PCH at SXSW 2016
Come demo the hottest products and meet the entrepreneurs and inventors behind them. Sign up for office hours with PCH and b8ta executives to pitch your product, get advice on product development and retail, and learn about our hardware accelerator Highway1. Grab a bite to eat and hear from cutting edge hardware startups in the music, education and fashion industries during the Demo Lunch & Learn. Or simply recharge, chill, network, and play with some of the innovative products featured at b8ta in Silicon Valley.
Here is how you join us at SXSW:
Step 1: RSVP here for the Hardware House to be sure you get in.
Step 2: Add the below events to your calendar.
Step 3: Join in on the activities Monday, March 14 at the Hardware House located at The Courtyard Marriott, Brazos I and II, 300 E 4th Street.
OFFICE HOURS:
Date: Monday March 14
Time: 11:00 am — 12:00 pm & 1:30 pm — 3:00 pm
Location: PCH & b8ta Lounge at the SXSW Hardware House
Score valuable time with PCH & b8ta:
David Austin, GM of Startups, PCH
Andre Yousefi, Co-Founder, PCH Lime Lab
Kurt Dammermann, Co-Founder, PCH Lime Lab
Phillip Raub, Co-Founder & CMO, b8ta
John Kennelly, Head of Partnerships, b8ta
Let us know your availability and your areas of interest and we will hand pick a match for you with one of our mentors from PCH or b8ta. Please provide as many times as possible when you are available, as we will assign time slots on a first come, first serve basis.
Once you are confirmed, we will send you a confirmation via email with your time slot. On Monday, March 14th, the day of your office hours, we will text you 45 minutes before your session to remind you.
Sign-up here for office hours.
Final schedule will be posted here.
DEMO LUNCH AND LEARN:
Date: Monday March 14
Time: 12:00 pm — 1:30 pm
Location: PCH & b8ta Lounge at the SXSW Hardware House
Grab a bite to eat, and see the latest and greatest in Hardware products.
12:00 pm — 12:30 pm: Fillppo Yacob, CEO of Primo Toys
12:30 pm — 1:00 pm: Benjamin Males, CEO of XO
1:30 pm — 2:30 pm: Andrew Song, Co-Founder of Magic Instruments
CHECK OUT OUR SPEAKERS:
Date: Friday, March 11
Time: 3:30 pm — 4:30 pm
Location: Austin Convention Center Room 6AB 531 E 4th St
Title: HAL to Her: Humanizing Tech Via the Power of Voice
Speakers: David Austin, Jesse Robbins, Timothy Jordan & Leslie Carmichael
Link to talk: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP55898
Date: Friday, March 11
Time: 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm
Location: Hilton Downtown Austin, Salon C, 500 E 4th Street
Title: Austin’s Best Hardware Startups
Judge: Andre Yousefi
Link to talk: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP57848
Date: Monday, March 14
Time: 11:00 am — 12:00 pm
Location: Courtyard Marriott , Rio Grande Ballroom, 300 E 4th St
Title: Hardware on Kickstarter — A Founders Panel
Speakers: Fillppo Yacob, Katy Jeremko & Scott Croyle
Link to Panel: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP58037
Date: Monday, March 14
Time: 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm
Location: Courtyard Marriott , Rio Grande Ballroom, 300 E 4th St
Title: Tech and High Design: A Fashionable View
Speakers: Leah Hunter, Kurt Dammermann, Benjamin Males, Jonah Becker
Link to talk: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP58040
Date: Monday, March 14
Time: 3:30 pm — 4:30 pm
Location: Courtyard Marriott , Rio Grande Ballroom, 300 E 4th St
Title: Beauty 2.0: Innovation at L’Oreal
Speakers: Liam Casey, Guive Balooch
Link to talk: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP58010
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 9:30 am — 10:30 am
Location: Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon A, 500 E 4th St
Title: Hardware is still Freakin’ Hard
Speakers: Brady Forrest, Renee DiResta
Link to talk: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event_PP56738
Any questions about the PCH & b8ta lounge?
Contact us:
Nina Wright — nina.wright@pchintl.com
Jillian Kurvers — jillian@b8ta.com
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@b8ta
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