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Austin Startup Handshakez Raises $3.6 Million

Handshakez is an Austin-based startup that has raised $3.6 million from a group of investors that includes Austin Ventures, Thinktiv, First Round Capital, Floodgate, and Valhalla Partners. Handshakez’ software works by making a web-based private showroom, where a salesperson can connect and share presentations, videos, and documents with prospective clients. Their customer engagement platform also […]

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Freescale Leaving Parmer Campus, Moving Workers to Oak Hill Office

In an effort to consolidate and cut down on real estate costs Freescale Simiconductor Ltd is planning on vacating it’s Northwest Austin office located at 7700 West Parmer Lane and relocating the employees (believed to be several hundred) to their Oak Hill office.  Most of the employees who will be relocating include engineers, software developers, and

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Austin-Based Tech Startup Bloomfire Raises $8 Million

Bloomfire, an Austin-based tech startup, has raised $8 million to expand its sales, marketing, and development efforts. Bloomfire’s software lets employees around the world communicate quickly and efficiently with different team members and leaders. This software allows workers to create and post content, communicate with distributed team members, and also follow team experts. Bloomfire has

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Texas Ranked Top State for Business Relocation and Expansion

Site Selection Magazine has ranked Texas as the top state for business relocations and expansion projects. In 2012, Texas had 761 business relocation and expansion projets, which was 270 more than the next ranked state. Houston and Dallas accounted for the majority of business relocation projects, but Austin attracted many notable expansion and relocation projects

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Taskbox Raises $600K in Seed Funding

Taskbox, an Austin-based email management startup, has finished a $600,000 round of seed financing. The capital was provided by the Central Texas Angel Network and will be used to polish their mobile app. Taskbox has developed a mobile application that allows users to prioritize emails simply by swiping a finger. The goal of the application

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Workspace Design Trends – From ‘I’ Space to ‘We’ Space

Workspace design trends have changed!  Historically, workspace layout took its cue from the organizational flow chart; “power” locations depended upon the proximity to the office of the CEO. That dynamic has now changed thanks to the information revolution. Since information is now “king,” workspace design has become more flexible. With this new thinking, ‘I’ space

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