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Summer Festivals: Where Music & Philanthropy Collide

NetWits

to Austin, TX for Austin City Limits. ACL is a three day music festival that uses the beautiful Zilker Park to house eight stages, 130 bands, and thousands of people from around the world who love music. Every fall I fly from Charleston, S.C. Last year I had to smile when I noticed how “ green ” the festival had become.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas. Today, Austin is more than just the capital of Texas.

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Let’s Connect at 2012 SXSW

Amy Sample Ward

As the Membership Director at NTEN , and as a speaker at this year’s SXSW Interactive , I hope to be able to connect with all of you that may be coming to Austin for the festival or based in the Austin area. Fork over your lunch money to a local Austin organization and Convio will match your donation!

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Austin’s Will Hurley on the city’s incredible tech rise

TechCrunch

Laura Lorek has lived in the Austin area since 2000, where she's been writing about established companies like Dell, NI, IBM, Apple, Oracle, Google, Meta and tech startups like Opcity, now Realtor.com, Homeaway, now VRBO, RetailMeNot, Indeed.com, Homeward, OJO Labs and others. Attend TechCrunch Live’s City Spotlight: Austin special event!

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8VC raises $880M in new fund that aims ‘to fix a broken world’

TechCrunch

Austin-based venture firm 8VC, led by controversial Palantir founder Joe Lonsdale, has raised $880 million in its fifth fund. In 2020, 8VC famously moved its headquarters from San Francisco to Austin, Texas. At the time, Lonsdale tweeted that Austin was “*far* more tolerant of ideological diversity than SF.”

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Supergiant just released a 10th anniversary album of music from its games

The Verge

The album was recorded at the hallowed Abbey Road Studios in London, and each track has a unique orchestral arrangement conducted by Journey composer Austin Wintory. vinyl now for shipping in early 2021 , or you can listen to the whole thing on YouTube right now.

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SXSW will attempt to hold its popular festival online in 2021. somehow

The Verge

SXSW, the annual tech, music, and film meetup held in downtown Austin was canceled earlier this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers said that “SXSW is working with the City of Austin and public health authorities on plans for a physical event in 2021.” Photo by Adi Robertson / The Verge.

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