Austin, Texas leverages its live music scene with a week-long showcase of startups. It kicks off the week with a battle of bands. The week is book-ended by two weekends of Austin City Limits music festival. This is the first year the festival has gone to a split weekend style, pattern replicating the two weekend format of Coachella in Palm Springs. Think of this week like a SXSW, but without having to purchase a badge. You do not have to be in attendance to learn and network with participants. Follow the action via the hashtags #ASW13 and #LCEEEF amongst many other sub hashtags.
Mohawk hosts ATX Battle of the Bands.
Produced by ATX Tech Council, it’ll have video archive and bloggers summarizing. See the participant list and network with people free of charge via their networking page on Plancast https://plancast.com/p/jykb/austin-startup-week-opening-party-atc-battle-bands-700-pm-1100-pm
Cost = Free.
The “Find a Co-Founder” Event.
Starting up is easier with a co-founder, so attend this event to meet your future business partner. This event has an RSVP list that is public so feel free to network with potential co-founders as you consider paying the $10 fee. It is hosted at the top floor penthouse called “Capital Factory”. It is an accelerator that houses startups while funding you. President Obama spoke here and there is video from that event and from this event free online.
also at Capital Factory is…
PR Over Coffee: How to Meet & Pitch Tech Writers
The idea is to get coaching on how to sell writers the idea of your startup. There will be a gaggle of tech bloggers meeting and sharing best practices. To see the list of tech bloggers going, see this list Entrepreneurship Night
University of Texas MBA Entrepreneurship Night
Think of this as free MBA knowledge and free MBA networking, but without the tuition expense or hassle of having to get approved to attend. It is Oct 10 at Speakeasy. There is archived knowledge on University of Texas twitter feed on the #ASW13 hashtag.
McCombs, the UT MBA school name was recently ranked in the Top 10 for entrepreneurship. Much of the knowledge and the network they make available free on YouTube and other social media.
SMBAustin: Online Community Management Horror Stories
Community managers are in charge of growth for internet businesses. The Online CM horror stories is set against live-action business case studies. Look for blog coverage in the hashtag for entrepreneurship week learning under “#asw13”
Leveraging SXSW Interactive 2014 for Startups & Entrepreneurs
SXSW is super similar to Austin Startup Week. Using this week to prepare for SXSW in March is street-smart. There is a session geared towards helping founders prepare. Right now, SXSW is all appointment based learning. What this means is that you get the knowledge SXSW promises delivered between March 6 to March 13. This event helps you get some of that knowledge now. The event is free
Best of luck with your startup preparation and take lots of great notes from all the free resources and community content.
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