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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SXSW Gaming Expo Friday, March 8 – Sunday, March 10 Palmer Events Center Calling all gamers! This is your chance to revel in the many, wonderful free activities that will be offered at this year’s SXSW Gaming Expo. Year after year, the Expo has gotten bigger and better. And this year is no different. Gaming […]
I had the opportunity to discuss the ins and outs of the upcoming SXSW Interactive panel, Get Ready to Rumble! How WWE is Crushing Social TV, with panel strategist Jason Hoch. Hoch is the senior vice president of Customer Strategy & Product Marketing at social marketing development company Echo, which has a hand in facilitating the WWE’s dominance […]