Complete event listing for
Startup Village
Friday, March 7
ReleaseIt will give companies a head start on launching a new product or service at SXSW Interactive. Participants will do a short pitch about of their product in front of a live audience of SXSW Interactive, Gold and Pl…
Intermediate
Join SXSW Startup Village for our third annual SXSW Ping Pong Tournament. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/svpingpong. Participation is free if with an Interactive, Gold or Platinum badge. You need not be a professional, ju…
With several global retailers testifying before congress and the new guard from Silicon Valley taking the NSA to task, illusions around data security and privacy are collapsing, and consumers have a front row seat. As …
Intermediate
Presenters
Jon Swartz, Kelly McGinnis, Neville Letzerich, Vinny Lingham
ReleaseIt will give companies a head start on launching a new product or service at SXSW Interactive. Participants will do a short pitch about of their product in front of a live audience of SXSW Interactive, Gold and Pl…
Intermediate
Come see 10 of Austin's startups pitch at the Capital Factory Demo Day. Austin's startup scene is booming, and we meet every one of them. The best ones join our community and are matched up with successful entrepreneur…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gordon Daugherty
Carmelo Gordian (Partner at Andrews & Kurth), John Edge (a UK Entrepreneur), Lefteris Douanoglou (CEO at Schoox) and Angelos Angelou (Angelou Economics) will identify and address the major issues and challenges internati…
Advanced
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Angelos Angelou, Demetris Gerogiannis, John Edge, Tony Defalis
Following on the success of the 2012 and 2013 Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSHbooty), 2014 will mark the 3rd consecutive year of the event that provides education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ryan Olohan, Shwen Gwee, Unity Stoakes
Building a startup is hard. Really hard. It's a whirlwind experience that requires boldness to win in today’s market. The latest technology companies understand what it takes to win and are adapting their go-to-market s…
Intermediate
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Jay Hallberg, Susan Etlinger, Tad Hunt, Todd Krautkremer
Five international startups engage in a live pitching event to impress venture capitalists, angels and entrepreneur experts. Startups get up and close to the real challenge of engaging potential investors and customers. …
Intermediate
Following on the success of the 2012 and 2013 Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSH), 2014 will mark the 3rd consecutive year of the event that provides education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health tech…
Beginner
Presenters
Andrei Zimiles, Sam Zebarjadi, Samer Hamadeh
We don’t need to convince entrepreneurs to move to Austin - almost every day we receive emails from people deciding to do that on their own! Maybe it’s because Austin is the most cost-effective place to launch a startu…
Advanced
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Andrew Busey, Gordon Daugherty, Kip Mcclanahan, Mike Maples Jr
A special reception that shines the spotlight on emerging startups. Enjoy complimentary beer and wine while checking out demos from startup participants, all within the heart of Startup Village on the 4th floor of the Hi…
Five international startups engage in a live pitching event to impress venture capitalists, angels and entrepreneur experts. Startups get up and close to the real challenge of engaging potential investors and customers. …
Intermediate
After a startup wins a $50,000 investment to move to Austin and the 10 best Austin startups compete for the top spot, you can meet them and mingle with other entrepreneurs and investors. The drinks are on us! Please reg…
Intermediate
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Gordon Daugherty
I will talk about the steps startups can take to raise venture capital quickly and successfully. Our startup, Speek, raised $2.8m in less than 2 months - and outside Silicon Valley. I have 8 steps that are crucial to rai…
Intermediate
Presenters
Konrad Waliszewski
Following on the success of the 2012 and 2013 Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSH), 2014 will mark the 3rd consecutive year of the event that provides education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health tech…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dwayne Spradlin, Jody Holtzman, Katya Hancock, Thomas Tsang
You have a breakthrough concept. Soundboarding with advisers yields a patronizing “good luck with that” and pleas to pursue something more practical. Time to re-start and the place to start is at the end, where success h…
Intermediate
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Peter Burrows
Saturday, March 8
Everywhere we turn, bigger companies are buying scrappy startups. While they don’t all launch with a clearly defined exit strategy, founders often think about it and want it to happen sooner rather than later. Detroit-ba…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gabe Karp, Matt Wise
Let's face it, watching TV with a 2nd screen has become a way of life for the avid media consumer. Join Greg Consiglio, Viggle's President & Chief Operating Officer, and Jesse Redniss, Chief Strategy Officer at Mass Rele…
Intermediate
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Gregory Consiglio, Jesse Redniss
Presented by The University of Texas at Austin, the Longhorn Startup Showcase is a fast pitch competition for UT Austin-based student companies with revolutionary ideas looking for funding to scale their innovations. In…
Intermediate
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Ben Dyer, Ken Demarest, Nelson "Rudy" Garza, Rob Warren
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Dan McKernan
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Josh Inglis
Startups often experience quick growth as they dive into a problem and work towards creating a competitive solution. The goal is for a company to achieve product market fit, find an innovation-driven entrepreneurial adv…
Advanced
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Benjamin Israelite, Bill Aulet
This session is about supply and demand. As Austin and the tech industry grows, how will our local schools (K-16+) adapt their education to the needs of the workforce and the city? The session will also cover Govt regul…
Intermediate
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Don Christian, Donald Tracy, Nathan Green, Nick Parker
Imagine if you could predict whether a startup was likely to succeed, before investing considerable time and money to build and test even a minimally viable product. Many of the biggest challenges are predictable and the…
Intermediate
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Neal Cabage, Sonya Zhang
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
Presenters
Chip Hazard, Chris Dannen, Garry Tan, Mohanjit Jolly, Paige Craig
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Don Dodge, Harry McCracken, John Malloy, Kevin Carter, Maria Thomas
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
Presenters
Casper de Clercq, Laurie Segall, Sonny Vu, Thomas Ball
Are you an entrepreneurial-minded brand marketer with a passion for innovation? At this meet-up, Dave Knox, co-founder of startup accelerator The Brandery & CMO of digital agency Rockfish, leads a networking session for …
Intermediate
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Dave Knox
Startup Grind presents three diverse views of what makes Austin a more successful startup town than some larger cities. The panel will present perspectives from the City of Austin, an economic development consultant fro…
Intermediate
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Andi Gillentine, Bill Boebel, Jon Roberts, Matt Wensing
Selling to big companies as a startup is one of the hardest jobs around. Your product is still being built. You’ve only got a few bucks in the bank. And to top it all off, 24-7-365 access to information and competitive d…
Intermediate
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Matthew Bellows, Sanober Mukadam
Let’s discuss the constantly evolving consumption behaviors of today’s consumer and how (and how well) brands are keeping up with today’s progressive digital audience. We see trends like real-time content, social commerc…
Intermediate
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Andrew Hanelly, Tina Kelly
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Chip Hazard, Chris Dannen, Garry Tan, Mohanjit Jolly, Paige Craig
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
Presenters
Don Dodge, Harry McCracken, John Malloy, Kevin Carter, Maria Thomas
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
Presenters
Casper de Clercq, Laurie Segall, Sonny Vu, Thomas Ball
US market entry can be difficult for all entrepreneurs, both for US citizens, and more so for international entrepreneurs. In this panel you will hear the stories of four entrepreneurs that chose to enter the US market …
Beginner
Presenters
Jae Lee, Jerry Tian, Kevin Koym, Ricardo Jimenez
Unbeknownst to many in the tech industry, there are a number of programs focussed specifically on technology designed to improve the web, community and society in general. If you're interested in using your skills to hel…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dana Oshiro, Diane Tate, Lane Becker, Nicole Sanchez
Join us for pitches and beers! Why is Ireland the home of so many amazing start ups? Come and check out why Forbes magazine recently named Ireland as the best start up ecosystem in Europe. Watch an exciting gro…
Advanced
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Bob McCooey, Mike Butcher, Sean Devlin, Stephen O'Shea
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Harry McCracken, Karin Klein, Kay Koplovitz, Ralph Simon
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Laurie Segall, Lisa Suennen, Nina Kjellson, Stacy Feld
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Brian Singerman, Renata Akhunova, Tim Rowe
Over the past few years we've seen a tremendous rise in social good for-profit enterprises. This session, which includes leading social good entrepreneurs and impact investors, will examine why we're seeing this boom and…
Intermediate
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Rachael Chong, Seth Bannon, Tabreez Verjee
Join us for pitches and beers! Why is Ireland the home of so many amazing start ups? Come and check out why Forbes magazine recently named Ireland as the best start up ecosystem in Europe. Watch an exciting gro…
Intermediate
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Gregory Osberg, Jesse Gurevich, John Lunn, Rob Malin
As shareholders continue to demand growth year-over-year, our largest public companies are facing diminishing returns on cost-saving and margin-enhancement initiatives. In this continuous struggle to satisfy shareholder …
Intermediate
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Bill Poston
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Harry McCracken, Karin Klein, Kay Koplovitz, Ralph Simon
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Laurie Segall, Lisa Suennen, Nina Kjellson, Stacy Feld
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Brian Singerman, Renata Akhunova, Tim Rowe
Sunday, March 9
Austin Technology Incubator, Silicon Hills News and the Central Texas Angel Network are teaming up for a pitch competition among Austin startups, looking for companies that not only know how to woo investors but also int…
Intermediate
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Gary Forni, Laurence Patrick Noonan, Monique Maley, Susan Lahey
Oh, the irony - a stagnant and decades-old financing model has long controlled the cutting edge of innovation and tech. Welcome to venture capital, an industry where the median venture investment loses money on funded st…
Beginner
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Alex Mittal
Steady growth, political and economical stability; along with social inclusion and development have helped Brazil achieve new world status beyond its long-standing fame as a vast and bountiful land. The country is workin…
Intermediate
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Bernardo Portugal, Gustavo Caetano, Pedro Waengertner, Rafael Moreira
We’ve all heard the stats - Advocacy & Word of Mouth are more authentic and effective than traditional paid media. The challenge is scaling Advocacy so that you can reach as many people as mass media marketing does. In …
Intermediate
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Jim Larrison
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, David S Rose, Eric Hellweg, Scott Weiss
This is the final round of a pitch competition hosted by Austin Technology Incubator, Silicon Hills News and the Central Texas Angel Network for Austin startups. We’re looking for the top five companies that not only kn…
Advanced
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John Stockton, Kyle Cox, Tom Chederar, Venu Shamapant
Meet 11 hand-picked startups from across Brazil in a speed-dating round designed primarily for members of the VC/entrepreneur/finance/business communities interested in Brazilian entrepreneurship and innovation opportuni…
Intermediate
To bolster our startup communities, strong collaboration is required for success. Policymakers at the local, state, and federal level can be a powerful partner for advancing startup ecosystems. One of the major problems …
Intermediate
Presenters
Brandon Pollak, Darrell Issa, Gregory Ferenstein, Suzan Delbene
As the average student loan debt rises over $30,000 and options such as starting a company become more feasible for college-aged entrepreneurs, more young people will consider dropping out of college altogether. This pan…
Beginner
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Andrew O'Hara, Cam Houser, Connie Bourassa-Shaw, Michael Gibson
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Cynthia Ringo, Ross Fubini, Shirley Bergin
All you can drink mimosa's and bloody mary's! Presenters include: - Michael Chasen (Founded Blackboard and sold for ~$2 billion) - Bennett Richardson (Director of Biz Dev at POLITICO & former CMO at mobile dating app …
Beginner
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Danny Boice, Michael Chasen
Journey entrepreneurship is a unique path which results from the "journey capital" of the founder. Your journey capital is the sum of experiences, relationships, knowledge, passions, skills and capabilities accumulated t…
Intermediate
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Bijoy Goswami
Meet 10 hand-picked startups from across Brazil in a speed-dating round designed primarily for members of the VC/entrepreneur/finance/business communities interested in Brazilian entrepreneurship and innovation opportuni…
Intermediate
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Amado Guloy
Owen Thomas is the editor-in-chief of ReadWrite, one of the most widely respected and read technology sites on the Web. But before he got there, he spent 17 years working in the trenches of technology journalism, from th…
Beginner
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Owen Thomas
Today’s disruptive consumer isn’t a tech-savvy millennial or a millionaire taking the first space tour. It’s a farmer in rural India, gaining access to consumer products for the first time. A woman in Africa whose repack…
Intermediate
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Mitchell Habib
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Joan Gillman, Pike Powers, Theresia Gouw
Technology has bridged us globally, and with this infrastructure in place we are seeing movements and innovations take place before our eyes. With the rise of Big Data and mobile access to the developing world we now hav…
Beginner
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Asha Curran, Larry Irving, Luke Kyohere, Parker Harris
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Erick Schonfeld, Ethan Kurzweil, James Park
Austin has created a reputation as a national hotbed for start-ups, entrepreneurs and innovation. This session will explore the elements that contribute to the creation of a community like Austin and how can entrepreneur…
Beginner
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Chelsea McCullough, Whurley
The Lean Startup method is now being used by entrepreneurs and social enterprises of all levels to create scalable, sustainable models for social impact. According to Eric Ries, Author of the Lean Startup and Founder …
Beginner
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Brant Cooper, Jeremiah Gardner, Jon Kolko, Leanne Pittsford
In this panel the #xNordics crew opens it all up about the success of startups coming from the Nordics, Finland, Sweden and Norway. This is yet another SXSW channel for the Nordic startups to pitch, not only to investors…
Advanced
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Jostein Svendsen, Maria Rankka, Peter Green, Peter Vesterbacka
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, David Tisch, Evan Lowenstein
Presented by Austin Energy and Austin Technology Clean Energy Incubator Get a rapid-fire introduction to investment opportunities in cleanweb, greentech and social impact at this fast paced pitch event featuring three-m…
Intermediate
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Mitch Jacobson
Smartphones have quickly become our most intimate devices. They help connect us, inform us, and guide us. Yet our phones only give us what we want when we dig into our pockets and ask them -- disrupting our real-life exp…
Advanced
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Chris Fagan, John Boyd, Laura Kelso, Todd Dipaola
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Trey Shelton
Money Talks features a panel discussion of active investors discussing the different types of capital funding for entrepreneurial businesses, including Angel, VC, and institutional funding. Panel participants are seasone…
Intermediate
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Bryan Allinson, Krishna Srinivasan, Laura Kilcrease, Rosa L McCormick
This presentation puts a new spin on an old idea. In a world of seed rounds, exit strategies, and failing fast, entrepreneurs today are forgetting what it's like to run a business and your life in a way that a both are r…
Beginner
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Mario Lurig
The courage to step out and do something different is tough enough, but when there is no other option and lives are on the line its interesting how we all know the right thing to do. These entrepreneurs have committed th…
Beginner
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Carl Dorvil, Erine Gray, Jose Alejandro Flores, Sean Carasso
SXSW Accelerator pitch event presented by Oracle is a platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Ca…
Intermediate
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Benjamin Ling, Bob Metcalfe, Brad King, Christine Herron
Animation legend Fred Seibert (Frederator Studios, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Hanna-Barbera) and producer Dana Brunetti (“House of Cards,” “Captain Phillips,” “Fifty Shades of Gray”) join Fast Company senior writer Ch…
Intermediate
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Chuck Salter, Dana Brunetti, Fred Seibert
Just like your mother told you, venture capital doesn’t grow on trees. But, at the same time, it’s not impossible to find either. You just have to look for it in the right places and with the right tools and goals. Look…
Intermediate
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Chris Golec, Stacey Bishop
For 2014, SXSW Accelerator welcomes you to the inaugural awards ceremony to honor the hottest new startups that are judged the best of the best. In addition to meeting the winners and the finalists, the SXSW Accelerator …
Monday, March 10
Bring your tablets and your ideas to an interactive discussion with leading experts as we debate how to make your start up social from the ground up. Learn how to use crowdsourced employee input to outsmart your bigger, …
Intermediate
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Bryan Kramer, Kodi Foster, Maria Winans, Susan Emerick
There is a reason that office Culture is a buzzword today: Little has more power to influence you and your team than the environment in which you work. In fact, research has shown that positive Culture yields positive …
Intermediate
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Eric Falcao, Jeffrey Schutte, Liz Elam, Matt Chasen
In a traditionally male-dominated industry, women entrepreneurs are making waves in the startup scene. They are starting companies based around the desires and needs of women and couples; they are uncovering new investme…
Intermediate
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Danielle Weinblatt, Jennifer Fleiss, Karen Griffith Gryga, Terry Chase Hazell
HATCH pitch is the revolutionary competition for tech startups making life better. Join our well-connected audience as the first group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepre…
Intermediate
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Adam DAugelli, John Frankel, Missy Krasner, Rami Essaid
Have you ever created an AMA for your CEO to answer softball questions? Have you ever followed some idiot’s advice and turned your brand into a meme for Reddit? Has your brand ever made it to the r/hailcorporate subreddi…
Intermediate
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Garrett Tillman, Rohit Thawani
UK Demo Day will showcase 20 of the UK’s best new technology ventures as they demo their products and look to meet potential partners, investors, clients and you. Come mix, mingle and meet those that lead the largest en…
Intermediate
With millions of sellers online and huge marketplaces like Amazon, can small merchants still compete? eCommerce sales in North America saw double digit growth and hit $364 billion in 2012. This number is expected to grow…
Intermediate
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Andrew Youderian, Billy Murphy, Naruby Schlenker, Sean Work
Startups need the support of experienced entrepreneurs and professionals who have "been-there, done-that"; also known as mentors. Mentors help guide burgeoning entrepreneurs through the in's and out's and growing pains o…
Intermediate
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Amy Ford Keohane, Andrew Ackerman, Keya Dannenbaum, Rob Arbittier
HATCH pitch is the revolutionary competition for tech startups making life better. Join our well-connected audience as the second group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepr…
Intermediate
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Alan Ying, Kerry Rupp, Neal Murthy, Unity Stoakes
For the first time, IBM has made its IBM Watson technology available as a development platform in the cloud, to enable a worldwide community of software application providers to build a new generation of apps infused wit…
Intermediate
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Stephen Gold
Seed accelerators (such as YCombinator, Techstars) have recently received much attention both in the US and across the globe. While accelerators appear to be proliferating quickly, little is known regarding the value of …
Intermediate
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Yael Hochberg
UK Demo Day will showcase 20 of the UK’s best new technology ventures as they demo their products and look to meet potential partners, investors, clients and you. Come mix, mingle and meet those that lead the largest en…
Intermediate
Game changing innovation begins with a grand challenge, which must be championed by leaders looking to build product teams to change the world. In order to empower teams to achieve awesome, companies must change how deci…
Intermediate
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Scott Cook
HATCH pitch is the revolutionary competition for tech startups making life better. Join our well-connected audience as the last group of finalists present their business plans and receive feedback from esteemed entrepren…
Intermediate
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Aya Zook, Balaji Gopinath, Nicole Glaros, Rick Pleczko
Meet Catalyst, the SoftLayer startup incubator. Catalyst is core to our mission to enable next generation technologies and empower the entrepreneurs that will bring them to market. As a former startup ourselves, we know …
Intermediate
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Ben Rigby, Josh Krammes, Justin Johnson, Samar Birwadker
Public health officials are challenged with managing, and reversing, the continued growth of America's waistline. Since the current rate is not sustainable, how can entrepreneurs, public entities, and academia work toge…
Intermediate
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Jason Donahue, Manuel Rosso, Robyn Metcalfe, Ryan Shadrick Wilson
UK Demo Day will showcase 20 of the UK’s best new technology ventures as they demo their products and look to meet potential partners, investors, clients and you. Come mix, mingle and meet those that lead the largest en…
Intermediate
Calling all the ladies! Attend this mentoring and networking session – hosted by DreamIt Ventures – and take advantage of seven minutes of direct, one-on-one, career related council from more established and experienced …
Intermediate
Presenters
Erica Duignan Minnihan, Jacqui Boland, Kathleen Utecht, Tania Yuki
Are you a fly on the wall, a snoop, or a nosey interloper? When it comes to social media, you need to do more than look and listen. And you can by using big data analytics to power predictions on buying behaviors. Ther…
Intermediate
Presenters
Burke Powers, Karen Galiger, Mark Heid, Robert Johnson
Science fiction explores our wildest dreams and biggest fears about the future of technology, spurring us on to greater ideas and grander possibilities. But sci-fi is equally concerned with the challenges of the present.…
Intermediate
Presenters
Daniel Suarez, Warren Ellis
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Megan Adams
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Ryan McCarthy
What happens when you have too much of a good thing, too quickly? While it is natural for a well-planned business to want to succeed and grow, careful attention must be paid to how the business plans to grow and at what …
Intermediate
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Donna Boyer, Ingrid Vanderveldt
To build the Obama campaign (and other campaigns up and down the ballot), a corporation's worth of technical infrastructure had to be built in a fraction of the time. From deep targeting across channels to community orga…
Intermediate
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Amy Gershkoff, Andrew Bleeker, John Lee, Rayid Ghani
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is the only nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, culminating with the “Entrepreneurial Eight” national finals at SXSW. This year’s tournament was open to student…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Cohen, Melinda Emerson, Patrick Ambron, Sandy Khaund
Common mistakes most entrepreneurs make along the way and how you can avoid them. The team at Napkin Venture will share with you the pitfalls and obstacles you can avoid in your own startup or business, saving you time a…
Beginner
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Raul Calvoz, Tina Cannon
A special reception that shines the spotlight on emerging startups. Enjoy complimentary beer and wine while checking out demos from startup participants, all within the heart of Startup Village on the 4th floor of the Hi…
In 2012, two small teams set out to deliver on massive expectations for "failure-is-not-an-option" projects with extraordinarily limited time and resources. Both teams nailed it: every space geek in the world saw the Mar…
Intermediate
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Miles Ward
We read stories of business failures every day—foolhardy CEOs driving a company into the ground, or startups never finding their footing. As an entrepreneur, failure will inevitably make an appearance in your story, too.…
Intermediate
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Evan Baehr, Lawson Boothe, Nate Little, Robin Bruce
Science fiction explores our wildest dreams and biggest fears about the future of technology, spurring us on to greater ideas and grander possibilities. But sci-fi is equally concerned with the challenges of the present.…
Intermediate
Presenters
Daniel Suarez
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
James Sinclair
Student Startup Madness (SSM) is the only nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, culminating with the “Entrepreneurial Eight” national finals at SXSW. This year’s tournament was open to student…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Cohen, Melinda Emerson, Patrick Ambron, Sandy Khaund
Silicon Valley likes to think of itself as a meritocracy, where anyone can show up with a suitcase and a great idea and get funded. But that's not really how it works. Most venture cash flows to entrepreneurs with a prov…
Intermediate
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Sarah McBride
Interested in mobile but not sure where to start? Do you have a mobile strategy but not sure you're getting the most bang for your buck? Realizing the full potential of mobile requires creating a successful mobile strate…
Intermediate
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Antonio Arocha, Jeremy Siewert, Jordache Johnson, Mickey Ristroph
Tuesday, March 11
Top fashion & beauty experts will be available to entrepreneurs at the Decoded Fashion’s Mentorship Hub by Stylus. Mentors will offer ten minute sessions filled with candid feedback and advice to help move startups forwa…
Have you got the cojones to be a change agent and lead your company in the age of the digitally enabled, socially connected customer? Do you have what it takes to become the 21st century CMO? It’s not easy being a market…
Intermediate
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John Ellett
In recent years, a huge amount of money has flowed into projects focused on digital health, fueled by the knowledge that the needs of patients and physicians have historically been poorly served by online tools and syste…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn , Marc Monseau, Marco Smit , Robert Stern
Startups are great, right? Passionate people, working around the clock to launch ideas they know can change the world. Some get lucky and take off, going from tiny startup to mid-sized company in the blink of an eye. But…
Intermediate
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Gregory Gunn
In a rapid-fire repartee, million-dollar crowdfunding comedian Adam Carolla and FundAnything founder, Bill Zanker, will detail how crowdfunding is disrupting the way movies are financed and produced. Adam will explain ho…
Intermediate
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Adam Carolla, Bill Zanker
Research has shown that increased gender diversity on boards leads to better boards and more productive companies with higher earnings. Only 11 women serve on the boards of Fortune 500 companies, even though in many cate…
Intermediate
Presenters
Fran Maier, Jody Greene, Rachel Pike, Theresia Gouw
In today’s highly competitive landscape, success often depends on the vitality of the creative process. From music to entertainment to technology, creativity is essential to producing and maintaining a competitive edge. …
Beginner
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John Maeda, Robert Safian
For perspective on the future of online behavior, marketers look to the 18- to 24-year-old Millennial group - the “digital native generation” born around the same time as Google. However, Millennials do not wholly repres…
Intermediate
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Roe McFarlane
How do you 'stand out' in a sea of startups, especially when over 40 million people in the US are involved in an entrepreneurial activity? Join Lyn Graft, producer and entrepreneurial storyteller, who has filmed over 400…
Beginner
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Lyn Graft
Every leading brand recognizes the necessity of social marketing to reach and engage customers, but so far this activity has mostly focused on listening and response. It’s reactive rather than proactive. But new real-tim…
Intermediate
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Adam Blumenfeld, Bill Ingram, Nihal Mehta, Selcuk Atli
This panel will present an engaging and balanced discussion about the impact of open data on the real world of information usage and consumption. The panelists each have years of experience in harnessing open data for th…
Intermediate
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Aman Bhandari, Ashish Patel, Michael Atkin, Susan Strausberg
Get together with other bootstrap experts for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry -- or if y…
Beginner
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Bijoy Goswami
Funded in Austin features Founder/CEO’s of three technology startups who have pursued and secured investment in their entrepreneurial ventures – one from crowdfunding, one from angel funding, and one from venture capital…
Intermediate
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Cotter Cunningham, Josh Kerr, Shari Wynne Ressler, Utz Baldwin
Are you a mobile company, or a software company? An advertising company, or an analytics company? In today’s world, it just doesn’t matter. We don’t ask great brands what they are because we already believe in why they a…
Beginner
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Kathy Savitt
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
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Lane Becker
Whether you painstakingly work to keep your personal information offline, “lay it all out there” on the digital plain, or hold concerns for your children online, there are an array of options that can help you protect yo…
Intermediate
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Eve Maler, Joni Brennan, Karen Reilly, Robin Wilton
A panel of business reporters and editors from a variety of media outlets, including Inc.com and MSNBC, will talk candidly about how and why they write about startups and other companies. Attendees will learn how to pitc…
Beginner
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JJ Ramberg, Laura Lorber, Rieva Lesonsky
Looking for ways to develop or expand your corporate philanthropy? Want to give back more often in ways nobody else does? This presentation will share how your business -- no matter how big or small -- can create a corpo…
Intermediate
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Dan Graham
Cities “come of age”, just like people do and Austin is a city of the 21st century. Austin is regularly ranked as one of the top cities in the US in terms of growth, job creation, cost of living, and quality of life. In …
Beginner
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Carol Thompson, Jeff Genung, John Arrow, Kim Overton
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