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From the South by Southwest podcast age in Austin, Texas, this is market foolery for Wednesday, March 15th.

I'm Chris Hill and joining me on the stage today from the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership.

Stephanie Landrum, thanks for being here.

Of course, thanks for having me.

So long time listeners know when we were here for South by Southwest last week,

one of the people that we talked with

was Josh Bear from the Capitol factory here in Austin, Texas,

talking about the startup scene.

And that's why I wanted to drag you on today,

drag you away from the actual work that you're doing

because, and this is something Dylan Lewis

and I are going to be talking about on tomorrow's episode.

But one of the things that I noticed over at the trade show, when I think

about last year's South by Southwest and this year's, one of the big differences

I've noticed is a lot more countries on display and a lot more cities, a lot more US cities presenting

at South by Southwest and this idea of like just the the phrase that popped into my head

when I was going down these rows and seeing all of these cities across America

who are talking about the work that they're doing and talking about

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