Festival Stage
Palace of Fine Arts
Thursday, April 6
8:00AM - 10:00AM Registration & Demo Pit
10:00AM - 12:00PM MORNING SESSION
Investor Outlook: Gil Penchina, Flight.vc; Cyan Banister, FoundersFund; Ryan Feit, SeedInvest
Raphael Arar, IBM: Cultivating Cognitive Experiences
10th Annual Festival Alumni Updates:
Jeff Dachis, OneDrop
Mei Siauw, LeadIQ
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch & Demo Pit
2:00PM - 5:30PM AFTERNOON SESSION
1.0 & 2.0 Startups Present
LAUNCH Incubator Startups Present
"The Syndicate" Startups Present & Live Crowdfunding
Friday, April 7
8:00AM - 10:00AM Registration & Demo Pit
10:00AM - 12:00PM MORNING SESSION
Investor Outlook: Hunter Walk, Homebrew; Megan Quinn, Spark Capital; Jalak Jobanputra, FuturePerfect VC
Future of Food: Robotic Food with Alex Garden, Zume Pizza, Henry Hu, Cafe X, and Deepak Sekar, Chowbotics
10th Annual Festival Alumni Updates:
James Heller, Wrapify
Aaron Holm, Blokable
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch & Demo Pit
2:00PM - 5:00PM AFTERNOON SESSION
IBM SmartCamp Finalist Pitches
Best of Demo Pit / Summit Startups Present
Judge Deliberation
Announcement of Festival Winners
Scale Stage
Innovation Hangar
Thursday, April 6
8:00AM - 10:00AM Registration & Demo Pit
10:00AM - 12:00PM MORNING SESSION
Amanda Richardson, Hotel Tonight: Grow Your Revenue by Giving Away Your Product
Adam Dill, DailyDrip: Your First Five Technical Hires
Nir Eyal, NirAndFar.com: Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Josh Elman, Greylock Partners: How to Make Your Product Viral in 5 Easy Ways
Rishi Garg, Mayfield: Proactive M&A Strategies: Or, How to Sell Your Company & Stay Sane Doing It
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch & Demo Pit
2:00PM - 6:00PM AFTERNOON SESSION
Clara Brenner, Urban Innovation Fund: Beyond Fundraising: Building Trust with Your Investors
Tucker Max, Scribe Writing: How To Get 1000+ People To Apply For Your Jobs
Alex Tew, Calm: How to Get 100,000 Users *Before* You Launch
Colette Alexander, IBM: Rock 'n Roll & Innovation: How Playing in Rock Bands Taught Me How to Build a Strong Team
Rob May, Talla: Smarter Scaling: How to Use A.I. as You Grow
Mar Hershenson, Pear VC: Clinching the Series A
Sharon Savariego, Mobilize: Grow Faster & Smarter: Learn how Etsy, Docker & Prezi Mobilize Networks to Scale
Sonny Mayugba, Waitr: Pitch Starter Kit: 16 Actionable Tips to Present Your Startup in a Way That's Engaging, Informative and Effective
Stephanie Tramicheck, ReFit Camp: Better Doesn’t Work, Be DIFFERENT! The Category Design Playbook Explained.
Friday, April 7
8:00AM - 10:00AM Registration & Demo Pit
10:00AM - 12:00PM MORNING SESSION
Casey Winters, Pinterest: Starting a Growth Team
Spencer Bogart, Blockchain Capital: Fringe to Mainstream: Capitalizing on Blockchain Adoption
Gernot Abl, Cadmon Advisory: Raising Capital in Australia and listing on the Australian Stock Exchange - Gateway to Asia and the World
Jed Katz, Javelin Venture Partners: A Step-by-Step Practical Guide to Getting Your Series B
SC Moatti, Products That Count: How to Triple Your Business at Every Stage by Unlocking New Sources of Growth
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch & Demo Pit
2:00PM - 5:00PM AFTERNOON SESSION
Jodi Jahic, Aligned Venture Capital: Accelerating the Adoption Curve: How to Win Early Customers Without Blowing All Your Cash
Sarah Tavel, Greylock Partners: 10 Lessons From Scaling Pinterest
Ryan Feit, SeedInvest: The Founder's Guide to Online Fundraising
Katherine Boyle, General Catalyst: Finding Your Nutgraf: The Five Storytelling Truths All Founders Should Know
James Heller, Wrapify: Don't Take NO for an Answer: Creating AMP (Angel Market Pressure)
Sammie Rayner, HandUp: Building Your Sales Pipeline From Scratch
Josh Adams, DailyDrip: The Tension Between Expediency and Correctness
Edith Yeung, 500 Startups: Scaling Globally: Navigating International Money
Startup Summit Stage
Innovation Hangar
130 top emerging startups in 12 verticals present to judges & audience
(*exact starting times may vary)
Friday, April 7th
10:00AM VR & AR
11:00AM Hardware
12:00PM Cannabis
1:00PM Drones & Robotics
2:00PM Enterprise
3:00PM Fintech
Thursday, April 6th
10:00AM AI & Machine Learning
11:00AM Health & Biotech
12:00PM Smart Home
1:00PM Consumer & Media
2:00PM Food & Water
3:00PM Education