Are you ready to revolutionize your startup journey? Join us for an evening that could transform your business trajectory!
🔥 **Featured Talk: Profit Before Launch: How To Ensure Your Startup Is Profitable On Day 1**
With funding on the decline over the past three years, any new business has to be profit driven. Many entrepreneurs focus on building their product before selling it, but the real challenge is figuring out how to sell before you build. How do you secure buy-in when you have nothing tangible yet?
**[Paris Bland](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paris-bland/)**, a 3x founder, will walk you through the roadmap to building profit before launching your business. She’ll cover strategies on networking before launch, connecting with potential customers, assessing product/market fit, and leading with sales.
🌟 **But Wait, There’s More!**
After the featured talk, we will share updates about the ATX startup ecosystem, resources, and also have lightning pitches from the audience.
🎁 **Exclusive Raffle!**
Thanks to our partnership with **JetBrains**, one lucky attendee will win a **100% Free Personal Subscription** for any JetBrains product of their choice – CLion, DataGrip, DataSpell, GoLand, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PhpStorm, PyCharm, ReSharper, ReSharper C++, Rider, RubyMine, WebStorm, or dotUltimate.
**Agenda**
* 6:00 pm – Networking
* 6:15 pm – Event Intro
* 6:30 pm – Main Event
* 7:30 pm – Wrap up + Networking
* 8:00 pm – End
**Date**
Monday, Sep 9, 2024, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
**Location**
Capital Factory
1st Floor (Room Name: Voltron)
701 Brazos St, Austin, TX
**Event Sponsors**
* **FounderDash** (https://founderdash.com/)
FounderDash makes startups easy. FounderDash provides the tools and resources to take your startup from idea to market and beyond by guiding you through each step, following the best practices in the industry.
* **Capital Factory** (https://capitalfactory.com/)
Austin’s Center of Gravity for Entrepreneurs. Learn. Work. Accelerate.
* **JetBrains** (https://www.jetbrains.com/)
From IDEs to team collaboration software, JetBrains suite of products are trusted by millions of developers for their user experience, productivity and features across various programming languages and technologies.
**Who is this event for?**
This is a free event open for anyone interested in Austin startups.
Do you:
• Want feedback on your ideas for a startup?
• Want to meet people that founded/run their startups in Austin?
• Want to know how startups in Austin are doing things and learn from them?
• Want to discuss the challenges you are facing in your startup and get help?
• Want to spread the word and get people talking about your startup?
• Want to share your startup experience with newbies?
• Want to help local startups with their challenges?
• Just want to meet other folks involved in startups?
Then, this event is for you. You could be an entrepreneur, designer, developer…well it doesn’t matter. This is open for everyone interested in Austin startups. Come, grab a drink and meet other startuppers in Austin. Exchange ideas, information, contacts, help each other and do more.
