Startups: Jan 19 is the Release It Deadline
The Forrest Four-Cast: January 15, 2018
The final deadline to apply for the SXSW Release It program is the end of the day on Friday, January 19.
This competition is designed for startups (as well as established companies) that have a product, a service or an app that will launch in the first quarter of 2018. So if you are wanting to leverage the SXSW platform to build buzz around your new release, then make sure to apply.
All entries that are received before the January 19 entry deadline will be reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of technology industry experts, VCs, angel investors, and high-profile members of the media. Finalists will be announced in February; these finalists will then pitch their products in front of a live audience at SXSW on Friday, March 9.
Past winners of SXSW Release It include Abartys Health (2017), Inteliclinic Inc. (2016) and Honest Dollar (2015).
Entrepreneurs (and the people who love them) should also take advantage of all the more than 150 panels and solo presentations in the Startup & Tech Sectors Track. For 2018, this track runs March 9–15.
Other Austin events for the week of January 15:
January 15–19: Founders Academy Essentials
January 15: Austin Crypto Investment Meet Up
January 15: Austin Blockchain for Business Meet Up
January 15: PyLadies ATX Meet Up
January 15: Austin Elixir Meet Up
January 15: Austin Virtual League Meet Up
January 16: User Experience Design Info Session
January 16: Capital Factory Accelerator Info Session
January 16: Music Tech Meet Up
January 16: HTML & CSS with Rick & Morty
January 16: Introduction to User Experience Design
January 16: User Experience Design Immersive Info Session
January 16: Evening of Python Coding
January 16: Stay Ahead of the Instagram Curve Like an Influencer
January 17: MIT Executive MBA Info Session
January 17: Austin Women In Tech: Who is Austin Hiring?
January 17: Videos in Focus Meet Up
January 17: EdTech Austin Meet Up
January 17: Health Tech Meet Up
January 17: Startups to Watch Event
January 17: CodeNext Game Night
January 18: Introduction to Product Management
January 18: Austin Hardware Startup Meet Up
January 18: Alexa Workshop
January 18: Austin Tech Executives Meet Up
January 18: VR Cafe Meet Up
January 18: NonProfit Tech Club Austin
January 20: User Experience Design Bootcamp
More upcoming Austin events:
January 24: Affordable Housing Accelerator Community Showcase
January 25: Recess Happy Hour with Team Austin
January 26: Gay Gaddis Book Reading
January 28–29: Culturati Summit 2018
January 31: Captain Scott Kelly: Lessons From a Year in Space
February 6: Bank SNB Entrepreneur’s Hour
February 8: Community Connections
February 12: Bizwomen Mentoring Monday
February 13: FoundingAustin Issue 6 Release Party
February 20: City Summit 2018
February 23–25: Elevate
February 26–28: Social Media Week Austin
March 5–8: SXSW edu 2018
March 9–18: SXSW 2018
March 15–17: SXSW Gaming 2018
April 2–5: WorkHuman 2018
April 20–22: Austin Reggae Festival
April 26: FUND Conference
May 4: George Takei at the Long Center
If you have a creativity-focused event that you want listed in this space, then please contact hugh at sxsw dot com.
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.
