How & Why to Travel Around the World Tuesday, March 12 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Sheraton Austin Capitol View South Andy Stoll has lived in a Buddhist Temple, worked at a dress factory in Bangkok, learned about ranching in a remote town of Austrailia and was a farmer in Zambia. He’s only 26. “I […]
Latinos y Mobile: A Silver Bullet? Austin Convention Center, Room 5ABC Friday, March 8, 5:00PM – 6:00PM It’s hard to imagine life before smartphones, but barely seven years ago, the iPhone was only a twinkle in Steve Jobs’s eye. Today, over half of U.S. mobile phone users utilize smartphones. Without a doubt, the future of […]
The word “startup” has been dominating the talk of the tech world in recent years past, and is sure to continue its dominance in years to come. The SXSW Interactive festival is the quintessential platform for startup companies looking to get the push that they need to blossom into full-blown tech giants. It was just […]
Blog to Brick: How We Turned our Blog into a Bar Tuesday, March 12 11:00AM – 12:00PM Hyatt Regency Austin Hill Country ABCD Ever wonder what would happen when the digital and physical worlds collide? Nick Vivion and Kevin Farrell wanted to find out. The pair began their journey with Unicorn Booty, a now widely […]
Fighting for Funding as a Female Entrepreneur Sunday, March 10 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon ABC, 500 E 4th St A long history of glass ceilings exists for women in entrepreneurship and business, but today, women have more opportunity than ever before to work toward executive leadership positions and to be […]
It was a sunny Saturday in February when the SXTXState team and friends got together to work on our Ushahidi project SXTXStories. Getting together at the fantastic meeting space of Capital Factory on the top of the Omni downtown, we had a great view and a great time. A little background on the project: The […]
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