On Thursday, I joined a couple thousand other people in attending the ATX Startup Crawl, as part of Austin Startup Week.
In case you’ve never been to a crawl before, here’s a quick rundown: It’s essentially a giant party showcasing local startups (as well as a few well-established companies), complete with free food and booze. Companies participate by running shuttle buses between their headquarters, or by renting small tables at the main hub location where they can network with attendees, hand out free swag, get some free publicity, and then stumble home drunk at the end of the night.
This was the second crawl that Capital Factory hosted this year; the first one taking place the day before SXSW 2012 began. And on that note, Kudos to Joshua Baer and his crew at CF, as the whole Austin startup scene is very clearly benefiting from their hard work.