Austin Startup Week : Full Schedule

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Austin Startup Week is free five day event that celebrates the Austin startup community. Each year, organizations and startups open their doors to host both locals and visitors who are interested in learning more about the startup scene in Austin.

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8:00am CDT

Content Creation for Entrepreneurs to Drive Engagement | 8:00 - 9:30 AM

Blogging, podcasting, photos, livestreaming, social media - there are all kinds of ways to create content to engage your audience. In this session, we'll explore some of the most popular ways like blogging on Wordpress, livestreaming on Facebook or Instagram, Instagram Marketing, Podcasting and hosting, and distribution platforms like Medium, WordPress, Libsyn, Instagram and Facebook.

Speakers

Laura Lorek

Founder, Silicon Hills News

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Tuesday October 10, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am CDT
Galvanize 119 Nueces St, Austin, TX 78701

PR/Marketing

8:00am CDT

Speaking in Public | 8:00 - 9:30 AM

Public speaking is a vital skill for entrepreneurs and C-level executives alike. In this course, Jo Detavernier, APR takes his audience through a journey in which explains and demonstrates best practices for both preparing for and executing on public speaking. Jo gets his inspiration from academic research and many years of experience helping executives tell their story. Afterwards, attendants will walk away with insights that will help them perform better and (thus) with more confidence.

Speakers

Jo Detavernier

VP and Partner, Manzer Communications

Jo Detavernier, APR is both a strategic communications consultant and a seasoned C-level trainer. After having worked 12+ years in agencies in Brussels he is today a partner with Manzer Communications.

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Tuesday October 10, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am CDT
Capital Factory 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

PR/Marketing

Room Classroom

2:00pm CDT

Becoming a Bacon Brand | 2:00 - 3:30 PM

How do you differentiate in a noisy, hyper-connected world? At the DNA level ... like bacon does! Justin provides insights on how to build a brand in the 21st century by organizing around mission and values, being obsessive about the human experience and triggering word-of-mouth.

Speakers

Justin Foster

Co-Founder / Strategist, Root & River

I believe that when you make your mission the organizing principle of your life, it transforms many things - how you lead, how you brand, how you allocate resources. To do this requires some contemplation, EQ and courage. But when you do the inner work, you show up in the world an... Read More →

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Tuesday October 10, 2017 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Capital Factory 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

PR/Marketing

Room Classroom

4:00pm CDT

Diversity in Tech Meetup Presents: Marketing for Diversity | 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Marketing organizations are taking note of the growing diversity in the population of the United States. Learn from marketing experts across industries on how they are changing tactics and campaigns to target diverse audiences.

Speakers

Monica Cravotta

Senior Director of Product Marketing, WP Engine

Dave Janjua

Senior Social Media Manager, WP Engine

Rachelle Oribio

Product Manager for Pilot Programs, Techstars

Dana Rygwelski

Director of Marketing, Mass Challenge

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Track Leads / Core Team

Elisa Sepúlveda

Evangelist, Galvanize

Tuesday October 10, 2017 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Galvanize 119 Nueces St, Austin, TX 78701

Diversity and Inclusion PR/Marketing Social Good

5:00pm CDT

Austin Startup Week's Marketing Happy Hour

Attending the Austin Startup Week's Marketing Track? Relax after the final session on Tuesday with free drinks and networking at the Austin Marketing Happy Hour sponsored by WP Engine.

After the last marketing session of the day, we’ll head down to Austin Ale House to get to know each other and talk shop with our fellow marketers.

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Tuesday October 10, 2017 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Austin Ale House 301 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78701

PR/Marketing Social

2:00pm CDT

Shifting Consumer Behavior to Create Social Change Through Story, Action, and Content | 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Learn how fitppl is shifting consumer behavior to serve their Ditch The Plastic initiative through storytelling, company action, and well curated content to showcase their social purpose. Patrick, founder of fitppl, will also share tips on how you can create your own content to share your company story, with little to no budget. After the session, Patrick will host a Q&A and tasting of fitppl products!

Speakers

Patrick Schecht

Founder, fitppl

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Wednesday October 11, 2017 2:00pm - 3:30pm CDT
Capital Factory 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

Food Tech/CPG PR/Marketing Social Good

Room Wall-E Classroom

4:00pm CDT

WTF is VR: Everything you need to know about VR, AR and 360 Video | 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Immersive media (VR, AR & 360 video/photo) is an incredibly powerful marketing, advertising and/or sales tool when used correctly. Come join us for a hands-on discussion covering all the latest on I.M. We'll cover industry trends and terms, discuss the latest uses cases and show you how you can start leveraging this technology in your company today!

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Wednesday October 11, 2017 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Capital Factory 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

AR/VR PR/Marketing

Room 16th floor Main Space

6:00pm CDT

VentureCrushATX: Growing Your Startup & AI | 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Panel 1: You’ve Got Product/Market Fit. Now, How Do You Scale?
Moderated by Kathi Rawnsley with Nitin Chopra, Jon Loyens, Jan Ryan, and Hemi Thaker.

Panel 2: The Future AI, Machine Learning & Computervision.
Click here to read an article by Jacob Mullins, Principal at Shasta Ventures, for background on computervision! Moderated by Anthony Raymundo with Ben Brown, Nitin Chopra, Dave Fick, Bryon Jacob, and Andrea Besikof Kalmans.

This session is co-sponsored by Lowenstein Sandler, Shasta Ventures and Capital Factory. VentureCrushATX is hosted by Valeska Pederson Hintz.

Speakers

Joshua Baer

Founder and Executive Director, PostUp

Austinpreneur I help people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. I type in Dvorak and work at a standing desk.

Ben Brown

CEO and Founder, Howdy.ai

Ben Brown is a veteran software designer and developer. Over the past 20 years, he’s been involved in almost every aspect of technology, from infrastructure to financing. Ben cofounded Howdy.ai to create tool for building customized artificially intelligent digital coworkers that... Read More →

Roger Chen

Principal, Silverton Partners

Roger Chen is a Principal with Silverton Partners, an early stage venture capital firm based in Austin and the most active VC fund in Texas. As a technology investor, prior to joining Silverton, Roger was a Principal with Genacast Ventures in New York, a leading seed-stage VC firm... Read More →

Nitin Chopra

Principal, Shasta Ventures

Nitin is passionate about enterprise software. As a principal at Shasta Ventures, he’s invests in application, platform and infrastructure software. Most notably, his investments include Akoonu, Aquera, Chartcube, LearnUp, Lucidworks, LIghtbend, SlamData and ValiMail. A big advocate... Read More →

Dave Fick

CTO and Founder, Mythic

Dave Fick is CTO and Founder of Mythic. By rethinking computing from the ground up, Mythic's intelligence processing unit (IPU) will bring transformative AI to every device.

Valeska Pederson Hintz

Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Valeska is a Partner at Lowenstein Sandler. Her practice focuses on initial public offerings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and compliance, corporate governance, and risk management. She has also represented investment banks and venture capitalists... Read More →

Bryon Jacob

CTO and Co-Founder, Data.world

Bryon is the CTO and co-founder of data.world - on a mission to build the world’s most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource. Bryon is a recognized leader in building large-scale consumer internet systems and an expert in data integration solutions. Bryon’s... Read More →

Andrea Besikof Kalmans

Principal, Lontra Ventures

Andrea is an active Austin angel investor, advisor, and start-up champion. Lontra Ventures engages with start-ups tacking massive global challenges with deep technology. Andrea’s interests reside in: AI (Clarify, Olono); Big Data & Analytics (Atlas Wearables, Nebulab and OneModel... Read More →

Jon Loyens

CPO and Co-Founder, Data.world

Jon Loyens is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of data.world. In a past life, he was the VP of Engineering for Traveler Products at HomeAway, and before that, a VP of Engineering and Director of the Labs group at Bazaarvoice. As a long-time technology executive in Austin... Read More →

Kathi Rawnsley

Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

As a start-up specialist who has nurtured dozens of fledgling companies through their early stages, Kathi Rawnsley sees her job as part lawyer and part coach. Many of her clients are entrepreneurs dealing with new and often unfamiliar challenges. In helping them work through the myriad... Read More →

Anthony Raymundo

Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Anthony is a venture lawyer who takes a collaborative approach with clients. A partner in Lowenstein Sandler’s Tech Group, he counsels startups, early stage companies, growth companies, and venture funds on corporate transactions. Clients benefit from his experience working closely... Read More →

Jan Ryan

Serial Entrepreneur, Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, UT

With a passion for the next generation of entrepreneurs, Jan is excited about her current role as Director of Creative Entrepreneurship and Innovation a UT COFA, the opportunity to reinvent higher education by bringing human-centered design and entrepreneurship to creative students... Read More →

Hemi Thaker

Entrepreneur

Hemi Thaker is a successful entrepreneur, technologist and leader. He has co-founded four companies, including Anue Systems, which was sold to Ixia Communications in 2012 and Sybarus Technologies, which was sold to Lucent Technologies in 1999. An Inc 500 CEO and a recipient of the... Read More →

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Wednesday October 11, 2017 6:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Capital Factory 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

AR/VR Data Science Founders Fundraising HR/Talent/Culture PR/Marketing

Room 1st Floor Main Space

8:00am CDT

Designing Collaboration: A New Approach to Launching and Growing Successful Companies | 8:00 - 9:30 AM

Startups are tough. The personal and business challenges can be enormous--uncertain futures, unclear roles and priorities, huge competition, grueling hours.

But what if there was a way to make it through the chaos of the startup journey that kept you, your people, and your business whole? Even thriving?

In this session, you’ll learn what founders and early-stage teams here in Austin - and huge companies like Google and Slack - have discovered about helping their people better handle the chaos of launch and growth.

You’ll learn:
- The rhythms and habits of unreasonably focused, effective, healthy teams.
- The surprising elements that lead to team effectiveness.
- Concrete ways to shift the way your team deals with disagreements, makes decisions, and approaches setbacks and surprises.

We talk about using design in the way we create products and solve problems for our customers. Come learn how designing the way you work together can often have a bigger, longer term, impact than the work itself.

Speakers

Trevor Boehm

Founding Partner, Assemble

Trevor has spent the last decade creating experiences with the goal of helping others become their best possible selves. He was a Venture Fellow at UnLtd USA, where he led program management for program’s third cohort and coached teams on early-stage growth, business modeling, and... Read More →

Reagan Pugh

Founding Partner, Assemble

Reagan has consulted on storytelling, culture, and leadership training at companies like Nike, Pepsi, Western Digital, Home Depot, and Kimberly Clark. He served as the Chief Storyteller at the innovation consulting firm, Kalypso, and taught leadership courses at Texas State University... Read More →

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Thursday October 12, 2017 8:00am - 9:30am CDT
The New Movement 616 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX 78701

Designer Education Innovation HR/Talent/Culture Policy/Government PR/Marketing Social Good

10:00am CDT

Marketing Your Brand Story Digitally | 10:00 - 11:30 AM

Limited Capacity filling up

A fireside chat between Brian and Elaine O'Gorman, the CEO of InvoiceCare, and hosted in partnership with Capital Factory. Join us as we discuss Warby Parker’s brand story and successful digital marketing strategies. We’ll have light refreshments.

Speakers

Brian Magida

Director, Digital Marketing, Warby Parker

Elaine O'Gorman

CEO, InvoiceCare

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Thursday October 12, 2017 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
Warby Parker South Congress 1317 South Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704

Data Science Developer PR/Marketing

10:00am CDT

Your Playbook for Growth | 10:00 - 11:30 AM

Small and medium businesses are operating in an extraordinary environment. New technologies are reinventing how business is done, making it easier than ever to start and scale a company. But growing businesses face a unique set of challenges. Join Salesforce as their host a customer panel to learn how growing businesses are using Salesforce to attract new business, delight their customers, and grow faster than ever.

Speakers

Charisse Castagnoli

VP of Security, General Counsel, Trucker Path Inc.

Jonathon Crane

Senior Manager, Small Business Sales

Ryan Manougian

Head of Delivery, Tenfold

Cliff Ward

Managing Director of Client Delivery, USDM Digital

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Thursday October 12, 2017 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
Capital Factory 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

PR/Marketing

Room 16th Floor Main Space

5:00pm CDT

Media in Tech | 5:00 - 6:30 PM

Meetup hosted by MediaTech Ventures and WP Engine. Come meet with Austin's innovators in media and get to know what Austin is doing together to change the way the world experiences News, Music, Film, Video Games, and more.

Speakers

Omar Gallaga

Technology Culture Writer, Omar Gallaga

Melinda Garvey

Founder, Austin Woman/On The Dot

I am passionate about empowering women and have spent my career here in Austin building an incredible community. Because of the huge need for relatable role models worldwide, I launched On The Dot--a daily, global newsletter for women. We serve up a Woman to Watch each day--and the... Read More →

Lyn Graft

Founder, Storytelling for Entrepreneurs

Storyteller. Producer. Entrepreneur. I'm building a platform to help entrepreneurs create and tell their stories. Storytelling for Entrepreneurs is based on my last 14 years of filming and sharing the stories of over 500 entrepreneurs and producing over 700 videos, TV Shows, and... Read More →

Paul O'Brien

Founder, MediaTech Ventures

Marketer, author, entrepreneur, father, blogger, and general socializer. Founder of MediaTech Ventures and growth hacker of startups.

Sponsors

SXSW

Hey startups! SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event applications due November 10. Also mark your calendar for the Startup & Tech Sectors track, which runs March 9-15... Read More →

Thursday October 12, 2017 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
WP Engine 504 Lavaca St #1000, Austin, TX 78701

AR/VR Designer Developer Gaming PR/Marketing