Techstars Startup Week Seattle 2017: Full Schedule

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

2:00pm PDT

Food as Fuel for Social Good

In this panel, we will discuss the work the speakers do to elevate the power of food as it pertains to community, by bringing people together, sharing ideas, acknowledgement through feeding people in need, minimizing waste, and supporting transitional population.

Come meet the organizations that are helping to build a food system that is genuinely sustainable and growing its reach to all the different communities in Washington State and beyond. You can also find out about how to get involved or volunteer.

Moderators

Amanda Bedell

Co-Founder, NuFlours

Amanda Bedell is the co-founder of Nuflours, a gluten free bakery located in Seattle, Washington. She, with co-founder Phebe Rossi, built the business from the ground up. At Nuflours, Amanda is responsible for long-term and short-term organizational and financial strategy, and overall... Read More →

Speakers

Eu-wanda Eagans

Chief Operating Officer, Northwest Harvest

Eu-wanda Eagans’ mission is to make a difference in the lives of people and the communities they live in. Born and raised in Seattle, she had always known about the great work Northwest Harvest does in Washington. Thus, the opportunity to work for the state’s leading hunger... Read More →

Carrie Ferrence

Executive Director, City Fruit

Carrie brings almost twenty years experience working with small businesses and non-profits to promote resilient and thriving communities. Most recently, she was co-founder and CEO at Stockbox Neighborhood Grocery, which has worked to improve access to good and fresh food inside of... Read More →

Veena Prasad

Founder and Executive Director, Project Feast

Veena Prasad is the founder and Executive Director of Project Feast, an award winning nonprofit social enterprise. The mission of Project Feast is to empower refugee and immigrant cooks through pathways to jobs in the food industry and to enrich the greater Seattle community through... Read More →

Joe Rieke

Founder, Knowfood

Joe Rieke has worked in the Food & Beverage industry for over 15 years. He worked in and managed both the front & back of the house and opened restaurants up and down the west coast. His most recent venture has been knowfood, a Seattle based not-for-profit, connecting local chefs... Read More →

Wednesday October 4, 2017 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Level Office

Food and Beverage Technology Social Good Social Impact

6:00pm PDT

Diversity: Data-Driven Solutions for Startups

What is diversity and what can you do as a Startup organization to build a better practice from the beginning? How do you know when you've achieved your goal? We will begin to answer those questions as part of a panel discussion that includes:

Interrogating Your Motivations
Diversifying Leadership as a Strategy
Create Inclusive Work Environments

Instead of "breakout sessions" we will offer "dig in sessions" because we are all here to learn. These topics will include:

Sourcing Without Assumptions [Nicole Maddox]
How to Measure & Be Accountable in Your Recruiting Efforts [Steven Matly]

Moderators

Tiffany Dedeaux

Data Science Career Advisor, Metis

Tiffany Dedeaux empowers Tech Industry Warriors who see things differently. She arrived at Metis as a Data Science Career Advisor with a Masters of Arts in Psychology, a coaching credential from the International Coach Federation, and experience developing workshops on job search... Read More →

Alice Zhao

Senior Data Scientist, Metis

Alice, a Metis Data Science instructor, enjoys making complex things easy to understand.Alice comes to Metis from Cars.com, where she started as the company's first data scientist, supporting multiple functions from Marketing to Technology. During that time, she also co-founded a... Read More →

Speakers

Nicole Maddox

Nicole heads up HR and Recruiting at Convoy, a small upstart in the Freight industry based in Seattle. She fell into recruiting after graduating with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University. Nicole has managed technical recruiting at several companies... Read More →

Steven Matly

CEO and Founder, SM Diversity

Overcoming adversity is nothing new to Steven Matly. A high school dropout turned entrepreneur, he has twice created six figure revenue generating companies with less than $5,000 startup capital. Raised by a single mother in the South Seattle housing projects, Steven entered the... Read More →

Seth Stell

President & Co-Founder, HERE Seattle

Seth is President and Co-Founder of HERE Seattle, an organization for minorities in creative and technical industries in Seattle, Washington. Our community is founded on the principles of empowering members through networking, philanthropic activity and enhancing industry knowledge... Read More →

Thursday October 5, 2017 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Metis Seattle

Data-Driven, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Social Good, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Social Impact, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Startups, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session | Talent and Culture, Inclusion, Panel Discussion and Breakout Session