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Sunday
, September 23
3:00pm
Kick Off DC Startup Week!
Rooftop Bar - Eaton Hotel
FILLING
Upside Business Travel
Monday
, September 24
9:00am
Power up Breakfast
Logan Exchange
LIMITED
10:00am
Building Inclusive Ecosystems with Intentionality: A Strategy to Enhance Support for DC's Women Founders
In3
FILLING
Deloris Wilson
Mentor Hours: Writing/Editing GURU
Hera Hub DC
FULL
Sandra Yin
DC GOV DAY
202Creates
FULL
11:00am
HireHer Panel: The Minority Majority
Logan Exchange
FILLING
Eboné 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
In3
LIMITED
Sydne DʼLes Barard • Whitney Griffith • Curry Hackett • Evan Ward • Deloris Wilson
3:00pm
The Path to MVP: Building Software with Limited Resources
Mindspace
FILLING
Param Jaggi
4:00pm
Where do I Start with My Start-Up?
Mindspace
LIMITED
Toya 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 Center
FILLING
Mariko 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 DC
FULL
Emily Barrosse
12:00pm
Founder & Investor Lunch
Industrious, Bethesda, MD
FULL
1:00pm
Techstars Presents: How to Give a GREAT Elevator Pitch
Google
FILLING
Ryan Kuder
Mentor Hours: Website GURU
Hera Hub DC
FULL
Archana Mehta
2:00pm
How to know what your customers want before building your product
1776 DC
FULL
Ebong Eka
4:00pm
Techstars Presents: Non-Dilutive Funding from Government and Grants
Google
LIMITED
Warren Katz
4:30pm
Become a Kidpreneur!
Hera Hub DC
LIMITED
Yurani Sandoval
5:00pm
Does business school make sense for you?
1776 DC
LIMITED
Maurice Bakley • Stefan Bielski • Adam Segal • Francie Wasser
Techstars Accelerators Meet and Greet and Q&A with Techstars Managing Directors
Google
LIMITED
Warren Katz • Ryan Kuder
6:30pm
Fuck Up Nights
1776 DC
FILLING
Vanessa Ferragut • Andrew Garcia • Josh Lewis • Philip DiMuro & Dave Phelan • Alexandra Shaw
Wednesday
, September 26
9:00am
Founder Speed Dating
National Building Museum- Auditorium
LIMITED
10:00am
How to win the heart of Angel Investors
National Building Museum- Auditorium
FULL
George Farha
Innovation Marketplace
National Building Museum- Auditorium
LIMITED
11:00am
How to sell when you don't want to
National Building Museum- Auditorium
FULL
Ellie Thompson
1:00pm
Mentor Hours: Scale and Growth GURU
Hera Hub DC
FULL
Sarah Djamshidi
5:00pm
Are you ready for the spotlight?
Mindspace
FULL
Michelai Graham • Kieran McQuilkin • Rob Pegoraro • Tara Silver
Office Hours with SI Mentors
Mindspace
LIMITED
Small Businesses v. Startups: Who We're Helping, Who We're Hurting and Why It Matters
In3
FILLING
Sibyl Edwards • Aaron Saunders • David Smith • Stephanie Thomas • Deloris Wilson
6:00pm
Start Ignite: Happy Hour
Mindspace
FULL
Amu Fowler
Starup Grind DC - Walt Mossberg & Steve Clemons
Alley powered by Verizon
FULL
Steve Clemons • Walt Mossberg
6:30pm
Vinetta Project Venture Challenge Final Showcase
Booz Allen Hamilton's Innovation Center
FULL
5G Future Dinner Series: First Responder Tech
TBA
FULL
Thursday
, September 27
9:00am
Bias Breakers and Being an Ally
1776 DC
LIMITED
Raquel Breternitz • Diego Mariscal • Adam Mutschler • Ayris T. Scales • Derrick Jakolby Washington
Startup Finance 101
Mindspace
FILLING
10:00am
Marketing on a Shoestring
1776 DC
LIMITED
Liz Sara
11:00am
Superpower: Creating a Community of Power through Entrepreneurship
1776 DC
LIMITED
Dr. Angela Reddix
Restaurant Entrepreneurs: Dishing on DC’s Food and Beverage Startup Scene
Prequel DC Restaurant Incubator
LIMITED
Paul 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 Verizon
FILLING
Alvin Carlos • Lisa Hodges
1:15pm
Digital and Physical Product Development at The White House and in E-commerce
1776 DC
LIMITED
Cameron Hardesty
1:45pm
Fireside Chat: How To Raise Money As A Restaurant Entrepreneur
Prequel DC Restaurant Incubator
LIMITED
April Johnson • Brandon Rule
2:15pm
Panel: Creating Beautiful and Intuitive User Experiences
1776 DC
FULL
Emily Brannon • Maxim Leyzerovich • Selina McPherson • Jennifer Noinaj • Emily Rasowsky
3:15pm
How to get started without a technical co-founder
1776 DC
FULL
Gaurav Harode
Perspectives from Migrant Founders
BAU International University
LIMITED
NZOGU KULYA • Shizu Okusa • Silvana Quiroz • Amita Shukla
4:00pm
The Power of Teenpreneurs
Alley powered by Verizon
LIMITED
Anyssa Reddix
5:00pm
Young Entrepreneurs Panel: How To Start and Grow Your Business
Alley powered by Verizon
FILLING
Sophie Capshaw-Mack • April Johnson • Anyssa Reddix
6:00pm
How They Built It: A Conversation with Industry Leaders
WeWork K St
FULL
Startup Ignite: Happy Hour
Office Evolution- Startup Ignite
FULL
Amu Fowler
BEACON Awards Celebration
Pepco Edison Gallery
FULL
Friday
, September 28
8:00am
Breakfast: Leadership of Self as Impetus for Transformative Organizational Change
1776 DC
LaNysha Adams • Cherida Boyles • Adam Mutschler • Marcus Nadel
9:00am
How can a single person build a million dollar business
1776 DC
Nitesh Agrawal
Financial Projections: Where to start and how they can help you grow your business
Google
FILLING
Zach Giegel
9:15am
Netwalking: The next evolution of networking
1776 DC
LIMITED
LaNysha Adams
10:00am
Finding our Authentic Voice
1776 DC
FULL
Shahier Rahman
Mentor Hours: Business Strategy GURU
Hera Hub DC
FULL
Rita Goodroe
10:15am
PR 101 for Startups: Telling Your Brand Story
Google
FULL
Jamie Rismiller • Riley McBride Smith
10:45am
Building Leaders at Every Level
1776 DC
FULL
Casey Enders • Jeffrey D. Richardson
11:00am
Lessons Learned from Leading Disruptive Innovation: Winning (then Losing) the Fitness Tech Revolution
Google
LIMITED
Keith Camhi
On the Rise: Emerging Fashion and Retail Trends and Opportunities
The Yard
LIMITED
Jennifer Sigler • Lauren Dunne • Taylor Kerley • Jill Lynn • Syreeta
Mentor Hours: Social Media Marketing GURU
Hera Hub DC
FULL
Lisa Nicholls
11:15am
How to Raise Seed Capital of $50K - $200K from Individual Angel Investors
American University
FULL
11:45am
Entering the Government Market: When, How, & Why
1776 DC
LIMITED
Meagan Metzger
12:30pm
Telling Your Story: Why I spent 600 hours for a 7 minute talk
Google
FILLING
Neelay Bhatt
Lunch & Learn: Flourishing as a Founder: How the Science of Happiness Applies to Entrepreneurs
Capitol Post
FILLING
Seda Goff • Emily McMahan • Erica Mohr
1:00pm
5 Biggest Legal Mistakes Founders Make When Starting A Company
1776 DC
FULL
Joshua Radbod
2:00pm
Fireside Chat: The Startup Scene in Gaza
1776 DC
LIMITED
Paul Klein • Issam Zinati
3:00pm
David vs. Goliath: How to Break Into Media Industry Dominated By Corporations
1776 DC
LIMITED
Ksenija Pavlovic
6:30pm
Pitch Competition
National Union Building
FULL
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