Co-Founders October Pitches "Keynote speaker Brett Hurt - founder of Bazaarvoice"

Monday, October 3, 2016 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM

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TICKET TYPE TOTAL REMAINING SALES END PRICE QUANTITY
Free Ticket 210 -- -- 0
Special Sponsorship 10 -- -- 250
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Event Details

Network and connect to find your next employee, your next co-founder, or build your professional network!  Work might be from 9-5, but business happens between 5-9.  The Co-Founder Meetup by The tech^map is a forum for professionals to pitch their business, idea, startup, etc. to the community and gain valuable feedback.  The audience is full of other entrepreneurs, developers, investors, and media.

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Are you new to the Co-Founder meetup? Do you have a project in mind you are looking to get off the ground? Are you looking to find a job or join a great startup? Ready to get on stage and pitch?  

Check out our awesome group that can help you navigate all of these questions and more to find your next co-founder, employee, investor, or user! Mix and Mingle with others and enjoy a great night of pitches, networking, food, and beverages!

We look forward to having you out at the event!

Looking to Pitch:

We would love to have you pitch at our meetup!  We’ve had some great companies on stage.  In order to present, please fill out the pitch form and pay.  Our community director will be in touch with additional information.  If you have any questions, please email [email protected] and I’ll be happy to answer any questions.  Each meetup will have 5 presentations that are 5 minutes in length with a 4 minute Q&A from the audience.

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October Meetup Details:

                        Brett Hurt  
Brett is a seed-stage investor at Hurt Family Investments (HFI) in partnership with his wife, Debra. HFI are involved in 40 startups and counting. HFI has made 30 startup investments, 13 of which are Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies. Brett has also joined the Advisory Board of ten additional companies, eight of which are SaaS. Out of the 40 startups HFI are involved in, 28 are headquartered in Austin and 21 are SaaS. HFI are also investors in nine venture funds - one with Capital Factory, one with Rothenberg Ventures, two in Silicon Valley that are very high profile and confidential (per their request), one with CAVU Venture Partners, and four with Lead Edge Capital - and these funds hold investments across many startups. You can see a partial list of portfolio companies at Lucky7.io. To support entrepreneurship through philanthropy, HFI are the founding donors in the UT Discovery Fund at the University of Texas at Austin - a student run fund that will support UT student entrepreneurs in the near future - and are donors to The Wharton School's Entrepreneur Fund, which supports Wharton student entrepreneurs. HFI were one of the top donors to the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas, which supports communities through entrepreneurship, and the founding donors to establish the Bazaarvoice Foundation, which catalyzes the next generation of highly-educated, entrepreneurial youth.

 

Agenda:

6:30-7:00pm - Sign-in and socializing (Grab food a drinks)

7:00-7:10pm - Announcements, Sponsor notes

7:10-7:35pm - Keynote Speaker Q/A

7:35-8:30pm - Pitches / Q&A

Company --- Presenter --- Website

Kwaddle --- Deven Hariyani --- http://kwaddle.com/
ChimiChurri --- Cleo Caddle --- http://chimi.co/
Zync Up --- Aaron Benz --- http://zync-up.com/
Before Elixer --- Jen Du --- http://beforeelixir.com/
Lawbooth --- Willy Ogorzaly --- http://lawbooth.com/

8:30-9:00pm - Network, Network, Network

9:00pm - Until whenever. Go downstairs to the bar to network more.

 

We have colored dots! Make sure you find who you are looking for

RED: Talent (developers, designers)  
GREEN: Investor (accredited)  
BLUE: Entrepreneur  
YELLOW: Media, Marketing (others)

Parking:

Parking is available in the OMNI/Austin Centre Garage after 6pm. Please bring your ticket to the front desk at Capital Factory to receive $5 parking. Please save both parking tickets to exit garage. Street parking is also available and free after 6pm on Mondays.

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Location
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street, 16th floor Austin Texas United States

http://www.meetup.com/CoFounder-Austin/events/225771903/

Type: Meetup

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Organizers
Johan Borge
CEO
Veronika Smickova
Marketing Director
Griselda Robles
Human Resource
RaviRam Kallepalli
CEO
Lidiya Sizonova
CEO, Business Development
Jam Risser
Senior Software Architect
Qiao Hu
Director of Finance

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