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Bill Saunderson

Saundersonconsulting
Principal
billsaunderson@saundersonconsulting.com

saundersonconsulting.com

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION LEADER - ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | BIG DATA

3:00pm EDT

Kick Off DC Startup Week!FILLING Rooftop Bar - Eaton HotelUpside Business Travel

9:00am EDT

Power up BreakfastLIMITED Logan Exchange

2:00pm EDT

5 Questions to Ask Before Your Next StartupFILLING MindspaceLacey Loehr

3:00pm EDT

The Path to MVP: Building Software with Limited ResourcesFILLING MindspaceParam Jaggi

4:00pm EDT

Where do I Start with My Start-Up?LIMITED MindspaceToya Carmichael • Jessica Childress • Lucrecia P. Johnson • Kendell Renee Kelly

5:00pm EDT

Inaugural Day Happy Hours !!FILLING Mindspace

8:30am EDT

Meeting the challenges of hiring service providers and gig economy professionalsFILLING 1776 DCRonald Lewis

10:00am EDT

Scale Yourself From Founder To CEOFULL 1776 DCAdam Mutschler

11:00am EDT

Pitch Deck & Fundraising ConsiderationFULL 1776 DCGira Wieczorek

12:00pm EDT

Founder & Investor LunchFULL Industrious, Bethesda, MD Lunch & Learn: How to Create Team CultureFILLING Spaces, Arlington, VASara Ashman • Shanaz Chowdhery • Chris Cummings • Torin Ellis • David Stillman • Kalliopi Vlastos

1:00pm EDT

Techstars Presents: How to Give a GREAT Elevator PitchFILLING GoogleRyan Kuder

2:00pm EDT

How to know what your customers want before building your productFULL 1776 DCEbong Eka

3:00pm EDT

How to Make the Right Software Development Choice for your BusinessLIMITED 1776 DCAmelia Friedman Techstars Presents: Raising Money When There's Not A Lot of Money AroundFILLING GoogleWarren Katz • Ryan Kuder

4:00pm EDT

Techstars Presents: Non-Dilutive Funding from Government and GrantsLIMITED GoogleWarren Katz Panel: How to build and manage an engineering teamFILLING 1776 DCDevin Andrews • Emily Dresner • Amelia Friedman • Julia Poladsky • Swamy R

5:00pm EDT

Techstars Accelerators Meet and Greet and Q&A with Techstars Managing DirectorsLIMITED GoogleWarren Katz • Ryan Kuder

6:30pm EDT

Fuck Up NightsFILLING 1776 DCVanessa Ferragut • Andrew Garcia • Josh Lewis • Philip DiMuro & Dave Phelan • Alexandra Shaw

8:30am EDT

1 Million Cups DC: Week 40LIMITED 1776 DCSteven A. Rodriguez • Ashley Artrip

9:00am EDT

Founder Speed DatingLIMITED National Building Museum- Auditorium

10:00am EDT

How to win the heart of Angel InvestorsFULL National Building Museum- AuditoriumGeorge Farha Innovation MarketplaceLIMITED National Building Museum- Auditorium

10:15am EDT

Netwalking: The next evolution of networkingFILLING 1776 DCSteven A. Rodriguez

11:00am EDT

How to sell when you don't want toFULL National Building Museum- AuditoriumEllie Thompson

12:00pm EDT

Lunch & Learn: Leveraging Media Relations to Get Your Startup to the Next Funding RoundFULL National Building Museum- AuditoriumNick Horowitz • Kirsten Maynard

1:00pm EDT

Mentor Hours: Scale and Growth GURUFULL Hera Hub DCSarah Djamshidi What is your startup worth?FILLING National Building Museum- AuditoriumMark Modica

1:30pm EDT

DevFestDC: How to Erase Unconscious Bias from your AI DatasetsLIMITED Spaces, Arlington, VALauren Maffeo

2:15pm EDT

Strategic Partnerships: A growth engine for your startupFULL National Building Museum- AuditoriumAndrew Lendnal

2:30pm EDT

DevFestDC: Google + AILIMITED Spaces, Arlington, VANaveen Nigam

3:30pm EDT

The Healthy HustleFILLING National Building Museum- AuditoriumMegan Sanchez DevFestDC: Launching a Voice Application - Field Lessons from a Product ManagerLIMITED Spaces, Arlington, VANavya Nayaki Yelloji

5:00pm EDT

Are you ready for the spotlight?FULL MindspaceMichelai Graham • Kieran McQuilkin • Rob Pegoraro • Tara Silver Office Hours with SI MentorsLIMITED Mindspace Small Businesses v. Startups: Who We're Helping, Who We're Hurting and Why It MattersFILLING In3Sibyl Edwards • Aaron Saunders • David Smith • Stephanie Thomas • Deloris Wilson

6:00pm EDT

Start Ignite: Happy HourFULL MindspaceAmu Fowler

6:30pm EDT

5G Future Dinner Series: First Responder TechFULL TBA Vinetta Project Venture Challenge Final ShowcaseFULL Booz Allen Hamilton's Innovation Center

9:00am EDT

Bias Breakers and Being an AllyLIMITED 1776 DCRaquel Breternitz • Diego Mariscal • Adam Mutschler • Ayris T. Scales • Derrick Jakolby Washington Startup Finance 101FILLING Mindspace "Negotiation Skills for Business" Workshop:LIMITED BAU International UniversityTheodore Boone

10:00am EDT

Marketing on a ShoestringLIMITED 1776 DCLiz Sara

11:00am EDT

Superpower: Creating a Community of Power through EntrepreneurshipLIMITED 1776 DCDr. Angela Reddix

11:30am EDT

Lunch & Learn: Maximize your New LLC Startup: Tips on Taxes, Retirement, & AccountingFILLING Alley powered by VerizonAlvin Carlos • Lisa Hodges

1:15pm EDT

Digital and Physical Product Development at The White House and in E-commerceLIMITED 1776 DCCameron Hardesty

2:15pm EDT

Panel: Creating Beautiful and Intuitive User ExperiencesFULL 1776 DCEmily Brannon • Maxim Leyzerovich • Selina McPherson • Jennifer Noinaj • Emily Rasowsky

3:15pm EDT

How to get started without a technical co-founderFULL 1776 DCGaurav Harode

4:00pm EDT

Hire DC: A Conversation of Workforce DevelopmentFULL 1776 DCPaul Klein • Lori Leadingham • Matt Lozada • Mawulom Nenonene • Christopher Wink Stop Staying Up at Night: Addressing Business RiskLIMITED Alley powered by VerizonTyler Helms • Danny Lee

5:00pm EDT

Office Hours with Startup Ignite MentorsFILLING Office Evolution

6:00pm EDT

BEACON Awards CelebrationFULL Pepco Edison Gallery How They Built It: A Conversation with Industry LeadersFULL WeWork K St Startup Ignite: Happy HourFULL Office Evolution- Startup IgniteAmu Fowler

6:30pm EDT

5G Future Series: Balancing Community Safety & Tech in a 5G WorldFULL Alley powered by VerizonDouglas Britt • Nicholas Nilan • Carol Politi • Steve Ressler

8:00am EDT

Breakfast: Leadership of Self as Impetus for Transformative Organizational Change 1776 DCLaNysha Adams • Cherida Boyles • Adam Mutschler • Marcus Nadel

9:00am EDT

How can a single person build a million dollar business 1776 DCNitesh Agrawal Financial Projections: Where to start and how they can help you grow your businessFILLING GoogleZach Giegel Breakfast: Bagels & NetworkingLIMITED Cove Corporate Partnerships: Community, Connections & Commitments to Closing Equity GapsFILLING GoogleRyan Palmer • Jessica Gappa • Ivory Johnson • Dekonti Mends-Cole • Irfana Jetha Norrani • Monique Rizer • Eshauna Smith • Schroeder Stribling • Stacey Ullrich

10:00am EDT

Finding our Authentic VoiceFULL 1776 DCShahier Rahman

10:15am EDT

PR 101 for Startups: Telling Your Brand StoryFULL GoogleJamie Rismiller • Riley McBride Smith

10:45am EDT

Building Leaders at Every LevelFULL 1776 DCCasey Enders • Jeffrey D. Richardson

11:00am EDT

Lessons Learned from Leading Disruptive Innovation: Winning (then Losing) the Fitness Tech RevolutionLIMITED GoogleKeith Camhi

11:45am EDT

Entering the Government Market: When, How, & WhyLIMITED 1776 DCMeagan Metzger

12:30pm EDT

Lunch & Learn: Flourishing as a Founder: How the Science of Happiness Applies to EntrepreneursFILLING Capitol PostSeda Goff • Emily McMahan • Erica Mohr Telling Your Story: Why I spent 600 hours for a 7 minute talkFILLING GoogleNeelay Bhatt

1:00pm EDT

5 Biggest Legal Mistakes Founders Make When Starting A CompanyFULL 1776 DCJoshua Radbod

1:45pm EDT

Multi-Platform Content Marketing for StartupsFULL GoogleCory Lawrence

2:00pm EDT

Fireside Chat: The Startup Scene in GazaLIMITED 1776 DCPaul Klein • Issam Zinati

2:20pm EDT

Video for Startups & Enterprise BusinessFILLING GoogleCaleb Gritsko • Alex Herder • Ashtan Moore • Benjamin Ross

6:30pm EDT

Pitch CompetitionFULL National Union Building