An Evening With Josh Baer: On Obama, Lionel Ritchie, and Not Getting Everything Right

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Josh Baer is living something of a charmed life right now. When ACL was rained out last Sunday, he managed to get Lionel Ritchie to give a private performance for 50 people at the home of a friend. His brainchild, Capital Factory, was visited by President Barack […]

A Glimpse of the New Capital Factory Coworking Space

The Austin Chamber last week selected Capital Factory to create a downtown coworking space for technology entrepreneurs as part of its Austin Tech Live initiative. Josh Baer, cofounder of Capital Factory, a technology accelerator program for entrepreneurs, discusses the new space in this video. Also this week, Paul O’Brien with Cospace announced its partnership with […]

A Collaborative Center for Tech Entrepreneurs Launches in Austin

A groovy new space in a downtown Austin high-rise offers tech entrepreneurs a place to develop startups. It’s part of the Austin TechLive initiative by the Austin Chamber to create a tech-focused coworking site. Capital Factory will oversee the 22,000 square foot space on the 16th floor of Austin Centre at 701 Brazos Street. The […]

WP Engine Cultivates a Lucrative Niche Hosting WordPress Websites

By SUSAN LAHEY Special contributor to Silicon Hills News WP Engine co-founder Jason Cohen knew there was a market for what he wanted to build. Because it was exactly what he needed. The founder of four companies and a dedicated blogger, Cohen often made the front page of Hacker News. And every time he did, […]

The Capital Factory’s Demo Day 2011

At The Capital Factory’s office, founder Josh Baer gave an overview of Demo Day 2011 during the Startup Crawl. The third annual Capital Factory Demo Day took place on Wednesday at the AT&T Conference Center in downtown Austin. Five Capital Factory Finalists showed off their companies to investors and others at the day-long sold out […]