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Normally I would agree. But with regards to Dallas, we are a large corporation (and usually energy-focused) first town. The Dallas Morning News, our largest rag here locally, isn't even covering this acquisition:

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/

Hard to unseat or even compete with SV if you can't even get local attention or coverage for a big tech/startup win.

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DFW has much more than energy. Corporate HQs, semiconductor, banking, technology, etc... (Although the traffic is starting to suck worse than ever with all the folks from the coasts being lost and construction going on...)

There's a large number corporate data jobs in the area needing to be filled. (Analyst, programmer, DBA, warehouse, BIG DATA superstars, whatever...)

The Dallas Morning Snooze is not exactly a great source of any business info or news in North Texas. There's a variety of other sources that try to fill the voids.

I'm by no means arguing that the DMN is a great source for any tech or business news. I am arguing that it is the most read publication in the area and it is representative of what is deemed important by our populous. And what is deemed important by our populous is not startup and tech information. Now if you want to vote for the best burger/margarita/whogivesafuck in town, then you are in luck. There is not enough interest/understanding of the startup world in DFW to even be remotely considered a startup/technology hub or up and coming scene.

There's plenty resources, (people, money, schools, tech, etc) in DFW/Austin for startups. Mark Cuban made his beans here almost two decades ago. It's just that the majority of the vultures and technically hip decided that the Valley was place to be. The main issues with North Texas are lack of decent climate/geology, political and cultural issues.

> There's a large number corporate data jobs in the area needing to be filled. (Analyst, programmer, DBA, warehouse, BIG DATA superstars, whatever...)

Curious, how are you hearing about these jobs needing to be filled? Asking as I am also based in Dallas and looking to move my career that direction.

I'm on the mailing list for a bunch of user groups/Meetup groups that get a ton of positions posted and recuiter traffic. Lots of SQL DBA/Developer/.NET jobs and stuff of that ilk.

Fellow Dallasite here.

The problem is that DMN doesn't cover/isn't aware of the scene. I think they might do one piece on TWC once every other year as a 'human interest' story rather than 'hey, look at all this cool shit happening in our front yard!' story.

They are covering it now.

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