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Brian Anderson

Monday, October 1
 

9:00am CDT

Fundraising Track | Demystify Your Deal: Term Sheets 101 Capital FactoryRosa McCormick

11:00am CDT

Fundraising Track | Landing Your First Investor: Raising from Angels and Angel Networks Capital FactoryKelsey August • Claire England • Ryan Murdock • John Paulos • Liang Xia

12:30pm CDT

Blockchain Track | Making an Impact with Blockchain Capital FactoryChris Georgen • Wei Escala • Richard Hurley • Paul Snow

2:00pm CDT

Fundraising Track | Investing in Texas from the Coasts: A Discussion with Non-Texas VCs Writing Checks in Texas Capital FactoryChris Abshire • Gordon Daugherty • Esteban Reyes • Danielle Steinman

3:30pm CDT

Fundraising Track | Accelerator to Acquistion: Fireside Chat with Joshua Baer, Chuck Gordon and Mario Fergali Capital FactoryMario Feghali • Chuck Gordon • Joshua Baer

5:00pm CDT

Austin Startup Week Kickoff Party with Capital Factory and Startup Games Capital FactoryBrex • Chargbee • TriNet • Army Futures Command • Tarmac TX

6:00pm CDT

Defense Innovation Track | Austin Startup Week Opening Night Keynote with General John M. Murray Capital FactoryJoshua Baer • General John M. Murray • Brex • Chargbee • TriNet • Army Futures Command • Tarmac TX
 
Tuesday, October 2
 

8:00am CDT

Social Impact Track | Act Like a Brand: Using the Power of Your Brand to Create Social Change The Center for Social InnovationJustin Foster • Tiffany Galligan • Sharon Miller

9:30am CDT

Social Impact Track | How Austin Becomes the Nation's Capital for Diverse, Homegrown Tech Talent The Center for Social InnovationRuben Cantu • Preston L. James II • Ada-Renee Johnson • Jan Ryan • Matt Stephenson

11:00am CDT

Social Impact Track | Impact Investing in Austin: How Austin VCs Approach Cause-Based ROI The Center for Social InnovationKate Herrmann • Trevor Boehm • Oksana Malysheva • Juan Thurman

12:30pm CDT

Social Impact Track | Get Out To Vote: How to Shake Up Your City Through Civic Engagement The Center for Social InnovationSarah Ortiz Shields

2:00pm CDT

Social Impact Track | Building Community Engagement and Impact Through Strategic Partnerships The Center for Social InnovationKatie Hall • Jonathan Barona • Austin Buchan • Matt McDonnell

3:30pm CDT

Social Impact Track | Meet the Faces of Impact in Austin - Four Entrepreneurs Leading the Charge The Center for Social InnovationStephen Aarons • Sophie Kwok • David J Neff • Ashley Phillips

5:00pm CDT

Social Impact Track | The Future of Austin's Social Impact Ecosystem + Happy Hour The Center for Social InnovationBrent Wistrom • Trevor Boehm • Dan Graham
 
Wednesday, October 3
 

12:30pm CDT

University Track | 10 Legal Mistakes Every Startup Makes (UT, Rowling Hall) Robert B. Rowling Hall, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of BusinessBrad Gold • Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship • The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program

5:30pm CDT

University Track | MoneyTalks by Herb Kelleher Center - The State of Tech Fundraising (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryAndrea Kalmans • Arjun Chopra • Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship • The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program
 
Thursday, October 4
 

9:00am CDT

AI and Data Science Track | The Future of AI Policy in the US (@ Galvanize) GalvanizeAndy Cates • David Edmonson • Lisa Zolidis • Zoho

10:00am CDT

AI and Data Science Track | Can AI Save the World?: Social Impact and AI (@ Galvanize) GalvanizeMadhavi Rao • Ruben Cantu • John King • Matt McDonnell • Zoho

10:30am CDT

Marketing and Branding Track | Telling the Startup Story: Lean Media Relations Strategies for Sustained Growth (@ The Refinery) The RefineryJo Detavernier • Colin Pope • Thom Singer

2:00pm CDT

AI and Data Science Track | What Investors Want to See in AI (@ Galvanize) GalvanizeShakeel Rashed • Oksana Malysheva • Lanham Napier • Zoho