Events & Meetups Around Austin

My favorite events and groups

Steve Ward

Steve Ward is a father, sailor, writer and digital marketing expert. He owns Steve Ward Media, LLC, specializing in Google Ads for boating industry clients. He started his digital marketing agency after working at Dell for 20 years. With a deep background in boating (and as an owner of a charter operation, www.sailATX.com) Steve helps clients sell more and attract great leads with Google Ads. Steve blogs about boating at sailwithsteve.com.

Downtown Open Coffee
Houndstooth – Frost Bank Tower
401 Congress Ave · Austin, TX
8:30-10:00
Monthly, First Thursday
More Info (go here for other locations/times)

Casual, long-running monthly coffee meetup. Easy, fun way to meet newcomers and old timers alike. Usually 10-20 people. Highly recommend.

F.I.E.S.T.A.
Capital Factory – 1st Floor
701 Brazos St · Austin, TX
5:30-8:00 PM
Monthly, Third Tuesday
More Info

Large, exciting gathering. Mostly networking time with snacks/food but also includes brief 1-minute pitches. Last one I attended was nearly 300 attendees.

~~CoFounder Austin~~
~~Capital Factory – 16th Floor~~
~~701 Brazos St · Austin, TX~~
~~6:30-9:00~~
~~Monthly, Second Monday~~
~~More Info~~

Was, one of my favorites. Sadly, this one succumbed to Covid or other fatal cause.

Groups
Facebook Groups
Austin Startups
Austin Freelance Gigs
Austin Retail and eCommerce Meetup

Other Resources
Capital Factory (main | events) – hub of lots of startup activity in Austin, accelerator, events.

Paul O’Brien’s massive list of business resources in Austin