The #1 Newsletter for Austin Founders. Local Business News, Killer Events, and Good Bites
Jun 5, 2026
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10 min read
How Nate Strayer's Stray Vista turned a COVID detour into Austin’s largest LED volume stage.
Jun 1, 2026
5 min read
How the City of Austin's SizeUp helps local businesses benchmark performance, find customers, scout suppliers, and map local competition.
May 29, 2026
15 min read
Nelson Lin on hot pot, commercial real estate, Asian restaurant saturation, and why Austin’s hardest buildout problem became his biggest advantage.
May 25, 2026
Texas data centers could go from ~1% of statewide water use to 9% by 2040.
May 22, 2026
18 min read
Marc Nathan on the coffee meetups, shelf velocity, and decade of consistency behind Austin’s consumer brand boom.
May 18, 2026
7 min read
3,800 autonomous cars recalled after a Texas flooding incident exposed a software risk across the entire fleet.
