DC Startup Week 2022 DC Startup Week 2022

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Monday, September 12, 2022

DCSW Kickoff Breakfast: Celebrating & Connecting Together Again
Kickoff DC Startup Week with Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio
Exciting Announcement for DC From CEO of Techstars, Maëlle Gavet
Keynote: Inspired to Scale With Founder & CEO of Flikshop, Marcus Bullock
You Don't Have To Grow Alone: Top Resources For Founders & Startups in the DMV
From Ideation to Exit. Hear how to Start, Grow, Scale, and Get Your Startup to Acquisition
From Sweatpants to IRL (Again)— Creating Opportunities That Will Drive Growth
Lunch & Networking Hour: Celebration of Innovation Happening in DC
Fireside Chat on Fundraising, Scaling & Relationship Building with Scott Frederick, Managing Partner at Sands Capital Ventures
Keynote: Web3 and What it Means for Business By Dante Disparte, Head of Strategy and Global Policy at Circle
Mastering Growth: How to Grow a Start-up
Teams That Play Together Thrive
Founder Talk: Going from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0: Challenges, Success & Lessons Learned
Alternative Methods of Fundraising For Your Early Stage Startup
Marketing Strategies to Drive Growth
What Should I Choose? The Pros, Cons, and Unknowns of Different Types of Capital
Open Office Hours on Performance Marketing
Bear Market is the Builder's Market in Web 3 - No Schooling Required
How to Build Untraditional Innovative Business Models to Disrupt the Market from Idea to Execution
Fireside Chat with Eowyn Chen, CEO of Trust Wallet on Hyperscaling Adoption in Web3
Developing a Great Organization: Team, Culture & Organizational Development
Video Storytelling to Build Invested Audiences
NFT: Launching Successful Local NFT Projects + Lesson Learned
The Power of the PIVOT in Growing Your Startup
The Guide in Leveraging Web3 & Crypto for Social Good
It Takes a Village: Building and Scaling a Successful Startup Ecosystem And What That Means For Local DMV Founders
How to Find a Great Growth Marketer
Turn Your Talents and Passions into Meaningful Impact
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Navigating the Evolving Web3 Regulatory Environment as You are Building and Scaling a Web 3 Business
Cannabis Pitch Night powered by Curaleaf
Opening Celebration Happy Hour in the Penn West Equity and Innovation District Sponsored by Logic Boost Labs

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Morning Networking: Coffee & Muffins Sponsored by Sands Capital
Moving to the Rhythm of Nature: Managing and Balancing Our Energy to Improve Performance
Manifesting Relationships & Results
Founders Are Human, Too! Work-life Integration for Entrepreneurs
Fundamentals for Accelerating Startup Growth
How to Build the Perfect Pitch Deck From an Investors Perspective
Mindset and Growth: How to go from $10 to $10,000 an hour
Predicting Startup Performance: How Investors Can Evaluate Team Talent During Due Diligence
Financing Your Impact Venture in Challenging Economic Conditions
How to Go Viral On Social Media
Legal Aspects of Fundraising
Create The Word Before You Can Spread The Gospel: The Power of Branding For Startups
Using Behavioral Science to Ideate, Validate and Accelerate Product Market Fit
Fireside Chat With Jennifer Taylor, CEO of NVTC
How to Develop A Brand for your Social Impact Business That Will Attract Your Dream Clients
Life’s a Pitch: Knowing How to Sell
Stop Obsessing Over Fundraising - Customer Retention in Today's Fundraising Market
How to Get Back Your Time and Freedom by Delegating and Automating Your Business
Lunch & Networking Hour Sponsored by Zendesk
Afternoon Female Founders & Funders Kickoff
EUREKA: How to turn more new users into lifelong customers
Impact as a Differentiator: Storytelling for Ventures with Social or Environmental Missions
Mastering Growth: Customer Acquisition
Securing Early Stage Funding to Build MVP
Keynote: Breaking Barriers & Changing The Flow of Capital
Defying the Odds: How To Raise Millions in Funding to Scale Your Startup
Resources & Strategies Needed To Grow A Tech Business
Empowering Leadership
Monitoring & Evaluation for Social Impact Entrepreneurs
Open Office Hours on Web Development & Landing Pages
Going from "Established" to KNOWN!
Why Entrepreneurs Need to Understand the Investment Portfolio Mindset of Angel and Venture Capital Investors
Fireside Chat: Scaling Startups: Teams, Culture, and Organization
Tech Debt: How to Scale your Tech Startup and Avoid This Hidden Balance Sheet Risk
The Secret Science of Using Scale and Innovation to Grow Companies
DC Founder Story Featuring Rosy Khalife
How to go from Founder to Funder: An Honest Conversation on their Journey, Challenges and Lessons Learned
Pitfalls to Avoid as a Nontechnical Founder
Mistakes Are Good for Business: How Social Entrepreneurs can learn from Mistakes to Accelerate Impact
The Future of Security For Your Startup
Investor Insights in the Local DMV Ecosystem And What That Means For Founders
Rooftop Happy Hour: Female Founders & Funders Sponsored by SVB, Zendesk & Sands Capital
Building Together in Web3 For Entrepreneurs, Creators, Startups, & Investors Happy Hour Sponsored by BlockShop & Web3DC

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

THE COURAGE To Go Beyond: Confidently Get Your Team on the Fast Track, Experiencing Big Wins and Propelling Your Profits!
Rise & Shine: Morning Networking with Coffee
Social Media Ads! What Makes You Stop Scrolling?
Open Office Hours with Art Steven, 1863 Ventures
Open Office Hours with Art Steven, 1863 Ventures
Building an Impact Driven Venture from Idea to First Users to Raising Funds
Media and Messaging for Small Business
Mastering Growth: Driving Customer Growth For Your Business with Robust Activation and Acquisition Strategies
Office Hours on Social Media With Expert Christina Batipps (Limited Availability)
Defining Your Business Model as an Early Stage Startup
The 4-1-1 on Fundraising
Office Hours on Media & Messaging with Expert Emma Mankey Hidem (Limited Availability)
Accelerated Networking Workshop
How to Drive Pipeline with Paid Media
Lunch & Networking Hour
I've Followed-Up, Now What? Reasons to Keep in Touch
Office Hours with Deborah Ager (Limited Availability)
Contracting with the Federal Government: Is This a Good Move for My Business?
Office Hours on Sales Strategy with Expert Liz Whitehead (Limited Availability)
Inside the Founders Mind & Mental Health in Entrepreneurship
How To Validate Business Ideas Before Spending Money
The Entrepreneur Journey: Becoming a Resourceful Entrepreneur to Accelerate Growth
Customer Service Guide for Startups
How to Start Writing Your Business-Building Book
Office Hours with Faye Coleman (Limited Availability)
Open Office Hours on Branding With Velocity Growth
Growing Beyond Six Figures
Basic VC Math Every Founder Should Know
HBC-YOU: The Untapped Ecosystem
Burnout Preparedness Training for Leaders
How Equity Crowdfunding Moves Startup Capital Beyond Silicon Valley
How to Turn Your Side Hustle Into a Viable Business
Knowing The Right Time To Ask For Help
Achieving Product Market Fit While Scaling Your Food Startup
Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Have a Podcast and How to Start One
A Foundation to Weather the Storm - Tactics to Build your Company With a Strong Legal Foundation
Speed Up Your Leadership to Skyrocket Your Small Business
Fundraising Journey from Family & Friends to Raising a Formal Round
Fireside Chat with Andy Shallal of Busboys & Poets
DMV Local Founders: Social Ventures, Impact & Solutions (For Profit & Non-Profit)
DMV Student Entrepreneurship Panel & Happy Hour
Startup Celebration Happy Hour

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Coffee & Crowdfunding
How to Use Web3 to grow the Creative Economy: Music, Film, Art and More.
Startup Rituals to Scale Better
Creating a Compelling Employer Brand in an Era of Transparency, Diversity, and Inclusion
Solutions to Support Your Export Growth
Fireside Chat with Jasmine Maietta: Bridging Digital Assets and Physical Products in Web3
The Business Behind NFTs MasterClass: Strategy, Development, Marketing & Hiring for a Successful Launch
The Growth Marketing Skills Every Founder Needs to Have
How to Build Resilient, Frictionless, and Inclusive Teams
Tax Planning & Policy Updates for Small Businesses
The Art of Pitching
DAO Mania - Idea to Execution - Oh And Buying an NBA Team, Disrupting the Music Industry, and Changing How People Give Back.
Top 5 CX Strategies Every Startup Should Consider
VR & AR Startup Demos Lunch & Networking Hour
Crypto: The Keys to Build Traction + Market Your Products/Solutions in Web3
Building the Metaverse & What it Means for Business &. Entrepreneurs
How to Build a Profitable Personal Brand Using Your Current Expertise
Workshop: Mastering Growth - Customer Retention
Office Hours Session with Alex Chopan, VP of product at POAP
Web3 Policy and Where it Stands for Entrepreneurs, Creatives and Builders?
A Practical Review of Launching a DeFi Protocol
Landing Page Teardown Working Session
Open Source Mindset
Partnerships: The New Way to Grow Your Startup
Leaders Shaping the Future of Web3 by Fostering Innovation, Policy, and Partnerships and How It Impacts Entrepreneurs
Google Ads for Growth
Web3 & Venture Funding
Key Business Metrics to Track For Fundraising: The Ones Investors Actually Care About
Leveraging Web 3 for Real Estate Entrepreneurs - Practical Application of Web Technologies for Real Estate
SEO for Startups
Open Office Hours - Marketing Content
Steps DC is Taking into the Metaverse and How Founders Can Get Involved
Block it like it's hot... Affordable Security Tips for your Startup!
How to Scale a Proptech Startup & Reinventing Real Estate
What Startups and Small Businesses Can Learn From Each Other
Why Community is the Holy Grail in Building Your Web3 Business
Drinks & Gelato: Rooftop Happy Hour
TechnoArt LIVE Local DC

Friday, September 16, 2022

Building Together: Breakfast with 2gether International's DMV Cohort, The Leading Accelerator For Founders with Disabilities
Is Your Website Accessible to People with Disabilities? It's the Law!
Keynote: Pack a Punch: To Change Results In Business, Change Your Mindset
Riding the Startup Rollercoaster: IPOs, Exits & Failure
How To Get Out of the Day-To-Day At Your Startup
Introduction to Lean Innovation, hosted by the Entrepreneur Development Network of DC (EDNDC)
The Business of Doing Good: Creating Impact Through Social Enterprising and Innovation, hosted by Serve DC
Breaking Into Tech Jobs: How DC is Leading the Revolution in Tech Inclusion with a special announcement from LIME
Profit and Purpose: Fireside Chat with David Simnick
Mastering Growth Workshop: Experiments, A/B Testing & the Growth Process
U.N.I.Q.U.E Method™: The 6 Proven Steps to Becoming Scalable and Sought-After in Business
Startups Meet & Great With 15 Hungarian Startups
Building Strategic Partnerships to Scale Your Startup
Two Sides of Scale - Building an Early and a Growth Stage Company Over the Last 12 Months
Lunch & Networking Hour Sponsored by The Braunfeld Group
Best Practices on How to Find and Hire Your Tech Team
Leadership for Growth: Skills & Traits Every Founder Needs Now & Into The Future
Seed to Series A Roadmap
Why DC is The Capital of Inclusive Innovation & What That Means For Your Startup
Open Office Hours on Customer Acquisition
Designing for the 50+ Workshop
Navigating Influencer Marketing on TikTok
The Future of Web3: Equity First
Zero to Scale - Best Practices of Scaling Your Business
AgeTech and The Power of Ecosystems
Benefits of Leveraging Accelerators
Optimizing Your Sales Process To Scale Up Your Business
Journey to IPO: Fireside Chat with Tim Hwang, CEO & Founder of FiscalNote
Keynote: Beyond Silicon Valley: The Impact Startups Have Here In DC
Pitch Competition: Early Stage & Growth Stage
Closing Happy Hour Celebration of DC Startup Book & Inaugural Book Signing with Steve Case Sponsored by Convene, Clutch & Revolution