29 July 2016

SXSW Application Opens for 2017

For the third straight year I've been asked to participate on the SXSW Accelerator Advisory Board.  In its ninth edition it showcases some of the web's most exciting innovations and your company could be one of them.  This event provides an outlet for companies to present their new online entertainment or gaming products, social media / networking technologies, or mobile, payment and fin technology, or health technology to a panel of industry experts, early adopters, and representatives from the angel / VC community.  Past judges have included Tim Draper of DFJ, John Sculley of Apple/Pepsi, Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media, Paul Graham of Y Combinator, Naval Ravikant of AngelList, Guy Kawasaki of Alltop, Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital, Chris Hughes of New Republic/Facebook, Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures, Albert Wenger of Union Square Venture, Scott Weiss of Andreessen Horowitz, and Bob Metcalfe of Ethernet/3Com. We invite your company to join us for this incredible event, as we highlight the technology market's most impressive new innovations.  The application deadline is Friday, November 11th at 11:59pm CST., and the event itself will be March 11 & 12th, 2017 in Austin, TX.   Please apply sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator Let me know that you've applied and wish you the best with this!