Austin businesses. Austin ideas. Austin growth.
The Austin Catalyst helps local businesses and good ideas get online, get clear, and get moving. We’re building the useful parts of a digital ecosystem, one neighbor at a time.
You bring the thing you care about. We help it find its people.
A website can be a front door. A growth plan can be a little breathing room. A local directory can make a city feel more connected. We work across all three—and we’re interested in what they can do together.
Start with the real story.
We learn what you do, who you serve, and what is getting in the way. No jargon, no prescribed package.
Find the useful idea.
Together we turn the messy middle into a focused plan that feels possible and distinctly yours.
Put it into the world.
We build the site, system, or launch with care—then leave you with the confidence to keep it moving.
Start where
you are.
No giant retainers or mystery process. Just the right next step, made with care.
A better way to find your next local thing.
A living guide to Eat, Shop, Do, Events, Services, Explore, and Resources—built with the curiosity of a neighbor, not the certainty of an algorithm.
Nothing made up
for the portfolio.
We’re early. That’s not a secret—it’s an invitation.
There are no borrowed logos or invented outcomes here. We’re building the work in public, starting with the kinds of digital foundations Austin’s independent businesses actually need.
Explore capability examplesSay the thing
Make the value obvious before anyone has to squint.
Keep the warmth
Digital should sound like the people behind it.
Earn the click
Every page should help somebody do something.
Apps & tools
Explore working demonstrations of focused business software, then see what we are still shaping for Austin.
“The strongest local ecosystems are built by people who make room for each other.”
We’re making room for nonprofit and community-led work, too. When the timing is right, we want to help good work become easier to find and easier to join.
See the community invitation