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Renee Taylor

Operation A.R.T.S
Co-Founder
Bowie,Maryland

Operationarts.com/

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We make being an artist a viable career Choice. We make finding a skilled local artists at a clear fair price simple. Everyone needs a creative at some point. ArtStuff(app launches early 2019) accomplishes both from your phone.

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

1:00pm EDT

Value Mining & Saboteur WranglingFILLING Logan ExchangeLaTanya Eggleston, M.A.

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

3:00pm EDT

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

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: Machine Learning with Amazon SageMakerLIMITED AWS - Washington DCMona Mona

1:00pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Techstars Presents: A Fireside Chat with Marcus BullockLIMITED GoogleMarcus Bullock • Ryan Kuder

3:00pm EDT

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

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

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

2:30pm EDT

DevFestDC: Google + AILIMITED Spaces, Arlington, VANaveen Nigam

3:30pm EDT

The Healthy HustleFILLING National Building Museum- AuditoriumMegan Sanchez

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

6:00pm EDT

Startup Ignite: Happy HourFULL Office Evolution- Startup IgniteAmu Fowler

9:00am EDT

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

9:30am EDT

Mobile App Building Hackathon + Machine LearningLIMITED Industrious, Bethesda, MDAdrián Catalán • Dong Chen • Sachin Kotwani • Kalyan Reddy • Sonakshi Watel

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 Mentor Hours: Social Media Marketing GURUFULL Hera Hub DCLisa Nicholls

11:15am EDT

How to Raise Seed Capital of $50K - $200K from Individual Angel InvestorsFULL American University

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

Creating the Double Bottom Line – Impact EntrepreneurshipLIMITED GoogleKevin Barrow • Dimitra Hatzudis • Sadaf Lakhani • Dr. Musstanser Tinauli

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