StartUpNV and community leaders to hold second annual Techstars Startup Week Las Vegas, October 15-19

Multiple events to support and educate entrepreneurs in Southern Nevada

StartUpNV, a nonprofit statewide incubator and accelerator for Nevada-based startups, is again sponsoring the Las Vegas edition of Techstars Startup Week Las Vegas, Oct. 15 to Oct. 19. Techstars Startup Week is a five-day event held in cities across the world to celebrate entrepreneurship and showcase the local startup community through meetups, lectures, discussions, and celebrations.

The weeklong event is dedicated to designers, developers, and entrepreneurs who wish to share ideas, form connections, and join a thriving startup community. With the theme “What Happens Here, Scales Here,” Techstars Startup Las Vegas features three tracks of programming: Startup Capital, CommUnity, and Innovation. Daytime sessions and nightly happy hours take place in multiple venues throughout Las Vegas and are all free to attend, but registration is required at: https://startupweeklasvegas.com.

The week will offer inspiring keynote speakers, such as Geoff Ralston, successful founder and angel investor in more than 100 companies and former president at Y Combinator. Breakout sessions will cover a wide variety of topics through presentations on raising and investing capital, a discussion panel of community leaders, and numerous workshops on relevant subjects including artificial intelligence, refining a pitch, sizing a market, winning in the federal marketplace, and many more.

Many of the sessions will be led by top-tier leaders in the startup community nationwide such as:

—Brandon Ward, co-founder of DreamSAFE and owner of The WE Mentality, will lead an interactive workshop designed to enhance leadership skills and build high-performing teams. Participants will gain valuable insights into creating a positive team culture, leveraging individual strengths, and implementing leadership techniques that drive success.

—Liz Heiman, a sales operating system architect and founder of Regarding Sales, will lead “Breaking the Mold: Why Selling Like a Girl Wins the Sale,” where she will show women exactly how to harness their strengths to easily and comfortably close more sales, especially since women innately ask more questions, organically engage in more conversations, and naturally listen better, which propels them to the top of the sales leaderboard. In fact, women close 33 percent of leads compared to just 24 percent for men; 86 percent of women hit their sales quotas, whereas only 78 percent of men do; and sales by women are, on average, $5,000 higher than men’s.

The week will also feature nightly networking happy hours, a Founder Hour that connects entrepreneurs with local venture fund leaders, popular local startup events like Tech Alley and Robotics Meetup, and fun activities, such as a pumpkin-market-fit carving competition, rapid fire presentations known as Ignite Talks, and Startup Showdown sponsored by the city of Las Vegas where founders go head-to-head pitching their startup through a performance medium, like singing, dancing, or acting.

Techstars Startup Week Las Vegas is made possible thanks to StartUpNV as well as sponsors: Deel, Brex, the city of Las Vegas, Tech Edge Developers, GOED, Vu Technologies, KPMG, Tech Alley, UNLV, AngelNV, Silicon Valley Bank, Lucihub, Cootoh, Lowtail Libations, and other local businesses.

A full agenda with session details and free registration is available at https://startupweeklasvegas.com. Limited sponsorship opportunities are still available. Email madeline@startupnv.org for sponsorship details on how to showcase a brand at Startup Week.

 About StartUpNV

StartUpNV is a 501(c)3 non-profit statewide accelerator and business incubator for scalable Nevada-based startups that provides expert mentorship and access to a network of capital partners. StartUpNV’s founders, mentors, university connections, investors, and business partners work together to grow and support a robust, inclusive startup ecosystem in Nevada. StartUpNV’s related venture funds, FundNV, AngelNV, and the new 1864 seed fund, provide startups access to local venture capital along with education for entrepreneurs and angel investors. Since inception in 2017, StartUpNV has heard pitches from more than 1,000 startups, held more than 250 education events, and seen nearly $80 million in venture capital raised for more than 55 companies. For information visit: https://startupnv.org/.