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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SXSW Startup Village, part of the Interactive conference, brings together entrepreneurs, startups and investors in the Hilton Austin Downtown. This space houses the SXSW Interactive Accelerator, startup-themed panels and meetups, lounges, pitch events and mentoring/coaching sessions. I had the privilege of chatting with Dr. Bob Metcalfe, professor of innovation at the University of Texas, about the […]
Sources in the Social Media Age Saturday, March 9 9:30AM – 10:30AM Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB The use of social media as a source has become a massive trend. In the United States 55 percent of journalists use platforms like Twitter and Facebook as sources, 75 percent use them in the UK. Although this […]
Hooking Up Happier: Design Insight from Grindr Saturday, March 9 | 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Austin Convention Center Room 10AB Hooking up and gaming technology: do these subjects have any immediate relation to you? I’ll take a wild guess and say probably not. Jaime Woo aims to solidify that connection at this year’s SXSW Interactive […]