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Startup Digest

Austin

March 18, 2019

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Highlights

Austin Digital Jobs
Curriculum Developer (ServiceNow)
Data Specialist (GroupBy)
Digital Performance Marketing Manager (CA)
Front End Web Developer (Aquasana)
Launch Program Manager (DataCore)
QA Lead (Dovetail Software)
Renewal Specialist (Redis Labs)
Software Integration Diagnostics Engineer (flex)
Sr. Product Designer (T3)
Web Developer (Mighty Citizen)

A special thanks to Austin Digital Jobs for providing us with the rad job listings and to Joseph Midura who helps manage AustinStartups.com. The Austin Digest is a volunteer effort organized by Joshua Baer and edited by Chris Sanchez.

Startup Digest Austin is curated by:
Joshua Baer

Joshua Baer - Founder, Capital Factory

Contact Joshua Baer at joshuabaer@thestartupdigest.com

Chris Sanchez

Chris Sanchez - Curator

Contact Chris Sanchez at chris.sanchez@startupdigestmail.com

FROM THE IDEA IN YOUR HEAD, TO THE APP IN YOUR HAND.

Builder by Engineer.ai is a Human-Assisted-AI platform that enables everyone to build bespoke software in a simple, user friendly and mindful way that transcends the need for traditional know-how. Everyone should be empowered to unlock their true potential to be a builder, irrespective of what they know, what they have and what they are afraid of. Builder, the “online assembly line” for software development, is a collision of intelligent automation, ideas, and human talent that allows you to build any tech project transparently.

ExxonMobil Robotics Pitch Competition ($60,000 + Pilot)

BBL Ventures has opened the first Reverse Robotics Pitch for ExxonMobil. Interested applicants are invited to enter the challenge by March 29th for the chance at an invitation to Houston to participate in the reverse pitch the week of April 17. The prize for the winning challengers is $60,000 and eligibility for a commercial pilot.
MON 18

Learn to Code: JavaScript and Prepping for the Technical Interview (Free)

March 18th 6:30pm

Welcome JavaScript Beginners! At this workshop series, you develop your foundation in fundamental JavaScript. This four week series will develop your knowledge to better prepare you for our Technical Interview. We will learn new concepts each week and the series will start over again each month.

Galvanize, 119 Nueces St. · Austin, TX | View in Calendar

MON 18

Angular Austin (0)

March 18th 6:30pm

Do you use Angular to build brilliant web apps? Are you interested in one of the best Javascript framework? Meetup with others who are into AngularJS, share knowledge, apps and collaborate.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

MON 18

PyLadies Tech & Coding Night (Free)

March 18th 7:00pm

PyLadiesATX is a social/professional group for lady Python enthusiasts at every experience level. Beginners are always welcome! We represent Pythonistas from a wide variety of disciplines and interest areas - full-time developers and hobbyists alike.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

MON 18

IBM Blockchain - Update/On Premises Offering (Free)

March 18th 7:00pm

Most businesses today are optimistic on the capabilities that blockchain can unleash, including a number of use cases that can impact every day people in a profound way. In this Austin Blockchain Collective Community Meetup, come hear about the latest development in IBM Blockchain Platform and how we can - and are - meeting client's use cases

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

MON 18

UI Testing is Ruff; Hound Is Your Best Friend (Free)

March 18th 7:00pm

Whatever you call it, UI testing/End-to-End Testing/End-to-User Testing/Acceptance Testing, it is often an intensely manual and time-consuming process. Hound is a library for browser automation and writing integration tests in Elixir. Browser automation means automating those repetitive user actions — clicks, fill inputs, file uploads, selecting options, radio buttons, etc. Today I will provide an overview of Hound and it’s helpers, as well as an example of how Hound tests saved me days of manual end-user testing.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

TUE 19

Austin Music Tech Monthly Meetup! (Free)

March 19th 7:00pm

The aim of this group is to create a regular meeting for anyone currently working on or interested in music related startups! Austin is one of the best cities on earth for music and for tech startups, so this group will fuse two of the best parts about Austin! Entrepreneurs, developers, investors, service firms, music industry folks and anyone with a passion for tech and music should join! Let's all work together to make our music startups better or to start the next great music tech company!

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

WED 20

Learn to Code Workshop (Free)

March 20th 6:30pm

Have an interest in learning to code, but don't know where to start? This workshop is crafted for total beginners looking for an entry to the wonderful world of coding!

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St. 1st floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

WED 20

Austin Go Language User Group Monthly Meetup (Free)

March 20th 7:00pm

A user group to meet and discuss the Go programming language (golang). Meetups are typically held on third Wednesdays at 6:30. Follow us on Twitter @atxgolang (http://twitter.com/atxgolang) and join our chat rooms: #atx on Gopher Slack (https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/) or #atxgolang on Freenode.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

WED 20

Austin DJs March Technical Meetup (Free)

March 20th 7:00pm

This group is for new and veteran DJs to socialize, network, and learn from each other. We make time for presentations and workshops, socializing, and of course, playing some tunes. Whether you've been spinning vinyl for decades or just bought your first digital DJ controller, this group of music lovers is the place for you!

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

THU 21

git hired --force "Women in Tech: Austin" (Free)

March 21st 5:00pm

As we celebrate Women in History month Twilio is delighted to be teaming up with Austin Hispanic Hackers, Women Who Code Austin, ChickTech: Austin, Capital Factory, and other local organizers to host this event on strategies underrepresented developers can implement to stack the deck in our favor.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

THU 21

Percy.io / Redis + Node / EnableDB (Free)

March 21st 7:00pm

This month we are going to change it up a bit and give you 4 talks for the price of one! You're not going to want to miss this one. Here's the lineup: >> Visual Regression Testing with Percy.io Robert DeLuca - https://twitter.com/robdel12 >> Visual Regression Testing with Percy.io Robert DeLuca - https://twitter.com/robdel12 >> EnableDB: An Experiment with Database Gateways Corey Butler - https://twitter.com/goldglovecb >> News From the Bleeding Edge Brian Moeskau - https://twitter.com/bmoeskau

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St. 16th floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

THU 21

Austin Retail and eCommerce Meetup (Free)

March 21st 7:00pm

This group is for people interested in retail & ecommerce in the Austin, TX area. In addition to the Meetup Group, members connect & have discussions through Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/AustinRetailandEcommerce).

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701 | View in Calendar

Upcoming Events:


TUE 26

Strategy & Planning Tools for Startups (Founders Academy Workshop) (Free)

March 26th 10:00am

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St. 16th floor, Austin, TX 78701

TUE 26

Austin Elevate My Business Challenge Pitch Day (0)

March 26th 5:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701

TUE 26

March Startup Showcase (Free)

March 26th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701

TUE 26

What's the Deal with Gentrification in Austin? (Free)

March 26th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701

WED 27

How To Grow Your Business With An Accelerator ($20)

March 27th 6:00pm

Meet At Relay, 1023 Springdale Road, Building #11A, Austin, TX 78721

WED 27

A Comprehensive Review of All Ethereum Scaling Solutions (Free)

March 27th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701

WED 27

How to Build Enterprise AI Products by IBM Product Manager (Free)

March 27th 6:30pm

Capital Factory 701 Brazos St. 16th Floor | Austin, Texas 78701

WED 27

The New Product Manager's Guide to Self Care by Silvercar PM (Free)

March 27th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701

WED 27

Decentralizing IoT & Disrupting the Telcos Using Blockchain (Free)

March 27th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701

THU 28

Austin Sales and Business Development (Free)

March 28th 6:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701

THU 28

Big Data, AI, Machine Learning , Data Science topics (Free)

March 28th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 16th Floor, Austin, TX 78701

FRI 29

Product Management Foundations 101 Training Workshop ($799)

March 29th 9:00am

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St 1st Floor, Austin, TX 78701

TUE 02

Getting Started with RISC-V (Free)

April 2nd 8:30am

Commons Conference Center, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 137 Austin, TX 78758

TUE 02

What's New with Facebook Ads (Free)

April 2nd 6:00pm

MELD Coworking, 502 W 30th St, Austin, TX 78705

WED 03

Launch: The Nuts and Bolts of Starting Your Business (Free)

April 3rd 12:00pm

SAC 2.302, 2201 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712

WED 17

Impact Investing (Free)

April 17th 5:30pm

300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705

MyGalileoApp Competition

Bring space to your smartphone and win €100,000 by developing an Android and iOS app. The MyGalileoApp Competition is ON!🛰😎Develop an innovative app that uses the Galileo satellites’ positioning accuracy & commercially launch your solution! Gather a team or go solo & design & develop an app that will #UseGalileo. And the best part? Meet & work hand in hand with our amazing mentors and the 1st place winner gets €100,000! You can find everything you need to know at http://gsa.europa.eu/mygalileoapp. Don't wait until the last minute and make sure you register your app proposals on time! Deadline: March 28.

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