Habits of Successful Startups on Sept 28
The Forrest Four-Cast: September 24, 2017
Some of the city’s top investors will participate on a special “Habits of Highly Successful Startups” panel at 7:00 pm on Thursday, September 28 at Impact Hub in Austin (5540 N Lamar Blvd).
Speakers for this session include Rajiv Bala (Principal, S3 Ventures), Tom Ball (Co-Founder/Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures), Morgan Flager (General Partner, Silverton Partners; pictured above), Matt McDonnell, (Partner, Notley Ventures) and Krishna Srinivasan (General Partner, LiveOak Venture Partners).
Amongst other topics, the panel will address how founders should approach VCs. It will also focus on what makes a company investable as well as what you should (and shouldn’t) do when building preparing to pitch your new venture to investors. Additionally, attendees will learn about the areas and industries Austin VC’s find ripe for disruption and investment — and why.
The Thursday, September 28 event is part of the Team Austin series of get-togethers. Cost to attend is $25, which includes food and drink, as well as lots of incredible networking. RSVP here.
Other events for the week of September 25
September 25: 15 Ways Product Managers Can Improve Their Tech Skills
September 25: Kaggle Competitors Meet Up
September 25: Austin Virtual League
September 25: Action Design ATX
September 26: User Experience Journey Mapping
September 26: Learn About Behavioral Economics
September 26: Alexa Skill Development Workshops
September 26: Austin Developing Product Managers Meet Up
September 26: Austin on Rails
September 26: Bunker Labs Live
September 26: Austin Mobile & Indie Game Developer Meet Up
September 26: AR / VR /MR Tools & Tech
September 26–27: Digital Kids Summit
September 27: Design Your First E-commerce Website
September 27: Taste of PIE-thon for Big Data Analysis
September 27: EdTech Austin Meet Up
September 27: Female Founder Roundtable
September 27: Bleeding Edge Web Meet Up
September 27: Austin Co-Working Day
September 28: Introduction to Google Analytics
September 28: Ember ATX Meet Up
September 28: Web Python User Group Meet Up
September 28: Health and Social Science 101
September 28: Austin Cassandra Users Meet Up
September 29: SXSW Art Program Deadline
September 30: Digital Marketing Bootcamp
More upcoming events:
October 4: 50 on Fire
October 6–8: ACL Fest, Weekend #1
October 9–13: Austin Startup Week
October 10: Face 2 Face with Jag Bath of Favor
October 11: VentureCrush ATX
October 12–12: Star Wars: A New Hope
October 13: David Carr Prize Entry Deadline
October 13: SXSW Place By Design Entry Deadline
October 13–15: ACL Fest, Weekend #2
October 10: SXSW Featured Speaker Announcement
October 16: SXSW 2018 Content Announcement
October 20: SXSW Music Showcase Application Deadline
October 20: SXSW Film Submission Deadline
October 21: ContentATX
November 4–5: Texas Book Festival
November 6–10: Austin Design Week
November 10: SXSW Accelerator deadline
November 10: SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards Deadline
November 10–12: Sound on Sound Fest
March 9–18: SXSW 2018
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