AUSTIN, Texas — A giver is how Pedro Villarreal remembers his friend, Akshay Gupta. They were part of the same running club that would meet every Saturday.
“He would give his time, would give his friend, would give his attention,” Villarreal said.
Gupta was running towards a vision. Villarreal said Gupta held a prestigious nonimmigrant visa for people at the top of their field. An engineering graduate of Penn State, Gupta came to Austin with hopes of starting his own company – an idea called “FootBit.”…