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6:00pm CDT

VentureCrushATX Panels: Mistakes Startups Make & How Startups Should Think About Cybersecurity | 6:00 - 8:30 PM

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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!

Speakers

Jon Bassett

Managing Director, NextGen Venture Partners

Brian Cummins

Vice President of Product Management, Umbel

Brian Cummins is the VP of Product Management at Umbel, a data management platform provider that focuses on maximizing the value of customer data for sports, entertainment and membership organizations. Given the sensitivity of the consumer data they manage for many well-recognized... Read More →

David Endler

Managing Partner, Manifest

Kin Gill

Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, and Secretary, Bazaarvoice

As chief legal officer, general counsel, and secretary, Kin is responsible for worldwide legal affairs at Bazaarvoice, including the development and implementation of the company’s overall legal strategy. Kin also advises the company’s board and management on legal, compliance... Read More →

Michael Hanley

Director, Duo Labs

Valeska Pederson Hintz

Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Valeska is Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and a member of the firm’s Tech Group, Capital Market Transactions Group and Life Sciences Group. Her practice focuses on initial public offerings (IPOs), venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), SEC reporting and compliance... Read More →

Drew Hintz

Information Security Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, Google

Lisa Pearson

President, Umbel

Lisa Pearson is the President of Umbel where she oversees Sales,Marketing, Client Service, Business Development and Product Management.With 20+ years’ experience, Pearson built a reputation of driving strategy andperformance for global companies, with deep expertise in marketing,business... Read More →

Kathi Rawnsley

Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Kathi is a startup & venture lawyer. She founded Lowenstein’s Palo Alto office 8 years ago and prior to that was Regional Counsel for the Americas and Acting General Counsel at Intel Capital. Kathi is an active participant in the National Venture Capital Association’s Venture... Read More →

Anthony Raymundo

Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Anthony relishes analyzing complex or novel issues and sharing with clients – many of whom are starting their first company or undertaking a first fund-raising – what he’s learned from working with other start-ups. Whether he’s working on a venture financing, a corporate merger... Read More →

Steve Sachs

Chief Executive Officer, OneSpot

Steve Sachs is CEO of OneSpot, a marketing platform for driving business results with content. Steve was previously was EVP, Consumer Marketing and Sales at the Time Inc. division of Time Warner. Steve has also been the President of the Time Inc. Lifestyle Group, which includes... Read More →

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