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Techstars DC Startup Week

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Chyna Mae

Operation A.R.T.S. & Your Destiny's Dream
Co Founder & Owner
Baltimore, Maryland Area

https://operationarts.com

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I'm a designer & a visionary. My interests are art, music & bringing people together. Collaborations welcomed.

3:00pm EDT

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

10:00am EDT

Building Inclusive Ecosystems with Intentionality: A Strategy to Enhance Support for DC's Women Founders In3FILLINGDeloris Wilson

11:00am EDT

HireHer Panel: The Minority Majority Logan ExchangeFILLINGEboné 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 University In3LIMITEDSydne DʼLes Barard • Whitney Griffith • Curry Hackett • Evan Ward • Deloris Wilson

1:00pm EDT

China, the Rise of Asia and Other Emerging Markets: Challenges and Opportunities for US Enterprises BAU International UniversityFILLINGSheldon L. Ray, Jr.

1:30pm EDT

How to Turn Your Idea Into a Money Machine In3FILLINGRichard Rothstein

2:00pm EDT

5 Questions to Ask Before Your Next Startup MindspaceFILLINGLacey Loehr

2:30pm EDT

Minorities in Technology: Navigating through the tech industry In3LIMITEDMollie Q. Coleman • Jide Ehimika • Stef Grant

3:00pm EDT

The Path to MVP: Building Software with Limited Resources MindspaceFILLINGParam Jaggi

4:00pm EDT

Panel: How to build a B2B sales team Logan ExchangeFULLLizzie Baird • Tripp Brockway • Amelia Friedman • Kalliopi Vlastos

5:00pm EDT

Inaugural Day Happy Hours !! MindspaceFILLING

8:30am EDT

Meeting the challenges of hiring service providers and gig economy professionals 1776 DCFILLINGRonald Lewis

10:00am EDT

Scale Yourself From Founder To CEO 1776 DCFULLAdam Mutschler

11:00am EDT

Pitch Deck & Fundraising Consideration 1776 DCFULLGira Wieczorek

11:30am EDT

What Makes My Startup Investable? Industrious, Bethesda, MDFULLAmu Fowler • William Goulding • Samantha Scott Ph.D • Kendrick Pullen

12:00pm EDT

Founder & Investor Lunch Industrious, Bethesda, MDFULL Lunch & Learn: How to Create Team Culture Spaces, Arlington, VAFILLINGSara Ashman • Shanaz Chowdhery • Chris Cummings • Torin Ellis • David Stillman • Kalliopi Vlastos

12:15pm EDT

Lunch! 1776 DCFULL

1:00pm EDT

Techstars Presents: How to Give a GREAT Elevator Pitch GoogleFILLINGRyan Kuder

2:00pm EDT

How to know what your customers want before building your product 1776 DCFULLEbong Eka

3:00pm EDT

How to Make the Right Software Development Choice for your Business 1776 DCLIMITEDAmelia Friedman Techstars Presents: Raising Money When There's Not A Lot of Money Around GoogleFILLINGWarren Katz • Ryan Kuder

4:00pm EDT

Techstars Presents: Non-Dilutive Funding from Government and Grants GoogleLIMITEDWarren Katz

5:00pm EDT

Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality & the Future of Content Marketing Alley powered by VerizonFILLINGBenjamin Ross • David Bittner • Joey Cathy • Rob Cloutier • Emma Mankey Hidem Techstars Accelerators Meet and Greet and Q&A with Techstars Managing Directors GoogleLIMITEDWarren Katz • Ryan Kuder

9:00am EDT

Founder Speed Dating National Building Museum- AuditoriumLIMITED

10:00am EDT

How to win the heart of Angel Investors National Building Museum- AuditoriumFULLGeorge Farha

10:15am EDT

Netwalking: The next evolution of networking 1776 DCFILLINGSteven A. Rodriguez

10:30am EDT

DevFestDC: Build Your Own Voice Interface with Google Actions Spaces, Arlington, VALIMITEDJeremy Wilken

11:00am EDT

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

12:00pm EDT

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

12:30pm EDT

DevFestDC: Lunch & Network: Meet Google Engineers Spaces, Arlington, VALIMITED

1:00pm EDT

What is your startup worth? National Building Museum- AuditoriumFILLINGMark Modica

2:15pm EDT

Strategic Partnerships: A growth engine for your startup National Building Museum- AuditoriumFULLAndrew Lendnal

3:30pm EDT

The Healthy Hustle National Building Museum- AuditoriumFILLINGMegan Sanchez

5:00pm EDT

Are you ready for the spotlight? MindspaceFULLMichelai Graham • Kieran McQuilkin • Rob Pegoraro • Tara Silver

6:00pm EDT

Start Ignite: Happy Hour MindspaceFULLAmu Fowler

9:00am EDT

Startup Finance 101 MindspaceFILLING "Negotiation Skills for Business" Workshop: BAU International UniversityLIMITEDTheodore Boone

11:00am EDT

Restaurant Entrepreneurs: Dishing on DC’s Food and Beverage Startup Scene Prequel DC Restaurant IncubatorLIMITEDPaul 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, & Accounting Alley powered by VerizonFILLINGAlvin Carlos • Lisa Hodges

1:45pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Winning Over A Retail Food Buyer Alley powered by VerizonFILLINGKim Bryden • Caroline Howe • Stacey Price

4:00pm EDT

Stop Staying Up at Night: Addressing Business Risk Alley powered by VerizonLIMITEDTyler Helms • Danny Lee

6:00pm EDT

How They Built It: A Conversation with Industry Leaders WeWork K StFULL

6:30pm EDT

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

9:00am EDT

Corporate Partnerships: Community, Connections & Commitments to Closing Equity Gaps GoogleFILLINGRyan Palmer • Jessica Gappa • Ivory Johnson • Dekonti Mends-Cole • Irfana Jetha Norrani • Monique Rizer • Eshauna Smith • Schroeder Stribling • Stacey Ullrich

11:00am EDT

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

11:15am EDT

How to Raise Seed Capital of $50K - $200K from Individual Angel Investors American UniversityFULL

12:30pm EDT

Telling Your Story: Why I spent 600 hours for a 7 minute talk GoogleFILLINGNeelay Bhatt

1:00pm EDT

5 Biggest Legal Mistakes Founders Make When Starting A Company 1776 DCFULLJoshua Radbod Creating the Double Bottom Line – Impact Entrepreneurship GoogleLIMITEDKevin Barrow • Dimitra Hatzudis • Sadaf Lakhani • Dr. Musstanser Tinauli

1:45pm EDT

Multi-Platform Content Marketing for Startups GoogleFULLCory Lawrence

2:00pm EDT

Fireside Chat: The Startup Scene in Gaza 1776 DCLIMITEDPaul Klein • Issam Zinati

3:00pm EDT

David vs. Goliath: How to Break Into Media Industry Dominated By Corporations 1776 DCLIMITEDKsenija Pavlovic

5:00pm EDT

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

6:30pm EDT

Pitch Competition National Union BuildingFULL