About Austin

Enspire Learning is headquartered in Austin, Texas. With over 90,000 university students, Austin has one of the most highly-educated populations in the US and some of the top instructional design, media studies, radio-television-film, and writing programs in the nation. Enspire leverages its deep relationships with the University of Texas and Austin's thriving creative arts, game development, and technology communities.

Known as the "Live Music Capital of the World," Austin was also rated the #3 city in the nation "to do business and advance your career" in 2004 by Forbes Magazine. Austin ranks #2 in the US in the "creativity index" from Richard Florida's Rise of the Creative Class. More books per capita are bought in Austin than in any other city in the nation, and in 2002, Yahoo found Austin to be the third most "wired" city in the nation with over half the population logging into the Internet from home every day.

The unique blend of commerce, information, and art has established Austin as a leading high-tech center known for its innovation and creativity. The Economist describes Austin as the main rival to Silicon Valley. "Austin, a city of about 600,000 people, is just as rich, liberal, and hip as northern California, but a lot easier to live in."

With a job growth rate holding steady at 5.5% annually (well above national and state averages), Austin touts 430 multimedia companies and many leading high tech giants including Dell, Freescale, 3M, IBM, AMD, and National Instruments. The conglomeration of high tech and media companies means that the buzz around new technology, innovations, and job opportunities is a constant back beat to the pace of life.