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Welcome to this issue of The Austin Business Review, a weekly roundup of great local events and insights for Austin business owners (plus some other cool stuff for your life outside of work).
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Keeping the intro here short because there’s an absurd number of events going on this week (and this is the curated-down list).
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But if someone forwarded this to you, and you like it, you can sign up here!
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-Ethan
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PS. 👇👇👇
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GOT A NEWSLETTER?
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I’m running an accountability group specifically for business owners trying to start or improve their newsletters. It’ll run Oct. 5th to Nov. 16th, and it includes a Slack group, weekly webinars, guest speakers, and a fun twist to guarantee you follow through. So if you want to finally start publishing consistently, join us.
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Upcoming Events
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This week, the trend seems to be health and wellness, with events from Women Who Breathe (tonight!), a talk on metabolic fitness over at the Red Fridge Society (my favorite founder club), and a huge day-long wellness event from What She Said.
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Elsewhere, we have…
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🗓️ TONIGHT: Acquire & Invest Happy Hour: Dan Jensen and Henry Carter’s monthly happy hour for people who buy businesses.
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🗓️ TONIGHT: Female Leaders of Austin: Lidija Newman and Amy (Wolcott) York are hosting this workshop on how AI can give you your time (and life) back
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🗓️ Sept. 19: $100M Leads Discussion Group: I host this monthly group for anyone who’s applying Alex Hormozi’s book on lead-gen to their company
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🗓️ Sept. 19: Founder Coffee Tasting: Mark Helwig, founder of Ratio coffee, was recently featured on Peter Attia’s podcast, and will be at this event telling his story
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🗓️ Sept. 19: Female Founders & Friends: Hosted the third Friday every month by Juliette Richert of the Artemis Fund, and Angie Neas of JustWorks
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🗓️ Sept. 19: Side Hustle – Live On Stage: Side Hustle is a Shark Tank-style gmae, invented by my friend Tomer Soran, and he’s hosting a live version with comedians and founders down at The Creek and The Cave
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🗓️ Sept. 20: Startup Showdown: Speaking of Shark Tank… Students from UT, Alpha School, and UATX are doing a pitch battle down at Capital Factory
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🗓️ Sept. 22: Conscious Connection: Sandra Bershad is hosting this non-traditional networking event focused on authenticity and depth
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🗓️ Sept. 22: Austin Enlightenment Society: Kat Stacy’s philosophy group is getting together to discuss how we design our personal moral code and develop character
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🗓️ Sept. 23: ScaleUp Series – Raising Angel: Part of Shannon Sibold’s annual ScaleUp series, for founders growing from 7- to 8-figures
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🗓️ Sept. 23: AITX: One of the bigger AI meetups, with monthly demos and networking hosted by Michael Daegler and Jake O’Shea
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🗓️ Sept. 23: Impact of Women In Business: Shannon Black, Chair of the Austin SCORE group, joins other leaders to discuss Wells Fargo’s latest Women in Small Business Report
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🗓️ Sept. 23: Modern Wisdom Meetup: John Cioffredi is hosting a group of Modern Wisdom fans to discuss Ep. 991 on the blueprint for better relationships
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🗓️ Sept. 24: Metropolitan Breakfast Club: Ross McCammon, Editor in Chief at Texas Monthly, and author of Works Well with Others, is speaking
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🗓️ Sept. 24: Canada x Texas Chamber: Alice Huang is hosting the first-ever meeting of the Canada-Texas Chamber and you should go if it fills your boots
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🗓️ Sept. 24: Austin Women In Tech: Hanna Busekrus and AWT are bringing together key local partners supporting women and the tech ecosystem
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🗓️ Sept. 24: Robotics & AI Meetup: Hosted by Florin Matei, this month’s installment is taking place at Skyways HQ, where they’re designing new autonomous air transport
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🗓️ Sept. 24: Facilitation Lab: Every month, Douglas Ferguson and Erin Warner host this hands-on meetup where leaders hone their group facilitation skills
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🗓️ Sept. 25: Austin Hardware Meetup: If you geek out on hard tech, join Nick Frank and others for show & tells (feel free to bring your own demo too)
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🗓️ Sept. 25: Emerging Tech & Generative AI Forum: Thomson Reuters’ one-day summit, with speakers from DELL, IBM, UT, and more
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🗓️ Sept. 25: Continuing to Serve Through Ownership: Brittney Bianchi is hosting a group of veterans to talk about their experience owning businesses after the uniform
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🗓️ Sept. 25: Book Discussion – CODE: Jay Boisseau, founder of The Austin Forum On Tech & Society, is hosting this online discussion of Charles Petzold’s book, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
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🗓️ Sept. 25: Pat & Umar’s VC/PE Happy Hour: Pat Moody and Umar Brimah are back with their epic meetup for 150+ founders, VCs, and operators in ATX
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🗓️ Sept. 26: Guided Coworking + Founder Q&A: Featuring Angie Lee co-founder of SOUL, which is a quite successful THC/CBD company.
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🗓️ Sept 27: ProductCamp Austin: An un-conference, where anyone can pitch a session, and speakers are decided day-of by the community
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🗓️ Sept 27: ATX Writing Club: Hosted by my buddy, Zac Solomon. Not strictly business-related, but a great spot to meet cool people and get good work done
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BREAKTHROUGH COACHING WITHOUT THE BULLSH*T
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I don’t talk a lot about coaching because so much of it is woo-woo nonsense. But Angela Parker is the real deal. She’s the facilitator Hampton flies in from Italy to lead dozens of high-growth startup founders, and she coming to Austin in October, opening a few extra days on her calendar to help teams align on their 2026 goals.
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This isn’t a paid ad. Angela’s a friend, a long-time reader of this email, and a total killer when it comes to helping high-performers make breakthroughs. So I asked if I could share her schedule. I interviewed her about what makes her one-day workshop work. You can see available dates here (hit me up if you’d like a personal intro).
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Other Fun Stuff Coming Up
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Big week for celebrity events here in Austin, with live appearances from Patton Oswalt, Benson Boone, Jimmy Carr, John mothaf*ckin Cleese, Matthew McConaughey, and mega best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, Liz Gilbert. (Plus candlelight tribute concerts honoring the music of Hanz Zimmer and Taylor Swift)
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Elsewhere, we have…
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TONIGHT: The Whisky X – Huge Whiskey Tasting and Education Event
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TONIGHT: Last Sip of Summer – Special Tequila Release
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Sept. 20: Dad Space Run Club
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Sept. 20: Victorian Picnic Day at the French Legation
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Sept. 20: Dessert Door Cask Strength Release Party
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Sept. 20: Flaming Tides – Music & Fire Dancers On The Lake
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Sept. 21: Roosevelt Room Cocktail Class – Rum & Sugar Cane
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Sept. 21: American Whiskey Master Class
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Sept. 21: Beekeeping 101 at Rivian
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Sept. 23: No Regrets Tattoo Experience
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Sept. 23: Tuesday Twilight at Zilker Botanical Garden
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Sept. 24: Bike Story Night at Holdout Brewing
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Sept. 24: Cooking Class – Intro to Ceviche at Cuba512
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Sept. 24: East End Supper Club with Chef Colter Peck
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Sept. 25: Sauvignon Blanc: Tasting with the Wine & Food Foundation
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Sept. 25: Wild & Scenic Film Festival
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Sept. 25: Jazz Outside on E. 11th
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Sept. 26: Watercolor 101 with Trinkets ATX
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Sept. 27: Block Party at First Light Books
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Sept. 27: Custom Scents and Candle Making at Parker + Scott
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Sept. 27: Infused Sip & Paint ath The Concord Botanical Cafe
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Sept. 28: Craft Yap – Matcha & Mosaics
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Sept. 28: Butter & Mozzarella Making
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THREE FOR THE WEEKEND(S)
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There are a few more fun things coming up that deserve a bit longer explanation…
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Sept. 21: Museum Day: Thirty-four museums across Austin are open for free, including free bus passes from CapMetro and UT’s “campus crawl” challenge – where you can win prizes for visiting any four of the eight museums on campus.
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Sept. 23: HAAM Day: An annual event for the last 20 years (and the world’s largest all-local one-day music festival). More than 400 artists will play at 110+ venues across town, with proceeds going to support the Health Alliance of Austin Musicians.
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Sept. 26-27: Waterwork: Fifteen local artists use special projection-mapping technology to turn the historic Seaholm Waterfront into a canvas of light, sound, and motion. You can see it from shore, rent kayaks, or snag cruise tickets (that include VIP happy hour at Rivian before takeoff)
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Word On The Street
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Cool local opportunities to grow your business, wealth, or personal brand
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DTC Founders: This is hilarious. My buddy, Pat Kiloren, is filming a show called Buy Now here in Austin. It’s a satirical take on QVC meets The Office, where a cast of comedians basically hosts a real-time shopping channel.
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These are the people behind Funny or Die, MadTV, Key & Peele, and others. Discounted spots are available for pilot ATX brands. Check out this clip for an example, and reach out to Pat for more info.
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🎙️ Podcasts For The Weekend
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It’s been a busy week, so I haven’t listened to any of these yet! But I’ve got some long drives this weekend, and the Austin podcast Intelligencia has come out in full force recently. Here’s what’s on my lineup…
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1. Pursuit of Greatness: Chris Williamson had body builder Sam Sulek on to talk about his story. I’m hoping they talk about content creation, because Sulek is just as much of a beast there – posting a 20-40 minute video nearly daily on his channel
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2. Centenarians Are Full Of Sh*t: Peter Attia went to NYC, and did a spot on Flagrant, talking fitness, cold plunge, and… why Blue Zones are so controversial
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3. The Scariest Hacker: Tim Ferriss interviewed Pablos Holman, deep-tech founder, hacker, and author of Deep Future: Creating Tech That Matters. Always love when Tim digs in with these hackers (e.g., Sammy).
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Bonus: If you like hacker stuff too, check out Where Warlocks Stay Up Late. It’s a new pod from local founder Nathan Sportsman, where they interview OG hackers. Nathan is an offensive cybersecurity expert, meaning he hacks systems for money, and the stories are wild.
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That’s all for this week!
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Email me here if you want to share any feedback, or let me know about an event you’re hosting.
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Until next week,
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-Ethan
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