Austin Startup Week

Austin's tech scene is bustling! Now is your chance to meet the companies that are putting the Austin tech scene on the map.

We've invited the area's top startups to showcase their thriving cultures and share open positions to give you the chance to uncover just what sets them apart. The 6th annual event will kick off Austin Startup Week and will lead into ATC's Battle of the Bands. Rockin food sponsored by Foodee.

Positions are available in every job category and are not limited to technical skillsets. Startups range from early stage to public tech companies.

Attendees please also register here. 

Participating companies (& more to come!):

ActiveProspect
Adlucent
Amherst InsightLabs (AIL)
Aunt Bertha
Bazaarvoice
BlackLocus
Chiron Health
CognitiveScale
Condé Nast
Creditcards.com 
Cylance
Duo Security
Evolve IP
Favor
Galvanize
Get Smart Content 
HotSchedules 
Ketra 
LegalZoom
Main Street Hub
Modernize
MVF
OnPrem
OwnLocal
Praecipio Consulting
Robots and Pencils 
RunTitle
SailPoint
Shopgate
Signpost 
Snaptrends
Software Advice
Spiceworks
Sprinklr 
ThousandEyes
UnaliWear
uShip
vAuto
Virtuix 
Vyopta

Additional companies participating:

The New York Code & Design Academy

General Assembly

This food-focused networking event hosted by Food+City and Food Tech Austin will bring together the vibrant community of entrepreneurs, investors, producers, technologists, advocates and enthusiasts that are making a change in the food ecosystem. Kickoff ATX Startup Week with food biz friends and indulge in sips and bites from local purveyors.

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!   

Tonight is our open lightning talks! Lightning talks will be 5-10 min on any topic pertaining to programming, technology, or your experience as a woman in technology.

Beginning/Pre-Coders - we would love to hear about your foray into programming and some of the hurdles you have overcome.

Experienced Coders - share about the cool things you have built or awesome tools you use.

Anyone - share whatever knowledge you have! Each person brings a different perspective.

The format will be flexible. You can RSVP or show up and see if any slots are available.

Lightning Talk Signup 
Signup Here! See who's signed up: click here.

Code of Conduct 
No harassment: Women Who Code is dedicated to providing a harassment-free event experience for everyone regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion. We will not tolerate harassment of Women Who Code members in any form, including overly sexualized or demeaning comments or anything that threatens personal safety. People violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the event and/or the organization at the discretion of the organizers and management team.

WWCode events are intended for all women (trans and cis), trans men, and genderqueer folks who are interested in attending. We are emphatically queer and trans friendly and committed to matters of social justice as an organization. Select events may be open to the general public, which will be clearly noted in event descriptions.

Participants 
This event is intended for all women (trans and cis), trans men, and genderqueer folks who are interested in attending.

News 

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Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!   

Keynote Speaker: Brett Hurt, founder of Bazaarvoice

Network and connect to find your next employee, your next co-founder, or build your professional network!  Work might be from 9-5, but business happens between 5-9.  The Co-Founder Meetup by The tech^map is a forum for professionals to pitch their business, idea, startup, etc. to the community and gain valuable feedback.  The audience is full of other entrepreneurs, developers, investors, and media.

If you want to pitch, click here!*  

• Agenda:  
6:30 - 7:00 pm Sign-in and socializing (Grab food a drinks)  
7:00 - 7:10 pm Announcements, Sponsor notes  
7:10 - 7:35 pm Keynote Speaker Q/A  
7:35 - 8:30 pm Pitches / Q&A  

8:30 - 9:00 pm Network, Network, Network  
9:00 - Until whenever. Go downstairs to the bar to network more.

We have colored dots! Make sure you find who you are looking for

RED: Talent (developers, designers)  
GREEN: Investor (accredited)  
BLUE: Entrepreneur  
YELLOW: Media, Marketing (others)

Please RSVP as space is limited!

Parking: 

Parking is available in the OMNI/Austin Centre Garage after 6pm. Please bring your ticket to the front desk at Capital Factory to receive $5 parking. Please save both parking tickets to exit garage. Street parking (check signs for restrictions) is also available and free after 6pm on Mondays.

Learn more about the Co-Founders Meetup group here. 

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!  

KEEP CALM AND ROCK ON! 

Come early for Built In's Start Up Connect, then grab a beverage and rock the night away with fellow ATC members and Austinites at The Mohawk! ATC member company bands will perform and compete for cool prizes, and the night will be wrapped up with a local band as the headliner. Get ready to shake your groove thing! 

Military veterans are underserved in many ways by entrepreneurial ecosystems, and we'd like to highlight some success stories and begin socializing the reasons that veterans are actually hard-wired to be extraordinary startup founders and early-stage company employees.  

Our panelists will include a number of experienced founders and leaders from Austin's startup ecosystem (who also happen to be military veterans and/or PBC mentors/alumni).  

This panel will discuss several topics, including:  

• The role their military service has played in their journey as entrepreneurs and startup employees

• Military tools, processes & training they've applied directly to their companies

• Stigmas and adversity they've faced moving from military service to industry

• Reasons they deliberately seek out & hire veterans

• Translating military experience to civilian/startup environments

• Q&A from the audience

What happens when surging demand for tech professionals outstrips traditional means of recruiting? And if the current approach isn't sustainable, how do we build a better runway?

In a featured Austin Startup Week talk, join NY Code + Design Academy Chief Creative Officer Brian Fountain as he discusses the emerging HR landscape and a vision for where technology recruiting is headed, including innovative ideas about how we hack the process, no crystal ball required.

Whether you're ready for a new career in web development or user experience, or just want to communicate better with developers at work, courses at NY Code + Design Academy can unlock a world of opportunity. Join us this October here in North Austin (or ask about custom training at your office).  

To learn more, stop by our free workshop & Open House Tuesday October 4th (RSVP here) or drop us a line at nycda.com/austin.  

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!   

Has your company started to explore the opportunities outside of Austin for growth?  Has your company ever considered their next big move may need to be across the Atlantic?  If so, the UK Department for International Trade’s High Tea during Austin Startup Week is a perfect opportunity for your company to explore why the UK is a prime location to set up their next office.  During the high tea, companies will have an opportunity to hear from UK Government, industry and fellow Austin companies who have made the jump across the pond.  Discussion will focus on the strengths of opening an office in the UK, the ease of doing business and other commonly asked questions about doing business abroad.

 Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!  

You've tried the solopreneur gig and just can't seem to get ahead in gaining traction. You’ve been told you need a co-founder, but why? Turns out, attracting, bringing on a co-founder and coming to agreeable terms is complex. How do you pick the right one? Come hear from successful startup coaches and co-founders and learn:

• What's the right makeup for a team? Do I need a co-founder? More than one?
• Why should I consider someone with a military background? 
• Where do you find them? (HINT: Co-founder meetups and Bunker Labs!)
• How do you “date”? 
• Coming to terms: Equity, vesting and organizing responsibilities 
• Keeping the peace: disagreements, managing strong personalities and how do you handle or avoid a breakup? 

Already taken a tour of Capital Factory? Awesome! The event starts at 4:30PM after the 4PM tour. 

Are you an entrepreneur starting a new company? Recently moved your company to Austin? Come hear an overview from an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor and get a chance to introduce yourself and ask questions.

Agenda 
4:00pm Tour
4:30pm Presentation
5:15pm Ask Me Anything
6:00pm Wrapup

You can check out the slides and video from previous talks before you come here. The content is updated each month because the startup scene is always changing!

You'll get answers to questions like...
• How do I meet my first investors?
• Should I do an equity round or convertible note?
• Should I join an accelerator?
• How do I figure out my valuation?
• How long will it take to raise funding?
• What will it cost?

You will find out about...
• Capital Factory
• Austin Angel Investors
• Austin Venture Capitalists
• Austin Incubators & Accelerators
• Startup Lawyers
• Startup Banks
• Pitch Events
• AngelList
• Syndicates
• Angels vs. VC's
• CTAN
• Crowdfunding
• Blogs to read

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!    

Lowenstein Sandler, Umbel and NextGen Venture Partners are co-hosting VentureCrushATX for Startup Week, which will be held at Umbel’s offices (Seaholm Power Plant) on Tuesday, October 4th with check-in starting at 5:30pm and events starting at 6pm.

The first panel is titled “Mistakes Startups Make” and will address how to avoid common pitfalls from a legal, fundraising and business perspective.  The second panel is titled “How Startups Should Think About Cybersecurity” and will address integration of cybersecurity into a startup and customer expectations in B2B and B2C transactions. Current panelist include speakers from Umbel, NextGen Venture Partners, Google, Manifest and Lowenstein Sandler.

Guero’s Taco Bar will serve tacos, beer and wine.  

Similar VentureCrushATX events will be held quarterly to bring together tech industry founders, key operators, angels and VCs with the goal of helping to strengthen the Austin startup ecosystem.

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!   

Hey Austin iOS Developers!  

We're here because both Austin and iOS are awesome.  We meet monthly to network, present education content, showcase apps and work, discuss iOS development, and share tip and tricks, while helping each other through bugs.

If you are an iOS developer, then feel free to join us. Please no sales offers, recruiters, etc.

Join us for a laid-back tour of our new Hyde Park coworking space. Meet fellow social impact-focused entrepreneurs, creatives, and solopreneurs, and grab breakfast and coffee before you start your day.

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!   

Pitching food bloggers and not getting a nibble? Are your likes on social media not as piping hot as you would like? Do you feel that you just don’t have the right recipe to make your brand drool-worthy? This panel focuses on getting the perfect blend of social chatter, media pitching and other outside-the-recipe box ideas to really get people talking the right way about your company. Our panel members will provide insight from various backgrounds and past experiences to show you the ins and outs of appropriate pitching techniques, social media 101 and more. Because you can slay. All day.

Follow @AustinTechLive on Twitter to know when we're live or watch here.

Already taken a tour of Capital Factory? Awesome! The event starts at 4:30PM after the 4PM tour.

Are you new to the Austin Startup Community? Thinking about moving here? Trying to figure out how to plug in? Come hear a comprehensive overview from a local community leader and get a chance to introduce yourself and ask questions.

You can check out the slides and video from previous talks before you come. The content is updated each month because the startup scene is always changing!

• How do I get a job at a startup?
• How do I find a co-founder?
• How do I meet investors and mentors?
• Should I join an accelerator?

• Why Austin?
• SXSW
• Dell
• University of Texas
• Capital Factory
• Startup Week
• Angel Investors
• Venture Capitalists
• Incubators & Accelerators
• Coffee Shops
• Coworking
• Happy Hours
• Meetups 
• Hack-a-thons
• Lawyers
• Accountants
• Banks
• PR firms
• Recruiting firms

Net Impact is a community of more than 30,000 change makers using their jobs to tackle the world’s toughest problems, demonstrating that it’s possible to make a net impact that benefits not just the bottom line – but people and planet, too. Net Impact's McCombs School of Business Chapter shares this purpose and seeks to help students explore skills which can be used towards a career for good.

The McCombs Board Fellows, is a student-run organization that places select MBA students on local nonprofit boards as non-voting members for one year. This program provide talented and committed graduate business students the opportunity to work with and learn from nonprofit leaders, while contributing their time and business skills to benefit the Austin community.

Smart People. Big Ideas. New Connections

Come meet successful McCombs entrepreneurs from the Texas MBA and Texas MSTC programs showcasing their startups. You’ll have the opportunity to network with current students, alumni and local entrepreneurs from the growing Austin Startup scene. Join us for discovery, a great time, and complimentary food & drinks.

Learn more about this event here.

Austin Startup Week is supported in part by Capital Factory, Techstars, Galvanize, and Janik Vinnakota LLP. If you see someone from their teams, give them a hug and hi-five!   

5:15 p.m. – Doors and Bar Open with snacks served before the film begins
6:15 p.m. – Film Screening, Q&A
Free and open to the public

What is a patent troll? How do they infringe on technology innovation? Can you protect your intellectual property (IP)?

You’re invited to an advanced screening of THE TROLLS, written & directed by Austin filmmaker, Lex Lybrand (SUMMER LEAGUE, MEET ME THERE), starring Rob Gagnon (GOOD NIGHT, TX), Lisa Friedrich (MEET ME THERE), Pat Dean (VICE), and Katie Pengra (PRETTY AWFUL), and executive-produced by Cesari & Reed, LLP.

THE TROLLS chronicles a fictional Austin start-up taking on the patent troll industry. Fresh off of breaking Kickstarter’s fundraising record, they lose everything they’ve built to an East Texas troll.

Their revenge plot? It’s simple. They plan to troll the trolls.

Using a centuries-old legal loophole, the scrappy start-up obtains a patent for being a patent troll. This allows them to – you guessed it – troll the trolls.

Beers, soft drinks and water provided.

• It must be API-related;
• We want a minimum of five minutes, we cut you off at 15.
• The themes are "Cool Tools," "Check out what I learned.." and "Here's something you should know about.."
• If you're interested in speaking, let us know! 

• Civic APIs, Open Austin
• ReDoc, an open source project for turning ideas into specifications into documentation. (Adam Altman or Rebilly)
• Cognitive Services APIs, Rachel Weil of Microsoft
• You!?

REGISTER FOR A MAP AND FREE DRINK TICKET HERE

The ATX Startup Crawl is the biggest event of Austin Startup Week!  

• Hired
• Galvanize
• Conde Nast
• Outbound Engine
• Industious
• Duo Security
• Cognitive Scale
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Vitamin Talent
• Supernaut
• Help.com
• Wavefront
• Civitas Learning
• Betts Recruiting
• Data.World
• Cox Enterprises
• The Iron Yard
• Rebilly
• Austin Tech Alliance
• Cloud Nerd
• Tradelive
• Simple Booth