Attendees will be able to explore the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and network before the event starts.

Conference starts.

Serial entrepreneur and founder of Rogue Media.

Fiona Bond and Sol Bautista from Creative Waco will be introducing “AIR”, a new initiative designed to spark problem-solving and innovation through design thinking that brings people together across diverse backgrounds, cultures, and skill sets. Waco is the Texas launchpad for this award-winning national program, and the first community in the nation to offer the program bilingually.

Founder of the Momprenuer group.

This breakout session will include representatives from McCif CDFI and Kiva to discuss some of the alternative startup and small business funding mechanisms available to Wacoans.

Christina Helmick from Extraco Banks joins us to discuss Extraco’s new LINC initiative.

Food and refreshments will be available.

The Baylor Industry Services Group helps entrepreneurs bring ideas into the marketplace. In this presentation, we will use real client examples to demonstrate how we utilize cross-functional teams to answer the guiding questions of “who, what, when, where, why, and how?” to maximize product-market-fit.

Participants:

Raymond Curtice, Engineering Manager, ProtoLAB

Paul Mikulencak, Lead Designer, ProtoLAB

Gib Reynolds, Director, BizLAB

Dr. Don Anderson, CEO, Smyle Nation

Jason Lavender from TFNB Your Bank for Life discusses local bank financing and the importance of involvement in the community.

CEO and founder of national retail brand Sendero.

Startup Week 2022’s Keynote Speaker. Trey is a serial entrepreneur, founder of Startup Texas, The DEC, the SMU Entrepreneurship Program, and launched Techstars in DFW.