Startup Guide to SXSW

I’m re-posting the recommended events from Capital Factory’s site, but this list will be updated over time so you might want to check out the original post for updates.

Yes, it’s that time of year… SXSW is approaching and I’ve spent hours and hours going cross-eyed as I reviewed every single panel, party, event and meetup at SXSW Interactive. Plus combing through all of the invites to unofficial events. Here it is – cleaned up, compiled, and curated just for you.

One new feature of SXSW that you won’t want to miss is the Startup  Village, organized by Chris Valentine and Hugh Forrest. SXSW has gotten so big that they (probably wisely) have grouped it into multiple smaller sub-conferences. All of the startup-related programming is grouped in the Startup Village and is located at the Hilton. I expect I’ll spend most of my time in that building during the days.

You can browse through this list day by day to see which events you should add to your calendar. Many events require pre-registration or an invitation so be sure to check the links. I also have a list of VIPs from the startup community – prominent entrepreneurs, CEO’s and early stage investors – let me know if you have any special events you want to invite them to.

This list is updated frequently

As new events are announced, they will be added to the list. If you want to suggest an event to add please send it to sxsw@capitalfactory.com

Complete Panel List

For the complete list of startup related panels at SXSW, take a look at this calendar. Below you’ll find my curated list – I’ll never make it to all of them but I’m going to try!

Thursday the 8th

• 8:00am-8:00pm Global Coworking Unconference
• Startup Bus Semi-Finals at Rackspace in San Antonio (link coming soon)
• 4:00pm-10:00pm SXSW Startup Crawl
• 6:00pm-8:00pm Austin Tech Happy Hour

Friday the 9th

• 8:30am-10:30am Open Coffee
• 11:00am-5:00pm Tech Career Expo
• 2:00pm-6:00pm Startup Village
• 2:00pm-6:00pm Ping Pong Tourney
• 5:00pm-6:00pm Bootstrapping Meet Up
• 5:00pm-7:00pm Entrepreneur’s Lounge at Fogo (invite only)
• 8:00pm-2:00am Startup Weekend Party
• 8:00pm-2:00am TechStars Invades SXSW Party
• 7:00pm-12:00am Startup America: A Celebration of American Startups with Reid Hoffman, Steve Case, Scott Case, Steve Blank

Saturday the 10th

• 9:30am-10:30am TechStars Live
• 9:30am-5:00pm BarCampATX
• 9:30am-6:00pm The Lean Startup SXSW
• 10:00am-12:00pm Capital Factory Office Hours
• 10:00am-6:00pm Startup Village
• 12:00pm-5:00pm Tech Career Expo
• 2:00pm-3:00pm Co-founder Speed Dating group 1 (register in advance)
• 3:30pm-4:30pm Panel: Finding Co-founders – the Who, Why, Where & How
• 3:30pm-4:30pm Exploring the Top Startup Accelerator Programs
• 5:00pm-6:00pm Co-founder Speed Dating group 2 (register in advance)
• 5:00pm-7:00pm Entrepreneur’s Lounge at Fogo (invite only)
• 6:00pm Tech Cocktail

Sunday the 11th

• 9:00am-11:00am Strategy to Get Your First 100 Paying Customers with Noah Kagan and Andrew Warner
• 9:30am-1:30pm Startup Mentoring with Dreamit Ventures
• 9:30am-1:30pm HATCH Startup Pitch Competition
• 10:00am-6:00pm Startup Village
• 10:00am-12:00pm Capital Factory Office Hours
• 12:00pm-2:00pm Inbox Love Lunch (invite only)
• 2:00pm-3;00pm Co-founder Speed Dating group 3 (register in advance)
• 3:30pm-4:30pm Panel: Dealing w/ Co-founders – You Found One, Now What?
• 5:00pm-6:00pm Co-founder Speed Dating group 4 (register in advance)
• 5:00pm-7:00pm Entrepreneur’s Lounge at Fogo (invite only)
• 3:30pm-6:00pm StartupBus Finals
• 7:00pm-9:00pm Capital Factory Dinner (invite only)

Monday the 12th

• 10:00am-6:00pm Startup Village
• 10:30am-6:00pm Accelerator
• 5:00pm-7:00pm Entrepreneur’s Lounge at Fogo (invite only)
• 9:00pm-12:00am Austin on Rails party (link coming soon) 
• Private parties hosted by VC’s and banks (invite  only)

Tuesday the 13th

• 9:30am-10:30am 3 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch with Joshua Baer, Jason Cohen and Naval Ravikant
• 9:30am-10:30am Fireside Chat with Bob Metcalfe
• 10:00am-6:00pm Startup Village
• 10:30am-6:00pm Accelerator Finals
• 12:30pm-1:30pm How the Austin Region Supports Technology Companies
• 3:00pm-4:00pm Move to Austin Meet Up
• 3:30pm-4:30pm Investments in Austin Technology
• 5:00pm-6:00pm The Austin Tech Incubator Landscape
• 5:00pm-7:00pm Entrepreneur’s Lounge at Fogo (invite only)

All Startup Panels at SXSW

Click here to see the official SXSW Calendar of all the startup-related events where you can add them to your SXSW Social calendar with a single click.