Startup-Focused Office Hours: Dec 11
The Forrest Four-Cast: December 8, 2018
Entrepreneurs, founders and investors who want to fully leverage the power of the SXSW 2019 platform should plan on attending the Tuesday, December 11 edition of Office Hours at Capital Factory in Austin.
Dhinuka Perera from SXSW will be answering all your startup-related questions on Tuesday, December 11. Perera is the person who organizes the popular “Entrepreneurship and Startups” track (March 8–12), as well as the “Tech Industry & Enterprise” track (March 8–13).
He can also answer your questions about SXSW Release It, which is a competition for both startups and established companies which are launching new products and services in March. The entry deadline for SXSW Release It is end of the day on Thursday, January 17.
Additionally, if you stop by on December 11, then you can put your name in a drawing to win these four startup-focused books by authors who have been participants in the SXSW Book Reading program:
- Good Is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn Hardcover by Afdhel Aziz and Bobby Jones.
- Hustle: The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning and Momentum by Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits, Jonas Koffler.
- Non-Obvious 2018 Edition: How To Predict Trends And Win The Future by Rohit Bhargava.
- Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong Hardcover by Robert Bryce.
If you can’t make it to this week’s edition of SXSW Office Hours, know that this series will continue every Tuesday at Capital Factory until late February. We know you have questions and we are here to help you with answers!
More Austin events for the week of Dec 10
Dec 10: Co-Founders Wanted Austin Meet Up
Dec 10: FinTech Startup Showcase
Dec 10: EFF Austin Meet Up
Dec 10: Introduction to Coding: HTML & CSS
Dec 10: TechMap / Entreminded Holiday Party
Dec 10: Learn JavaScript and Prepare for Technical Interview
Dec 10: Austin Deep Learning Meet Up
Dec 10: Talk Data: Transparency and Accountability
Dec 10: Women Who Code Austin Hacking Hangout
Dec 10: Austin Clojure Meet Up
Dec 10: AustinRB Meetup
Dec 11: SXSW Office Hours at Capital Factory
Dec 11: Digital Marketing Info Session
Dec 11: Austin DJ’s Meet Up
Dec 11: Introduction to Python
Dec 11: Day in the Life of a Programmer
Dec 11: Austin Blockchain Technology & Hyperledger Meet Up
Dec 11: Product School Meet Up
Dec 11: How to Execute on a Business Idea when You’re Working a Day Job
Dec 11: Smart Series: Powerful Goal Setting for 2019
Dec 11: Creatives Meet Business: Lean Business Edition
Dec 11: Roundtable Breakfast: Women in Tech
Dec 12: Startup Grind Happy Hour
Dec 12: Austin Hispanic Hackers Meet Up
Dec 12: Austin Python Meet Up
Dec 12: Design Jam
Dec 12: Intro to Python: Build a Predictive Model
Dec 13: Ladies Lounge: Ready, Set, Goal
Dec 13: Austin PHP Monthly Meet Up
Dec 13: Austin Music Tech Meet Up
Dec 13: Video Game Makers Unite!
Dec 13: IBM Watson Cognitive Tech Meet Up
Dec 13: Hiring and Workplace Culture for Nonprofits
More Upcoming Austin Events
Dec 19: 2018 Technology Retrospective
Jan 24: Silicon Hills News 2019 Austin Tech Calendar Party
Jan 26: Level Up Games Austin
Jan 26: Smart City Saturday Teen-Only Hackathon
March 8–17: SXSW 2019
May 2: Fund Conference Austin
May 7: Philanthropitch Austin
May 29–31: Dig-In: The Future of Digital Insurance
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
