San Diego Startup Week (SDSW) is the region’s premier catalyst for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurialism. Featuring a week of events, panels, demos and revelry in the heart of downtown San Diego, Startup Week showcases leading innovators.
Participants include San Diego’s brightest entrepreneurs, top-tier regional and national investors, strategic advisors, and high profile community and political supporters, all of whom contribute to San Diego’s thriving startup ecosystem.
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Get a table for your Startup at #SDSW Launch FEST!
Startup Week will kick off with Launch FEST — San Diego Tech and Innovation Startup Festival and Launch Party. If you are interested in you startup having a presence and table, fill out the form here.
Let’s make this an epic Startup celebration!
Connect on Facebook, RSVP to the event and invite all the people you feel would be interested. Join here!
Looking for Startup Week #SDSW schedule and tickets?
Find them at the Startup Week site here or below.
Educational Events for Your Startup Stage
Idea Track
The idea track is for anyone interested in learning about startups and the basics of starting a business, evaluating an idea, or joining a startup team. Events in this track include Idea Competitions, Product Development Basics, Guerilla Marketing and How-to Build Your First Website.
Seed Track
The Seed Track is for taking your startup to the next level by building and proving your MVP, getting traction, and preparing for raising capital. Events in this track include ‘Sh*t Founders Don’t Say,’ Growth Hacking, Developing Your Team, and How-to Launch a Kickstarter.
Growth Track
The Growth Track is for startups in the growth phase. You have a product and customers and now need to scale. Events in this track include Resources for Growth, Grow, Sell and Be Savvy, David Brown on Scaling, and You Be the VC — putting you in the perspective of the venture capitalist.
Dev Track
The Dev Track is for you to learn how to form and build a fantastic product from local tech founders and resources. Connect and develop with the community. Events in this track include Grass Roots Robotics, Founders Talking Failure, and Tech Jobs Panel and Fair!
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