April 20 is Austin A-List Entry Deadline
The Forrest Four-Cast: April 16, 2018
Central Texas founders have just a few more days to apply to be considered for the 2018 Austin A-List of the Hottest Startups, as the entry deadline for this competition is the end of the day on Friday, April 20.
The Austin A-List serve to increase the visibility for the city’s most innovative startups and the strength of the region’s overall entrepreneurial ecosystem. All startups at any stage, both technical and non-technical in scope are eligible to apply for this competition.
All entries will be reviewed by a committee of experts. Then on Thursday, May 24 at 4:30 pm at ACL Live, the 2018 Austin A-List winners will be honored at a special ceremony. The emcee for this event is Doreen Lorenzo, who is the Assistant Dean of the School of Design at the University of Texas. Brian Sheth, the Co-Founder & President of Vista Equity Partners will served as the keynote speaker for this event. Also scheduled to speak are Julia Cheek (Founder & CEO of EverlyWell), Mark McClain (Co-Founder & CEO of SailPoint Technologies), Samantha Snabes (Co-Founder of re:3D), and Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette (President & CEO of Huston-Tillotson University). Register now to attend this Thursday, May 24 ceremony.
Past Austin A-List winners include Certain Affinity, data.world, FloSports, Maggie Louise Confections, TenFold, Tiff’s Treats and numerous Central Texas based standouts. Photo above from Silicon Hills News captures many of these winners from the 2017 ceremony.
If your startup wants to be involved with this year’s event, then be sure to apply before the end of the day on Friday, April 20.
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
