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Carson

ZindseyMEDIA
president

Lead and own ZindseyMEDIA, an International PR firm focused on startups and small businesses. Let's connect; perhaps ZindseyMEDIA can help grow your startup's media presence and news presence.

9:00am CDT

Women in Tech Summit Capital FactoryChristy Abizaid • Lisa Andrade, • Sara T Brand • Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette • Dr. Meredith Butterfield • Sehr Charania • Julia Cheek • Kirk Coburn • Juliana Garaizar • Cindy Kent • Erin Keys • Sarah Jones Simmer • Patti Soch • Van Truskett • Claire Vo • Leslie Wingo • Zeynep Young

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

FinTech Track | Founder Stories: Built for Success - If You're Off by Inches on the Ground, You'll be Thousands of Miles Off in Outer Space (@ Capital One Café Downtown) Capital One CaféChris Palmisano • Henry Yoshida • Capital One Café

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

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

12:30pm CDT

Developer Track | Learn to Code: A Taco Website (@ Galvanize) GalvanizeOptimizely

2:00pm CDT

Smart Cities Track | Transportation Startups: Connecting People to Healthcare Austin Chamber of CommerceSherri Greenberg 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

Health Tech Track | Lessons Learned: Founder Stories Capital FactoryKevin Mayes • Chris Diede • Jeanne Teshler • Michael Zucker • Health Tech Austin

5:00pm CDT

Intro to the Austin Startup Scene: Female Founders & Women in Tech Capital FactoryAutumn Manning • Mellie Price • Claire Vo Smart Cities Track | How to Help Local Businesses Amidst Changing Urban Dynamics Austin Chamber of CommerceSiri Chakka • Silva Gentchev • Stephanie Gutierrez • Sam Hollin

11:00am CDT

EdTech Track | Women In EdTech (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryWendy Howell • Sabina Bharwani • Brittany Hicks • Julia Lamorelle • Daniella Latham • Edgenuity Food and CPG Track | Finding Investors for Your Food Company (The Refinery) The RefineryCurt Nelson • Shawn O'Keefe • Hema Reddy • Manuel Rosso

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

2:00pm CDT

Food and CPG Track | Your First 1000 Foodies: How to Market and Bootstrap Growth For Your CPG Company (The Refinery) The RefineryJack Meredith

3:30pm CDT

Food and CPG Track | The Intersection of Food, Technology, and Wellness (The Refinery) The RefineryJenni Lee • James Coffman • Joe Kerby • Stephanie Scherzer • Danielle Sobel

5:00pm CDT

Food and CPG Track | Beyond Vodka - Austin's Liquor Startup Scene, Panel Discussion followed by Tasting / Happy Hour (The Refinery) The RefineryArianne Sclerandi • Jessica Leigh Graves • Chris Hofbauer • Mark Koelsch • Kathryn Loeffler • Natalie Merrick • Lawrence Sasso

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

11:45am CDT

Marketing and Branding Track | From Idea to Execution: Selling Without Selling Out (@ The Refinery) The RefinerySteven Blustein • Zachary Maurais

1:00pm CDT

Marketing and Branding Track | Marketing to Millennials and Gen Z (@ The Refinery) The RefineryAaron Fox • Kelly Grizzard • Mark Hennings • Jeff Noel • Caroline Stewart

2:15pm CDT

Marketing and Branding Track | SXSW 2019 Preview & Strategies for Startups (@ The Refinery) The RefineryHugh Forrest

3:30pm CDT

Marketing and Branding Track | The Shark Tank Effect: Lessons from becoming a $15M business overnight (@ The Refinery) The RefineryJulia Cheek

4:00pm CDT

ATX Startup Crawl Various