September 24, 2020
Recently, MassChallenge Texas hosted an event for founders and startups who are about to graduate from an early-stage accelerator or thinking about joining one. Before a startup leaves, they often wonder what to do next. Typically, many startups follow at least one or more of the four paths:
The conversation was led by panelists:
During the conversation, our panelist's insights shared the paths they chose for their businesses, and the lessons they learned along the way. The take aways from this conversation included:
THE PANEL
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MODERATOR | VICTORIA OLDRIDGE Victoria’s insatiable penchant for innovation, global affairs,
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PANELIST | ROCHELLE KEYHAN | CEO Collective Liberty + MCTX19 in Austin Winner Rochelle Keyhan is the Chief Executive Officer of Collective Liberty and the 2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation Stop Slavery Hero. She develops and executes the organization’s strategic direction and collaborations focused on disrupting specific types of human trafficking, including recruiting and maintaining robust collaborative networks of law enforcement, agency stakeholders, and service providers. Solutions are all guided by collaboration with survivors of human trafficking, and stakeholders within the systems the work is trying to shift. Her team analyzes national trends and best practices, creating comprehensive trainings and resources to help facilitate the effective and systemic eradication of trafficking in the United States. Learn more about Rochelle here. |
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PANELIST | BRIAN BORACK | CSO Relay IQ Acquired by Astreya + MCTX19 In Austin Finalist Brian has 20+ years in enterprise technology products and services from startups to large enterprises. He was the co-founder RelayiQ, a BI automation startup, exited at the end of 2019 to Astreya where he is now the Chief Strategy Officer. Previously, He was the co-founder of as startup as part of Austin Ventures (Lane15 Software), then moved to Enterasys Networks responsible for resellers, then onto BMC Software running global R&D Operations and finally to SoftServe where Brian was COO until the end of 2016. Brian holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from University of Texas in Austin Learn more about Brian here. |
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PANELIST | MANDEEP PATEL | FOUNDER + CEO ElecTrip + MCTX19 in Houston Finalist Mandeep is the founder of ElecTrip: an EV transportation company; and the founder of Sun Co. Tracking: developing solar panel tracking systems. He is a graduate of the University of Texas with a degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in accounting. Learn more about Mandeep here. |
PANELIST | FARHAJ MAYAN | CO-FOUNDER Kanna + MCTX18/19 in Austin Finalist Farhaj is the CEO of Kanna, an integrated hiring and training platform for the legal cannabis industry. He's a marketplace, and future of work/learning geek, who is very passionate about building infrastructure to help early stage founders in the OK & TX startup ecosystems. Prior to Kanna, Farhaj was an early employee at 3 startups (VR, Drone-tech, experiential marketing) and founded Fade, a personalized barber booking marketplace. Learn more about Farhaj here. |
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PANELIST | ADAM LIPMAN | CO-FOUNDER Ecliptic Capital, Investor Adam Lipman is a senior executive with decades of experience directing operations in the biotechnology, software, and software services verticals. Over the course of his career, Mr. Lipman has held nearly a dozen advisory and board observer roles. Currently, Mr. Lipman serves as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Ecliptic Capital, LLC where his leadership in implementing portfolio management practices has been integral to the success of Ecliptic Capital’s investments to date. Mr. Lipman specializes in developing and managing startup operations for companies that are positioned to scale. Learn more about Adam here. |
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2020 MassChallenge Virtual U.S Awards
MassChallenge will host our first-ever Virtual Awards ceremony this October. This event is broadcast celebration of all the startups from this year’s Austin, Boston, Houston, and Rhode Island programs and includes top startup awards up to $2M in equity-free cash and prizes
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