VC, Techie, Startup speakers pack March 12-17 week with Nashville entrepreneurship at several venues
Staff
Nashville Startup Week, March 12-17, offers more than 40 speakers, panelists and startup Pitch entrants. The entire schedule and free registration are here.
The Week's sessions are to be held afternoons and evenings at Baker Donelson Center (M-W-F) | Industrious (M-Tues) | Nashville Entrepreneur Center (W) | VU The Wond'ry (Tues-Thurs) | Close: George Jones Bar (Fri). Here are NSW's 41 Corporate, VCs, Techie, Entrepreneur and Consultant presenters (15 startups pitching not yet selected):
The lead organizer of Nashville Startup Week is Nick Potts, co-founder of recent Nashville startup ScriptDrop (prescription delivery). Much of the event's coordination is handled by Sam Butler, founder/CEO of Outset Data.
This inaugural event has been encouraged by Techstars, from which support could become more substantial in future years. The NSW volunteer crew partners with Technologists Federation of Nashville (TechFed), a year-old nonprofit that facilitates sponsorship and fulfills other requirements for other organizations in the region. TechFed was co-founded by Relationary Marketing Co-founder Chuck Bryant, Nashville Software School Founder John Wark and others. Grant sponsors for Nashville Startup Week include The Heritage Group, PYA, The IronYard, Launch Tennessee and Utilize Health.
Other in-kind sponsors include Acklen Avenue, American Music Water, Baker Donelson, Bunker Labs, EVAMore, GrowthX, Heroes Vodka, Ideashare, Industrious, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, Outset Data, RIFT Inc. and Twine Graphics & Screen. Media Sponsors include Venture Nashville Connections and Startup Southerner. Other events the same week include, among other things:
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