Joshua Baer is the founder of Capital Factory, a coworking community and accelerator designed to help startups find their first investors, customers and employees. Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University, and has since achieved enormous success in the entrepreneurship world, winning numerous accolades and serving on the Boards of Directors for several companies. He currently lives in Austin with his wife Amy and three children. At UT Austin, Josh co-teaches the Longhorn Startup Seminar and Lab. He also acts as the Entrepreneur in Residence for the Department of Computer Science.