Former startup employee here that lives in Dallas. It's ok, and slowly growing, but it is very hard to raise money. There are groups trying to advocate for mor

Former startup employee here that lives in Dallas. It's ok, and slowly growing, but it is very hard to raise money. There are groups trying to advocate for more startups but they just can't raise the capital. One such group is http://launchdfw.com/jobs/ http://launchdfw.com/jobs/. SoftLayer was probably the biggest exit Dallas has seen. The money is just tied up in other industries and it won't be risked on high tech startups. The lack of capital being raised results in the lack of start up jobs in Dallas. When I was looking for a new job back in August, I think there was maybe 6 postings - one being my current company. We are just a very IT / Enterprise heavy area. People are more likely to find a job at Match.com or AT&T.