STARTUP SUMMIT 2018

OCTOBER 15-16, 2018, RALEIGH-DURHAM NC

STARTUP SUMMIT 2018

WE HELP STARTUPS GROW

Startup Summit is an educational conference featuring Keynotes and Master Classes from the areas top entrepreneurs, innovators, and executives. The goal of this conference is to be a crash course, taught by experts, on all the important topics that startups will face throughout their journey. We actively educate, inspire, and connect thousands of founders from all over the state. We nurture our startup ecosystems through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Startup Grind and Google for Entrepreneurs.

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Event Schedules

October 15th-16th 2018

#	Session	Speaker(s)	Time	Venus
1	Registration and Refreshments		09:30 AM	Hunt Library Lobby
2	Opening Remarks	MARK BAVISOTTO	10:00 am	Main Auditorium
3	Keynote: The Difference between Sales and Business Development	DAVID GARDNER	10:10 am	Main Auditorium
4	Networking Break		10:45 am	Hunt Library Lobby
5	Master Track: How Founders can Survive and Thrive in the Startup World. Session 1: Starting - where to begin, what is important, and what to focus on and when		11:25 am	Duke Energy Hall A
6	Master Track: How to build and scale an almost perfect product Session 1: Why you must nail UI/UX in today’s fast paced world			Duke Energy Hall B
7	Master Track: Building Successful Marketing and Branding Strategies for your Startup. Session 1: Growth Marketing Strategies- User Acquisition and Retention		11:25 am	Duke Energy Hall C
8	Lunch Break		12:00 pm	TBD
9	Keynote: How to Build a Winning Team	DONALD THOMPSON	1:10 pm	Main Auditorium
10	Master Track: How Founders can Survive and Thrive in the Startup World. Session 2: How a Pivot Saved My Business		1:50 pm	Duke Energy Hall A
11	Master Track: How to build and scale an almost perfect product. Session 2: Keys to building and launching a successful product.		1:50 pm	Duke Energy Hall B
12	Master Track: Building Successful Marketing and Branding Strategies for your Startup. Session 2: 6 Steps to Success- How to build a Savvy Brand		1:50 pm	Duke Energy Hall C
13	Networking Break		2:25 pm	Hunt Library Lobby
14	Master Track: How Founders can Survive and Thrive in the Startup World. Session 3: Post Mortem: Lessons learned from a Failed Startup.		3:00 pm	Duke Energy Hall A
15	Master Track: How to build and scale an almost perfect product. Session 3: Finding and bringing together the right team to build and scale up a product		3:00 pm	Duke Energy Hall B
16	Master Track: Building Successful Marketing and Branding Strategies for your Startup. Session 3: How to develop a revenue cycle that bridges the gap between sales and marketing.		3:00 pm	Duke Energy Hall C
17	Key Note Speaker		3:40 pm	Main Auditorium