aierz017 No more Bathroom Bils! - Austin Startups ES ostwa Baer | help people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs @CapitalFactory @UTAustin @WPEngine @PostUp, QE i126. 3 rinsed No more Bathroom Bills! 38 CEO's across Texas and across industries are speaking up about how the so called “Bathroom Bills” currently going through the legislature are bad for business and bad for Texas. Dear Gov. Abbott, Speaker Straus, Lt. Gov. Patrick, and Members of the Texas Legislature: As leaders of Texas’ successful and growing tech and startup community, we write in opposition to the proposed “bathroom bills” currently being considered in the Texas Legislature. Every day, we recruit the best and brightest talent from across the world to bring their ideas and innovations to Texas—but the nature of their work allows them to locate almost anywhere. Culture and a community’s commitment to diversity and inclusion thus become essential factors in where innovators choose to live and grow their businesses, These factors are more important to the workforce of today and tomorrow than they were of the workforce of previous generations. hitps:/austinstrtups.comino-more-bathroom-ils-#603bdbact59 ussisr017 [No more Bathroom Bils! - Austin Startups Discriminatory legislation will damage the business-friendly reputation that has allowed us to build innovative technology and startup communities in all corners of the state. Therefore, we urge you to oppose these bills and instead focus on issues that have allowed Texas to be a leader in the innovation economy. Sincerely, Gene Austin CEO, Bazaarvoice in Austin Joshua Baer Executive Director, Capital Factory in Austin ‘Tom Ball General Partner, Next Coast Ventures in Austin John Berkowitz CEO, Ojo Labs in Austin Bill Blackstone General Manager, Galvanize in Austin Trey Bowles CEO, Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC) in Dallas Sara Brand General Partner, True Wealth Venture Partners in Austin Barbary Brunner CEO, Austin Technology Council in Austin Heather Brunner CEO, WP Engine in Austin Jason Cohen CTO, WP Engine in Austin Chelsea Collier CEO of Intercambio in Austin htps:faustnstartups.com/no-more-battroom-bils603bdbac459 2154er2017 No more Bativoom Bills! - Austin Status Gordon Daugherty Managing Director, Capital Factory in Austin David Edmonson Executive Director, Austin Tech Alliance in Austin Rod Favaron CEO, Spredfast in Austin Morgan Flager General Partner, Silverton Partners in Austin Hugh Forrest Director of Programming, SXSW in Austin Richard Garriott CEO, Portalarium in Austin steve goldsmith Head of HipChat at Atlassian in Austin Steve Guengerich Principal, Powershift Group in Dallas Dan Graham CEO, Notley Ventures in Austin Erik Huddleston CEO, Trendkite in Austin Brett Hurt CEO, data.world in Austin Preston L. James, It CEO, Divine in Austin Brian Jones CEO, GetHealthy in Austin Nick Kennedy President, Surf Airlines Ine. in Dallas hhtps:faustinstartups.convno-more-bathroom-bits603bdbacas982017 No more Bathroom Bils!~ Austin Statups ‘Matt Mullenweg, CEO, Automattic in Houston Chris Pacitti General Partner, AVX Partners in Austin Mellie Price Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Capital Factory in Austin John S. Reale, Jr. CEO, Station Houston in Houston Joe Ross President, CSID in Austin Amos Schwartzfarb Managing Director, Techstars in Austin Eugene Sepulveda CEO, Entrepreneur's Foundation of Central Texas ‘Venu Shamapant General Partner, Live Oak Venture Partners in Austin Justin Siegel Mentor & Angel Investor, Capital Factory in Austin Joah Spearman CEO, Localeur in Austin Krishna Srinivasan General Partner, Live Oak Venture Partners in Austin Stephen Straus Managing Partner, Kung Fu in Austin Andy Tryba CEO, Crossover in Austin ‘Tyson Tuttle CEO, Silicon Labs in Austin tps: Jaustinstartups.comino-more-bathroom-bils-f60abdbact59 4818/2017 ‘No more Bathroom Bills!— Austin Startups Zeynep Young CEO, Milk & Honey Spa in Austin ‘ntps:austinstartups.comno-mre-bathroom-bils{6O8bdbaC4SS 55