Techstars Startup Week Seattle 2017: Full Schedule

Meet experts and network with your peers at Techstars Startup Week Seattle!

10:00am PDT

Hardware Startup Fundamentals

Looking to make your device and build a successful company? Or perhaps you are simply curious as to what the journey entails? Listen as Andy Silber breaks the process down into simple, actionable steps that you can take to make your vision a reality.

Speakers

Andy Silber, PMP, of Fiat Veritas

Fiat Veritas, Project Management Consultant

Andy Silber is a seasoned Senior Project Management Consultant at Fiat Veritas. He has over 20 years of experience in improving product quality and designing new products. Andy has worked as a project manager for top companies in the Seattle area such as Product Creation Studio, Synapse... Read More →

Monday October 2, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
thinkspace Redmond

Hardware, Entrepreneurship Scale Up, Manufacturing

11:00am PDT

Accelerators & Incubators for Startups

If you need some guidance in creating your startup, how about applying to an incubator or accelerator? Listen as Kevin Croy of 9Mile Labs leads the discussion on the benefits that an accelerator or incubator can bring to your business.

Moderators

Kevin Croy

Co-Founder, 9Mile Labs

Kevin Croy is Co-Founder and Partner of 9Mile Labs, a startup accelerator-turned-Micro Venture Capital fund based in Seattle, WA focused on finding and funding the best pre-seed Business-to-Business startups. Kevin is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded five startups, two of... Read More →

Speakers

Chris DeVore

Managing Partner, Founders’ Co-op

Chris DeVore is Managing Partner of Founders’ Co-op, the Pacific Northwest's leading seed-stage venture capital fund, and also Managing Director of Techstars Seattle, the region’s most selective startup accelerator. Previously a co-founder of Adjacency (acquired by Sapient, NASDAQ... Read More →

Tim Enger

Head of Strategy & Business Development, Microsoft Accelerator

Monday October 2, 2017 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
thinkspace Redmond

Hardware, Entrepreneurship Scale Up, Fundraising

1:00pm PDT

Inside the Hardware: Manufacturing Electronics

You are ready to move forward with the electronics on your device, but to whom do you turn once your prototype is done? How long does the “design for manufacturing” engineering process take even before your board is manufactured? Should you go immediately to China, or manufacture locally? Meet local experts in advanced electronics development, manufacturing, and overseas management and hear what they have to say about the process.

Moderators

Robert Baffi

Account Manager, Avnet

As Account Manager, Robert is responsible for supporting customers at each stage of the product life cycle., from idea to design and from prototype to production. A comprehensive portfolio of design and supply chain services makes Avnet the go-to guide for innovators who set the pace... Read More →

Speakers

Brian Rae

Operations Manager, Out of the Box Manufacturing

Brian Rae has been working in the EMS industry for close to 20 years and has held a variety of Operations and Sales/Customer Service roles. Due to his experience, he has a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to build complex electronic assembly’s efficiently without sacrificing... Read More →

David Vaillancourt

President, DA International Group

David Vaillancourt is President of DA International Group and has over 25 years of experience. D.A. International Group is a full service manufacturing and importer of custom designed products, with offices in Seattle WA and Shenzhen, China. They have extensive experience and success... Read More →

Matt Westervelt

Founder, Metrix Create:Space

Matt Westervelt is Founder of Metrix Create:Space, a modern prototyping and fabrication lab focused on digital and distributed manufacturing technologies in Seattle. With a complement of additive and subtractive machining technologies, its scope runs from electronics to architecture... Read More →

Tuesday October 3, 2017 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
eBay - Chinook Conference Room (first floor)

Hardware, Entrepreneurship Scale Up, Manufacturing, Panel Discussion, Technology Panel

10:00am PDT

Recent & Local Successful Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaigns: How They Did It

Thinking about running a Kickstarter campaign? You could do mountains of research, or you could simply come to this panel and pick the brains of *multiple* entrepreneurs who have each had a successful Kickstarter campaign. There’s never been anything like this panel and this session is not to be missed. Room only holds 75 people so register and arrive early to make sure you get a seat.

Moderators

Marc Barros

Founder, Moment

Co-founder and former CEO of Contour Cameras. Started in a garage, Marc led the company from two college grads to a +$30M business, selling product in over 40 countries around the world. Currently Marc is founder of Moment, a startup with the goal of turning smartphones into premium... Read More →

Speakers

Yuri Alex Brigance

Founder & Principal Engineer, Angry Lychee LLC

Yuri has over a decade of client and server side software development experience. He has electronics and hardware know-how, with a huge passion for connected IoT devices. He founded Angry Lychee LLC in 2015 to bring a line of high-tech pet products to market, starting with a computer-vision... Read More →

Mike Grabham

Inventor, Package Guard Inc

Mike is a six-time founder and active member of the Seattle Startup community. He hosts Startup Grind and is a special guest host on Start IT Seattle on KING5. He is a “product and revenue guy” who loves to build teams and products. Check out his latest invention www.p... Read More →

Casey Halverson

Co-Founder and COO, Cellular Tracking Technologies

I am Chief Operating Officer and founder of Cellular Tracking Technologies, a manufacturer and service provider for Wildlife Telemetry and IoT devices. We connect various sensor technologies to the cloud using cellular networks. We are celebrating our 10 year anniversary this year... Read More →

Marene Wiley

CMO, VP, and Co-Founder, JikoPower

Marene Wiley is a Co-Founder of JikoPower Inc. and a graduate of the University of Washington. Marene developed JikoPower's brand, marketing materials and international marketing strategy. She worked closely with the engineering team to incorporate market research into their designs... Read More →

Wednesday October 4, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
eBay - Chinook Conference Room (first floor)

Hardware, Branding, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship Scale Up, Fundraising, Manufacturing, Panel Discussion, Technology Panel

12:00pm PDT

Crowdfunding record campaigns, on Kickstarter and off: what's the difference?

Bring your lunch and join us for a lively discussion with Dan Shapiro. His latest company, Glowforge, raised $28 million dollars in pre-orders on their website. His previous company, Robot Turtles, had a record campaign on Kickstarter. Come learn about the difference between running noteworthy campaigns both on and off of Kickstarter.

Moderators

Christina Cyr

CEO, CTO and Founder, dTOOR Inc. SPC

Christina is a hardware entrepreneur. She has degrees in biochemistry, physics, and engineering, experience as both a software engineer and biochemist, and has led technical teams of over 150 people. Her current team is building dTOOR's 4G LTE Android version of The Cyrcle Phone... Read More →

Speakers

Dan Shapiro

CEO & Co-Founder, Glowforge

Dan is the CEO and co-founder of Glowforge, the 3D laser printer that makes it easy to take a product from digital design to reality. Dan sold his last company to Google. His last side project was Robot Turtles, the best-selling board game in Kickstarter history. He builds drones... Read More →

Wednesday October 4, 2017 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
eBay - Chinook Conference Room (first floor)

Hardware, Branding, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurship Scale Up, Fundraising, Manufacturing, Technology Panel