Dallas Startup Week is a free five day event highlighting the amazing startup culture of Dallas. Join in for a few events hosted all around town to learn, network and help make Dallas better for everyone.
Join us as we launch a vibrant discussion about the sharing economy and collaborative consumption space to the Dallas startup community. How will these movements impact Dallas? What can each of us do to participate? We’ll hear from those already involved in the movement in our North Texas community as well as leaders in the international ecosystem.
Started just a few years ago as a peer-to-peer blogger movement to discuss changes in our business landscape, Ouishare has mushroomed to 60 cities, in 32 countries with more than 12,000 in its international ecosystem. Hear firsthand from Francesa Pick, one of the leaders of the international movement, about the inspiring Ouishare story of how young people with passion and ideas have come together to impact our world. Participate in the discussion, debate around topics that drive the sharing and collaborative economy such as open source and maker movements; platform business models; open governance and open currency systems. You’ll also hear from San Francisco based sharing economy activist Chelsea Rustum about her new book, "A Shareable Life,” a story of how the idea underlying the collaborative consumption space can change how to think about our daily life and values.
Local coworking leaders Chirag Gupta and Oren Salomon will discuss how coworking and sharing go together and local startup CEO Aassia Haq will discuss why the sharing economy space in Texas – and around the world – is poised for explosive growth.
Aassia Haroon Haq is a serial entrepreneur with a background in brand management and marketing. She is Founder and CEO of Guidrr - a way to create share and discover on-demand travel experiences. She is a global thought leader speaking on the concept of #newtravel and the #experienceeconomy, sharing t... Read More →
Chirag is the co-captain of the Dallas Startup Week Gaming Track this year. He is the Founder of NoD Coworking and runs the Code Collective meetup group in Dallas. He has served on the boards of the Texas Freelance Association and the Northwestern University Alumni Club of DFW. He... Read More →
Francesca is international community leader at the non-profit OuiShare and is chair of the collaborative economy conference OuiShare Fest. She speaks, writes and consults about how the collaborative economy is disrupting industries, the power of community and collaboration. Before joining OuiShare, she worked for the online reputation startup TrustCloud. She graduated with a degree in Communication & Cultural... Read More →
Chelsea Rustrum is the co-author of It’s a Shareable Life, a practical guide to the sharing economy, as well as a consultant, speaker, connector, and practitioner in the space. She both lives and works in the sharing economy, with specific interests in how the sharing economy can evolve into being a part of every day life through housing... Read More →
