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It’s time for Capital Factory 2010 to start kicking off with the opening of applications, startup speed dating, and office hours where you can meet the mentors and share ideas. If you didn’t keep track of Capital Factory in our inaugural year last year, five companies were selected for the program (Cubit Planning, Hourville, Sparefoot, [...]

One of the interesting things that we discovered during our first year of Capital Factory was that very few companies had a complete founding team. By complete, I mean the founding team had people with both knowledge of their product and industry, and technical skills.

PetsMD.com, the number one name in free online pet health information, today unveiled their newest consumer friendly feature, the PetsMD Symptom Checker iPhone Application. “Our users have told us that they love the Symptom Checker application and want to take it with them on their iPhone,” says Tina Cannon, President and CEO. “Pet owners wanted [...]

The economic downturn has prompted credit scarcity, layoffs, and cutbacks. Despite the tumult, however, earlier this year twenty Austin business luminaries pumped $100,000 of their own money into the creation of Capital Factory, an Austin-based technology startup incubator that gives funds and mentorship to the most innovative startups.

Registration for this event is sold out. However, we will are streaming the event live so that everyone can participate. You can also visit our uStream page here.
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Today marks the beginning of a new era for AustinStartup, as we combine our efforts with Startup District to form a single and definitive resource for surfacing and navigating the startup ecosystem in Central Texas.

If you are an investor, a member of the press, or an entrepreneur, this is an event you will really want to attend. Demo Day is the culmination of Capital Factory’s 10 week business incubator program, and you will see demos from the 5 companies; Cubit Planning, Famigo, Hourville, PetsMD, and SpareFoot.
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Here’s a rundown of what’s going on today:

Rain! That’s the wet stuff that falls from the sky, in case you don’t remember.
The Austin Business Journal is reporting that ReachForce has raised a third of a planned $1m bridge round between venture rounds.
Entrepreneur magazine is featuring the Top 10 cities for entrepreneurs, and of course Austin [...]

PetsMD.com co-founder Tina Cannon spoke with us at Capital Factory the other day. We’ve got the video to prove it. In this video, Tina talks about the iPhone app that PetsMD has coming very soon now, as well as existing features like the interactive symptom checker, and finding a vet.

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We dropped in on Cubit Planning during week 5 of Capital Factory. The video is below.