ILLUMINATE

We get to know the folks behind the “myths” of Austin’s successful entrepreneurs! These are the stories behind the services and products that make up the fabric of our local community. Storytelling is at the center of everything that foundingAUSTIN does, and these portraits are vibrant and compelling, sharing the characters, conflicts, challenges, twists of fate, and triumphs that are part of the entrepreneur’s epic plight. We hope that you can identify with these stories, and they will ILLUMINATE this path less traveled.

On the Couch with Rohit Bhargava and Henry Coutinho-Mason

By Deborah Hamilton-Lynne In 2022 I attended a session featuring Rohit Bhargava and was completely…

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Interstellar Lab founder Barbara Belvisi share the vision of space travel now and in the future at the SXSW 2023 La French Tech Event

By Candace Wofford Thomas Pesquet, the French and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, gave a…

EU@SXSW: Tackling Climate Change with Quantum Computing

If modern climate change is caused by human activity, technology will play a leading part in fighting it. Could quantum computing be the answer?

SXSW 2022 — The Future of the Podcasting Business Model

The business model for podcast production has had to change as fast as podcasting itself. But is it looking forward or backward for answers? A panel of pros gathered at the JW Marriott in Austin during SXSW to answer that question.

10 Non-Obvious Megatrends Shaping 2022 and Beyond

For more than a decade Rohit Bhargava has researched “non-obvious” trends, and he’s on a mission to inspire more non-obvious thinking.

Sheryl Crow Strums a Guitar

SXSW 2022 — 5 Standout Documentaries

At SXSW 2022’s Film Festival, the real standouts were the documentaries. Here are five of them that are sure to enlighten and inspire.

GSD&M's SXSW 2022 LOVE YOUR MUSIC show in their backyard

SXSW 2022: Hometown Discoveries

Austin-based music member organization, Black Fret, and FreeWater Inc., a paradigm-shifting, philanthropic startup that uses free spring water in aluminum bottles and paper cartons as marketing tools, participated in SXSW 2022 events.

FindingMetis Balance

Healing Through a Higher Power with Sheila Newsom, MD & FindingMetis

Sheila Newsom, MD of FindingMetis concierge services how ketamine treatment can provide relief from severe mental afflictions.

Swoovy: An Unlikely Marriage Between Volunteering & Romance

Swoovy is an Austin-based dating app that connects matches through volunteer service at a local non-profits.

Packing Taste Podcast: Yellowbird Foods

Q+A with George Milton of Yellowbird Foods Packing Taste with Axel Brave is a Texas-sized…