Pitch + Prize Reception

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    Join us for the 2018 Pitch & Prize Reception for StartHereNow 2018, the women's startup weekend. 

    • This is the culmination of the 3rd annual StartHereNow women's startup weekend.
    • Join us to see ten outstanding women-led startups pitch & receive $50,000 in prizes! 
    • Open bar and light refreshments follow.

    Agenda

    3:00 - 5:00 pm:

    • Competing startups give their final pitches & demonsrations in a high-energy format. Five minutes to pitch & demo, 3 minutes Q&A from judges
    • Prizes awarded

    5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    • Reception, open bar & light refrehments

    2018 Judges: 

    • Gabriella Rowe | Managing Director, Station Houston
    • Samina Farid | Entrepreneur & Investor
    • Barbara Burger | President, Chevron Technology Ventures
    • Juliana Garaizar | Angel Capital Association, Investment Committee at TMC Fund, Kauffman Fellow
    • Stephanie Campbell | Managing Director, Houston Angel Network
    • Amanda K. Edwards | Houston City Council, At-Large Position 4
    • Diana Murakhovskaya | Co-Founder at Monarq / Investor / Advisor / Entrepreneur

    2018 Sponsors: 

    • Sustaining: Silicon Valley Bank 
    • Gold: Quorum Software
    • Silver: AECOM, Chevron
    • Bronze: OPEN Houston, Rice Alliance, Strahan Cain
    • In-Kind: Vela Wood, Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Doerr Institute for New Leaders, KIT, Rebellion Photonics, Madhatter Coalition, Orange River Advisors, Rena O Productions, the City of Houston’s Office of Business Opportunity, Bonanza Marketing, Carbono Dev, Fifteen Media, Growthlii, and Nordstrom.

    About StartHereNow

    StartHereNow is a startup weekend for women. Part incubator, part pitch-day, brainstorming session and hackathon, we help you Start your business. Here. Now.

    Our mission is to create a supportive and collaborative environment where women can bring to life ideas that they are passionate about and build companies that solve big problems.

    FAQ:

    - The location for the finals is the Liu Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rice University. 

    - The Liu Lab is on the ground floor of the Cambridge Building on the Rice University Campus, located at the corner of Main and Cambridge Streets, Houston, TX 77005. 

    - Parking is available in the basement of the Cambridge Building.

    - Please check in at the front desk upon arrival.

    - For more information, see www.startherenow.org. 

    Location

    Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Cambridge Building on the Rice University Campus)
    Houston, United States

    Dates

    From 30th September 2018 - 03:00 PM
    to 30th September 2018 - 05:30 PM