Denver Startup Week on a Wednesday: what not to miss
Denver Startup Week is a free week of panels and workshops tailored to anyone who owns their own business or is looking to start one.
Mental Health in the Startup Scene panel at Basecamp. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
How are you feeling, entrepreneurs? If you’re a little worn out, don’t fret — day three of Denver Startup Week is jammed with educational, artsy and even tipsy events that might spice up your hump day.
Denver Startup Week is a free week of panels and workshops tailored to anyone who owns their own business or is looking to start one. Registration is still open and it’s free (duh).
Read on for our guide to the day’s best events, from a panel on Founder F*ckups to an experiential art soiree, and everything in-between.
Here are some of the must-catch events of day three by time, name, location and track:
Audience questions during Tuesday night's mental health panel. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)
8:00-9:30 a.m. – Tackling the world’s problems & making a profit, CSU Denver 475 17th St., Ste. 200 (Founder)
The Future of Reality: How AR and VR is disrupting entire industries, Enterprise 3000 Lawrence St. (Product)
10:00-11:30 a.m. – Algorithms in Practice (with FullContact CTO Scott Brave), Code Talent 2980 Larimer St. (Developer)
Personal Branding Symposium 2: How Would You Define Your “Success”?, MetroBoom 1231 35th St. (Designer)
11:00-1:00 p.m. – Bootcamp Mania: What’s the hype, what’s the difference between programs and how can you choose the right path, Commons on Champa 1245 Champa St. (Growth)
12:00-1:30 p.m. – Starting Up in Syria, Wells Fargo Center 1700 Lincoln St., 18th Floor (Founder)
1:00-2:00 p.m. – Denver Startup Week Challenge Pitch Semi-Finals – Digital Technology (Group II), Comcast Viper Office 1401 Wynkoop St., Suite 300 (Headline event)
Fireside Chat: Dan and Kristen Stiles, Sitter.me, Basecamp 1515 Arapahoe St.
2:00-3:30 p.m. – Founder F*ck Ups, Galvanize 1062 Delaware St. (Founder)
4:00-5:30 p.m. – Angel Speed Dating, 1415 Park Ave. West (Founder), Register here to attend
5:00pm — 7:00 p.m. Float down to Start Up, Ecospace 1820 Platte St. (Social: Floating down the Platte + drinks = fun)
5:00-11:00 p.m. – An Amalgamation of Art, Science and Technology, Signal-to-Noise Media Labs 2921 Walnut St. (Designer)
6:00-9:30 p.m. – Startup Week Job Fair, Buell Theatre Lobby 1400 Curtis St. (Headline Event)
7:30-9:30 p.m. – Nerd Nite: Denver Startup Week Edition by Sexpot Comedy, The Infinite Monkey Theorem 3200 Larimer St. (Designer)
Check out the full schedule at Denver Startup Week’s website.
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