Fifth look: 10 sessions to look forward to at NewCo ATX!

By Joshua Baer | 05/27/2015 | Uncategorized

If you haven’t already heard we’re bringing NewCo Festivals to Austin on May 29th! This is your chance to connect with companies in Austin making a difference and driving innovation within our city limits. In case you haven’t noticed, Austin is at the top of every list and is inevitably becoming the go-to city for entrepreneurship. Learn from the pro’s and attend these 10 sessions that cover everything from bootstrapping, transforming transportation, moving an entire business to Austin, real estate technology and much more.

What is NewCo?
NewCo is a new kind of event experience: a mashup of an open studio tour and a business conference, with the vibe of a music festival. Register to attend sessions given by local companies and organizations. You get to pick which sessions you would like to see and which company/organization you’d like to visit in their native environment.

Why should you attend?
80+ of Austin’s awesome and innovative companies are ready to tell you how they’re making an impact both globally and locally. These companies will open their doors for one-hour experiential sessions led by local founders and entrepreneurs. Get ready for behind-the-scene tours of cutting-edge work environments and founders candidly sharing insights from their journey.

Which sessions should you sign up for?
A few times a week, we will feature 10 sessions you should check out on 5/29!

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10 more sessions to sign up for at NewCo ATX!

Session:Atlas Wearables: Behind the Workout

Speaker: CEO, Peter Li

The Atlas Wristband tends to wow people all on its own, but it’s best when people are willing to get a little sweaty. We would love to have you use our device in-gym and view your analytics afterwards. Moreover, we would love to talk about how Atlas has developed and get into the gritty technical details that make our product brainy.

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Session: The Power of People

Speaker: Co-Founder and CEO, Cameron Gibson

JamFeed Co-Founder Cameron Gibson will discuss the roller coaster lifestyle of a startup company and how focusing on finding and connecting the right people is the key for any business to become successful. Cameron will discuss how his experience from starting 2 other companies and growing up as a multi-sport athlete taught him the value of building a team of great people ranging from employees to strategic partners and investors.

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Learn about your coworkers and ensure your team has important info handy at all times.

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Session: Stretch Recipes Live Cooking Experience

Speaker: Founder and CEO, Lauren Foster

Stretch Recipes will host a Live Cooking Experience where you can engage with Chefs and learn how to make a meal while enjoying catered samples and live music.

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Session: Surviving an acquisition without selling your soul.

Speaker: VP/GM; CEO pre-acquisition, Jeff Erramouspe

Jeff Erramouspe, CEO of Spanning, will share his experiences on building the company, managing their acquisition by a tech giant, and driving the integration process to keep the company intact while taking advantage of the leverage offered by the acquirer. The session will include true stories of managing the expectations of VCs, founders, and the acquiring company and the things to look out for if you’ve reached the level of success that results in acquisition offers. Questions will be welcomed and encouraged.

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Session: How to use crowdfunding to create your roadmap

Speaker: CEO, Erik Dahlman

Albino Dragon founder Erik Dahlman has raised more than $1M over the course of fourteen projects on Kickstarter. Erik’s NewCo session will cover the dos and don’ts of a successful crowdfunding campaign including pre-project preparation, how to avoid the dreaded ‘dead zone’, and best practices for keeping your audience engaged. Erik will also share how he has managed and fulfilled rewards for 10,000+ backers after the project has ended and how an overly successful campaign can potentially cripple your company.

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Session: Mobility In Motion

Speaker: CEO, Joseph Kopser

RideScout CEO, Joseph Kopser, will explore Big Bets on the Future of Mobility; those that have resulted in multibillion dollar valuations, many acquisitions, and swift changes to the American Dream of car ownership. Products with a variety of transportation options and elegant design are changing the way people stay productive while on-the-go. In this session, Joseph will discuss RideScout’s approach to the future of mobility and what we’re focusing on in the months ahead.

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Session: Bringing sexy to e-commerce shipping

Speaker: Co-Founder and CEO & Design Director, Jagath Narayan & Matt Omohundro

Design is a big differentiator for Ordoro. Join our CEO and Design Director as they walk you through our development cycle for releasing our newest feature: Analytics.

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Session: Why startup scenes and media scenes need each other

Speaker: Executive Producer, Joshua Rubin

Former CNN producer Josh Rubin spent more than a decade covering everything from presidential elections to breaking news. He moved to Austin in 2010 and quickly fell in love with the city’s startup scene. He recently left CNN to join the Daily Dot, an Austin based media company. Now Josh is trying to combine his love of startup culture with his love of media by partnering with Capital Factory to create a place where media can learn about innovation and startups can learn about media.

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Session: Data Science in the real world ( Sex, Money, Rock & Roll )

Speaker: Co-Founder / CTO, Peter Wang

Continuum’s CTO Peter Wang talks about the challenges that lead to the formation of the company and shows the tools the company is building to analyze and visualize data, from fighting sex trafficking with DARPA, to ensuring the integrity of our financial markets & making sure your satellite radio stays up.

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Fifth look: 10 sessions to look forward to at NewCo ATX!

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10 more sessions to sign up for at NewCo ATX!

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