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701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A [clear filter]
Monday, June 13
 

12:15pm PDT

How to Speak Investor?

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.


Speakers
avatar for Jack Scatizzi

Jack Scatizzi

Head Analyst, San Diego Tech Coast Angels
Tech Coast Angels is one of the nation’s largest and most active Angel Investing networks. Their mission is to provide opportunities for members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in early-stage companies in Southern California. Their members provide seed and... Read More →



Monday June 13, 2016 12:15pm - 1:15pm PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A
 
Tuesday, June 14
 

9:30am PDT

Research for Design with Digital Telepathy, Pt. I
Are you kicking off a project, and need stakeholder insights? Validating a prototype that your team recently built? Or maybe looking to discover how people use your product?
If you said "yes" to any of the above scenarios, the Research Workshops are for you. You'll walk out of the workshops with a framework for planning, conducting, and synthesizing research. The series is comprised of 2 sessions that laser-focus on accelerating individual skills growth for the following 4 topics:
  1. Writing a Research plan
  2. Writing Interview Questions
  3. Conducting interviews
  4. Synthesizing Data

Speakers
avatar for Brian Bimschleger

Brian Bimschleger

Senior Strategist, Digital Telepathy
Endearingly referred to as "Bim", Brian heads up the Product Design group at DT and creates educational content for DT's internal team and clients. He is a frequent contributor to the Digital Telepathy Blog, and is leading an upcoming workshop at DT called "The UX Essentials of ... Read More →


Tuesday June 14, 2016 9:30am - 11:30am PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A

1:30pm PDT

Deeper Dives: Advanced Topics in Design
Follow-on session to Monday's "Love It or Kill It" session in the design track. Based on feedback from attendees of that session, we'll deep dive into one of the stages in the 4-step process: user modeling, journey mapping, rapid prototyping, or testing.

Speakers
avatar for Jarret Blaze

Jarret Blaze

UX Designer, Pathway Genomics Corporation
avatar for Paul Hong

Paul Hong

Director of User Experience, AttackIQ, Inc.
Paul leads user and customer experience strategy, research, and design for AttackIQ, Inc., a San Diego-based cybersecurity startup revolutionizing how organizations think about their security. He is also President of SDXD (San Diego Experience Design) meetup. An association of... Read More →


Tuesday June 14, 2016 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A

3:15pm PDT

Cross Cultural Selling
Chris Stock is English, currently living in San Diego! As an International Sales Expert, Chris has worked throughout the United Sates, Europe, Eastern Europe, Canada, Middle East, East Asia, South America and Australia.

He will share his insight of International sales and will discuss the importance of understanding the cultural differences in building deep personal and professional relationships. He will look at the cultures of Mexico and the USA, and how we might approach selling cross-border.

Speakers
avatar for Chris Stock

Chris Stock

CEO and Founder, Nail that Sale
Chris Stock, founder of Nail That Sale, is a Sales Expert, Sales Trainer, Coach and Speaker. He worked in the IT industry for 15+ years for IBM and Intel Corporation, creating new business opportunities and markets. His sales techniques, tools and strategies help entrepreneurs around... Read More →


Tuesday June 14, 2016 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A

4:30pm PDT

Growth Marketing Strategy and Workshop (Part 1)
Are you ready to scale your business? It’s time to take a step back from your startup and outline your growth marketing strategy. Typically what worked in the early stages to find product market fit is not going to scale your business in the future. Learn what is important to consider and the resource tools available to establish a sound strategy. This will help you build out your tactics in a metric driven approach.

Learn from Jeremiah Gardner, the  author of The Lean Brand and principal of Moves The Needle. After all he has helped brands like GE, Sprint, eBay, Intuit, and Cisco to apply innovations in marketing, brand development, and growth.

Moderators
avatar for Gary Hoffman

Gary Hoffman

Managing Director, XiXI LLC
Gary Hoffman is an organizer for San Diego Startup Week Growth Track and the San Diego startup speaker series Vital Intake. Gary mentors local startup CEOs and coaches at startup events.Gary is Managing Director for XiXi, LLC an international trading company.
avatar for Ryan Willemsen

Ryan Willemsen

Founder / CEO, Solar to the People
I'm happy to talk about web and product analytics, finance, and growth. And of course, solar! https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanwillemsen

Speakers
avatar for Jeremiah Gardner

Jeremiah Gardner

Principal, Moves The Needle
Jeremiah is a popular speaker of past SD Startup Weeks .. educational, engaging, and inspirational all in one. He does not just talk the walk, he walks the talk with real world experience marketing and innovation. Jeremiah's talks empower people to move quickly, learn faster, and... Read More →


Tuesday June 14, 2016 4:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A

5:45pm PDT

Growth Marketing Strategy and Workshop (Part 2)
Do you know how to outline your growth strategy? This workshop is a follow up to the Growth Marketing Strategy session with Jeremiah Gardner to walk through the process of building a plan to grow your business. Learn the questions you should be able to answer about your target market and how to reach them. This will be an interactive session to focus on your specific business, so come prepared to write down and share your plan.

Learn from Lars Helgeson the Founder / CEO of GreenRope and Fabrice Gould the Founder / CEO of Diggen. Both have helped thousands of companies of all sizes efficiently leverage marketing, data, and technology to drive their business growth.

Please send questions for Speaker to vitalintake@scenicvista.com

Moderators
avatar for Gary Hoffman

Gary Hoffman

Managing Director, XiXI LLC
Gary Hoffman is an organizer for San Diego Startup Week Growth Track and the San Diego startup speaker series Vital Intake. Gary mentors local startup CEOs and coaches at startup events.Gary is Managing Director for XiXi, LLC an international trading company.

Speakers
avatar for Fabrice Gould

Fabrice Gould

CEO, Diggen
Fabrice Gould is a well rounded leader in business development, product development, marketing, technology, and operations. Passionate about building b2b ventures in scalable technology to help deliver customer value to grow their business. Constantly learning new concepts, digital... Read More →
avatar for Lars Helgeson

Lars Helgeson

Founder, GreenRope
Lars is the author of CRM For Dummies and Founder of GreenRope and JourneyFlow.com. He is passionate about the concept of Complete CRM, where businesses and non-profits can grow and operate more efficiently by consolidating marketing, sales, customer service, and operations into a... Read More →



Tuesday June 14, 2016 5:45pm - 6:45pm PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A
 
Wednesday, June 15
 

12:15pm PDT

Creating a Welcoming Tech Environment for Underrepresented Populations
How can you ensure that your company has the diversity required to thrive? Why are homogeneous teams damaging to startups? How can you create space for inclusion in a way that is effective and authentic? Join our panelists for a frank and enlightening discussion on building environments, policies, and behaviors that attract the talent necessary to make your startup competitive where it counts: the human element.

Moderators
avatar for Julian Bryant

Julian Bryant

Mobile Developer, FreshForm Interactive
Is a freelance iOS developer and Facilitator for Startup Weekend events in San Diego and around the US. He has a law degree from Georgetown and a BA from Notre Dame in Gov't, Japanese, and Computer Applications. When he's not building great apps for clients, he investigates legal... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Leslie Fishlock

Leslie Fishlock

CEO & Founder, Geek Girl
GeekGirlTV is the official Online Educational and Video Channel for @GeekGirlCamp. Learn how to Code, use Photoshop, Social Media and more from the Geek Girls!
avatar for Charles Loftland

Charles Loftland

Career Transition Advocate, Wounded Warrior Project
Charles is a career transition advocate with Wounded Warrior Project where he works to prepare disabled veterans and their families for the job market after military service. In addition to serving 24 years in the United States Air Force, Charles previously co-owned a staffing company... Read More →
avatar for Adam Powers

Adam Powers

Community Liaison, The Design Lab, UC San Diego
Adam is a community designer and social entrepreneur whose greatest passion is bringing humans together. They're currently at The Design Lab, a multidisciplinary research hub at UC San Diego, where they work to help usher our city into its burgeoning renaissance. In their off-time... Read More →
avatar for Navrina Singh

Navrina Singh

Head of Qualcomm Innovation | Director Product Management, Qualcomm
I am crazy passionate about technology, world-changing ideas and people making those ideas a reality. I have over 14 years of experience in mobile technology, creating & leading invaluable innovation strategies and developing business & technology commercialization plan. I am excited... Read More →
avatar for Amanda Vidad

Amanda Vidad

UI/Visual Designer, Reflexion Health Inc
I believe design influences and improves all parts of life. I love to solve problems where technology meets design. I get caught up in pixel counts and perfect spacing. All of my ideas start on paper and develop on a screen.


Wednesday June 15, 2016 12:15pm - 1:15pm PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A
 
Friday, June 17
 

1:30pm PDT

Culture Wonks - Passionate About People & Growing the Company
Culture is the DNA of a Startup.
Is everybody playing the same game, playing by the same rules, playing for the same goals?
When the going gets touch do the tough pull together and pull through? 

Culture often helps resource limited startups get past challenges, such as growing rapidly and meeting difficult milestones.

We're gonna talk with folks that have succeeded and credit attention to culture as a leading reason for success.

Please send Speaker questions to vitalintake@scenicvista.com

Moderators
avatar for Gary Hoffman

Gary Hoffman

Managing Director, XiXI LLC
Gary Hoffman is an organizer for San Diego Startup Week Growth Track and the San Diego startup speaker series Vital Intake. Gary mentors local startup CEOs and coaches at startup events.Gary is Managing Director for XiXi, LLC an international trading company.
avatar for Ryan Willemsen

Ryan Willemsen

Founder / CEO, Solar to the People
I'm happy to talk about web and product analytics, finance, and growth. And of course, solar! https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanwillemsen

Speakers
avatar for Steven Cox

Steven Cox

Founder and CEO, TakeLessons.com
http://TakeLessons.com - TakeLessons is an online marketplace that helps service providers make a living doing what they love. The company helps music instructors and tutors find more students, and also provides them with back-end tools (such as scheduling, billing, communication... Read More →
avatar for Stacy Mendes

Stacy Mendes

Vice President of Culture at Underground Elephant, Underground Elephant
Startups face challenges recruiting and retaining great employees in the face of bigger and more established competition.NOT with Stacy Mendes on the job!https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-mendes-19a98583... Read More →
avatar for Akshay Sateesh

Akshay Sateesh

Applied Play Expert, Ziksana Consulting
Work CAN be fun and productive. Play is a catalyst for learning and innovation, and to motivate an entire workforce with minimal workplace rules. My wish is for you to rediscover the rewards of play and strengths in your work and life. Next time don't think about it, play about i... Read More →


Friday June 17, 2016 1:30pm - 3:45pm PDT
701 B Street 16th Floor, Room A
 


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