{"podcast":{"title":"Austin Tech Connect: The Podcast For The Austin Technology Ecosystem, Business Leaders, and Tech Entrepreneurs!","slug":"austin-tech-connect","podcast_index_feed_id":5893386,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/445386/rss","website_url":"https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/7/1/3/571305043495b7a2a04421dee9605cbd/Austin_Tech_Cover.png","author":"Austin Technology Council","episode_count":146,"summary":"Austin Tech Connect is the go to podcast for all things Technology in the Austin, Texas region. The show is hosted by the CEO of Austin Technology Council, Thom Singer. For over two years this show has highlighted local tech leaders who make a difference in the Austin tech ecosystem. Each week Thom sits down with leaders in technology & business from the greater Austin area to explore success stories, business advice, and visions for the future of Austin Tech. The Austin Technology Council has been bringing people together and serving the local tech ecosystem for over 32 years. If you are looking for the \"Whose Who\" of the Austin Technology Community, you need to be listening to the Austin Tech Connect Podcast. The Austin Tech Community is vibrant ecosystem of companies, non-profits, universities, and government agencies that are committed to keeping Austin as a leading technology center. Over the past three decades the city of Austin, Texas has transformed from a college town that is the State Capital, into a fast growing tech center. Homegrown startups grow into international leaders, and many other companies have opened offices in Austin or moved their headquarters. The future…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect"},"episode":{"title":"The 10 Pillars That Made Austin a Global Tech Hub","slug":"the-10-pillars-that-made-austin-a-global-tech-hub","published_at":"2024-08-13T10:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/the-10-pillars-that-made-austin-a-global-tech-hub","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect","url":"https://a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab.libsyn.com/the-10-pillars-that-made-austin-a-global-tech-hub","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a7b1cb29-8eb2-4801-9ccb-e0eb899497ab/ATC_10_Pillars_-_Stereo_Mix.mp3?dest-id=3729132","summary":"In this episode, host Thom Singer talks about the ten pillars that helped make Austin become a global technology hub. While there were civic minded community leaders who had ideas and plans to set our region up to grow, the ten pillars that supported the success of Austin are not something that can be dupblicated by other cities. This is a retrospective, not a recipe book. Austin's success was not luck, it was the product of several things that come together at the right time. And it was about the people. Leaders who would show up regularly to support the community who had visions that more home grown tech companies, and being a destination for established companies could become key. The Chamber of Commerce, Opportunity Austin, The Capital Factory and other organizations had big impact on the growth of the tech scene. But it was no one organization or individual that did it all. Yes, you can trace back much of the credit to Dr.George Kozmetsky, who was the dean of the UT Business School in the 1960s and 1970s (and then a major civic leader until the 1990s).... but much of the credit is split between about 50 men and women who openly cared and worked to help set the stage for the community we have today. The ten pillars that Thom talks about all came togther in a time when technology was exploding across the world. Austin became the cool alternative to the big cities, alhtough we are now a big city ourselves. These pillars are not the whole story, and Singer welcomes input from people on other ideas. Not all of the pillars are as strong or important today, as times change and new pillars are being formed. Also, in a short version of this talk he cannot cover all the details that he can when he does the hour long keynote about \"The History of Austin Tech\". The Ten Pillar…","meta_description":"In this episode, host Thom Singer talks about the ten pillars that helped make Austin become a global technology hub. While there were civic minded commun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1824,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/austin-tech-connect/episodes/the-10-pillars-that-made-austin-a-global-tech-hub/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-tech-connect/the-10-pillars-that-made-austin-a-global-tech-hub.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}