7:00 - 7:30: Live Video with David Brown and Marc Nager
7:30 - 8:00: Fireside Chat with Andrew Hyde and Ryan Kuder
Join us for a timely press conference event to hear about the exciting Techstars acquisition of UP Global. The announcement made on the third day of San Diego Startup Week provides an opportunity for us to hear live directly from the parties involved in the deal.
David Brown and Marc Nager will be joining us via a live video stream to discuss the recent acquisition and answers questions about the deal.
David Brown was the President of Pinpoint Technologies, Inc., a company that grew to over $50M per year in revenue and over 250 people. David later co-founded Techstars along with David Cohen, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. He has been an investor and advisor to Techstars since inception. In 2013, he joined Techstars in a more active role as Managing Partner. Techstars has been expanding rapidly. Learn from David's experience and start to scale your growing business!
Marc Nager was the CEO of UP Global, an amazing community building events for entrepreneurs around the world. He is now the Chief Community Officer at Techstars as UP Global was acquired. Both a Swiss and US citizen, Marc has enjoyed an amazing 26 years enjoying the outdoors, pursuing seemingly risky endeavors, and traveling down multiple career paths.
Immediately following, we'll dive into a fireside chat with Andrew Hyde moderated by Ryan Kuder to discuss their organization and general outlook of startup communities.
Andrew Hyde is the founder of Startup Weekend and Startup Week and will discuss one of the hardest things to scale, community. These events have spread around the globe and Andrew is here to chat with us about managing a community that is passionate about what your company has to offer as you scale globally.
Ryan Kuder is the managing director of the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator powered by Techstars in San Diego.San Diego Startup Week has partnered with ZIRX, the on-demand parking app, to provide free valet parking for the David Brown Keynote. To use ZIRX, download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Right before you drive to the event, open the app, select the event location as your drop-off location, and a ZIRX Agent will be there to take your car when you finally arrive. You can even have your car filled with gas or washed while you're inside! (Promo Code: SWSCALE)
Uber $20 off for new users (coupon code: SDSW)
Lyft $20 off for your first ride (coupon code: SDSW)
Opoli $20 off first ride (coupon code: OPNRIDE)
