Even amidst the recent pandemic, necessity and inspiration have led to many new ideas for new products, new services, and new impact.
How does one transform a great idea into a successful tech company? How does one scale a tech company to achieve new heights without losing its entrepreneurial spirit? How does one transform a large tech company to reinvigorate and sustain innovation and creativity?
Come hear our panel of experts share information that can help you create a startup with maximum opportunity for success, or even enhance your existing company to leverage creativity and inventiveness while achieving its goals for owners, shareholders, and customers.
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Gordon Daugherty is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, startup advisor and investor. From his 28-year career in high tech, Gordon has both an IPO and a $200-million acquisition exit under his belt. Now, as co-founder and president of Austin’s Capital Factory, Gordon spends 100 percent of his time educating, advising, and investing in startups.
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Harold Ingersoll is a partner at Atchley & Associates, LLP. Harold has more than 30 years of leadership experience in consulting, public accounting and the U.S. Air Force. Harold centralizes his practice in mergers and acquisitions, business valuations, litigation support, expert witness consulting and forensic accounting.
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Kirk Cesari is an Intellectual Property attorney in Austin, Texas with about 20 years of experience. His practice mainly involves counseling clients on IP strategy, IP licensing and contracts, patent filings, and trademark filings. He is also the executive producer of the #1 rated indie movie about patent trolls filmed in Austin! (assuming there are no others, defaults to #1).
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Ashley Stroud Phillips is currently the Managing Partner for Impact Hub Austin. Ashley is responsible for providing strategic guidance and direction while managing daily operations to ensure that the company achieves its financial vision, mission and long term goals.
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Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs at Capital Factory, Austin's largest coworking space and most active investment fund. Josh founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory at Carnegie Mellon University and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs.
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Jill Murphy is an Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Baltimore Field Office. Prior to that assignment, Jill was overseeing national security investigations in the Austin FBI Office. Jill has worked for the FBI in various jobs, to include at the National Security Council and in the San Francisco FBI Office.
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Austin Forum Event Agenda:
6:00 pm – Log in to Zoom
6:15 -7:30 pm – Presentation
7:30-8:00 pm – Extended Q&A
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See you September 8th online at the Austin Forum!
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The Austin Forum on Technology & Society team
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