We need your help! Vote for our panel ideas for SXSW
Just like every year, we came up with several topics for panels that we would like to present in SXSW2019. These time though, we partnered with other accelerators, startups, and more to present stronger proposals.
So what do we need? Read the panel ideas and vote them up. Here’s how:
- Go to https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ and create an account (it’s free).
- Read the panel description, and upvote your fave (or all).
- Share this post with your contacts.
- Pat yourself in the back for being a good startup ally.
Women Founders: How to Take Over the Startup World
Even with the odds set against them, more women than ever before are going on to found and lead their own companies. Although a big step, the majority of women entrepreneurs still lack the adequate representation as well as the resources necessary to achieve success in the startup world. Local programs such as pre18 from Puerto Rico, a post- hurricane accelerator effort, has been able to achieve having 40% of its startups founded by women. Other programs such as S Factory by Start-Up Chile, dedicate themselves to running a pre-acceleration program for female-led startups.
Alycia Syrett, founder and CEO of successful angel investment vehicle Pantegrion, has created a program, MentorHER which is aimed at finally giving women the mentoring they need to take the next step forward.
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Startup Cities: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s startup community has been growing exponentially and not even a Category 5 Hurricane could stop it. The island has geographical, political and cultural elements that make it an ideal platform for startups that want to scale to multiple markets in the Americas. Puerto Rico’s business environment is a combination of tax incentives, public policy, support organizations, human capital and infrastructure with a modern Caribbean lifestyle. With the support of local entrepreneurship programs, an international startup accelerator, and a non-profit created to promote innovation in the island, hundreds of ideas have advanced to become globally focused companies. All of this while attracting international startups, investors and service providers to see Puerto Rico as an innovation hub.
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Equity-Free Accelerators: What’s The Catch?
Equity-free accelerators have been sprouting around the globe as countries and big companies pay more attention to the cutting-edge technologies and innovative ideas coming from young startups. While free money is always alluring, there’s always a catch, right? Executives from parallel18 (Puerto Rico), Start-Up Chile, and Magma Partners talk candidly about the reasoning behind these initiatives and what should founders evaluate when considering to join one of these programs.
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Millennial Capitalism: Conscious Entrepreneurship
We are in a time where Millennials are starting their own way of innovating and doing business. In a generation known for having an idealistic vibe, social justice and entrepreneurship have found a way to live in harmony. This tendency is called conscious capitalism and, more often than not, it is attached to terms like social entrepreneurship and social impact. It also resonates with consumers, as nowadays people often decide whether to consume a product based on the company’s goals and production practices. Giving life to an idea is no longer enough, for Millennial entrepreneurs it needs to have life and a purpose