The Quiet Giant: In His Own Words
Part Four of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant, the final installment, a candid Q and A with Pat Matthews on venture capital, ambition, geography, and San Antonio’s place in the startup world. In Part 1, “The Quiet Giant: The Unlikely Path to Venture Capital,” we saw how a kid from Virginia […]
The Quiet Giant: The ProsperOps Bet
Part Three of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant – how Active Capital is pulling off the most unlikely venture story in Texas. One of the things I love about the Rackspace network is that it never really goes away. Rackers are scattered across the tech industry. Some have started companies. Some […]
The Quiet Giant: From Rackspace to Active Capital
Part Two of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant – how Active Capital is pulling off the most unlikely venture story in Texas. When I was CEO of Geekdom, one of the most common frustrations I heard from founders was simple: there wasn’t enough capital in San Antonio. That complaint came from […]
The Quiet Giant: The Unlikely Path to Venture Capital
Part One of a four-part Urban Nerd series exploring how an unlikely path, an overlooked city, and long-term conviction gave rise to Active Capital — one of Texas’s quiet venture successes. I’ve known Pat for a long time. Truth be told, when I worked at Rackspace, and I spent close to a decade there, I […]
From Silicon Valley to San Antonio: Building the Hub of Applied AI
When people think about the birthplace of artificial intelligence, they naturally think of Silicon Valley. It’s where the research labs are, where the big tech companies release their products, and where the headlines about new breakthroughs come from. But the future of AI won’t just be about where the technology is invented. It will be […]