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August 05, 2019

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Capital Factory Jobs
Full Stack Engineer (CarServ)
Sr. Project Manager (CarServ)

Austin Digital Jobs
● DevOps Manager (Planview)
● Digital Marketing Analyst (AWL)
● Jr. Backend Engineer (Khoros)
Lead Data Scientist (Social Solutions)
● Operations Support Rep (Ngage ICS)
Sales Development Rep (Hypergiant)
Software Developer II (Everi)
Solutions Quality Engineer (SourceDay)
Sr. Customer Advocacy Manager (Compeat)
Technical Solutions Engineer (BigPanda)

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

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MON 05

Inaugural Event - Let's Make Mother Earth Great Again Meetup (Free)

August 5th 6:00pm

The first session of this meetup will introduce the framework, conduct a brainstorming session on how to align towards Citywide sustainability and efficiency goals, and collect input on ideas for the Meetup sessions.

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

MON 05

Intro to the Austin Media Scene (Free)

August 5th 6:30pm

The event kicks off with an actual map of what media companies, groups, and notable individuals are here in Austin, followed by conversation and an AMA session by moderator Josh Rubin. Bascially it's a place where you can get all your questions about Austin's media scene answered.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701 | View in Calendar

TUE 06

AWS Dev Day w/Qubole (Free)

August 6th 1:00pm

In this free half-day workshop, you will learn how to: Leverage streaming and batch data sets for machine learning applications Transform, prepare data with Apache Spark, and manage the pipelines Apache Airflow Use Qubole Notebooks to run ML models and deploy them using AWS SageMaker

AWS Austin Office, 11601 Alterra Parkway, 5th Floor, Room 5.406 · Austin, TX | View in Calendar

TUE 06

Intro to Fundraising in Texas & Ask Me Anything ( $0 – $10)

August 6th 4:00pm

Fundraising for your tech startup? Come hear an overview from experienced entrepreneurs and angel investors at our next Intro to Fundraising in Texas & Ask Me Anything! Get a chance to introduce yourself and ask any questions on funding and related topics. You can check out the slides and video from previous talks before you come. The content is updated each month because the startup scene is always changing. Already taken a tour of Capital Factory? Awesome! The event starts at 4:30PM after the 4PM tour.

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

TUE 06

Diversity and Inclusion Crawl (Free)

August 6th 4:30pm

The Diversity and Inclusion Company crawl will be a "speed dating"/"job fair" for those who are dedicated to the D&I space. We will have tables of companies from start up to large enterprise who will show off their work on D&I and open positions. The attendees will include recruiters, D&I individuals, job hunters, and anyone interested in learning more about diversity and/or inclusion. The purpose will be for either job hunters (diverse and inclusive) to hear from companies in the D&I space, smaller companies to learn from those doing D&I right, and an overall learning experience for all.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701 | View in Calendar

TUE 06

Austin iPhone Developer Group (Free)

August 6th 7:00pm

We're here because both Austin and iOS are awesome. We meet monthly to network, present education content, showcase apps and work, discuss iOS development, and share tip and tricks, while helping each other through bugs.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701 | View in Calendar

TUE 06

Austin Deep Learning: Journal Club (Free)

August 6th 7:00pm

Austin Deep Learning Journal Club is group for committed machine learning practitioners and researchers alike. The group meets the first and the third Tuesdays of each month Downtown Austin to discuss research publications. The publications are usually the ones that laid foundation to ML/DL or explore novel promising ideas and are selected by a vote. Participant are expected to read the publications to be able to contribute to discussion and learn from others. This is also a great opportunity to showcase your implementations to get feedback from other experts.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701 | View in Calendar

WED 07

Austin Online Marketing (Free)

August 7th 6:30pm

Are you an entrepreneur looking for more ways to drive traffic and sales to your business? Join the Austin Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs Meetup and enjoy info packed sessions from Austin's best online marketers.

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

WED 07

EmacsATX: Org Mode Hack Night (Free)

August 7th 7:00pm

Emacs ATX is a meetup devoted to exploring the vast and ever expanding universe of the extensible, customizable, free/libre editor Emacs. We are also a support group for people with Emacs-related issues. Our goal is to make everyone more productive.

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

THU 08

ACA Developer Series: React Native (Free)

August 8th 6:00pm

This month we're touching on React Native, a powerful mobile development tool. This technology solves the problem of companies needing a mobile developer for iOS and a mobile developer for Andriod, since it is used across both platforms. Join us for a hands-on workshop taught by CTO Kevin Colten where you'll leave with a cool project that you build with React Native!

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

THU 08

Trends 2019 – The Improv Edition (Free)

August 8th 6:00pm

Join Accenture, in collaboration with ColdTowne Theater, on August 8th to explore Fjord Trends and Accenture's Technology Vision along with some light-hearted improv comedy to help bring the trends to life. This event will dive into emerging trends that are expected to affect business, technology and design over the next few years. Lite bites and refreshments will be provided. This event is open and free to the community. Please RSVP by August 6th to reserve your seat. Contact Sarah.Laborde@accenture.com with questions.

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

THU 08

WPATX - Page Builder Comparison (Free)

August 8th 6:30pm

A special treat for you all, Pat Ramsey will be giving a brief talk regarding the pros, cons, and general notes of using some of the top WordPress Page Builders (including Gutenberg). By creating the exact same page using several different tools, this talk aims to highlight the performance, ease of use, and other valuable considerations for each.

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701 | View in Calendar

Upcoming Events:


MON 12

Austin Algorithims: Tree Balancing (Free)

August 12th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

MON 12

Cofounder Austin: 21st Century Leadership: The New Paradigm ($15)

August 12th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

MON 12

Clojupyter and Java lambda interop (Free)

August 12th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

MON 12

Austin Virtual League plays Racket NX! (Free)

August 12th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 5th Floor, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 13

Intro to the Austin Drone & Robotics Scene: Ask Me Anything with Shakeel Rashed & Colin Guinn ($10)

August 13th 4:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 13

Austin Deep Learning (0)

August 13th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 13

Hyperledger Austin (0)

August 13th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 13

Austin eCommerce Meetup (0)

August 13th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 13

Austin Design Sprint (0)

August 13th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 13

Austin EFF (Free)

August 13th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 13

Transformative Technology Austin (0)

August 13th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

WED 14

Health Tech Austin (0)

August 14th 7:45am

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

WED 14

Spark Collider - AFWERX (Free)

August 14th 9:00am

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

WED 14

Startup Grind (0)

August 14th 6:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

WED 14

Products That Count: Aceable CPO on Scaling Growth Products from V1 ($10 - $15)

August 14th 7:00pm

Indeed HQ | Building 1, Cafeteria | 6433 Champion Grandview Way Austin, TX, 78750

WED 14

Austin Python Meetup (0)

August 14th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

THU 15

Health Tech Austin (0)

August 15th 7:45am

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

THU 15

Austin Retail and eCommerce Meetup (0)

August 15th 5:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

THU 15

Design Jam x SocialGood.us -Design Thinking for Mental Health ($10)

August 15th 6:00pm

Impact Hub Lamar, 5540 North Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78751

THU 15

Hashgraph Austin (0)

August 15th 6:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

THU 15

Austin Cassandra Meetup (0)

August 15th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

THU 15

Bleeding Edge Web (0)

August 15th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

MON 19

Blockchain in Healthcare - Showcase and Panel (Free)

August 19th 6:30pm

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

MON 19

PyLadies Tech & Coding Night (Free)

August 19th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St. 1st floor, Austin, TX 78701

TUE 20

Austin job Seekers (Free)

August 20th 5:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St. 1st floor, Austin, TX 78701

TUE 20

CloudAustin's Dog Days of DevOps (Free)

August 20th 6:00pm

Rackspace, 9001 N I H 35 #150, Austin, TX

TUE 20

Voyager HQ: Travel Pitch Night ($5)

August 20th 6:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 20

Austin Music Tech (Free)

August 20th 7:00pm

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

WED 21

ATX-Golang Monthly Meetup (Free)

August 21st 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

WED 21

Austin DJs August Technical Meetup (Free)

August 21st 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St. 1st floor, Austin, TX 78701

THU 22

2019 Austin Mosaic Awards

August 22nd 6:00pm

500 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701

SAT 24

yuuvis Hackathon (Free)

August 24th

Galvanize, 119 Nueces St. · Austin, TX

MON 26

Preparing Your Store for Black Friday Cyber Monday (Free)

August 26th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

TUE 27

Founder's Stories (Free)

August 27th 4:00pm

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

TUE 27

How To Develop An Effective Brand Strategy For Your Startup (Free)

August 27th 6:30pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

WED 28

Microsoft .NET Core, C# and Raspberry Pi Demo (Free)

August 28th 7:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

THU 29

Making Mother Earth Great Again (Free)

August 29th 6:00pm

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin 78701

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