Like local leaders in many other towns in West Texas, the Kermit City Council spent years saving its tax revenue fearing the energy economy would crash. Now it is struggling to keep…
El Chuqueño Blog – Proposition C
From CBS4Local.com: El Paso’s City Council approved the agenda item to pay over a million dollars to form a Climate Action Plan during their meeting on Wednesday. The Climate Action Plan would…
Texas Monthly – Your 2024 Texas Horoscope
Get your boots on, cue the band, and light up the fireworks—2024 is gearing up to be an exciting year for all of us. No matter your sign, you’ve likely learned lessons…
Tech Crunch – Theory Venture’s Tomasz Tunguz unveils 2024 predictions: AI dominance, resurging Web3, and the new normal of tech investments
At the end of 2022, like many, I made some predictions about what 2023 would bring to the technology investing ecosystem. Namely, the Fed would tame inflation, and the fundraising market would…
Tech Crunch – TikTok aims to grow its TikTok Shop US business tenfold to $17.5B in 2024, report claims
TikTok is looking to grow the size of its TikTok Shop U.S. business tenfold to as much as $17.5 billion this year, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The report indicates…
Tech Crunch – Exponent Founders Capital, led by Plaid and Robinhood alums, raises $75M to invest in early-stage startups
Exponent Founders Capital, an early-stage venture firm founded by alumni of startups such as Plaid, Robinhood and Ramp, has closed on $75 million in capital commitments, TechCrunch is the first to report. …
Tech Crunch – VCs anticipate more exits in 2024 but have no consensus on when or how
Some investors are more optimistic about M&A in 2024, while others think we will see a rebound in the IPO market. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read…
Texas Monthly – German Activists Take Aim at Texas Natural Gas
As the rented minivan navigates the Houston suburbs and the first petrochemical facilities come into view, the reaction inside the vehicle is like there’s been a celebrity sighting. “Look over there,” says…
Tech Crunch – Big, costly seed deals were the exception in 2023’s lackluster venture capital market
Hopes that it would become easier for startups to raise capital in 2023 were left unmet as the year ended. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on…
Texas Monthly – The Only BBQ Joint in Terlingua Got a Massive Upgrade
Don Baucham played the long game in the desert. He bought a piece of land in Terlingua a decade ago when he was still working an oil-and-gas job in Brazil. His plan…