830p

Closing Ceremony

Description of the closing ceremony would go here.

SPEEDBUILD AT SXSW

Jul

11:30pm

RSVPs Closed

NELSON AGHOLOR

CEO

Nelson Agholor is a senior developer, and is currently building a suite of game changing mobile applications. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, but has a crush on JavaScript. He joined Coralient in November after selling his fashion tech startup to Yahoo!

Topics

His journey from the digital ad agency world to Startupville USA.

Three new product features he’s most excited about for Q2.

Why every team member should be a “lighthouse.”

Fun Fact

Agholor won the Bay Area Windsurfing Open last June, and lives in Mill Valley with his wife and twin boys. He organizes Coralient’s annual hackathon every July.

RSVPs Closed

SPEED

BUILD

SXSW

THE ONLY INVITE ONLY PRO ATHLETE STARTUP COMPETITION

PRESENTED BY:

BLVCKOPS x TECHSTARS x TWITTER SPORTS x OCTAGON

Monday

July

29th

2019

11:30pm

RSVPs Closed

#speedbuildsxsw

Pro-ATHLETES

INDUSTRY TITANS

VENTURE CAPITALISTS

1 day to build a business

Designed by proven athlete business accelerator BLVCKOPS, SpeedBuild is an accelerated business building experience where hackathon meets think tank, culminating in a lively pitch competition.

Designed to give participants a real taste of what it’s like to be an entrepreneur and key member of a startup, BLVCKOPS has carefully crafted this particular SpeedBuild program for maximum impact to jump-start growth. Our main objective, through immersive and experiential learning, is to introduce the fundamentals necessary for bringing ideas and ambitions to life while also providing a framework for better evaluating opportunities ahead.

Are you curious what it would be like to build a business in a day, with a team of professional athletes? This is the event.

ONLY 50 ATHLETES WILL BE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE. REQUEST YOUR SPOT TODAY.

The

Schedule

830a

welcome

breakfast

Grab a drink, a bite to eat, and meet the team.

900a

speakers

Including John Hill, TechStars

TJ Adeshola, Twitter Sports

Jon Cropper, Aston Martin, many more...

1100a

SPEEDBUILD

Business Building Competition begins. Teams of 8 come together with the help of a business coach and a professional designer to build an idea into a business in the course of a day.

500p

PITCH COMPETITION

In 6 hours, teams have built a brand, a product, a pitch and now you compete! In front of hundreds of peers, venture capitalists and press - teams present their startup pitches.

730p

WINNER ANNOUNCED

An esteemed panel of judges will score each of the pitches - and a winner will be announced at 7:30pm. Following the pitch competition will be a meet and greet and then the party starts.

8-11pm

AFTER PARTY

The event opens to invited guests only and the party runs until midnight. Music by MICK and other special guests to follow...

TJ ADESHOLA

GLOBAL SPORTS, TWITTER

As CTO, Evan Rostand is responsible for making Coralient a more agile, unified, and integrated company. Rostand joined Coralient as a junior developer just six years ago, and has played a key role in the company’s rapid growth in key markets.

TrACK

His journey from freelance developer at Google to startup CTO:

Why Coralient is poised for massive growth in 2016.

How he has helped Coralient adopt a “responsive philosophy.”

Fun Fact

Evan lives in a houseboat in Sausalito, bikes every morning across the Golden Gate Bridge, and makes sure to squeeze in a 20 mile ride every Sunday.

JOHN HILL

DIRECTOR, TECHSTARS

John-Paul (JP) Ramilly is responsible for managing all aspects of the development lifecycle at Coralient. JP joined Corialent last Spring and has so far helped the team build and ship 107 new product features.

Track

His journey from the digital ad agency world to Startupville USA:

Three new product features he’s most excited about for Q2.

Why every team member should be a “lighthouse.”

Fun Fact

JP won the Bay Area Windsurfing Open last June, and lives in Mill Valley with his wife and twin boys. He organizes Coralient’s annual hackathon every July.

JON CROPPER

FUTURIST, ASTON MARTIN

Jessica Jost is a senior developer, and is currently building a suite of game changing mobile applications. She specializes in Ruby on Rails, but has a crush on JavaScript. She joined Coralient in November after selling her fashion tech startup to Yahoo!

TRACK

Her journey from freelance developer at Google to Senior Developer:

Why Coralient is poised for massive growth in 2016.

How she has helped Coralient adopt a “responsive philosophy.”

Fun Fact

Fun fact: Jessica is on the board of one of SF’s largest advocacy groups for women in tech. She regularly writes for TechCrunch and loves her pug, Ada Lovelace.

MICK

CEO

TRACK

His journey from the digital ad agency world to Startupville USA.

Three new product features he’s most excited about for Q2.

Why every team member should be a “lighthouse.”

Fun Fact

Agholor won the Bay Area Windsurfing Open last June, and lives in Mill Valley with his wife and twin boys. He organizes Coralient’s annual hackathon every July.

The

Location

THE ESTATE: Villa Mallorca is an estate that sits on 4 acres on Barton Creek in Austin, Texas. Sprawling views, basketball courts, multiple workspaces and proximity to SXSW make this an ideal location for the Speedbuild event.

LODGING: We will be hosting all qualifying participants the night prior (3/13) and evening of the event (3/14) at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa just minutes from the estate.

PARTNERS