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Techstars DC Startup Week

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3:00pm EDT

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

9:00am EDT

Power up BreakfastLIMITED Logan Exchange

10:00am EDT

Building Inclusive Ecosystems with Intentionality: A Strategy to Enhance Support for DC's Women FoundersFILLING In3Deloris Wilson Mentor Hours: Writing/Editing GURUFULL Hera Hub DCSandra Yin DC GOV DAYFULL 202Creates

11:00am EDT

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

11:30am EDT

Lunch & Learn: Building Your Own Career: From Student to Entrepreneur featuring graduates of Howard UniversityLIMITED In3Sydne DʼLes Barard • Whitney Griffith • Curry Hackett • Evan Ward • Deloris Wilson

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

9:30am EDT

Grow, Build Sustain: A Peer and Resource Exchange for African American Women FoundersFILLING Anacostia Arts CenterMariko Bennett • Yvette M. Alexander • Sharon Jackson Bland • Lauren Buckner • Natalie Cofield • Camille A. John • Camille Kashaka • Melissa Resil • Ayris T. Scales • Angela Chester –Johnson

10:00am EDT

Mentor Hours: Setting Bolder Goals GURUFULL Hera Hub DCEmily Barrosse

12:00pm EDT

Founder & Investor LunchFULL Industrious, Bethesda, MD

1:00pm EDT

Techstars Presents: How to Give a GREAT Elevator PitchFILLING GoogleRyan Kuder Mentor Hours: Website GURUFULL Hera Hub DCArchana Mehta

2:00pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

Techstars Presents: Non-Dilutive Funding from Government and GrantsLIMITED GoogleWarren Katz

4:30pm EDT

Become a Kidpreneur!LIMITED Hera Hub DCYurani Sandoval

5:00pm EDT

Does business school make sense for you?LIMITED 1776 DCMaurice Bakley • Stefan Bielski • Adam Segal • Francie Wasser 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

1:00pm EDT

Mentor Hours: Scale and Growth GURUFULL Hera Hub DCSarah Djamshidi

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 Starup Grind DC - Walt Mossberg & Steve ClemonsFULL Alley powered by VerizonSteve Clemons • Walt Mossberg

6:30pm EDT

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

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

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 Restaurant Entrepreneurs: Dishing on DC’s Food and Beverage Startup SceneLIMITED Prequel DC Restaurant IncubatorPaul Dahm • April Johnson • Matt Baker • Pia Carusone • Nick Freshman • Michael McGarvey • Don Morton • Sahil Rahman & Rahul Vinod

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

1:45pm EDT

Fireside Chat: How To Raise Money As A Restaurant EntrepreneurLIMITED Prequel DC Restaurant IncubatorApril Johnson • Brandon Rule

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 Perspectives from Migrant FoundersLIMITED BAU International UniversityNZOGU KULYA • Shizu Okusa • Silvana Quiroz • Amita Shukla

4:00pm EDT

The Power of TeenpreneursLIMITED Alley powered by VerizonAnyssa Reddix

5:00pm EDT

Young Entrepreneurs Panel: How To Start and Grow Your BusinessFILLING Alley powered by VerizonSophie Capshaw-Mack • April Johnson • Anyssa Reddix

6:00pm EDT

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

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

9:15am EDT

Netwalking: The next evolution of networkingLIMITED 1776 DCLaNysha Adams

10:00am EDT

Finding our Authentic VoiceFULL 1776 DCShahier Rahman Mentor Hours: Business Strategy GURUFULL Hera Hub DCRita Goodroe

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 On the Rise: Emerging Fashion and Retail Trends and OpportunitiesLIMITED The YardJennifer Sigler • Lauren Dunne • Taylor Kerley • Jill Lynn • Syreeta 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

11:45am EDT

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

12:30pm EDT

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

1:00pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

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

3:00pm EDT

David vs. Goliath: How to Break Into Media Industry Dominated By CorporationsLIMITED 1776 DCKsenija Pavlovic

6:30pm EDT

Pitch CompetitionFULL National Union Building