In this highly interactive session, you'll learn a proven 4-step process to validate your big idea. We'll show you how to quickly identify key users and their needs, create a prototype (without any coding!), and get real feedback from users. Should you love your idea or decide to kill it? Join us so you can find out.
Note: You absolutely do not have to come with an idea in mind. You'll learn a process to validate any idea.
Jeremiah Gardner presents a compelling talk on startups getting started. The session will explore validating an idea, learning fast, pivoting, recognizing the good from the bad and the great from the good. You’ll leave the session with a deeper understanding of how to generate bold ideas, how to be more customer-centric in your work, and how to (in)validate ideas early to eliminate unnecessary waste.
What are three key takeaways the audience will get from this session?
A practical understanding of new tools and techniques for early phase startups
How to (in)validate ideas early through experimentation
Bridging the gap between entrepreneurs and investors- how to get on the same page and speak the same language.
Often, there exists a misalignment between investors and entrepreneurs. This session will focus how to bridge that gap. Starting with teaching entrepreneur’s ‘how to speak investor'- i.e. going over the definitions of some commonly misunderstood investor terms, then focusing on why selecting the right Lead Investor is important, and ending with a focus on aligning entrepreneur’s expectations with the realities of Angel Investing.
This is a practical and interactive talk that lays out a simple process to turn your idea into solid features, user flows, interfaces, and functionality for an app.
We’ve all have heard of it but... What is 3D printing really about? We’ll be discussing how it all began, its possibilities, different types of technologies and what the near future looks like, all of this in terms we can all understand.
NOTE: To gain access to I Love Mondays, press the yellow button just inside the Werewolf bar next door and someone from rethinkCAFE will be down to escort you upstairs.
I Love Mondays is a weekly dose of design thinking for startups to kick your week of on the right foot. Light & fun activities designed to stimulate discussion around the business value of design, methods-based research and the importance of seeing with new eyes. Design thinking is focused on 'making', not an academic exercise.
For two hours each week, we'll be selecting one project to focus on and do open innovation around while applying proven design methods to capture meaningful and actionable insights.
Startup Week 2016 and various sponsors are hosting an idea competition and giving away prizes to the top 3 finalists:
First place:
ScaleMatrix ScaleFlex Cloud Service – One year subscription, worth $3000, to ScaleFlex, the on-demand cloud platform for development and testing.
Second place:
AKeyMark Trademark Application Startup Pack worth $2000 – Protect your startup’s brand with 3 trademark applications, including the cost of a single class of goods or services for each application! A lucky prize winner will get full access to the AKeyMark platform for 3 trademark applications. The AKeyMark process includes: a strategic trademark attorney consultation, a proprietary AKeyMark Audit and use of the AKeyMark dashboard which monitors and tracks your trademark application status. This pack is perfect for a new business owner that is ready to protect their brand name, logo and slogan.
Third place:
HIRED Private Marketplace Access – $1000 in Credits to the HIRED private marketplace upon a candidate accepting a final offer from your company. Applicable to candidates in engineering, product management, sales, and marketing for full time roles.
Judges
We will pick the seven (7) top ideas (criteria here) to pitch to a panel of amazing judges:
Chris Orlando
Co-Founder, ScaleMatrix
Ken Sherman
Chairman and CEO, AKeyMark
Gabriela Dow
Partner, Plug and Play San Diego and Director, NV5 Inc.
Derek Quackenbush
COO, Rock My World
Rock My World (RockMyRun) – Smart Music for Fitness and Wellness
Regina Bernal
Entrepreneurship and Experiential Learning, School of Business, USD
This special Startup Table Breakfast will take place during San Diego Startup Week (SDSW)!
The Startup Table Breakfast encourages CyberTECH members along with other entrepreneurs in the community to connect and build relationships with like-minded individuals. There are often speakers and topics discussed. Some examples include: Alicia Tschirhart from Sheppard Mullin who discussed the current state of Venture Capital, Dr. Alex DeNoble, the Director for the Lavin Entrepreneur Center at SDSU, and Lin McClure who is a CyberHive mentor and cybersecurity entrepreneur who co-founded San Diego Research Center Inc., a wireless defense company.
Details regarding topic, panel speakers, etc. to be announced.
Starting a business? Not sure what to do? Meet Startup Founders who have been there and done that. Pick their brains about the next steps. All of the mentors for this session are founders at current San Diego tech startups. Mentors include:
Leo Trottier, CEO, CleverPet
Adam Riggs-Zeigen, CEO, RockMyRun
Alex Littlewood, CEO, Motoroso
Rastislav Ivanic, CEO, GroupSolver
Chris Carver, CEO, Lennd
Olin Hyde, CEO, LeadCrunch
Royce Rowan, CMO, Portfolium
Eric Schleicher, CTO, Obrary
Chris Memmott, CEO, VaultRMS
Derric Haynie, Head of Growth, Rebrandly
In order to join mentor hours, you must fill out this form and qualify -https://derric.typeform.com/to/wphPnL.
Most specifically we are mostly looking for people that are very serious about their idea and have already taken the leap into running with it full time.
You will be notified via email as to whether you have been accepted.
NOTE:
Attendees change schedules all the time, often right up until the start of the event. This means wait-listed attendees always have a shot. We strongly encourage attendees to add events to their schedule - wait-listed or not.
Looking to help build and guide your current or future dev team? Interested in finding the best way to meet up and coming developer talent? Want to make a positive contribution to the ever-growing SD tech community?
Then join us in this interactive panel on the best practices for being a mentor or mentee, including a discussion on the benefits of being a mentor AND tips for a successful mentorship!
Get the inside scoop on Kickstarter and bring your creative project to life.
Clarissa Redwine is Kickstarter's Design & Technology Outreach Lead for the west coast. She travels up and down the coast in search of innovators, creators, and makers who can leverage the powerful community and storytelling tool of Kickstarter to bring creative projects to life. Before joining Kickstarter, Clarissa cofounded a nonprofit with the core mission of fostering the North Texas startup community and worked with 10 promising robotics startups as the Program Manager of the Qualcomm Accelerator, powered by Techstars.
(Wait till he sees over 1000 people in the audience here. LA doesn’t have THAT!)
Mark is an entrepreneur, angel investor and investment partner at Upfront Ventures. He is a prominent blogger in the startup venture capital world and mentor at Techstars.
8:00 a.m. Registration/ Coffee/ Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Program begins
Autonomous vehicles are increasingly critical to the Depart of Defense, which has invested significant R&D into the technology for decades. This expert panel, with speakers from the US Navy, NASA, and Northrop Grumman will present active research and emerging trends in the development of unmanned and autonomous technology.
8:50 - 10:30 AM - Moderator: Dr. Bill Hogan, Executive Director, iDEA Hub
8:50 – 9:10 AM - Mr. Mark Skoog, Autonomous Systems, NASA AFRC
9:10 – 9:30 AM - Mr. Mallory Boyd, Unmanned Systems, NAWCWD China Lake
9:30 – 9:50 AM - SoCal Aerospace, Los Angeles
9:50 – 10:10 AM - Mr. Rick Crooks, Advanced Autonomous Systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace
10:10 – 10:30 AM - Questions and Open Discussions
This session is part of the 6th Annual Multi-Use Technology Symposium. For additional information on the full-day symposium, please visit the event webpage here.
Multi-use Technology Symposium: Future of Robotics
10:45 – 11:30 AM
Professor Thomas Bewley, University of California San Diego
Mr. Treggon Owens, Chief Innovation Officer, 5d Robotics
Mr. Chad Sweet, Director of Software Development, Qualcomm
This session is part of the 6th Annual Multi-Use Technology Symposium. For additional information on the full-day symposium, please visit the event webpage here.
11:30 – 12:00 Mr. Patrick Stoliker, Deputy Center Director, NASA Armstrong FRC
Mr. Stoliker, the Deputy Director for NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center will be presenting his perspective on the past, present and future of autonomous systems technologies. Tapping into his personal experience gained from decades of work with advanced aircraft, Mr. Stoliker will make some observations on the progress of aviation autonomy. Armstrong Flight Research Center has been on the cutting edge of unmanned technology for NASA and continues to be a major source of innovation.
This session is part of the 6th Annual Multi-Use Technology Symposium. For additional information on the full-day symposium, please visit the event webpage here.
12:00 – 1:00 - Demonstrations, Poster Sessions, and Exhibits
Startup Partner Opportunities with Federal Laboratories – “Be the Next Tony Stark”
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Moderator: Dr. Bill Hogan, Executive Director, iDEA Hub
Mr. Martin Machniak, S&T Manager, SSC-Pacific
Mr. Cameron Bruce, NAWCWD China Lake
Ms. Janeya Griffin, NASA Armstrong FRC
Dr. Martin Kleckner, TriTech SBDC
Questions and Open Discussions
Businesses across the country have successfully leveraged research, IP, and partnerships with our nation’s federal labs to commercial market.
California is home to a variety of military and government research labs that are constantly developing cutting edge science to meet their mission. These labs all operate under a federal mandate to support tech transfer. The purpose of this panel is to discuss the diverse technologies that are developed at NASA Armstrong, NAWCWD, and SSC-Pacific along with some of the tools for that you may be able to use leverage their IP for your business.
A recent SSC Pacific startup success happened here in San Diego - the company formed in 2006 around technologies licensed from the lab, and was acquired by a Fortune 500 company in November 2014 for $85M. SSC Pacific also participated in the San Diego Furnace Program, which saw seven teams form around SSC Pacific technologies and graduate from a six-month technology accelerator in December 2015.
Federal Lab Overview
SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) located in Point Loma is the U.S. Navy's research, development, test, and evaluation laboratory and fleet support center for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, also known as C4ISR. SSC Pacific's mission is to lead the Navy from concept to capability through research, development, delivery, and support of integrated C4ISR, cyber, and space systems across all warfighting domains.
The Armstrong Flight Research Center is NASA's primary center for atmospheric flight research and operations. NASA Armstrong is chartered to research and test advanced aeronautics, space and related technologies that are critical to carrying out the Agency's missions of space exploration, space operations, scientific discovery, and aeronautical research and development. For almost 70 years, research at NASA Armstrong has led to major advancements and breakthroughs in the design and capabilities of many state-of-the-art civil and military aircraft. Here, we demonstrate America's leadership in aeronautics, Earth and space science, and aerospace technology as we seek to revolutionize aviation, add to mankind's knowledge of the universe, and contribute to our understand and protection of Earth.
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) is an organization within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) dedicated to maintaining a center of excellence in weapons development for the Department of the Navy (DoN). NAWCWD has two locations in sunny Southern California; China Lake hosting the land test range, and Point Mugu hosting the sea test range.
This session is part of the 6th Annual Multi-Purpose Technology Symposium. For additional information on the full-day symposium, please visit the event webpage here.
Tools for Accessing Federal IP
2:45 – 3:45 PM
Patent License Agreements & CRADA Walkthrough
NASA AFRC, NAWCWD China Lake
Mr. Ross Epstein, Tech Law LLP
Mr. Martin Machniak, S&T Manager, SSC-Pacific
The goal of this session is to explain tools you can use to work with federal labs to access innovative research. We'll walk through the main mechanisms that federal labs use for Technology Transfer: the Patent License Agreement and the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. We'll discuss broader areas of work the lab conducts, giving a few specific examples in each area.
This session is part of the 6th Annual Multi-Use Technology Symposium. For additional information on the full-day symposium, please visit the event webpage here.
4:00 – 4:20 - Dr. Elizabeth Prescott, National Security Technology Accelerator
4:20 – 4:40 - Dr. Stephen D. Russell, Director of Science and Technology, Chief Technology Officer, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
4:40 – 4:50 - Questions and Open Discussions
Dr. Prescott will be discussing tools and strategies for startups looking to do business with the DoD. In particular, she will how the National Security Technology Accelerator functions to support and drive innovation in the military.
Dr. Russell the CTO of SPAWAR, will provide a talk titled "Collaboration: SSC Pacific in the San Diego Innovation Ecosystem and the Future UxS Naval Force." His talk will cover the future of Naval UxS R&D efforts and the growing collaborations between users and UxS and future challenges. SPAWAR is one of the leading entities responsible for developing, purchasing, and deploying cutting edged robotics technology to the US Navy.
This session is part of the 6th Annual Multi-Purpose Technology Symposium. For additional information on the full-day symposium, please visit the event webpage here.
Whether you are building complex enterprise applications or a sexy mobile app startup, attracting the right talent into the team is challenging no matter if you are an entrepreneur or IT executive.
Join us for a chat on how Playboy and Spark Compass have leveraged the power of regional team collaboration comprised of engineers, tech leads, architects, developers and testers working together to bring to market game changing solutions.
About the panel
Eduardo Hidalgo, Director of Software Development
Playboy Enterprises.
After 62 years Playboy has gotten rid of its nudes and is transforming into a digital enterprise, while continuing to challenge the status-quo, changing history and innovating lifestyle.
Brian Spracklen, SVP of Operations
Spark Compass
Spark Compass a cloud beacon and mobile hot startup ranked 4th in the list of the world’s most innovative BLE beacon networks by ABI research report. Recent patent issued for contextual intelligence on mobile devices.
Event registration: 5pm-6pm.
Kickoff: Trek crawls leave promptly at 6pm.
After crawl: 9:15pm at atop the 707 Broadway parking lot
After-after party: Stout Public House 1125 Sixth Ave
Human-centered design has the power and potential to drive San Diego's economy, industry, civic infrastructure, and quality of life.
Design Forward brings together designers, civic leaders, and industry innovators at the Port Pavilion at Broadway Pier to explore the possibilities for San Diego design thinking and doing.
Civic leaders, industry innovators and designers come together to explore the potential and power of human-centered design in driving San Diego’s economic growth and global identity. The day-long event will demonstrate design as a critical component of San Diego’s innovation strategy.
> A DESIGN SHOWCASEAn interactive showcase featuring examples of San Diego design thinking and doing on Broadway Pier.
> A DESIGNER + ENTREPRENEUR SOCIALEvening + morning mixers and events connect 1000+ innovators through event partnerships with Startup Week and Creative Mornings San Diego.
For more information, visit http://designforwardsd.com.
You must register at the Vendini page to attend, and use code StartupCOMP for free admission.
Do you know what your competition is doing? What are they offering and how are they positioning their product?
In order to succeed in this very competitive digital landscape, you have to show your customers quickly the value your product has over the competition.
In this workshop you will learn a step by step guide you can follow to use competitive intelligence to gain an almost unfair advantage on desktop and mobile advertising.
Derek Magill:
Derek Magill is a proud college dropout, writer, and director of marketing for Praxis. He blogs on his own site and helps entrepreneurs get real world business experience.
His talk:
I share the things I've learned as head of marketing at an early stage startup. Including:
- How to tweak your product to speed up your sell cycle.
- Lowering the barrier to entry to double your signups
- Developing a sales program and marketing funnel from scratch
And,as always, I, Derric Haynie, will be hosting...
Our Awesome Sponsor:
In 2016 women are starting businesses at double the rate of men. According to Forbes, more than 30% of privately-held businesses in America are run by women, and in the last decade the number of all women-owned firms has grown by 28.6% – compared to a 24.4% increase for all U.S. businesses. The sad news is women still get less than 4% of VC funding. Meet a tech exec, a bio-startup and an investor that will tell StartUpWeek why we are still facing this and what can be done about it.
Panel led by Cheryl Goodman, Executive Director of Athena San Diego
Mission of Athena: Our mission is to promote professional growth for women executives and rising managers in science and technology.
Sectors include life sciences, healthcare, defense, engineering, and related industries, as well as the service providers who support these sectors.
Personal and professional growth is fostered through unique educational and motivational programs that address key issues in these industries. Athena also provides networking opportunities that contribute to the vitality of women’s roles in business and nurtures the next generation of women executives.
Responsible for Sales, but have little or no personal sales leadership experience?
Nail That Sale!
In the first segment, Chris will share his insight and the role of sales within your organization, in the context of a digital 21st Century. He will consider the practicalities of growing the business and how the sales function needs to be a key element of the overall business strategy.
During the second segment, Chris will show you how to create deep professional relationships and incorporate powerful sales tools and techniques to close bigger deals with bigger clients.
Help make San Diego’s startups better!
This is a unique, hands-on event where you will be able to help San Diego’s startups. Startups will be at the to get your feedback on their products. Companies will be asking you to try out their products, look at their websites and more. They’ll want your feedback and opinions. This is your chance to see how products and businesses are built.
Attendance is limited, so get signed up early.
Startups interested is doing research during this session, please email scotta@obrary.com.
And there’s sure to be some swag at the session.
There are two important factors that have influenced the rapid startup surge in LatAm fast-growing market: technology, and consumer confidence.
This workshop will provide a baseline for you to anticipate your startup performance and costs against the performance and costs of others in Tijuana, Mexico and Latin America markets.
With this knowledge, you can begin to understand where to focus your optimization efforts within a particular market, and ultimately receive more in return for your test, launch or growth endeavors.
In this workshop, you’ll learn:
Latino consumers general attributes
Patents are often the key to the foundation, growth, and ultimate survival of a company. The ability to raise funding turns not only on the creativity of the technology, but also, how well it is protected by creating a barrier to entry by competitors. Without such protection, investors are typically reluctant to finance the company. Consequently, establishing an effective patent portfolio around the company’s innovations is key.
Yes... anyone can buy one of these machines, in fact it is very possible that in the near future we’ll all have a 3D printer at home, but how can you make money with it? Victor and Eduardo will share their experience and vision of how to make 3D printing a profitable business.
You will also explore with us all the manufacturing and prototyping possibilities south of the border.
World Nativ is a global creative ecosystem that offers entrepreneurs everything needed along the journey including business training, mentorship, resources for hire and networking events for both startups and seasoned entrepreneurs. Their mission is to connect minds locally and globally to collaborate in bringing epic visions into the world.
CEO and Founder Danielle Blum will be speaking about how to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and a global vision that will motivate people from around the world to get involved with your mission. FB:@WorldNativ/ www.worldnativ.com
Join us for CyberTECH Spotlight Friday Pitch Night! This special SFPN takes place during San Diego Startup Week!
Individuals and companies will have 3 minutes to pitch with a chance to win prizes and receive real time feedback from like-minded entrepreneurs, technology professionals, judges, mentors and advisors. Food and drinks will be served!
