12 Top Picks: Austin Startup Week on Oct 12
The Forrest Four-Cast: October 12, 2017
The last full day of activities at Austin Startup Week 2017 is October 12. In addition to the spectacular ATX Startup Crawl that begins at various locations at 5:00 pm on Thursday afternoon, numerous other must-see sessions and events for today are as follows:
ATX Startup Crawl
Begins at 5:00 pm at various locations
Join us as we showcase the best in talent, startups, and more that Austin’s technology community has to offer. Last year, more than 50 companies and 6,000+ registered crawlers participated. 2017 looks to be even more awesome. Grab a group of friends and take the shuttle from stop-to-stop for a free beverage, to drop off a resume, see office space or explore Austin’s startup scene — culminating in the epic mega stop at Capital Factory. The ATX Startup Crawl is free and open to the entire Austin startup community.
Bringing a Virtual Community Into the Physical
2:00 pm at the New Movement
A discussion of the streaming community from Twitch. Particularly, this session will focus on how Stream Texas started, as well as it’s successes, challenges, lessons learned. Why do these communities matter?
Building Your Business on Open Source Data
10:00 am at Galvanize
Featuring Data.world co-founder and CTO Bryon Jacob, this panel will explore the increasingly important role of open source data science in the startup economy. How can you leverage open source data science tools to build your business? What responsibilities do companies using open source have to the community that builds the tools?
The Design Thinking Social
4:00 pm at the New Movement
The event brings together some of the stakeholders of Austin’s Tech Ecosystem to discuss ways to improve diversity. Our socials help to create a roadmap for diverse entrepreneurs to utilize as they enter the tech scene. Join us to reflect on everything from the launch of DivInc to a local VCs new Diversity Initiative! Light food and drink provided to kick off this event.
How Large Healthcare Systems Are Embracing Innovation
10:00 am at The New Movement
Learn how Baylor Scott & White, a 100 year old, largest healthcare system in the state of Texas is leaping into digital innovation by embracing consumerization and efficient / effective tech enabled services to accelerate its mission.
How to Pitch a VC
Noon at Galvanize
In this session you’ll learn the essential elements of a great VC pitch from Andrew Mitchell, the founder of Brand Foundry Ventures.
The Keys to Success: Building and Optimizing Your Online Store
Noon at BigCommerce Downtown
Join BigCommerce to learn the best practices on how to grow your online business. This presentation will cover how to attract, delight and convert customers and the tools you need to succeed.
Media in Tech Meet Up
5:00 pm at WP Engine
This Meet Up is 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.
Options for Expanding Into Latin America
Noon at Capital Factory
As your Texas startup begins to scale, one of the most sensible regions to next look toward expansion is southward: Central and South America. Four distinguished guests will provide examples to jumpstart your thinking on such new market opportunities.
The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene
11:00 am at Capital Factory
Yes, the start up scene is sizzling in Pakistan too! Austin has been host to 4 brilliant groups of entrepreneurs from all over Pakistan over the past two years under a grant from the U.S. Department of State to our City and administered by the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce. The latest ATX+PAK cohort of 5 companies is in residence at Capital Factory right now going through the Founders Academy program. Come learn their stories.
Promoting Austin as Part of a Global Tech Ecosystem
3:00 pm at Capital Factory
Austin has earned a new level of global visibility and is using this stature to build bridges. In a series of 5-minute “lightning talks,” this session will introduce the city’s established diplomatic network to our startup and tech communities, emerging ambassadors for the new economy. Food and drink courtesy of the EU — and one lucky attendee will receive a badge to SXSW Interactive 2018 courtesy of SXSW!
Transportation Electrification
Noon at 811 Barton Springs Building
Karl Popham of Austin Energy talks about the city’s current programs to electrify and clean the transportation sector. What can utilities do to include advanced charging, autonomous EVs, and grid integration? will be discussed.
Remember that all Austin Startup Week events are FREE to attend. But you must sign up here to be part of the fun.
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.
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