This is a free orientation to help new and aspiring entrepreneurs learn how to plug in to the Dallas startup scene. Get the inside scoop from one of the local community leaders to get acquainted with the exciting entrepreneur scene in Dallas.

1. Intro to the
Dallas Startup
Community
Jason Illian
Founder and CEO of Bookshout
@jasonillian
jason@bookshout.com

2. About me
Founder and CEO of Bookshout
Former CEO of Big Jump Media (GodTube.com)
Published author and speaker
Raised over $40M for new business ventures
Advisor to The DEC and Chair of Startup Texas
Go Frogs

3. Entrepreneur Manifesto
Think BIG, start SMALL. Work with PASSION. Pursue the
IMPOSSIBLE, especially when no one else does. Make
MEANING, not just money. FAIL at an exceptionally high
level. Do something NEW everyday. Build a LEGACY. Help
others chase their DREAMS. GIVE, when others take;
LEAP, when other hesitate; and don't call it work if it is
FUN. PLAY with each other, your assumptions, and the
company. Run 100 mph with your hair on FIRE and when
you come to the edge--jump and build your WINGS on the
way down. REPEAT.

4. Agenda
Why Dallas
Entrepreneurial hub
Notable Dallas Startups
Dallas Corporations
Notable Startup Exits (M&A and IPO)
Raising Capital
Accelerators, Incubators, Coworking
Events and Programs
Media
Talent
Q&A

5. Why Dallas will never be
Silicon Valley
*and why that’s a good thing

8. North Texas as an
Entrepreneurial Hub

9. Notable Dallas Startups
Koupon Media
ShopSavvy
Rise
Need
Foot Cardigan
Mizzen and Main
The Citizenry
Dialexa
Firehost
Bookshout!
Hiplogic
View Market
Brain Space
Image Vision
Traxo
AllPlayers.com
Mutual Mind
Glass Media
Joinem
Reward Style
OrderMyGear

10. Notable Corporations
Texas Instruments
American Airlines
Sabre
Southwest Airlines
Top Golf
Tenet Healthcare
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Match.com
Pier 1
Microsoft
Intuit
Ericsson
FedEx Office
Mary Kay
PepsiCo (Frito-Lay)
Fossil
Haggar Clothing
AT&T

11. Notable Dallas Exits
Broadcast.com (Yahoo for $5B, 2001)
EDS (HP for $13.9B, 2008)
Gamestop (IPO)
Gearbox Software (IPO)
Hotels.com (IPO)
Id Software (ZeniMax for $105M, 2009)
ITKO (CA Technologies for $330M)
Metasolv (Oracle for $219M, 2006)
New Toy (Zynga for $53M, 2011)
Perot Systems (Dell for $3.9B, 2009)
Quickoffice (Google, 2012)
Softlayer (IBM for $2B, 2013)
Texas Instruments (IPO)
Woot.com (Amazon for $110M, 2010)
Bottle Rocket (WPP, 2013)
MetroPCS (T-Mobile, 2013)

12. The Rise of Coworking
Common Desk
The DEC
Fort Work
Nod Coworking
Addison Treehouse
IdeaWorks Fort Worth
Dallas Makerspace
The Grove
WELD
Kaleidoscope for Her
The Garage
Denton TechMill
Oak Cliff Hive
The Lab

13. Early stage Accelerators
and Incubators
Tech Wildcatters
Health Wildcatters
Collide Village
RevTech Ventures
The Dallas Entrepreneur Center
Addison TreeHouse
United Way Groundfloor
NTEC
Tech Fort Worth
The Garage
The WERX McKinney

14. Raising Capital
$323 MILLION
Invested across 32
Companies in 2014
DALLAS RANKED 18TH
Best city for VC funding
ACTIVE ANGELS
Texas accounted
for 12% of all deals
in Q2

15. Education and Programs
Startup Weekend
Startup Next
Dallas Startup Week
DEC Whiteboard Sessions
CoFoundersLab
Dallas New Tech
Big D Open Coffee Club
Denton Tech Mill
1 Million Cups Dallas and Fort Worth
LaunchDFW Happy Hour
RealTech
House of Genius
The Pulse
DEC Ambassador Program
The Grove Community Animator

16. Universities

17. Media outlets
LaunchDFW
Dallas Business Journal - Tech Flash
Dallas Morning News - Beat Biz
D CEO
Tech Cocktail Dallas Edition
KERA
WFAA
Dallas Observer
Culture Map
Geekbeat.tv

18. Infographic - thedec.co/scene
2014 trends - soe2014.thedec.co
Local media - launchdfw.com
Weekly digest - startupdigest.com
Faces of Dallas - thefacesofdallas.com
Dallas Regional Chamber - drcinteractive.com/startups
References

19. Q&A