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Sunday, September 23
 

3:00pm

Kick Off DC Startup Week! Rooftop Bar - Eaton HotelFILLINGUpside Business Travel
 
Monday, September 24
 

9:00am

Power up Breakfast Logan ExchangeLIMITED

10:00am

Building Inclusive Ecosystems with Intentionality: A Strategy to Enhance Support for DC's Women Founders In3FILLINGDeloris Wilson Mentor Hours: Writing/Editing GURU Hera Hub DCFULLSandra Yin DC GOV DAY 202CreatesFULL

11:00am

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

11:30am

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

3:00pm

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

4:00pm

Where do I Start with My Start-Up? MindspaceLIMITEDToya Carmichael • Jessica Childress • Lucrecia P. Johnson • Kendell Renee Kelly
 
Tuesday, September 25
 

9:30am

Grow, Build Sustain: A Peer and Resource Exchange for African American Women Founders Anacostia Arts CenterFILLINGMariko 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

Mentor Hours: Setting Bolder Goals GURU Hera Hub DCFULLEmily Barrosse

12:00pm

Founder & Investor Lunch Industrious, Bethesda, MDFULL

1:00pm

Techstars Presents: How to Give a GREAT Elevator Pitch GoogleFILLINGRyan Kuder Mentor Hours: Website GURU Hera Hub DCFULLArchana Mehta

2:00pm

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

4:00pm

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

4:30pm

Become a Kidpreneur! Hera Hub DCLIMITEDYurani Sandoval

5:00pm

Does business school make sense for you? 1776 DCLIMITEDMaurice Bakley • Stefan Bielski • Adam Segal • Francie Wasser Techstars Accelerators Meet and Greet and Q&A with Techstars Managing Directors GoogleLIMITEDWarren Katz • Ryan Kuder

6:30pm

Fuck Up Nights 1776 DCFILLINGVanessa Ferragut • Andrew Garcia • Josh Lewis • Philip DiMuro & Dave Phelan • Alexandra Shaw
 
Wednesday, September 26
 

9:00am

Founder Speed Dating National Building Museum- AuditoriumLIMITED

10:00am

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

11:00am

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

1:00pm

Mentor Hours: Scale and Growth GURU Hera Hub DCFULLSarah Djamshidi

5:00pm

Are you ready for the spotlight? MindspaceFULLMichelai Graham • Kieran McQuilkin • Rob Pegoraro • Tara Silver Office Hours with SI Mentors MindspaceLIMITED Small Businesses v. Startups: Who We're Helping, Who We're Hurting and Why It Matters In3FILLINGSibyl Edwards • Aaron Saunders • David Smith • Stephanie Thomas • Deloris Wilson

6:00pm

Start Ignite: Happy Hour MindspaceFULLAmu Fowler Starup Grind DC - Walt Mossberg & Steve Clemons Alley powered by VerizonFULLSteve Clemons • Walt Mossberg

6:30pm

Vinetta Project Venture Challenge Final Showcase Booz Allen Hamilton's Innovation CenterFULL 5G Future Dinner Series: First Responder Tech TBAFULL
 
Thursday, September 27
 

9:00am

Bias Breakers and Being an Ally 1776 DCLIMITEDRaquel Breternitz • Diego Mariscal • Adam Mutschler • Ayris T. Scales • Derrick Jakolby Washington Startup Finance 101 MindspaceFILLING

10:00am

Marketing on a Shoestring 1776 DCLIMITEDLiz Sara

11:00am

Superpower: Creating a Community of Power through Entrepreneurship 1776 DCLIMITEDDr. Angela Reddix 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

Lunch & Learn: Maximize your New LLC Startup: Tips on Taxes, Retirement, & Accounting Alley powered by VerizonFILLINGAlvin Carlos • Lisa Hodges

1:15pm

Digital and Physical Product Development at The White House and in E-commerce 1776 DCLIMITEDCameron Hardesty

1:45pm

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

2:15pm

Panel: Creating Beautiful and Intuitive User Experiences 1776 DCFULLEmily Brannon • Maxim Leyzerovich • Selina McPherson • Jennifer Noinaj • Emily Rasowsky

3:15pm

How to get started without a technical co-founder 1776 DCFULLGaurav Harode Perspectives from Migrant Founders BAU International UniversityLIMITEDNZOGU KULYA • Shizu Okusa • Silvana Quiroz • Amita Shukla

4:00pm

The Power of Teenpreneurs Alley powered by VerizonLIMITEDAnyssa Reddix

5:00pm

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

6:00pm

How They Built It: A Conversation with Industry Leaders WeWork K StFULL Startup Ignite: Happy Hour Office Evolution- Startup IgniteFULLAmu Fowler BEACON Awards Celebration Pepco Edison GalleryFULL
 
Friday, September 28
 

8:00am

Breakfast: Leadership of Self as Impetus for Transformative Organizational Change 1776 DCLaNysha Adams • Cherida Boyles • Adam Mutschler • Marcus Nadel

9:00am

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 business GoogleFILLINGZach Giegel

9:15am

Netwalking: The next evolution of networking 1776 DCLIMITEDLaNysha Adams

10:00am

Finding our Authentic Voice 1776 DCFULLShahier Rahman Mentor Hours: Business Strategy GURU Hera Hub DCFULLRita Goodroe

10:15am

PR 101 for Startups: Telling Your Brand Story GoogleFULLJamie Rismiller • Riley McBride Smith

10:45am

Building Leaders at Every Level 1776 DCFULLCasey Enders • Jeffrey D. Richardson

11:00am

Lessons Learned from Leading Disruptive Innovation: Winning (then Losing) the Fitness Tech Revolution GoogleLIMITEDKeith Camhi On the Rise: Emerging Fashion and Retail Trends and Opportunities The YardLIMITEDJennifer Sigler • Syreeta • Lauren Dunne • Taylor Kerley • Jill Lynn Mentor Hours: Social Media Marketing GURU Hera Hub DCFULLLisa Nicholls

11:15am

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

11:45am

Entering the Government Market: When, How, & Why 1776 DCLIMITEDMeagan Metzger

12:30pm

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

1:00pm

5 Biggest Legal Mistakes Founders Make When Starting A Company 1776 DCFULLJoshua Radbod

2:00pm

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

3:00pm

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

6:30pm

Pitch Competition National Union BuildingFULL