Austin Startup Week 2021
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Monday, October 4, 2021
Women in Tech Summit Opening Remarks
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Jeannie Edmunds (She/Her)
Startup Companies, Advisor/Mentor
Kelsi Kamin (She/Her)
Living Security, Chief of Staff
Courteney Real (She/Her)
Capital Factory, Venture Partnerships Manager
Sandy Carter Keynote Address
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Sandy Carter (She/Her)
Amazon Web Services, Vice President
How to be Successful in Fundraising as an Underrepresented GP
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Jade Tran (She/Her)
Muttly, Founder
Claire Hansen (She/Her)
Firebrand Ventures
Lauren Washington (She/Her)
Fundr, Cofounder and CEO
Lorine Pendleton (She/Her)
TIGER 21, Lead Partner - Portfolia Rising America Fund
Overcoming the Odds: How I Raised $20M+ in Funding for my Startup
Ashley Rose (She/Her)
Living Security, CEO & Founder
Tina Dai (She/Her)
Silverton Partners, Principal
Joining an Early Stage Startup: How to Think About Career Growth and Equity
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Gordon Daugherty (He/Him)
Capital Factory, Co-Founder & President
Joelle Vail (She/Her)
Capital Factory, COO
Riana Lynn (She/Her)
Journey Foods, CEO
Sara Brand (She/Her)
True Wealth Ventures, Founding General Partner
Women in Tech $100,000 Investment Challenge
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Leigh Christie (She/Her)
Beam Angel Network, CEO & Executive Director
Samina Farid (She/Her)
Farid Ventures and Golden Seeds, Managing Director
Lisa Besserman (She/Her)
expa, Managing Director
Lissie Garvin (She/Her)
Seven Seven Six, Founding Team, Chief of Staff
Drumroll Please: Announcing the $100,000 Investment Challenge
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Janice Omadeke (She/Her)
The Mentor Method, CEO and Founder
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Entrepreneurship 101 Track Opening Remarks
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Caroline Tosbath (She/Her)
Techstars, Program Manager
Product and Design Track Opening Remarks
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Candice Digby (She/Her)
Austin Design Week, Co-Founder, Lead Organizer
Combatting Founder Fatigue, Stress, and Burnout
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Alex Friedman (She/Her)
Talk Howdy, Founder and CEO
Dieumerci Christel (He/Him)
Enlightapp, Founder & CEO
Dan Hightower (He/Him)
Carta, Director of Growth Product
The Art of Tech: Unlocking Creative Possibilities
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Rukia Sheikh-Mohamed (She/Her)
soona, Full Stack Developer
AI & Data Science Track Opening Remarks
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Navira Abbasi (She/Her)
TigerGraph, Manager of Community Strategic Growth
Olga Megorskaya (She/Her)
Toloka, CEO
Industry 5.0: Next Decade's Trends in AI
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Valeria Sadovykh (She/Her)
PwC, Digital Transformation Lead
Customers and Community as an Early Stage Startup
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Jonathan Ganthier (He/Him)
Flourish, Cofounder
Alex Friedman (She/Her)
Talk Howdy, Founder and CEO
Claire Siegel (She/Her)
Flourish, CEO
James McGillicuddy (He/Him)
Carta, Head of Origination
How AI and Graphs Can Save Your Life In a Crisis
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Daniel Barkus (He/Him)
Tigergraph, Developer Advocate
Sinking the Titanic: If Only There Had Been a Product Leader on Board!
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Kevin Smith (He/Him)
Just Add Product, Fractional CPO
Teri Harwood (She/Her)
Just Add Product, Fractional CPO
Fundraising Track Opening Remarks
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Scott Craig (He/Him)
Latham & Watkins, Partner
New to Austin Track Opening Remarks
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Elisa Sepulveda (She/Her)
MATH Venture Partners, Entrepreneur In Residence
Entrepreneurship in the Age of Data Ownership: How Crowdsourcing Empowers AI-Driven Startups
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Dave DeCaprio (He/Him)
ClosedLoop.ai, Chief Technology Officer
Olga Megorskaya (She/Her)
Toloka, CEO
Robert Matney (He/Him)
Yonder, VP, Strategic Partnerships
Beth White (She/Her)
MeBeBot, Founder and Chief Bot
Texas Startup Fundraising in 2021: A Record-Breaking Year
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Kerry Rupp (She/Her)
True Wealth Ventures, General Partner
Eric Engineer (He/Him)
S3 Ventures, Venture Partner
Krishna Srinivasan (He/Him)
LiveOak Venture Partners, Founding Partner
Thomas Ball (He/Him)
Next Coast Ventures, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Kip McClanahan (He/Him)
SILVERTON PARTNERS, GP
Breakout: Q&A with Our AI & Data Science AM Speakers
Valeria Sadovykh (She/Her)
PwC, Digital Transformation Lead
Olga Megorskaya (She/Her)
Toloka, CEO
Daniel Barkus (He/Him)
Tigergraph, Developer Advocate
Founder Fireside Chat
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Scott Craig (He/Him)
Latham & Watkins, Partner
Lauren Washington (She/Her)
Fundr, Cofounder and CEO
Sarah Puil (She/Her)
BOXT, Founder + CEO
Katherine Allen (She/Her)
Flo Recruit, Co-Founder, CEO
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene
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Jill Klinvex (She/Her)
Capital Factory, Venture Principal
Claire Hansen (She/Her)
Firebrand Ventures
The Crowdsourcing Revolution: How Future AI Solutions Will Be Built
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Jessica Noglows (She/Her)
Studio X, Xeek Program Director
Paul Genberg (He/Him)
Studio X, Interim CEO & Head of Product
Driving Business Success with Data
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Daria Baidakova (She/Her)
Toloka, Head of Educational Programs
Andrew Braun (He/Him)
Toloka, Global Account Manager
Dmitrii Koriakin (He/Him)
Toloka
Founders and Funders: The Fundraising Gap
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Lisa Besserman (She/Her)
expa, Managing Director
Bre Cruickshank (She/Her)
Radical Girl Gang, CEO
Janice Omadeke (She/Her)
The Mentor Method, CEO and Founder
Heather Buffo (She/Her)
Republic, Venture Growth & Partnerships Lead
Holly Tachovsky (She/Her)
ISO, Chief Innovation Officer
Why I Moved My Company to Austin
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Brandon Cates (He/Him)
Ametrine Inc., CEO
Joshua Baer
Capital Factory, Founder & CEO
Amy Sun (She/Her)
Daylight, Founder
Nicole Cardoza (She/Her)
Reclamation Ventures, Founder, CEO
John Henry (He/Him)
Loop, Co-CEO
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Intro to the Space Track presented by AWS
Rich Julien (He/Him)
Amazon Web Services, Public Sector VC and Startups Lead for National Security and Space
Jorge Manresa (He/Him)
Capital Factory, Vice President - Industrial Capacity Expansion & Federal & Defense Programs
Marketing and Branding Track Opening Remarks
Justin Foster (He/Him)
Root + River, Co-Founder
Mental Health and Wellness Track Opening Remarks
Kylie Everhart (She/Her)
Friday Health Plans, Director of Sales, TX
Creating a Resilient Mindset to Start a Business
Brandon Mehrgut (He/Him)
Modern Mindfulness, Managing Director
David Pinkert (He/Him)
Friday Health Plans, President
Managing a 360-Customer View as a Start-Up
Jon Loyens (He/Him)
data.world, Chief Product Officer
Heather Hildebrand (She/Her)
Accenture Interactive, Managing Director
Djordje Jankovic (He/Him)
Planoly, VP, Product
Women in Space presented by AWS
Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby (She/Her)
Venus Aerospace, Co-Founder and CEO
Laura Crabtree (She/Her)
Epsilon3, Inc., CEO
Ligeia Zeruto
Amazon Web Services (AWS), WWPS Global Alliance Manager
From the Ground Up: Foundational Strategies for Building a Community Around your Startup
Christina Garnett (She/Her)
HubSpot, Senior Marketing Manager, Offline Community and Advocacy
Christopher Cantu (He/Him)
SXSW, Social Media Manager
Marjorie Anderson (She/Her)
Community by Association LLC, Founder
Tom Weingarten (He/Him)
Overtime, Head of Social Media, Overtime
Student Feature - Texas Rocket Engineering Lab presented by AWS
Daryl Schuck (He/Him)
Amazon Web Services, Principal Business Development Manager
Adam Norwitz
Texas Rocket Engineering Lab, Head of Corporate Development
Greg Gaasche
Texas Rocket Engineering Lab, Corporate Development Lead
Lauren Rodriguez
Texas Rocket Engineering Lab, Chief Engineer
How to Build a Space Business presented by AWS
Bryan Chambers (He/Him)
Capital Factory, VP Ventures
Will Edwards (He/Him)
Firehawk Aerospace Inc., CEO
Rich Julien (He/Him)
Amazon Web Services, Public Sector VC and Startups Lead for National Security and Space
How to Soft-Launch, Iterate, and Pivot in Public & Still Protect Your Brand
Leo Kittay (He/Him)
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., Partner
S*** Happens. Bereavement, Burnout, & the Difficult Conversations
Cara McCarty (She/Her)
Cognite, Vice President of HR
Christina Wells (She/Her)
PLANOLY, VP, People
Fireside Chat with Shawna Butler and Vonda Wright
Shawna Butler (She/Her)
See You Now podcast, Host
Dr. Vonda Wright (She/Her)
Hughston Orthopaedics SE, Orthopedic Surgeon & President
Scaling Your PR & Marketing Efforts: When to Train, Contract or Hire
Kathleen Lucente (She/Her)
Red Fan Communications, Founder & President
Setting up a Modern Data Stack for your Startup
Blake Burch (He/Him)
Shipyard, Co-founder and CEO
How to Wake Up your B2B Content
Liz Giorgi (She/Her)
soona, ceo & co-founder
Lessons Learned: Developer Career Growth and Scaling Journeys
Brian Wood (He/Him)
Living Security, Vice President of Engineering
Sam Scharr (She/Her)
InsightSquared, Senior Engineer
Meetesh Karia (He/Him)
The Zebra, CTO / CDO
Brian Dainton (He/Him)
Verkout, Founder
Damon Clinkscales
H-E-B, Engineering Manager
The Future is Femtech
Brittany Barreto, PhD (She/Her)
Coyote Ventures & FemTech Focus, General Partner
Kiki Freedman (She/Her)
Hey Jane, Co-founder and CEO
Sigi Marmorstein (She/Her)
BabyLiveAdvice, CEO and Founder
Dr. Fahimeh Sasan (She/Her)
Kindbody, Founding Physician OB/GYN & Chief Medical Officer
Company vs Personal Brands: How Founders Can Align and Differentiate the Two
Brianne Fleming (She/Her)
University of Florida, Communications Instructor
Amanda Goetz (She/Her)
House of Wise, CEO, Founder
Anthony Gantt (He/Him)
At Ease Rentals Corporation, CEO & Founder
Adam Singer (He/Him)
LEX Markets [lex-markets.com], VP Marketing
Pediatric Mental Health & Community Interventions
Ben Kurian (He/Him)
BCBS TX, Executive Medical Director, Risk Identification and Outreach
JoAnn Welch (She/Her)
C1 Innovation Lab/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Executive Director, Operational Performance
Laurie G. Combe (She/Her)
Combe Consulting, Consultant - School Health & School Nursing; Immediate Past-President National Association of School Nurses
Dr. Karin Price (She/Her)
Texas Children's Hospital, Chief of Psychology
Laurie Klose (She/Her)
National Association of School Psychlogists, President, 2021-22
Why Flutter is a Breakthrough Technology for Startups
Chad Pavliska (He/Him)
Bright Health Group, Sr. Architect
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Sales & BizDev Track Opening Remarks
Sean Duffy (He/Him)
Capital Factory, VP of Partnerships
How To Set Up a Killer Sales Process
Kelsey Gernert
HubSpot for Startups, Head of Partnerships
What Do I Need to Know? Recognizing Common IP Issues Faced by Startup Companies
Sabing Lee (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
Jessica Achtsam (She/Her)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
Paul Stellman (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Partner
Positioning IP for Investors and Exits
Jeffrey Thatcher (He/Him)
Spectral MD, Inc., Chief Scientist
Troy Hartzell (He/Him)
Evolution Capital Advisors, Managing Partner
Mauricio Uribe (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, Partner
Rose Marie Thiessen, Ph.D., J.D. (She/Her)
SynEfx, LLC, Founder/Member
Quality Over Quantity, the Art of Outbound Lead Generation
John C. Butler III (He/Him)
tfleads, CEO, Co-Founder, Chief Lead Generator
Breakouts: Ask an IP Attorney Specialist – Insights and Experiences
Mauricio Uribe (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, Partner
Bryan McWhorter (He/Him)
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, Partner
Sabing Lee (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
Eric Furman Ph.D., J.D. (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
Nicole Townes (She/Her)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
Paul Stellman (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Partner
Maria Čulić Anderson (She/Her)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
Vladimir Lozan (He/Him)
Knobbe Martens, Registered Patent Attorney
Jessica Achtsam (She/Her)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
Christy Lea (She/Her)
Knobbe Martens, Partner
How to Nail Your Next Pitch
Wen Zhang (She/Her)
INNW Institute, Founder and CEO
Social Impact Track Opening Remarks
Robert Wilson (He/Him)
DivInc, VP Of Marketing
Avoiding Legal Pitfalls: Common Mistakes to Avoid when Starting and Running a Startup
Alvaro Jimenez (He/Him)
Yunity, Co-Founder
Leif Magnuson (He/Him)
TipHaus Inc, CEO
Ryan Carpenter (He/Him)
Carpenter Wellington PLLC, Managing Attorney | Founding Member
Derek Ruth (He/Him)
Hivot, CEO
Humanity in the Workplace: Culture & Tribe
Charisse Fontes (She/Her)
Culture Circle, Founder
The Equity Imperative: Driving Social Justice through Innovation for the 21st Century
Meme Styles (She/Her)
MEASURE, President, Founder
Madge Vasquez (She/Her)
Mission Capital, Chief Executive Officer
Chelsea Toler (She/Her)
NOVA Impact, Founding Partner
Beto Lopez (He/Him)
Design Run Group, CEO
Preston L James II (He/Him)
DivInc, CEO | Co-Founder
Demystifying Inclusion: 9 Focus Areas for Measurable Impact
Arshiya Malik (She/Her)
Aleria, Co-founder & Director of People and Operations
Lisa Russell (She/Her)
Aleria, Co-founder & CEO
Fireside Chat with Ryan Carpenter and Janis Machala: The Role of Leadership and Culture in a Successful Startup
Ryan Carpenter (He/Him)
Carpenter Wellington PLLC, Managing Attorney | Founding Member
Want to Raise Funds for your Impact Startup?
Bart Bohn (He/Him)
Root Aspen, Founder
Bob Bridge (He/Him)
SWAN Impact Network, Executive Director
Economic Mobility and Environmental Sustainability: An Austin-centric Approach
Bart Bohn (He/Him)
Root Aspen, Founder
Daniel Culotta (He/Him)
City of Austin Office of Innovation, Chief Innovation Officer (acting)
Matt Glazer (He/Him)
Blue Sky Partners, Co-Founder/Chief Strategy Officer
Hei-Yue Pang (She/Her)
INCO, Special Advisor to INCO US
Founding, Funding, and Building Across Borders
Damien Amey (He/Him)
Boundless 1 Ventures, Partner
Chris Light (He/Him)
Casual App, Head of Business Operations
Aaron Gailmor (He/Him)
Brass Roots, Founder & Chief Eats Officer
Eunice Chendjou (She/Her)
L'Africorp Capital, Founding Partner
Living in a Tech city - Austin's Role in Bridging the Digital Equity Divide: An IUPRA, UT Podcast Live Event
Steven Pedigo
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin | LBJ Urban Lab., Professor of Practice | Director
Carl Settles Jr.
E4 Youth, Founder/Executive Director
Kelsey Evans
UT Austin, Executive Director, Corporate Relations
Dr. Danielle Wright
University of Texas at Austin, Associate Director of Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis (IUPRA), Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Education
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