this. Kevin On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Alex S. Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > > Capital Factory, looks to be a Y-Combinator type program for Austin > that some of the startups on the list might find useful. I snagged > this from their home page (http://capitalfactory.com/): > > Capital Factory is a seed stage mentoring program for startups that > provides a small amount of seed capital and weekly mentoring sessions > by entrepreneurs who have founded successful companies. Startup > companies apply to participate in our 10 week summer program intended > to get a startup pointed in the right direction with a clear path to > cash flow. > > This year the program runs from May 22nd to August 7th. On August 14th > we'll be hosting Demo Day and streaming it live over the Internet. > > Portfolio companies receive > > * Up to $20,000 in cash > * Weekly mentoring sessions > * Investor introductions > > Additionally, portfolio companies have access to many other resources: > > * Free basic IT infrastructure for email, website set up and > hosted on Google Apps > * Free office space at Tech Ranch Austin or co-working space at > Conjunctured > * Free company formation and legal documents by Wilson Sonsini > * Free brand development and logo (if needed) by Clutch Creative > * Free recruiting support by American Workforce > * Free press support from Porter Novelli > * Service provider introductions > > Cheers, > > Alex Jones > www.SilverSpider.com > www.twitter.com/BaldMan > > > > > > > -- Kevin Koym [email protected] +1.512.698.9328 mobile http://techranchaustin.com resources for early stage technology startups http://enterpriseteaming.com the tools and practices for loosely tied but highly coordinated teams http://kevinkoym.com/blog my personal blog http://kevinkoym.com/blog/book my book The Rise of the Enterprise Tribe http://praxsys.com your consulting partner for ad hoc, tiger team support "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God" (Matthew 5:9) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
