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About Startup Oasis:
In our second year, Startup Oasis is the place for everything startup related on 6th St. Produced by UP Global and the Kauffman Foundation, Startup Oasis brings a safe haven escape for startups in the midst of the craze of the festival. By partnering with a variety of industry leaders, Startup Oasis brings the best programming and parties for startups on March 14, 15, 16.
General Assembly Presents: How To Get Your First 5,000 Users
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Second Floor : Old School Bar & Grill
Learn how to get the first users to your service, and then begin to build a community to accelerate your growth. Come and learn from the founder of a young startup in today’s climate without the need for $1000s of marketing or heavy technical development. This class will teach you the easy, every day tips and tricks that make it manageable even if you’re just starting up on your own.
Kauffman Research Presents: 4 Insights from the Fastest-Growing Companies
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
First Floor : Old School Bar & Grill
If you read startup media you may be left with the impression that most of the fastest growing companies are based in Silicon Valley, and that they can only get any traction because they raised massive amounts of venture capital. Yet, the data shows a very different picture. Our research with 479+ companies among the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in America tells another story: the vast majority of them are not based in Silicon Valley, and less than 6.5% of them raised any venture capital. Join us to eat tasty tacos and learn from the research with these companies how to build great startups outside the stereotypical startup hubs This presentation and lunch are hosted by the Kauffman Foundation, a multi‐billion dollar non‐profit focused on entrepreneurship and the “dominant player in the entrepreneurship space,” according to Steve Blank
Kauffman Research Presents: Quantified Entrepreneurship: How to Measure the Performance of Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Second Floor : Old School Bar & Grill
How many startups are there in your city? How much money are entrepreneurs raising in your ecosystem? How many jobs local startups contribute to your economy? To learn how to answer these and other questions, come to this 1‐hour‐long hands‐on workshop with researchers from the Kauffman Foundation. This workshop is ideal for entrepreneurship program organizers, economic development professionals, and local policymakers and staff interested in assessing the health of their entrepreneurial ecosystems. Join us for this hands‐on workshop and happy hour to learn, step by step, a data‐driven way to measure your entrepreneurial ecosystem. Please bring your computer if you can. This workshop and happy hour are hosted by the Kauffman Foundation, a multi‐billion dollar non‐profit focused on entrepreneurship and the “dominant player in the entrepreneurship space,” according to Steve Blank.
Office Hours
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
First Floor : Old School Bar & Grill
Join us for our Famous Office Hours! Bringing in the best mentors across the startup world, sit down and have 1:1s with some awesome advisors. All are welcome, walk-ins included!
DEMOlish DAY
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
First Floor : Old School Bar & Grill
Have you learned that something about your startup wasn’t working, and you cut it as a result? Maybe you were just wrong about a customer segment and stopped chasing them? Maybe you realized that a feature was just a giant waste and no one used it and you got rid of it? Maybe it was something internal – maybe you cut the Tuesday bagel meeting or demolished your fear of shipping early – we want to hear your story. Apply here (http://j.mp/demo_lish_app_sxsw) for one of ten spots to tell your story to a panel of startup. Best story wins the first ever, 3d printed wrecking ball trophy.
The Launch Party : A Kansas City Startup Community Celebration
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
First Floor : Old School Bar & Grill
Powered by Techweek, sponsored by The Kauffman Foundation, join us to celebrate the LaunchKC Global Grants Competition! The LaunchKC Global Grants Competition is open to any startup across the globe, and we’d love to tell you more about it. Come join us!
The Lean Startup’s Kickstarter Launch Party
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Second Floor : Old School Bar & Grill
Join members of the Lean Startup community to celebrate the kickoff of Eric Ries’ Kickstarter campaign launching at SX earlier that day. Are you curious about Lean Startup? A practitioner looking to meet others in the community? Just want to know more about the campaign and what Eric’s been up to? The event will feature a one-hour fireside chat with Eric.
