Techstars Startup Week Cincinnati 2018

Brian Jackson will share how he started out as a home brewer and what it took to start Esoteric Brewing Company in Walnut Hills and the critical ecosystem relationships that all played a role in the journey.

Preparing your startup or company for hypergrowth, as told from an experience founder and VC.

Establishing an account on social media and pushing out content is half of the battle. The other half is putting your brand in the hands of people who are better connected, oftentimes better at telling your story, and carry more trust with the people you want to reach. The team at Dooley Media will show you how to research what and who influences someone’s purchase decision and then how to invite and nurture a growing list of socially connected brand builders who are ready to recruit your next wave of customers.

Startups possess all the key ingredients of thought leadership: big ideas, disruptive perspectives, outrageous talent. But with time devoted to product iteration, market analysis, investor pitches, strategic planning, it's not easy to spread the genius behind your innovations. What strategies can founders use to become innovation evangelists? This keynote will address key strategies for launching, establishing, and accelerating your startup's thought leadership. Weaving powerful examples with practical strategies, this talk will inspire and equip the startup community to call themselves thought leaders--and bring their vision of leadership to life.