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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!FILLING Rooftop Bar - Eaton HotelUpside Business Travel

10:00am EDT

Building Inclusive Ecosystems with Intentionality: A Strategy to Enhance Support for DC's Women FoundersFILLING In3Deloris Wilson

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

1:00pm EDT

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

1:30pm EDT

How to Turn Your Idea Into a Money MachineFILLING In3Richard Rothstein

2:00pm EDT

5 Questions to Ask Before Your Next StartupFILLING MindspaceLacey Loehr

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

4:00pm EDT

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

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

11:30am EDT

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

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

12:15pm EDT

Lunch!FULL 1776 DC

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

5:00pm EDT

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

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

10:15am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

DevFestDC: Build Your Own Voice Interface with Google ActionsLIMITED Spaces, Arlington, VAJeremy Wilken

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

12:30pm EDT

DevFestDC: Lunch & Network: Meet Google EngineersLIMITED Spaces, Arlington, VA

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

3:30pm EDT

The Healthy HustleFILLING National Building Museum- AuditoriumMegan Sanchez

5:00pm EDT

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

6:00pm EDT

Start Ignite: Happy HourFULL MindspaceAmu Fowler

9:00am EDT

Startup Finance 101FILLING Mindspace "Negotiation Skills for Business" Workshop:LIMITED BAU International UniversityTheodore Boone

11:00am EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Winning Over A Retail Food BuyerFILLING Alley powered by VerizonKim Bryden • Caroline Howe • Stacey Price

4:00pm EDT

Stop Staying Up at Night: Addressing Business RiskLIMITED Alley powered by VerizonTyler Helms • Danny Lee

6:00pm EDT

How They Built It: A Conversation with Industry LeadersFULL WeWork K St

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

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

11:00am EDT

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

11:15am EDT

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

12:30pm EDT

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 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

2:00pm 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

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