hackout: thE world's only LGBTQIA-themed Startup Weekend event
Interested in HackOut 2020?
Let us know if you'd like to be a participant, mentor, organizer or Volunteer!
HackOut Makes Safe Space for Budding LGBTQ Entrepreneurs
The Austin Chronicle - April 9, 2019
Texas VC Report: $255M Invested In May, And The World's Only LGBTQIA+ Startup Weekend Event
Techcrunch - June 5, 2019
Launch Your Startup NOW
We're already working on #SWHackOut 2020. We hope you'll join us next year for the world's only LGBTQIA-themed Startup Weekend!
SCHEDULE
April 11-14, 2019
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
- 6:00PM - Pre-Event Registration and Happy Hour at Capital One Cafe (Domain)
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
- 10:00AM - Paddleboarding - Texas Rowing Center
- 5:00PM - Check-In, Dinner and Networking - UT Austin's Rowling Hall
- 6:30PM - Event Begins
- 8:00PM - Pitches begin
- 9:00PM - Voting on pitches
- 9:30PM - Form teams & begin work
- 10:30PM - Bar Crawl - Academia
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
- 9:00AM - Breakfast / Start Work - UT Austin's Rowling Hall
- 10:00AM - Morning Check-In
- 11:30PM - Lunch & Learn with AWS
- 1:00PM - Status reports
- 2:00PM - Coaches meetings
- 5:00PM - Dinner
- 7:30PM - Status reports
- 9:30PM - Social Outing - The Local Pub & Patio
SUNDAY, April 14
- 9:00AM - Breakfast / Start Work - UT Austin's Rowling Hall
- 10:00AM - Team check-ins
- 12:00PM Lunch
- 12:30PM - Coaches meetings
- 3:00PM - Presentation prep & tech check-in
- 4:00PM - Dinner
- 4:30PM - HackOut Demo Day
- 5:00PM - Final presentations - UT Austin's Rowling Hall
- 7:30PM - Judging & awards
- 8:30PM - Wrap-up
- 9:00- 10:30pm closing party - Gabriel's Cafe
2019 JUDGES & MENTORS
Support and guidance from top industry distinguished judges and expert mentors from the tech industry
Andres Wydler - Judge
Executive Director - StartOut
Andres is the executive director of StartOut, the largest non-profit organization supporting LGBTQ entrepreneurs.
Mellie Price - Judge
Executive Director - Dell Medical School
Mellie Price is an experienced investor, technologist, executive, fund manager, public speaker, and serial software entrepreneur.
Nellie Bowles - Mentor
Reporter - The New York Times
Nellie Bowles covers technology and culture for the New York Times, based in San Francisco, her hometown.
Alex Kilkka - Mentor
Alex is a serial entrepreneur and life-hacker focused on the intersection of technology and business. He recently joined a smart beverage startup.
Savannah L. Barker - Mentor
Director of Strategic Programs - Notley Ventures
Notley is a catalyst for social innovation unlocking opportunities with today’s impact organizations and changing communities.
Vivian Chu - Mentor
CTO - Diligent Robotics
Vivian Chu is considered a leading innovator in robotics, applying AI and social intelligence in the development of robots
Rich Gottbrath - Mentor
Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer
Rich is the CIO at VCSH, a local VC/PE investor. He is a recovering investment banker and has also spent time as a corporate development executive.
Geoffrey Brown - Mentor
Local Outreach Representative - GoDaddy Social
Geoffrey has been a member of GoDaddy Social's local business outreach team since 2015 finding success with social media and online reputation management for local businesses.
Hayley Netherton - Mentor
Senior VC Associate -
Capital Factory
Early-stage investor in technology startups, passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion initiatives, and dedicated consumer of breakfast tacos.
Shelly Carpenter - Mentor
Software Development Manager - Amazon
Shelly is a reproductive justice activist and 20+ year tech industry veteran.
Lorenzo Thione -Mentor
Entrepreneur/Investor/Producer - StartOut
Entrepreneur, Investor, Broadway Producer and Creator at the intersection of tech, design, storytelling and social value
Victoria O'Dell - Mentor
Program and Communications Manager - Capital City Innovation
Victoria O'Dell is Program and Communications Manager at Capital City Innovation. She has a background in design and a love for art and community.
Ian Carrico - Mentor
Revenue Engineering Manager - VOX Media
Ian is the manager of the revenue team at Vox Media. He has been an open source contributor and performance advocate in several open source projects.
Lauren Welch - Mentor
COO + Co-Founder - Xelpha Health
Lauren co-founded a medical software company in Kenya and is an Alumni Member of MIT’s Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Zohaib Imam- Mentor
Software Engineer - Capital One
In my spare time I like to hack, to make things, to break things, to take photos, listen to hip-hop, watch basketball, and explore the world. Find me everywhere @iamzoh
Jerry Schirmer - Mentor
Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Kungfu.AI
A former academic who has come to data science vial software engineering, with a particular focus on Big Data and NLP.
Shane Besong - Mentor
Software Engineer - Capital One
Hackathon enthusiast, developer, baller, drummer, and gamer. My dream is to combine tech with my other hobbies.
Lynn Yeldell - Mentor
Partner & Director, Strategy - Seventh Scout
New Orleanian by birth. Austinite by Katrina. Sales, Marketing, and Travel for a living. Cooking and photography for a passion. Petter of Winnie.
Stephen Straus -Mentor
Managing Director - Kungfu.AI
Managing Director of KUNGFU.AI, an AI consulting firm. This is Stephen's fifth startup and he is also a former venture capitalist.
Jolyn Janis - Mentor
Creative Director - Migomax Studios
Creative Director, writer, filmmaker. People person, pixel person, agent for dreams and lighthouse for unity.
Techstars
Helping startup founders raise startup funding and gain critical insight to help launch their businesses
Lesbians Who Tech
A global community of 25,000+ queer women and gender nonconforming people in tech (and our allies) in over 37 cities around the worldrw
- 2019 LEADERSHIP TEAM
Startup Weekend HackOut is a volunteer effort!
Share your email below if you would like to get involved :-)
Director, Digital and Marketing Technology - SVB
I ❤️ tech, human centered design & digital. Passionate about equality & mentorship ✈️ AR / XR obsessed.
Austin Chapter Lead - StartOut
Passionate about using technology and impeccable design to build software products that improve the businesses and lives of people.
Community & Partnerships Manager - Walmart
Desmond was too humble to write a blurb for himself, so we wrote one for him: he's the most focused events and partnerships expert you'll meet.
President & Chief Scientist, New Knowledge
Computational physicist and data science entrepreneur who patented a chaos-based dynamic anomaly detection technology.
Senior Product Manager - New Knowledge
Taylor McCaslin is a multi-disciplinary technologist and Product Manager living in Austin, Texas. He's an advocate and defender of privacy, consent, and inclusion.Software Engineer - HomeAway
Developer who loves working closely with designers to make harmonious front end experiences. Currently leads the HomeAway Pride affinity group.Areej Rabie
Senior Venture Associate - Capital Factory
Passionate about helping empower entrepreneurs to actualize their dreams. Regular supporter of diversity and inclusion efforts across Texas.
Senior Product Manager - The Home Depot
Unabashed nerd, especially interested in sports, education and the sharing economy. Passionate advocate for equal rights and opportunities for all.
Erika Isett
Partnerships - Capital Factory
Erika works full time at Capital Factory, the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas, where she manages sponsorships for Austin Startup Week.
User Experience Designer - M&T Bank
UX designer, researcher, and videographer focused on meeting people where they are. Occasionally plays the ukulele. Always up for a card game.
Development Director - StartOut
Tony serves as the Director of Development at StartOut and is a LatinX AdvocateBrandon Monsees
Marketing / Graphic Design
Brandon designs stickers, websites, and t-shirts for companies.
Mobile Engineering Lead - KKCO
Kelly is a mobile engineer/woodworking enthusiast laser-focused on writing great code, code review culture, and empowering women and LGBTQ in tech through community involvement.
- 2019 SPONSORsThank you for supporting
#LGBTQIA entrepreneurship!Title Sponsor
Twilio powers the future of business communications. Enabling phones, VoIP, and messaging to be embedded into web, desktop, and mobile software.
Title Sponsor
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services. AWS is trusted by the largest enterprises and the hottest start-ups to power a wide variety of workloads
Support #LGBTQIA Entrepreneurship & Sponsor the world's only LGBTQIA-themed Startup Weekend!
2019 Hospitality DONORS
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#LGBTQIA entrepreneurship!- #SWHackOut in the News
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The Austin Chronicle
Since the inaugural weekend in 2014, HackOut has risen to an international scale
Spectrum News
Leaders in the Austin tech scene are doing their part to further LGBTQ inclusion in the industry.
Austin Business Journal
Social-business lessons are valuable and a way to connect with new people and new ways of thinking.
blog.HomeAway.com
Startup Weekend HackOut aims to teach potential LGBTQIA entrepreneurs how to launch their ideas.
KHOU 11 - khou.com
This weekend, members of the LGBTQ community in tech are learning how to grow their startups.
LinkedIn Pulse
"We wanted to keep the cost low and the diversity and inclusion high."
Austin Inno
Safenight connects well-vetted hosts who can offer a safe place to stay for queer youth in need.
Built In Austin
"I explained how I’m bisexual, how I’m trans ... and [my father] didn’t want me living in the house."
Dig South
LGBTQ entrepreneurs in Austin, Texas can tap into a growing support system thanks to StartOut.
travel Scholarship
Your community is here to help you.
Regardless of your professional or
academic background, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to become an entrepreneur!Our application period for 2019 travel scholarships is now closed. We'll be contacting recipients soon.
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