Capital Factory

Austinpreneur

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Double click on the stories that made Austin, Texas a global startup hub. Listen to startup stories from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and technologists shaping the Austin startup community. Austinpreneur will give you a glimpse into how Austin made itself a tier 1 city for technology, creativity and startups. Takeaway key insights for building your own success story in topics like fundraising, building products, sales, investing and creating company culture. Austinpreneur is a podcast highlighting Austin’s startups, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Join in on candid conversations with lead...

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Justice Through Technology 11.07.2023 20:36

Our guest for this episode is Yousef Kassim, CEO & Founder of Easy Expunctions, who is an attorney creating justice through technology. By organizing and normalizing thousands of criminal history databases, Easy Expunctions is building a platform to help individuals pursue expunctions on their record without an attorney. Tune in as we cover the following topics: Yousef's inspiration for Easy E...

Empowering Creative Entrepreneurs Around the World 10.07.2023 49:45

Tune in to hear CEO of Etsy, Josh Silverman's, views on modern business, the future of e-commerce as well as key insights from his past roles as CEO of Skype and President of American Express. The conversation was recorded live in-person for Capital Factory's All-Access community and the highlights are showcased in this episode. Follow the podcast and learn more about Capital Factory here .Thanks...

Pivoting in the Pandemic 28.06.2023 30:16

Katherine Allen, CEO & Founder of Flo Recruit, is our guest for this episode of Austinpreneur. We trace Katherine's startup journey from her first week on campus at The University of Texas. After starting Flo during college at UT Austin, Katherine and her co-founder Atreya went all in on in-person recruiting. COVID struck a couple months later. Listen now to hear how Katherine led Flo through...

Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution 28.06.2023 21:11

Gain insights to the entrepreneurial mind of Uri Levine who is Co-Founder of Waze, Moovit and Author of Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution. Uri shares ideas from his new book during our interview at Capital Factory House during SXSW 2023. The conversation ranges from conducting customer discovery to finding product-market-fit and concludes with Uri's fundraising tips. About Fall in Lo...

Changing the Face of an Industry 28.06.2023 24:56

Chuck Gordon, CEO of Storable, shares his story moving to Austin for Capital Factory, raising ~$50M in venture capital before selling his company in private equity buyout deals twice. Chuck, and his co-founder Mario Feghali, have remained the top executives at Storable through the entire journey. As one of the first five startups to join Capital Factory, Storable (fmr SpareFoot) is at the tip of t...

3D Printing Rocket Fuel 28.06.2023 13:47

Will Edwards leads a hybrid rocket engine design and manufacturing company called Firehawk Aerospace. Firehawk is improving the way we develop engines for rocket propelled systems. As a Forbes 30 Under 30, Will collaborates daily with entrepreneurs, investors, and engineers, who are passionate about making space safer, affordable, and more accessible. In this episode we discuss motivating employee...

Building Robots for Humans 27.06.2023 22:38

Jeff Cardenas, CEO of Apptronik, is our guest for this episode about creating the ultimate tool for humans - humanoid robots. We discuss how robots can help humans free their time to do things we’d rather spend our time on. Before discussing Apptronik, we dive into Jeff’s entrepreneurial journey. Jeff led an entrepreneurial life up to Apptronik including a previous venture in political technology...