Dallas Startup Week

Dallas is the #4 economy in the nation; real estate is our #2 industry; tech is our #1 industry, and Texas is the biggest exporter of technology in the nation; 60,000 sf of coworking space downtown; top 20 for VC money in the nation, and urban office rents of $15 per square foot. In San Francisco they are $60. Dallas offers unparallelled access to decision makers in our key industries, and the cohesiveness of our startup community is... Read More →

In 2013, John created Parqer to bring PCI-compliant mobile payments to the parking industry, initially focused on valet providers. Parqer's software-based solution, which requires no hardware, allows valet companies to seamlessly accept credit cards without slowing their existing curbside processes, capture valuable customer history, and securely and effectively account for collected revenue.

Matt is the President and CEO of Q Fifty One Digital. He was previously the founder of Edition Collective (Imprint/Need/Foremost), which was acquired by Q Fifty One. He is also an advisor to a number of startups, incubators, and accelerators, as well as the host of a popular podcast, Bonanza, on Relay FM.

Daniel is an entrepreneurial, analytics-oriented, digital marketer with a passion for technology; his professional career in its entirety has focused in and around digital marketing.  | | His entrepreneurial spirit is the direct result of the time he spent growing up in Palo Alto, California (Silicon Valley). Over the years, his passion for entrepreneurship has fostered itself and he has been successful in his transformation from creative... Read More →

ASH+LIME Strategies is an economic development consulting firm focused on incremental improvements at the neighborhood level. We leverage the community, entrepreneurs and design of the street to enhance the social fabric and help generate stable economic growth.

Saurabh is founder of Cohopping and currently focusing on Product Management at Cohopping. He has been involved with many startups in the past and founded few of his own. He is an engineer by training and holds Master of Science in Technology Commercialization Degree from McCombs Scool of Business at UT Austin. When he is not working, he is either reading or writing about tech, startups, or shared economy, or doing something outdoor.

Rhetoric is the art of identifying in any given situation the available means of persuasion. -Aristotle  | | This classical understanding of rhetoric is at the heart of my professional life, whether I am developing an innovative business plan, writing compelling copy, or giving a lecture to college students.  | | In my current employment, I specialize in creating innovative programming, managing an independent publishing division... Read More →