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Techstars DC Startup Week

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Jeremy Allen

Imagine Academy
President

I moved to the DC area as a Scholar of the Texas Business Hall of Fame and former state contracted small business owner in the disability education sector. I have recently co-founded a non-profit venture focused on developing entrepreneurial skills in youth with disabilities.

9:00am EDT

Power up BreakfastLIMITED Logan Exchange

10:00am EDT

Starting a Nonprofit in College: Turning Adversity Into OpportunityLIMITED Logan ExchangeSophie Capshaw-Mack

11:00am EDT

HireHer Panel: The Minority MajorityFILLING Logan ExchangeEboné F. Bel • Ruth Chandler Cook • Mary DePaolo Haddid • Adam Mutschler • DeShuna Spencer

1:30pm EDT

How to Turn Your Idea Into a Money MachineFILLING In3Richard Rothstein

2:30pm EDT

Minorities in Technology: Navigating through the tech industryLIMITED In3Mollie Q. Coleman • Jide Ehimika • Stef Grant

4:00pm EDT

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

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

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

2:00pm EDT

Risky Business: Developing Risk Management Plan for New StartupsLIMITED Spaces, Arlington, VAJohn Morada • Kelly Siu

3:00pm EDT

Personalized Digital MarketingFILLING Spaces, Arlington, VADipen Patel • Naveen Singhal

4:00pm EDT

Using entrepreneurship to assist refugees and vulnerable communitiesFILLING Spaces, Arlington, VALina Zdruli

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

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

What is your startup worth?FILLING National Building Museum- AuditoriumMark Modica

2:15pm EDT

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

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

11:00am EDT

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

5:00pm EDT

Office Hours with Startup Ignite MentorsFILLING Office Evolution

6:00pm EDT

BEACON Awards CelebrationFULL Pepco Edison Gallery

9:00am EDT

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

12:30pm EDT

Telling Your Story: Why I spent 600 hours for a 7 minute talkFILLING GoogleNeelay Bhatt

1:45pm EDT

Multi-Platform Content Marketing for StartupsFULL GoogleCory Lawrence

2:20pm EDT

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

5:00pm EDT

Are We Talking Teams? Moving from Startup to ScaleupLIMITED National Union BuildingMessay Derebe • Kimberly Moore • Jaleel Reed • Brandon Rule • Ayanna Smith • Deloris Wilson

6:30pm EDT

Pitch CompetitionFULL National Union Building