2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

The Last Mile: Disrupting Consumer Distribution

Sunday, March 15
12:30PM - 1:30PM

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon H
500 E 4th St

Leaders of three dynamic startups will discuss the current sea change in the distribution of consumer products. Hear how these pathbreaking platforms are leveraging consumer drones (Airware), subscription e-commerce (Cratejoy), and grocery delivery (Instacart) to shift global consumer behavior and to upend entrenched distribution channels.

Hashtags

#sxsw #startup

Presenters

Amir Elaguizy

CEO

Cratejoy

Founder & CEO of @Cratejoy (YC S13). Wrote a poker bot @ 19 that made me $200k over a summer. Founded @MarketZero, Inc in 2006. Built consumer property to 5M users / 30 M visits per year @ $4MM rev...

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Ben Ponder

CEO

(Session Moderator) Ben Ponder, PhD, is President of SKU, a consumer product accelerator based in Austin.

Jonathan Downey

CEO & Founder

Airware

Jonathan is the Founder and CEO of Airware (YC W13). He began working on small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) while studying electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Instit...

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Nilam Ganenthiran

Head of Business Dev & Strategy

Instacart

Details

Access
Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge
Type
Solo / Dual / Panel
Theme
Startup Village and Business
Level
Intermediate

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