Saturday, March 12 ▼

 

9:30 AM
to 10:30 AM

What We Can Learn from Small Town Entrepreneurs
39 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Barry Moltz, Becky McCray
event::about  The business world is looking more like a small town. Strong downward economic pressures combined with advances in technology have forced rewriting the rules of business. Advances in technology have allowed all of us to collaborate instantaneously over great distances and not be tied to a single geographic area. Suddenly, the business advantage has shifted from multinational corporations towards small and local companies. When every one of your customers can talk to everyone else, it's like a small town. When the human voice is valued over corporate mission statements, it's like a small town. Now is the right time to look at the small businesses that have best succeeded in small towns, and find the lessons that everyone in the business world can use today.
event::tags  Dual, #SXSWSmall
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5590

11:00 AM
to 12:00 PM

A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit
92 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Jason Cohen
event::about  After starting four companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while trusting my (inexperienced) gut lead to success. So many business philosophies profess they're the One True Way, yet different business face different hurdles. With stories, six actionable lessons, and a workshopping of 37signals' philosophy, you'll learn when to follow the rules and when to go your own way.
event::tags  Solo, #startup
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP6034

12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM

Surviving the Hockeystick Growth: Blessing? Curse?
25 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Alexis Ohanian, Ben Huh
event::about  Rapid growth is a survival challenge that's killed off many seemingly successful companies (Pointcast? Kozmo?) How can u ride the rocket without falling off? This panel will bring together people who have lived through the ups and super ups and survied to tell you how to build a company that will thrive through the challenges of rapid growth.
event::tags  Panel, #GoBigOrGoDead
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5353

3:30 PM
to 4:30 PM

Five Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch
115 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Joshua Baer
event::about  Everyone in a startup should be able to give the "elevator pitch", even the programmers! Having the right pitch can help you land a big customer, catch an investor's interest, or just explain what you do to your mom. Learn about the 5 secrets to a killer pitch from an expert speaker who has pitched at TechCrunch50, SXSW Accelerator, Ignite, DEMO, and many other competitions. This is not for beginners! These investors have seen thousands of pitches and invested in hundreds of companies. Come to this presentation after you’ve already given your pitch a 100 times and are really ready to take it to the next level. First I’ll spend 20 minutes talking about the 5 secrets and show some killer examples. Then the panel of investors will take five volunteers from the audience and work with them to improve their 2 minute pitch. Come prepared! And just to eat my own dog food, here is a 5 minute elevator pitch for this presentation! http://bit.ly/killerelevator
event::tags  Solo, #elevatorpitch
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP7821

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

Grow Some Balls: Build Business Relationships from Nothing
90 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Matt Van Horn
event::about  Fear holds many people back in business. There is fear of not having enough to offer, fear of not knowing what to say, fear of rejection. This session is about how the game is changing and how to build quality relationships out of nothing while not being afraid. Business is about relationships and using technology to foster those relationships by growing social spheres of influence and creating a network of contacts of friends, acquaintances, and business partners. Also to be covered will be the advanced tips and tricks for making a cold connection a warm one, how to make a great impression, follow-up like a rock-star and how to complete deals that are not typical deals. Social media sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook have changed the way business is done. When should you add someone on Twitter versus LinkedIn versus Facebook? How do you avoid being ignored? What about instant messenger? Is the IM agreement the new term sheet? All these questions will be explored in the session that covers the best methods for being successful in business even if your main function in your organization is not business.
event::tags  Solo
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP7105
 

Sunday, March 13 ▼

 

9:30 AM
to 10:30 AM

My Prototype Beat Up Your Business Plan
99 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Kristian Andersen, Adekunle Olonoh, Jeffrey Kalmikoff, Kendra Shimmell, Ade Olonoh
event::about  The business plan, as a tool to lure potential investors, secure early customers, and guide the direction of your business, is a dying construct. Smart entrepreneurs realize that a prototype is worth a thousand business plans. This panel will focus on prototypes as a tool to accelerate the success of your business, and will have a particular emphasis on the role of prototyping in business modeling, fund raising, product development, and sales. We'll talk specifically about how prototyping can allow you to more efficiently allocate resources (both talent, time and money), discover customers’ unmet needs, outsmart the competition, and move potential investors from interested to infatuated.
event::tags  Panel, #MyPrototype
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP7481

11:00 AM
to 12:00 PM

The Five Startups You Meet in the Deadpool
54 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Charlie O'Donnell, Christine Herron, Emily Hickey, Ben Lerer
event::about  Former entrepreneur, current investor and innovation community leader Charlie O'Donnell will discuss five different patterns of failure often seen in startups that don't make it. It will cover how entrepreneurs can derisk their ideas, maintain momentum, and take advantage of opportunities early on in a company's life cycle. Patterns of failure include: 1) Failure to zero in on a sector's most pressing pain point. 2) Not leaving enough time or financing to iterate on an idea. 3) Failure to create short term milestones that create value. 4) Failure to capture industry attention and mindshare. - 5) Failure to build a realistic customer acquisition engine.
event::tags  Panel
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5609

12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM

Love Can Pay The Bills
25 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Phil Libin
event::about  Want 1 million people to pay for your product? Get 100 million people to love it. But how do you get there? What's the secret to creating engagement and building value? What makes a successful Freemium business work? Here's a hint: don't be clever. Invest in making a product that brings joy and business success will follow. Best part, you don't need single social feature to do it. We will discuss ways to reach your business goals by focusing on a positive, long-term relationship with your users and fans.
event::tags  Solo
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP8015

3:30 PM
to 4:30 PM

Whither the Female Tech Founder
33 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Dina Kaplan, Ethan Kurzweil, Jessica Vascellaro, Alexa von Tobel, Katia Beauchamp
event::about  Is the boys club of Internet founders by coincidence or design? This panel will discuss the *real* reasons why there are so few female founders of scalable Internet start-ups. We'll also talk about what can be done to skyrocket this number. No PC talk permitted.
event::tags  Panel
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5452

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

Diving Deep: Best Practices For Interviewing Users
61 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
Speaker  Steve Portigal
event::about  While we know, from a very young age, how to ask questions, the skill of getting the right information from users is surprisingly complex and nuanced. This session will focus on getting past the obvious shallow information into the deeper, more subtle, yet crucial, insights. If you are going to the effort to meet with users in order to improve your designs, it's essential that you know how to get the best information and not leave insights behind. Being great in "field work" involves understanding and accepting your interviewee's world view, and being open to what they need to tell you (in addition to what you already know you want to learn). We'll focus on the importance of rapport-building and listening and look at techniques for both. We will review different types of questions, and why you need to have a range of question types. This session will explore other contextual research methods that can be built on top of interviewing in a seamless way. We'll also suggest practice exercises for improving your own interviewing skills and how to engage others in your organization successfully in the interviewing experience.
event::tags  Solo, #DeepDive
Website  http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5831
 

Monday, March 14 ▼

 

10:30 AM
to 11:00 AM

SXSW Accelerator: Introductions
18 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off on Monday, March 14 this year at the Austin Hilton Downtown and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

11:00 AM
to 12:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Crowdmap, DocumentCloud, Localocracy, MuckRock
27 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off on Monday, March 14 this year at the Austin Hilton Downtown and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Participatory Politics Foundation, Owni, Storify, Yapper
18 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off on Monday, March 14 this year at the Austin Hilton Downtown and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

3:30 PM
to 4:30 PM

SXSW Accelerator: ActiveTrak, Apture, Gazehawk, GotoCamera
18 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off on Monday, March 14 this year at the Austin Hilton Downtown and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Hipmunk, Kabbage, Smartling, Udemy
18 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off on Monday, March 14 this year at the Austin Hilton Downtown and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Sphero, Tango, TwoChop, ViKi
15 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off on Monday, March 14 this year at the Austin Hilton Downtown and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

6:00 PM
to 7:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Finalists Announced
13 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off on Monday, March 14 this year at the Austin Hilton Downtown and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline
 

Tuesday, March 15 ▼

 

10:30 AM
to 11:00 AM

SXSW Accelerator: Introductions
13 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

11:00 AM
to 12:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: News Related Technologies Finalists
13 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Innovative Web Technologies Finalists
16 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

3:30 PM
to 4:30 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Entertainment Technologies Finalists
5 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Social Media & Social Networking Finalists
19 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

6:00 PM
to 7:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Awards Ceremony
18 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

The third annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark and it's sure to be a competition unlike any other. Day One of Accelerator will see thirty-two companies, eight within each category, battle for your taste-making, trend-setting attention and a spot in the round 2 judging finals.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline
 

Wednesday, March 16 ▼

 

12:00 PM
to 12:30 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Introductions
9 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

Day Three of SXSW Accelerator is a unique presenting opportunity centered on music-related technology companies only. There will be no carryover of competing companies from Day One or Day Two.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM

SXSW Accelerator: algoriddim GmbH, Air Guitar Ltd, Exfm, Herd
6 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

Day Three of SXSW Accelerator is a unique presenting opportunity centered on music-related technology companies only. There will be no carryover of competing companies from Day One or Day Two.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Next Big Sound, RootMusic, Roqbot, Shuffler.fm
19 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

Day Three of SXSW Accelerator is a unique presenting opportunity centered on music-related technology companies only. There will be no carryover of competing companies from Day One or Day Two.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Music-Related Technologies Final Round
6 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

Companies TBA from earlier sessions. Day Three of SXSW Accelerator is a unique presenting opportunity centered on music-related technology companies only. There will be no carryover of competing companies from Day One or Day Two.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline

5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM

SXSW Accelerator: Winners Ceremony
6 schedule::attendees
Location Hilton, Salon AB
eventtype  Panel, Interactive
event::about 

Companies TBA from earlier sessions. Day Three of SXSW Accelerator is a unique presenting opportunity centered on music-related technology companies only. There will be no carryover of competing companies from Day One or Day Two.

Website  http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator/timeline
 


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