Quick-Start Guide to getting involved with the Austin Startup community

Welcome to Austin! Whether you’ve been here forever or just landing and trying to get your bearings, here are some resources for the tech and consumer packaged goods (CPG) startup ecosystem.
 
These are the recommended steps for getting connected quickly in Austin:

1. Read These Blogs to Get A Feel For The Vibe Of The Startup Community
2. Join these Facebook Groups
3. Subscribe to The Following Email Newsletters
4. Check Out These Maps
5. Austin Startup Calendars
6. Regular Events
7. Download these Resource PDFs

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1. Read These Blogs to Get A Feel For The Vibe Of The Startup Community:

• Texas Startup Manifesto by Joshua Baer, Founder of Capital Factory - READ THIS FIRST
• Open Letter to a New Austinite by Joah Spearman, Founder of Localeur - READ THIS NEXT
• Austin Startups - https://austinstartups.com/
• Silicon Hills News - http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/
• Builtin Austin - https://www.builtinaustin.com/blogs
• Austin Business Journal - https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/?page=2  

2. Join these Facebook Groups:
   
   Technology

• Austin Startups - https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinstartups/
• Texas Startups - https://www.facebook.com/groups/startups.texas/
• Austin Digital Jobs - https://www.facebook.com/groups/austindigitaljobs/
  
  Consumer Packaged Goods
   
• CPG in ATX - https://www.facebook.com/groups/335969443445826/
• Texas-Boxed - https://www.facebook.com/groups/texasboxed/
• ATX D2C Brands - https://www.facebook.com/groups/533590410504121/  

3. Subscribe to The Following Email Newsletters:

• Texas-Squared Startup Newsletter – www.texassquared.com
• Texas-Boxed CPG Newsletter – www.bitly.com/txboxed
• AustinInno’s The Beat – Subscribe
• Austin Startup Digest – https://www.startupdigest.com/digests/austin
• Austin Deal Highlights by Live Oak’s Mason Rathe – Subscribe  

4. Check Out These Maps:

• Austin Coffee and Coworking Map - https://goo.gl/w1BhF7
• Downtown Restaurants for Professional Lunches: https://goo.gl/lvI2Kk

5. Austin Startup Calendars - Event Reminder Signup - www.bitly.com/txstartupevents

• ATX.Live - https://atx.live/
• Startup Digest Austin Calendar - https://www.startupdigest.com/digests/austin
• Austin Tech Events - https://techeventsnetwork.com/cities/austin/  

6. Regular Events

           Technology

• Intro to the Austin Start Up Scene & Ask Me Anything at Capital Factory - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-austin-start-up-scene-ask-me-anything-tickets-65121758934
• Austin Digital Jobs Recruiting Mixer - https://theamericangenius.com/adj/
• Startup Grind Austin - https://www.startupgrind.com/austin/ - 2nd Wednesday evening
• OpenCoffee Club – www.opencoffeeaustin.org - 1st and 3rd Thursdays at Houndstooth Downtown and 2nd Thursday Houndstooth at the Domain starting at 8:30am
• TeXchange Austin - www.texchangeaustin.com - Third Thursdays 11:30am - 1pm
• Austin Tech Happy Hour - http://www.austintechhh.com/ 2nd Thursdays at Dogwood Downtown  

           Consumer Packaged Goods

• Wake Up! CPG - www.bitly.com/wakeupcpg 4th Thursdays 
• NaturallyAustin - https://naturallyaustin.org/events/

7. Download these guides
   Texas-Squared Startup Resource PDF - https://goo.gl/VwmlXR
   Texas-Boxed CPG Resource PDF - https://bit.ly/atxcpgresources

I’m always happy to discuss the Austin scene either by phone or for coffee on Thursday mornings at OpenCoffee Club / Wake Up! CPG - Marc Nathan (LinkedIn) - marc.nathan@egannelson.com (I work for the startup law firm www.egannelson.com) & 713-569-3703 mobile

If you’re just visiting Austin, I’d recommend coming during the second week of March to participate in SXSW or in early October for Austin Startup Week, otherwise the second week of any given month because of the Intro to the Startup Scene, Startup Grind and OpenCoffee are all typically scheduled for that week.