April 16: Tankee Talks Startup Success
The Forrest Four-Cast: April 8, 2019
Who won SXSW 2019? You can make a pretty strong case for Tankee, which is the first safe, digital destination for kids ages 6-to-12 years-old to enjoy gaming videos. This Austin-based startup won the Entertainment & Content category at SXSW Pitch. They also exhibited at the SXSW EDU Expo as well as the SXSW Gaming Expo. Moreover, the company’s co-founder and CEO Gerald Youngblood was part of a panel titled “ON-DEMAND: Gaming and The Most Connected Generation, Ever.”
Learn more about Tankee when I interview Youngblood at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, April 16 at Capital Factory as part of the PowerUp series from the Austin Chamber of Commerce. We’ll talk about his perceptions of SXSW 2019, as well as his views on the current state of kid-safe content online.
Prior to launching Tankee, Youngblood was the Senior Director of WW Marketing, Social, and esports for Advanced Micro Devices where he drove end-to-end strategy and execution primarily focused on driving AMD’s gaming brand including the go-to-market activation for Ryzen, one of AMD’s most successful high-end brands. He also led highly successful investments in esports marketing including partnerships with top gaming organizations FNATIC and Evil Geniuses. Youngblood oversaw internal teams spanning four continents and was consistently recognized as a top leader within the AMD organization receiving multiple awards.
RSVP here to attend the 4:00 pm Tuesday, April 16 PowerUp event.
Finally, speaking of amazing Central Texas startups, also mark your calendar for Thursday afternoon, May 23, which is the day for the Austin A-List awards celebration at ACL Live.
More Austin Events for the Week of April 8
April 8: Co-Founders Wanted Austin Meet Up
April 8: Austin Clojure Meet Up
April 8: Austin Virtual League Meet Up
April 8: Learn to Code: JavaScript 101
April 8: Top 10 Product Management Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
April 9: Austin CTO Summit 2019
April 9: The Future of Finance
April 9: Austin Forum: Tech Idea to Tech Startup
April 9: Intro to Austin Startup Scene & Ask Me Anything with Marc Nathan
April 9: Introduction to Digital Marketing
April 9: Hyperledger Austin Meet Up
April 9: Free Crash Course | HTML & CSS
April 10: Techstars Austin Demo Day
April 10: Experience Design Immersive Info Session
April 10: Introduction to User Experience Design
April 10: Austin Python Meet Up
April 10: Startup Grind Austin: Evan Loomis of ICON
April 10: Global Block Builders Blockchain Conference
April 11: The Data & Security Summit
April 11: Why Learn React?
April 11: Austin WordPress Meet Up
April 11: IBM Watson Cognitive Tech Meet Up
April 11: Austin PHP Monthly Meet Up
April 11: Austin Technology Council Roundtable: Women in Tech
April 11: Newchip Accelerator April Cohort Kickoff & Networking
April 12–26: Future Tense Design Exhibit
April 12–14: Startup Weekend Hackout
April 13: Girls in STEM Conference
More Upcoming Austin Events
April 16: Austin Technology Council Roundtable: Sales Leadership
April 16: PowerUp With Hugh Forrest and Gerald Youngblood
April 16: How to Build a Business with Content, Content, Content
April 17: Bret Easton Ellis Book Reading
April 27: Party for Chica Power
April 30: Sputnik ATX Demo Day: Winter 2019 Class
April 30: Heather Armstrong Book Reading
May 2: Fund Conference Austin
May 7: Philanthropitch Austin
May 17–18: Outlier Podcast Festival
May 23: Austin A-List Ceremony
May 29–31: Dig-In: The Future of Digital Insurance
June 24: 2020 SXSW PanelPicker entry process begins
July 5–7: RTX Austin
Nov 13–14: Time Machine 2019
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.
