2020 Schedule
CREATE YOUR OWN STARTUP WEEK
WE'RE BACK IN PERSON!
Dive into the Denver Startup Week schedule for sessions, keynotes, workshops, celebrations, and much more. With over 200 free events, there is something for everyone to learn, grow, and be inspired. Don’t forget to register, RSVP for individual sessions, and check the venue location - almost everything is in-person only.
7:00am
8:00am
- 8:00am — 9:00amPopularIntro to the UX Design Process: Where to Start with UXVirtual Individual Presentation
- 8:00am — 8:30amInnovation is everyone's job and other lies you've been toldVirtual Individual Presentation
- 8:00am — 9:00amPopularThe Purposeful InnovatorVirtual Individual Presentation
9:00am
- 9:00am — 10:00amPopularProduct Management - Lessons from the FieldVirtual Panel
- 9:00am — 10:00amMonetize your InfluenceVirtual Panel
10:00am
- 10:00am — 10:15amDSW Blitz: Big Lessons, Lightning Fast | How to Give Your Product an Accessibility Check-upVirtual Individual Presentation
- 10:00am — 11:00amWho Wins in the Great Reset? — A Keynote Fireside Chat on the Next Frontier of Intersectional Gender Equity with 2020 Colorado Entrepreneur of the Year, Katica Roy | STRONGER TOGET(HER): WOMEN OF DENVER STARTUP WEEK SERIES PART 1Virtual Individual Presentation
- 10:00am — 11:00amCommercial Real Estate, Placemaking & the New Gig EconomyVirtual Panel
- 10:00am — 11:00amBusting Beyond Borders: The Global Advantage of Work From AnywhereVirtual Panel
- 10:00am — 11:00amTeen Founders: How these Teens created their own companies.Virtual Panel
- 10:00am — 12:00pmJob Fair & ShowcaseVirtual Social event
- 10:00am — 11:00amPopularThe art of Tech: Unlocking Creative PossibilitiesVirtual Individual Presentation
11:00am
- 11:00am — 12:00pmA Website Agency’s Guide to Why You Might Not Need A New OneVirtual Individual Presentation
- 11:00am — 11:30amPopularCombating Bias in Machine LearningVirtual Individual Presentation
- 11:00am — 12:00pmReturners: The employees you never knew you neededVirtual Panel
- 11:00am — 12:00pmPopularInnovation Author Showcase: 'The Startup Community Way' with Brad FeldVirtual Individual Presentation
12:00pm
- 12:00pm — 1:00pmHow 4 Companies are Impacting 40 & 50+ WomenVirtual Workshop
- 12:00pm — 1:00pmPopularHow Money Really MovesVirtual Panel
- 12:00pm — 1:00pm"Generation Alpha: Age is But a Letter"Virtual Panel
- 12:00pm — 1:00pmWargames as Product Strategy Praxis: How Lessons From Wargames can Help you Ship Products and Build Strong TeamsVirtual Individual Presentation
- 12:00pm — 1:00pmPopularPreventing and Managing Burnout: Why Resilience MattersVirtual Panel
1:00pm
- 1:00pm — 1:30pmPopularProject Management for StartupsVirtual Individual Presentation
- 1:00pm — 2:00pmPopularStartup Communities, Complex Systems, Wicked Problems, and the Entrepreneur’s JourneyVirtual Panel
- 1:00pm — 2:30pmWhose Line of Code is it Anyway?Virtual Workshop
- 1:00pm — 2:00pmDiversity, Equity & InclusionRacial Equity + Impact Investing in the Creative EconomyVirtual Panel
- 1:00pm — 2:00pmWomen and the future of gamingVirtual Panel
- 1:00pm — 2:00pmPopularFrom “Hello World” to VP of Engineering with Nick Caldwell (Twitter), moderated by Aaron Clark (Justice Reskill)Virtual Individual Presentation
2:00pm
- 2:00pm — 3:00pmIntroducing Feature Debt, the unconventional sibling of Tech DebtVirtual Individual Presentation
- 2:00pm — 2:30pmOne of Tech’s Newest Roles: The Growth EngineerVirtual Individual Presentation
- 2:00pm — 3:00pmPopularThe Marriage of Marketing & SalesVirtual Individual Presentation
- 2:00pm — 3:00pm🍻 A Connection Behind Every Drink 🍻Virtual Panel
- 2:00pm — 2:30pmThe Business Case for Voice: Amazon Alexa & MoreVirtual Individual Presentation
3:00pm
- 3:00pm — 4:00pmOf Privilege and Obligation: The Role of White Entrepreneurs in Transforming White SupremacyVirtual Panel
- 3:00pm — 4:00pmPopularHow to Get People to Like You and Buy from YouVirtual Workshop
- 3:00pm — 4:00pmPopularHow Might We...Improve Social? Using Design Thinking for Social MediaVirtual Workshop
- 3:00pm — 3:30pmHow to be Your Own Sponsor When Building Your PM CareerVirtual Individual Presentation
- 3:00pm — 4:00pmPopularHow to Lead a Big Project and Stay SaneVirtual Individual Presentation
- 3:00pm — 4:00pmThe Power of Proximity in Cities with Padden Guy MurphyVirtual Social event
4:00pm
- 4:00pm — 5:00pmPurpose-Driven Partnership - Lifting Entrepreneurs to Change the WorldVirtual Workshop
- 4:00pm — 5:30pmPopularWomen Who Startup RallyVirtual Social event
- 4:00pm — 5:00pmIn Defense of the Old Hotness: 'Legacy' Code and Iterative SolutionsVirtual Panel
5:00pm
- 5:00pm — 6:30pmSocial Quiztancing: Live Trivia Keeps your Distancing Social | Sponsored by Molson CoorsVirtual Social event
- 5:00pm — 11:30pm❤︎ DESIGNER TRACK VIRTUAL CLUB EXPERIENCE ❤︎ Featuring Afrotectopia Founder Ari Melenciano ❤︎ Valentino Valentine—Motha Flora of The Kiki House of Flora ❤︎ CRL CRRLLVirtual
- 5:00pm — 5:30pmWhat We Can Learn from Young Makers PanelVirtual Panel
- 5:30pm — 6:30pmPopularThe Climb: What it Takes to Make it to the Top for Today's EntrepreneurVirtual Panel
- 5:30pm — 7:30pmPopularJob Fair & ShowcaseVirtual Social event
- 5:30pm — 6:30pmCOVIDtech: Colorado's COVID-19 ResponseVirtual Panel